Yeah bwoiee.
I have no idea what possessed me to do this, but I bought a 300x CF card and a CF-to-IDE adaptor to use it with, then I set it to be my Z: drive and put a 1.8GB pagefile on it. I figured it would benefit from the virtually-nonexistent random seek times that FLASH [...]
built a pc 5 years ago and im out of the loop. I have about 1100 to use for a new system, I dont need dvd burner, monitor, floppy, os.
PC will be used for work and some gaming (heavy photoshop/illustrator use, cod4, tf2, starcraft 2, diablo 3, fallout 3), 4gb ram is required (im going [...]
Ok I haven’t built a computer in awhile, just put together my new board, and im having some issues, OT is always the first place to come for me… first here are a few screens of my major problem, and some double checks from cpu-z
NO idea why I can’t get my processor to show up [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m leaning towards the Sager. Better card (9800M GT vs 9700M GT), better looks (elegant Sager vs. boy-racer Asus), DDR3 memory……..but spec’d out the way I want it, it’s $2300.
The Asus is cheaper at around $1700.
My limit’s $2500 and hopefully I’ll have my current laptop sold (someone’s interested — $800) so that should [...]
i was messing around putting together a desktop system at dell at the configurator recommended upgrading to 4GB of RAM at 667mhz.
however, i could also choose 4GB of RAM at 800mhz.
both cost the same amount.
now, why would it recommend the slower RAM?Depends on the speed of the front-side bus. You want RAM that’s either the [...]
