I think default fan speed on this thing is only 20% but even at that it doesn’t go a hair over 80c full load. It idles around 60c. It could be better but is in a very safe range I believe. I would fully recommend this card. I have an old 4200 X2 AMD processor [...]
So, I should be getting around $5,500 in a subsidized tuition loan that I do not need. I was thinking about selling my current (highly outdated) HTPC and building a new one when the money comes in.
I can’t really reuse any of my current parts other than my PCI Wireless-G card. I also will be [...]
I want to make sure this system will allow me to play crysis at a reasonable level. (among other things, i would never spend this much for a single game)
I figure you guys know your shit.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR-116DBK – OEM
Model #VR-116DBK
Item #:N82E16827129023
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In [...]
I left my computer downloading several files via utorrent last night. They all completed fine. I also had an essay loaded via networking off my laptop, and then later closed the laptop without closing the essay.
Woke up this morning, and every five minutes or so the desktop was bleeping at me (error sound). I checked, [...]
I can’t see any positives.. I recently (yesterday) got a new laptop from HP. Its a beast compared to my old computer, yet I really don’t feel like I’ve made an improvement in performance.
My old computer had Windows XP and Ubuntu Fiesty installed
2.8 Ghz Pentium 4
512 [...]
So I was talking to this guy at a computer company, and he basically said I’d be better off with an awesome Duo core computer than an decent quad core system. Among the reasons he gave, the main one was that most programs don’t make use of the quad core. So basically, it’s a waste [...]
