Recent content by trekkie00

Thanks for the quick reply, Hikari. The monetary commitment for a SLR is one of the things that does worry me. I'm still a mostly broke college kid who could probably spend his money on better things than a shiny new camera. Most of the stuff I do is landscapes/nature and occasionally...

Pretty much: I'm using an almost three-and-a-half year old basic point-and-shoot camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7, 7mp, 6x optical zoom, image stabilization) that has very few manual options and I'd like something more adjustable. Also, it's **** irritating to not have a viewfinder sometimes. I...

I've been trying my hand at overclocking my 965 recently, and was wondering if you all had any safety tips or advice on getting a higher speed out of it. I am using an aftermarket fan. For awhile yesterday I had it running at 3.96ghz (18x220) with 1.425V, and it would pass an Intel Burn Test...

I've been running a MSI nVidia 9800GT for the past year and a half without any problems, so I'd recommend them. Granted, I sold a friend a XFX 7600GT from two and a half years ago that works perfectly and looks like a higher quality product.

Re: How to build a working computer, for under $200. All components, and software lsi Add a graphics card and another gig of memory, and you'd have the computer I was gaming on for the past two and a half years. Except with a better processor. The last two cases I've bought were Rosewill, and...

Exactly this. I've been using NVIDIA cards (7600 and 9800) on an ATI chipset for two and a half years now without any issues whatsoever.

That's right about what I was coming out with while speccing it out, without a new heatsink. If I splurge on the motherboard for Phenom, I can get one for $400 - possibly as low as $335 if I get a board that only supports x16/x4 on its PCIe slots. Plus, I just heard about the next architecture...

I'm still trying to save some money on the build. The i5 is tempting, I'll definitely look into it more. I read elsewhere that there's a new AMD chip coming out in 2011 that'll still support the AM3 socket. Since I'm interested in trying to somewhat future-proof the computer, think it might be...

This month, I'm biting the bullet and upgrading my desktop computer (specs in sig). However, I'm still not sure whether to go with a Phenom 2 955 Black Edition or try and get a i7 930. I'll probably mostly use it for CAD software, gaming (maybe a little Crysis), and transcoding media. Anyone...

Nuts, that's a shame about the battery. At least $30 on eBay isn't too outrageous, thanks for the link! Any other ideas with the power supply? A new battery isn't much good if I can't charge it up :P

Well, about two years ago I bought the Dell laptop in my signature (it was a good deal at the time!), and I'm starting to have a very annoying issue with the battery. It seems to be fine until it gets to about 60%ish capacity (in both Windows and the battery meter thingie on the battery). Then...

I always heard that SLI doesn't produce that massive of a performance upgrade, although I could be mistaken. Also, I'm probably sticking with my 9800GT for as long as possible. In the future, it would make more sense to delegate it to folding/physics and just buy a new card - not like the Phenom...

Oh my, thanks for letting me know! I was looking at some AM2+ chips that would fit in my AM2 motherboard (unfortunately practically none are supported), and since they were compatible I thought they'd work the other way too. You just saved me a good $120 :P How much of a difference would the...

I recently discovered how to rip blu-ray movies from their discs to a hard drive, and would like to do a relatively inexpensive upgrade to speed up the transcoding process - takes forever and a half. Was looking at these parts: Either: AMD Phenom II 945 or AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition MSI...

Yes, it will fit. MicroATX should fit too, albeit with possibly different screw locations.