I am going to purchase a 150gb Raptor drive in the very near future and i dont really want to reinstall Vista X64. What i would like to do is copy my OS and other programs over to teh raptor and then reformat my old 250gb hard drive and use it for storage. My question is how do i do this? I have...
I have all sorts of issues getting this card to work properly with vista x64. Any hints or drivers or tweaks you know about to get this thing to work right?
As of right now i went back to onboard sound so that i could at least play my games. The mic jack wont work at all when i use the sound...
I just built my system a few weeks ago and it will run fine for days then i start getting random crashes and errors in alot of my programs. Wondering if maybe i have a bad stick of memory or if something else is messed up.....What tools could i download and use and how to i use them? Id like to...
I cant for the life of me get my mic to work under vista 64 with this card. I uninstalled it and used my onboard and everything works fine. But i would really like to get my EAX back for Bioshock!!! But i play alot of CSS and BF2142 and i NEED my mic for those games. I have no problems with the...
How to get a mic working with the xfi is my question. I got fed up and removed my xfi and am currently using the onboard sound which is decent but i would REALLY like to use my xfi xtremeMusic card. I do ALOT of online gaming and really need my mic. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
A friend of mine works at Intel and said in about 7 weeks he can buy a Q6700 for $245. Not sure what they retail at right now but i know he can get the Q6600s for about $145 which is about 130 bucks off. So i am assuming that the Q6700s should be coming down in price unless they just give a HUGE...
Thanks ill give it a try!
Ok i turned off the C1E and the EIST and it wouldnt boot. So i turned EIST back on and it booted fine.....Still showing the same thing in cpu-z with C1E disabled.
What about my ram speeds...should i just manually change them and the voltage says its supposed to be...
I have the system in my sig. I just built it yesterday and it seems to be running just fine. I checked in CPU-Z and and my CPU is jumping from 1600mhz to 2400mhz....Not sure what that means. Also my Ram is running at DDR2 806???? And its at 5-5-5-18....wtf. Im not too familiar with OCing and...
I just bought the Abit IP35-E for $70 after rebate from Newegg. I love it! Great looking and it doesnt have the annoying serial/com ports!! No NB or SB fans that will break down and sound like death in 6 months either! Just as good for OCing as the Gigabyte boards and with the rebate its MUCH...
I bought the artic silver cleaning stuff off of Newegg. It works GREAT for cleaning it off. Just a little bit on a cloth and it wipes right off. It has a prep solution that comes with it too.
I second what the other poster said. I wouldnt buy a rosewill PSU. You can get the Corsair 520HX for $20 more at ClubIT. You may not have had a problem "yet" but why buy budget when you are putting it in a $1500 PC?? Thats like buying a Viper and putting a 4-banger in it.....
That mobo is...
Video card really depends on your monitor size. The 320mb will work fine for most people. I however went with the 640mb version since from everything i read about it the video memory comes in handy for higher resolutions. 22" widescreen or bigger you should go with the 640mb version. I am VERY...
I would go with the following
Intel E6550 = $179
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115030
Abit IP35 Motherboard = $145
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813127031
Crucial Ballistix 2gig kit = $110 w/$25MIR...
Im actually using a GOOD PSU the Enermax Liberty 500watt. The only difference between the budget P35 boards and the "good" P35 boards is Raid/more SATA/Firewire. I need NONE of those things for what i do. Therefore it would be stupid of me to pay the premium price for features i WILL NOT USE. I...
I currently have the Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500watt Modular PSU. Its a VERY nice PSU IMO. However im building a new system and i will either have to leave this one in the current rig im selling to a friend and buy myself a new one. Or i can use this in my new rig and buy him a cheap PSU. He...
I posted this in the General Hardware forum first not thinking so i reposted it here. Not sure if thats against any forum rules. Sorry if it is!
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OK i have my Q6600 G0 and my Crucial...
OK i have my Q6600 G0 and my Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 (2 1 gig sticks). Now i just need a motherboard and id like to order it on Wednesday so that i can build this weekend. I just dont know which one to get. I REALLY need to stay at right around $100.
I had decided on the Gigabyte...
I just got my Q6600 G0 today and i am going to order a motherboard later this week. I was thinking of getting the DS3L instead of the DS3R. I do not plan on overclocking really at all right now. Maybe down the road when i can afford a good HSF. What is your impression of the DS3L? I see you dont...
EWW dont go AM2...Just get an E4400 for like $125ish. You can overclock that lil sucker to E6750 speeds easy!
So
CPU = $125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115014
Motherboard = $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128059
Ram = $89 w/$30 MIR...
Change the OVERKILL CPU from the Q6700 to the Q6600 and the CRAPPY Video Card from an 8600GT to either an 8800GTS 640mb or 8800GTX and you have a sweet ass rig!
Do not buy an E6600. Buy the E6750 or E6850. They are the new CPUs and you get MUCH more bang for your buck. Also do you really need all the bells and whistles on those motherboards? Your paying and extra 50-75 for raid and extra sata ports and maybe firewire. Do you need them? I am going to go...
Your current system should play both of those games pretty good although obviously you will have to play in DX9. SLI is a waste of money IMO unless you have a TON of it to throw around. Id forget about SLI and save the money for when the new cards come out. Id also go for a P35 chipset. And from...
I would buy the following:
PSU - Corsair 620HX = $140ish
CPU - Intel Q6600 = $300ish
Mobo - Gigabyte P35-DSR = $130ish
Ram - Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 1GB x 4 = $110 per 2GB kit
Gfx Card - Evga 8800GTS 640MB or if you can afford it the GTX = $400ish
That is right around $1100...
The XtremeMusic popped up in EVERY review and thread i read on the subject with everyone loving it. It has been discontinued. I dont know why but basically the only place to get it is on Ebay. I have not read one bad thing about that card. And it was cheaper than both the others.
I was asking this same question about a week ago. I finally went to Ebay and bought a brand new X-Fi XtremeMusic. The X-Ram shows virtually NO improvement from everything i read. Its only 64mb anyhow. The XtremeGamer or the Fatality were my 2 choices also and i was leaning towards the Gamer. The...
Ok so far i have:
Thermaltake Armor Series Case w/25cm side fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811133021
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping Kentsfield 2.40GHz
http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=CA1938452
And left over from my last system i have:
Enermax...
I have ordered a TON of stuff from Newegg over the years. Generally if i order before noon it will ship the next day and be here within 2-3 business days after that. If you ordered it after NOON which you said you did, even if you clicked rushed processing it still would NOT ship until Tuesday...
I have the Samsung 225bw and i LOVE it. Best monitor i have ever owned. I have recommended it to 4 friends everyone of them as bought it and love it. Not one of them has had a single dead pixel or above average backlight bleeding. I got it at Sams Club since they have a 100% satisfaction...
Ok i have the Thermaltake Armor Series w/25cm side fan. And i am ordering a Q6600 with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L.
I need a good CPU fan that will fit on this motherboard and in the case. I dont want to have to modify anything. I was reading elsewhere about how the Tuniq tower wont fit in this case...
Start here:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L - Plenty good enough and only $95
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16813128059
Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR800 - Only $110 but comes with a $30 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16820146565
Drop the Tuniq and the sound card. No...
The Sunbeam Transformer case is the WORST case i have ever had the pleasure of building in. The thing is HUGE and a real PITA to work with. I highly recommend finding a different case. I have never cussed so much building a PC as i did with that case. It looks nice when its done but it was very...
Ok here is my dilemma. I am building my new PC atm. I have about 3-4 weeks before i need to have it finished since i sold my last one to a buddy who is making payments to me (i get to keep and play on my old one until he pays me in full so i can build my new PC)
I also have another friend who...
Actually i have had the same OEM copy of windows XP home for about 4 years. I have built 4 diff PCs and installed it on each one. Now the last 2 have said that i cannot install it yet all i did was call microsoft and told them that i upgraded my PC and they had no problem giving me an activation...
Ok so far i have the following parts:
Thermaltake Armor Series Case with 25cm side fan
Evga 8800GTS 640mb
Enermax Liberty 500watt PSU
Samsung Syncmaster 225bw 22inch Widescreen Monitor
Western Digital 250GB 16mb Buffer Hard Drive
X-fi Extreme Gamer Sound Card
I will be buying one of...
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