Recent content by The Zune Guy

Good point. You're right, I'll just grab the 1gb version. It will suffice! And I upgrade every year, although I've college this year so I'll probably be broke by next summer! I'll stick with mine I think, MIR's are a bit hard to organise from Ireland

I thought much the same...I would like the HD 4890 but there's no way I should/could waste that money when i will see no benefit. So just stick with the HD 4870 512mb ya? And I only just upgraded my monitor, from 19" to 22". Can't afford to go 24" yet, at least not while I'm living in "Rip-Off...

I'm on the verge of ordering my upgrades at the moment...except I have a query over my GPU choice (Why wouldn't I with the variety that exists!) I've just found a number of sites suggesting that one doesn't need 1GB of video memory on the HD 4890 at my resolution (VGA Monitor @ 1680 x 1050, I...

Hey no bother, you make a good point. I was only thinking about future processor compatability, i.e. AM3 and the inevitably faster and cheaper DDR3 to come in the future. I only ever mentioned DDR3 because of the general use of it in AM3 motherboards. Since the price difference between DDR3 and...

Muffin man is right, the i7 build would be that bit more future proof. My recommendations were only to prove that the AMD option is there and its a cheaper. IF you can stretch however go for an i7 build as it's a seriously powerful rig! (i'd defo get one if I could afford it, but I can't so I...

Ah, but you see, the genius of this upgrade lies in the price of pc parts in Ireland. I managed to sell my Q6600 and mobo for more money than it will cost me to buy and ship the new parts from the US to Ireland. The only thing actually costing me anything is the graphics upgrade (the 8800GTS is...

Given build is an excellent one, I...third it?? Don't buy an XP license however, download the Windows 7 RC. Free OS for the next year and then you can buy a full copy of that. If you've read anything about it you'll know its going to be, or rather is, an excellent OS. WD are great drives by...

Could anyone tell me if the OCZ Vendetta II cooler I have will do for the Phenom 2's?. It states in the manual that it's suitable for AM2, but there's no mention of AM2+ (or AM3 of course) Also, is this cooler good enough. It was highly recommended when purchasing my Q6600 just a year ago...

My little bit of advice: I'm upgrading my current pc because I'm going into college myself this year and need a good pc for this (plus its a good summer project :) ) I'm buying my new cpu, motherboard, RAM and graphics from the US! I did this before and got all the major (but not heavy!!) parts...

You do make it sound like a good board ha. I will probably get that then. And let me explain my statement about the HD 4870. I'm not saying its outdated, its a great piece of engineering, but I'd prefer something thats not been on the market as long, i.e. that my mates don't already have :) A...

I agree, 2nd one is overpriced, wasn't sure about 1st however. Jetway huh? My completely irrational opinion :) of Jetway was that they were bad news, at least not up to the high standards of Gigabyte or Asus and more like ECS. You're sure though because it does look good. Forgive me if I'm...

I was thinking along the same lines. The difference in the overclocking capabilities shouldn't be that significant I hope. Although I did just see this combo: I did just see this, a 955 for not much more, but its got a poor 770 NB Newegg.com - ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD...

(Long time since I last posted here. Great new look though by the way. :D) I am upgrading the specs of my pc once again this summer as I have for the last 3 years. Original specs as listed in my sig (Q6600, Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R, 8800GTS G92 etc) and while its not a poor rig I have got a good...

Quote from "http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-striker-extreme_3.html" "So, it wouldn't be fair to compare ASUS Supreme-FX against any other stand alone sound cards, this solution is analogous to the Karajan audio unit used on DFI mainboards. Supreme-FX may outperform the...

The eee box has a DVI output alright but a simple adaptor will sort that out, and they must cost about... $3? If you need performance go down the line of building it yourself as you'll get more "bang for your buck". Otherwise the eee Box is neat, tidy and efficent. Dell Studio pc's would suit...