Recent content by mnelson07

Hey everyone! It's been a few months, I think back in March I posted specs for a potential new machine I wanted to build, but I never got around to it unfortunately. My motherboard just crapped out on me this morning, and I've been planning on upgrading for a while now anyways (hence the post...

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed! Well this makes me want the HD 5970 for sure, however now I feel like I should wait for a potential price reduction when the GTX 480 finally comes out. Plus I'd like to see a real benchmark with the GTX 480.

Re: Nvidia GTX 480 and 470 specs and pricing :o :( I'm sorry. Feel free to delete this mods.

Nvidia GTX 480 and 470 specs and pricing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and 470 specs and pricing emerge -- Engadget GTX 480 $499 "the 480 will offer 480 shader processors, a 384-bit interface to 1.5GB of onboard GDDR5 RAM, and clock speeds of 700MHz, 1,401MHz, and 1,848MHz for the core, shaders and...

Almost all monitors are 1000:1, I thought it was implied. I assumed it was a marketing scheme of some sort, but I was hoping there was some truth to it. Thanks for the suggestion, I did notice that monitor. Yeah, I'm not really sure why... I mean this old 24" I bought at least 5 years ago...

I had a Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP and accidentally cracked the screen, I won't bore you with the details. Basically, I want a replacement and I'd like to order it ASAP. This monitor will be used heavily for gaming and watching movies. My only requirements are: 24" monitor with a 1920x1200...

Should I buy the HD 5970 or wait for nVidia's GTX 480? It is rumored to be released later this month and might be worth the wait. Plus, the GTX 480 won't be their TOP end card, I assume they'll release a GTX 490 as they release a x9xx card with all series of cards (7900/8900/gtx295/etc.) and if...

You have a great point on the HDD being my bottleneck now. However, I personally don't think a 40gb SSD is worth it to me. I don't want just my OS and a couple of my games on the main HDD. I'd rather have it all on there to fully appreciate the SSD. Personally, I find that my current setup with...

Good to know, I'll order from them then. I'll be willing to pay the shipping, I was already saving $160, now I'm savng an extra $15 with this site. Can I ask you 1 more quick question? What makes the EVGA E758-A1 a better at overclocking than the ASUS P6T LGA? I'll gladly spend the extra $40 if...

The only thing I'm worried about are these websites, I've never heard of them and I don't want a faultly/fake card. Even NewEgg sent out a fake Intel CPU.

I agree, I decided to bump it back down to just the 6GB. I have 6GB DDR2 now and it is plenty. I've read about some drawbacks with SSD, something about how the "blocks" are managed (I can't find it on my RSS feed, it was a while ago. If I find it I'll post it here). Also, they are dang...

So, I have had this current PC for quite some time now and I'm looking to build a new one. My video card has really been ****ing me off lately as it isn't running current games (like BFBC2) as well as I'd like. Plus, there is this really weird driver error I get when playing Heroes of Newerth...

Thank you so much Muffin Man, baih77, and Trotter! What I've decided to do is take Muffin Man's build (good point on building a DDR3/i7 system, no point in getting an outdated DDR2/775 system... especially when the cost is so similar), but get the 32MB cache HDD that baih77 suggested and the...

I haven't built a PC in nearly two years now, so I'm out of the loop with what is the best bang-for-buck hardware. I did a little research before posting, and I wanted to get some opinions on this build. My dad had a Dell machine that is at least 10 years old that finally died on him...

The hard drives bay looks pretty far from where the PSU is. It's a very tall case too... That is very tempting, especially because it's a similar price. But I don't know this brand, and although I'm sure it's good, I'm more comfortable buying from a well known manufacturer. Also, the...