Recent content by ZGrip

I was messing around with eyefinity connecting my TV to my computer last night. While doing this I was able to disable my second desktop (my TV) and then somehow switch the display to that desktop. Now all I get out of my computer is a black screen when I boot into windows. Everything is...

For anyone wondering there is a pretty comprehensive overview of mechanical keyboards over on overclock.net. http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/491752-mechanical-keyboard-guide.html I just got a mechanical keyboard with cherry MX browns and it is amazing. It is a bit louder than a...

While the 560 is enticing I will most likely stay with AMD for now.

I am considering upgrading my current HD 4850 512mb to something a little more up to date. Currently my 4850 has a tiny little blower in it that makes a hum which drives me insane at anything above 40% fan speed. I am looking for a card which is more powerful and makes considerably less...

Hmmm.. The i7 860 does look mighty tempting actually. I didn't realize that the i7's on socket 1156 still had HT which is why I wasn't looking at them. What do I stand to loose if anything by going socket 1156 instead of 1366? I understand that triple channel memory makes an almost...

Thanks for the suggestions so far. ... I am not terribly comfortable overclocking the i7 because I need all the stability I can get. If this were a gaming rig or for personal use I would say no problem. This build however is for work related tasks so I am not as comfortable with an overclock...

I posted on this a few weeks ago for suggestions. Now I have decided on exactly what my new build will be and I want to run it by everyone here. What I am keeping : Silverstone ST60F 600W PSU EVGA 9600GT Coolermaster CMstacker 830 WD raptor 150GB Seagate 7200.11 750 GB CD...

Sorry didn't read the no gaming part. Anything will do in the lower end of ATI or Nvidia 9400 GT to 9600 GT is fine from the Nvidia camp if you aren't doing anything GPU intensive. It will probably be best to save as much money on the GPU as possible and put it into additional RAM...

You said you had a GTX 260 previously. Have you used a driver cleaner or reformatted to clean all traces of the old Nvidia drivers off your system? IMO that is probably the reason for your below satisfactory performance.

IDC - Overclocking is not an option for me as stability of the rig is paramount. Right now I have simulations that I am running in MATLAB that are taking 4+ hours. I would really really like to be able to cut that down significantly. I am typically more of an AMD person but this is for...

Hello, I am looking to do a CPU upgrade to my current setup: Athlon 64 X2 4000+ @ 2.6 GHz EVGA Geforce 8600 GT WD Raptor 150 Gb Silverstone SST-ST60F 600W PSU 8 GB of DDR2 800 ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Mobo I am looking to replace the Motherboard and CPU. The ram if necessary as...