Recent content by Martlet

Awesome, thanks. Double post? You mean wait until someone else posts first? Ok, sorry.

Some gamer needs to make a website that puts packages together based on best performance in each price range. I'd pay to use it.

Here's a build from cyberpower: # CAS: ($20 off Mail-in Rebate) X-Cruiser Mid-Tower 420W Case W/ WINDOW, MultiMeter Display & Control (Silver Color) # CS_FAN: Default case fans # CPU: AMD Athlonâ„¢64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology [+90] # CD: (Special Price) 20X...

Am I blind, or does it not list the PSU?

My new elite crapped out after a few months. It's been in repair for almost 5 weeks now.

Thanks! I don't know anything about overclocking. I think I did my current set up when I installed it, because someone walked me through it. I have my case from my current PC. Can't I re-use it? It's pretty easy to work with. The Acer that Trotter linked to. Would that be a decent machine...

I booted from the disk, then instead of setting up XP Pro at the first stop screen, I hit "r" for repair. it dumped me to the DOS screen. I formatted from there.

Strangely, I had a very similar problem yesterday. Take this with a grain of salt, as I have very limited experience. I'm not offering any advice, just telling you what happened and what I did. Is that enough of a disclaimer? Anyway, I was loading the same OS on the same Maxtor HD and...

That Acer doesn't look bad, not that I'd know. Here's the NewEgg wishlist I transferred over.

I've been at this for some time. I have a few lists compiled. I try to move them onto newegg (they are at tiger direct now) and post the list. I appreciate the help. Thanks.

A friend at work suggested I post here for advice. Here goes nothing. I built my PC 7 years ago, and have made slight upgrades over the years (cpu, vid card, etc.), but nothing recently. I'm looking to upgrade, and to do so I'll probably have/want to replace everything. I started looking...