Search results

  1. D

    Upgrade from HD 3300 IGP now or later?

    My question isn't so much about cards themselves, but the timing of my upgrade. I'm presently running a cheap 19" LCD but hope to upgrade to a Dell U2410 in the next few months. I'm running onboard graphics now. I'm wondering how much, if any, improvement in overall system performance, video...
  2. D

    Canon ImageCLASS MF4350D

    My Brother HL-1440 laser printer needs a new print drum, but that costs as much as a new printer. Since my Canon scanner is actually obsolete and my fax is ancient, I'm thinking of saving some space by replacing all three with a multi-function unit. Costco have the MF4350D on sale for $150...
  3. D

    Biostar TA790GX vs. Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0

    The Foxconn has ferrite chokes in the power supply and a Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller. The Biostar has iron-filled chokes and the ubiquitous Realtek 8111. I've seen one review, I can't remember where, that knocks the Realtek in passing, but Google's not turning up any other negative...
  4. D

    Am I overdoing it?

    I'm building a mid-range, non-gaming system, for general use, photo editing, multimedia playback, Folding. OS is 64-bit Linux. Bearing in mind Robert Ruark's maxim regarding African hunting, "Bring enough gun," I wonder if I might be overgunned with this: MSI Radeon 4830 1 GB OC. I presently...
  5. D

    Case & Cooler questions

    I need to build a new system. I'm already a bit over my initial budget ($600) but not too badly. Here's what I have in mind so far: Core 2 Duo E8400 ($150 at Micro Center right now) Xigmatek S1283 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R BFG GeForce 9800GT OC 512MB Samsung S223Q...
  6. D

    New build - please critique

    Hello everyone, My 6-year old A64 system died recently, so I need to build a new system. After much reading, I'm down to this initial configuration. I'm not wedded to AMD or Intel. I'll be running 64-bit Ubuntu. I'm leaning toward the C2D E8500, since it has virtualization support. The...