Recent content by Quicksilver

Hi all. I've been contemplating the purchace of a Hi-Def Tube TV, perhaps 30"-32", 16:9 ratio. I've gone down to my local big-boxes (Best Buy, Circuit City, ultimate, Comp USA) and they generaly don't have what I'm looking for. They seem way more interested in selling me a panel display...

I used to feel the way the thread started did after I coulden't find an OC friendly replacement for my 2.4c @ 3.3. That is untill I came across the P4D 805. Holy $hit! 3.75GHz stable on stock cooling! I can't wait for this thing to burn in so I can strap it up the the water cooler and hit...

I did some quick searching on newegg Check out this open-box motherboard for $55 before shipping: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138254R and this memory is $70 shipped for 1 gig http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141190 Or just use ebay...

I just snapped one of these processors up and I had the same concern. My thought for this processor was cheap, cheap, cheap!!! Cheap CPU, cheap mobo, cheap memory. So, I went to newegg.com and found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131578 I got mine...

Sweet, I'm actually getting excited for this little side project. Say, could I get the community's opinion on this option: Open-Box Abit NF4 Intel Edition It's an open box versioin of this Will it do what I want?

So I've been OC'ing AMD almost exclusively for years. My one excption was a 2.4c Northwood that I got to 3.3 stable on water. And I sold that shortly after reaching it's top speed. I currently have a 144 opty that will hit 2.8 on water. I have a Barton Mobile 2400 that will hit an...

I guess all I'm saying is that if I could see the numbers the new stuff puts up compaired to my own, and I could then quantify the percentage of increase over my old stuff I could make an informed decision as to if this generation is WORTH upgrading to, or if last generation stuff is more what...

I consider myself a hardcore gamer, and a hardcore computer user and I've never spent more than $200 on a video card, and probably never will. The CPU to Video Card performance comparison is very helpful because I use my computer for much more than gaming. A fast processor is important to...

I see this all the time at almost every hardware website: They only test the latest generation. Who around here always, consistantly keeps up with the latest generation of gear? I have a 9500 pro on an AthlonXP 2.4, a 9800 pro on a 3.2 P4, and a 6600GT on an A64 3000 and I'm contemplateing...

First of all Brent, Kyle, great article. Nobody else out there is doing the kind of hardware analysis you guys do. I got a problem with your article though. My complaint is one I have with many tech websites: WHERE IS THE MIDRANGE HARDWARE! I think it is pretty pointless to compare a...

I'll pay 65 + a 3000 CPU

I'll take it for 35 shipped

One simple question: Have you EVER heard the actual ammount of noise those tornados put out? IN PERSON?? I have three of them just sitting in the bottom of my parts drawer. I'll never use em because they asre so unbareably loud. Imagine a vacuum cleaner running in your comuter constantly...

I have a few different setups that are very similar to the thread poster's. My suggestion is to try to find what is holding your system back. After setting up 4 different overclocking rigs using 4 different barton 2500's I am supprised by your lack of results. All of my Barton 2500's have...

I will miss them very much. I have built 30+ systems using exclusively abit boards, and I administer over them daily at my workplace. IS-10's, IS-7's, IC-7's, the MAX-3 in my workstation, my NF-7 at home, My AX-8, my original GF4 4200 siluro with the OTES on it. I have had some failures with a...