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  1. anindrew

    Upgrade now or wait?

    Hi all! I'm using the system as indicated in my sig. I got some newegg gift cards for a late holiday gift. I'm heavily considering getting a new video card. At the same time, the current gen of cards have been out for a while. When asked in the comments during the live CES Nvidia blog where...
  2. anindrew

    X58 memory upgrade help

    Hi all, For about the last four years, I've been running an OCed i7 920 on a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 mobo with 3x2GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 8-8-8-21 running in triple channel mode. I recently put in an OCZ Vertex 4 128GB drive in it, which gave it a really nice speed boost. A while ago, I won a...
  3. anindrew

    Sprint HTC Hero or Samsung Moment? Why?

    Hi everybody! [feel free to skip all this background info if you want] Currently, my family is with AT&T. We have 850 minutes with rollover and...well nothing. No texting and no data. I get a rather large discount with my employer with Sprint, so we have decided to move to them. My parents...
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    Got a new 1TB hard drive. Wondering which of my drives to use for OS.

    Hi all! Thanks to the "Hot Deals" section of this forum, I bought a WD 1TB Caviar Black for a great price. I have a 74GB and a 150GB WD Raptor. The 74GB has a strange SMART message, so it will not be used for anything important; I might give Linux a try on it - things of that nature. I...
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    Weird S.M.A.R.T. message about my 74GB Raptor

    Hi all! I've noticed on my new i7 system, every time it boots up, it indicates that a S.M.A.R.T. message has been recorded about my 74GB Raptor. I used Speedfan to see what the details of the message are. Here is what it said: "Warning: Raw Read Error Rate reached, in the past, its threshold...
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    Fan orientation options with Antec 900, i7, and Noctua NH-U12P SE1366.

    Hi all! I've been enjoying my new i7 920 system for the past month and a half. I have it in an Antec 900 case. Right now, I have the CPU cooler setup in a push-pull system with two fans that line up perfectly with the 900's exhaust fan. Add in the fact that I have one of the drive cage fans...
  7. anindrew

    Poll: Which PMP/MP3 player should I get?

    Hi all! For the holiday this year, my bro and sis-in-law gave me a Sana Fuze 8GB PMP (personal media player aka MP3 player). It looks very similar to the last gen. Ipod nano. It's very simple to use and can even work as a drag and drop device. Also, with the latest firmware, it supports...
  8. anindrew

    Cooler Master V8 i7 cooler?

    Have any of you seen the Cooler Master V8 for sale online where it for sure comes with the i7 bracket? Every site I see it on just says "i7 compatible" or something to that extent. The only site where it seems to definitely come with the bracket is microcenter, but they're charging more than...
  9. anindrew

    Planning out new i7 920 build

    Hi all! I managed to resist temptation by waiting for i7. Now is my time to build. I have chosen my components and plan to order next week. Per Blain's great thread, here is the info that ought to help everybody know what I'm doing. My PC will be used for general use (email, web...
  10. anindrew

    What speed of DDR3 for i7?

    Hi all! I managed to wait for i7 and it looks like I will be buying before year's end. Perhaps even before this month ends. Even though I've read many reviews, there is one thing that confuses me: which speed of DDR3 to get. It seems that the X58 boards officially support DDR3-1066...
  11. anindrew

    USB Flash or Portable HDD with car stereo?

    Hi everybody! I installed my own car stereo a couple weeks ago. It was the first time I ever replaced a stock system, so I was happy I was able to do it. I bought a Kenwood KDC-X492. It has a USB 2 port on the front. You can connect an Ipod (and control it from the unit itself), any other...
  12. anindrew

    4870 1GB, 512MB, or X2 2GB for new system?

    Hi all! Now that all these nice, new video cards are out, I'm planning to build my new PC. It's going to be either a Q9450 or Q9550 with 4GB of DDR2. I have a Gateway FHD2400 24" LCD monitor, which is great. On my old Athlon64 system, I can't play games at 1920x1200. However, the non-native...
  13. anindrew

    How long until we get benefits of Intel July price cuts?

    Hi everybody! Since I'm planning to build a new PC around the end of the month, I was really excited to hear about Intel's price cuts. Several sources claim that the cuts will happen on July 20, 2008. That seems to coincide with Intel's cuts for the last few years. I was planning to get...
  14. anindrew

    Difference between Gigabyte X48 DQ6 and DS4 DDR2 models?

    Hi all! I'm planning out my new Q9450 build. See my other thread HEREhere for details. I really like what I've read and see about the Gigabyte X48 (DDR2) boards. The two models I'm interested in are the GA-X48-DQ6 and the GA-X48-DS4. I notice only a couple differences. The DQ6 has some...
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    Planning out a new Q9450 system

    Hello all! I didn't want to hijack Chilli911's Q9450 thread, so I started my own. I've been using an Athlon64 3500+ based system since about the time it came out 5+ years ago. It has been a great system that has lasted all this time. It has 2GB of DDR PC 3200 and an X1950 AGP (rockin' it...
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    Q6600: good idea to go with DDR3 or stick with DDR2?

    Hi all! My current system is probably 5 years old if not older. It's an Athlon64 3500+ with 2GB of DDR PC3200 and an x1950 Pro AGP. Rockin' it real old school still. Oddly enough, I can actually play Crysis at 1280x800 everything on High (not Very High as it's greyed out) and I believe I...
  17. anindrew

    USB 802.11n wireless NIC recommedations

    I'll try to make a long story short. My mobo had a heart attack a few months ago, so none of my PCI slots work. I don't want to build a new system quite yet. I've been using a D-Link WUA-2340 USB adapter. It can do that 108Mbps 802.11g. Due partially to my clumsiness and the cheapness of...
  18. anindrew

    Logitech G9 coming out soon!

    Logitech recently announced the G9 mouse. Check it out here . And I literally JUST bought the updated G5 the other day. On the G9, I like the idea of switching out the grips. It looks like they're completely made out of that nice rubberized material. The scroll wheel is like the Microgear...
  19. anindrew

    Salvageable or time to build?

    Hi all! For nearly the last 5 years or so, I've been using an Athlon64 3500+ socket 939 with an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. I built it after the northbridge fan on my Abit Athlon XP system stopped working, causing the system to have a steady decline in reliability until it was virtually unusable...
  20. anindrew

    Which x1950pro AGP card to buy?

    After researching, reading site and user reviews, I have decided to purchase an x1950pro AGP card. Like so many others, I want to hold off on building a completely new system for the time being. It's only been in the last few months that games have come out that I just couldn't play well on my...
  21. anindrew

    Few questions concerning new A64 939 system.

    Hi everybody! SKIP TO BOTTOM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THIS PART My current system seems to be dying a moderately paced death. Here's what I'm looking at getting for a new system: Athlon64 3500+ (939) MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 512MB or 1Ghz of Corsair Ballistix PC3200 Highpoint...
  22. anindrew

    Only a 6800GT or [a 6800NU AND a new CPU]?

    Hi everybody! My current system is a little older. I've been able to play some modern games just fine on it like UT2k4 and the Far Cry demo. Of course, that might be because my video card is older, too. I'd like to be able to play Doom 3 and Half Life 2 at 1024x768 with as much eye candy as...
  23. anindrew

    So there's little difference between AGP 8x and 4x?

    Hi everybody! I've started to look into buying a new video card. I'll probably do it later this summer. My motherboard is an Abit KR7A-RAID. It has AGP4x (with 1.5V--can be altered). I read in the "Preparing for HL2, need help" topic that there is almost no performance gain between AGP 4X...