This is the max he can go, budget wise. He likes to keep his computer for years. Playing games but nothing hardcore here. Source games, Spore, RTS, Skyrim, Fable 1/3 etc. And playing blu-rays, All on a 1920x1080 monitor.
These are parts I found locally, in Canada, with their current price...
Setup is in my Signature.
I used my 8800GT for quite a long time now. I remembered when I paid 279.99$ for it. :p
Now I'd like an Upgrade.
Games I play are Fallout 3, Fable 3, BFBC2, GTA IV.
Im also gonna get Skyrim when it comes out and few other games.
Card must last like the...
I heard lots of thing about problems with 1155 Mobos.
I'm going to purchase a 1155 based PC for my friend at http://www.canadacomputers.com/
Intel 2600
8gig DDR3
SSD
However, which board should I go ? How do I know if they will not cause me Problems ?
Spec Needed.
USB3/Sata3/7.1...
So my friend is running a e2180 with a ati HD 2400Pro
He's about to bash his PC and needs a new one.
Budge is Limited, he'd like to Push the game pretty high. FS10 is also coming next year.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~650$ Before Tax, local pickup @...
Having some high temps on my 965 @ Stock 59C-61C
Looking for a new cooler.
Will be shopping at
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?cPath=8_129
or
http://pccyber.com/?v=Category&c=511
I can get the H50 @ 49.99$ -> 20Off + 10MIR
Hyper 212+
Scythe Yasya
Corsair A70
etc. Saw...
First of all. Thanks to NCX for these amazing Reviews which are linked here.
*(I'm also a French Canadian, sorry if theres few mistakes around)
-> For Canadians, Monitor is on sale @ CanadaComputers for 209$ till 2010-07-31
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So I finally did a small Jump and bought this monitor...
Fixing my Friends computer and having hard time finding his CPU.
Info I can get from Cpuz and Everest
AMD Athlon XP
Barton
Socket A 462
Tech 0.13um
Multi x 11
Bus 100
Cache 64/64/512
Bumped the bus to 166 to reach the 2500+ version
Rated FSB at 333.
Not sure tho. Help ...
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hard to say. Parts choice will tell
3) Where do you live?
Canada 10% Discount in-store if I buy tomorrow tho. Price will go a lil lower than NewEggs
Still...
Repost
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1527174
Gaming (FPS,RPGs)
Blu-Ray Movies
I think I would prefer a 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080 but not sure on this.
24"-25.5"
Acer G245H bmid 24" 209$
Asus MS236H (kinda strange looking, heard good review tho) 184.99$
ASUS VW266H...
I currently have a 22" Samsung 2253BW which does the job for me.
Looking to add a 24"-25.5" Besides it.
Gaming (FPS,RPGs)
Blu-Ray Movies
I think I would prefer a 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080 but not sure on this.
I cannot afford a 400$+tx monitor
My little Audigy4 Card is causing me Problems. I hate Creative Drivers, so terrible.
I use SPDIF mainly. Card is plugged into a DTS/DD Receiver. Also use HeadPhones at night and use the card to Record music.
I will use the card to play movies in 5.1 via Coax, and also record via the analog...
Long time ago, I had Demo cds with good games but I lost them.
I think they were named like:
Demo Games for Windows 95 (Orange Cover)
Demo Games for Windows 98 (Gray/Black Cover)
If someone can link me to these so I can remember the games that were on it.
Thanks !
Right now, my mixer is plugged into my Line-in of my sound card (audigy) and I'd like to record it with Adobe Audition. The problem is, I can hear myself when the Line-In is set on (which I don't want since I use CTRL Room out on the mixer). So when I record the second track (I need the hear the...
Its for my friend, he said that he will buy a video card like a 4850 later.
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM
Rosewill RP500 500W ATX12V v1.3
A-DATA 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400...
Lets say we put Water Cooling on a Q6600 CPU only. (120mm Fan on the rad)
Is the air coming out of the radiator is hot ? Can you feel the hot air ? :confused:
Dont ask me why I need to know that :p
Ive found some tutorials use nLite to put the drivers with windows Xp then burn it as a Booting ISO. The problem is, where can I find the drivers ? which one ?
Also, can I use a dvd to install Win Xp ?
Its seems that my Computer does PortScan to my other Computer on LAN.
My fathers says I have some kind of crap on my computer lol..
Spy Bot s&d = Nothing
Adaware = Nothing
Avast ! = Nothing
Ccleaned.
Could it be Steam ? that is portscanning ? or a bad program on my comp ?
I need a Free Burning Software without ads and stuff like that. Its just to burn files to Dvds, not movies. I know that Burn4Free is good but I h8 their ads lol...
thanks
I just bought the game with steam.
When I connect to big servers 30ppl or more, I saw ppl moving/stop/move. I lag badly.
FPS = 60 Vsync
FPS = over 120 No Vsync
Ping = Under 50
CPU_USAGE = under 20% Core0 / 40% Core1
anyone know why ?
I was watching CHAOS movie. When the camera was turning, its like if the video was skipping frames. Is the monitor really 2ms ? is anyway I can test it ?
So yea, I was watching a movie and the 1" bleeding a top was too annoying even if the movie was great lol...
I need a monitor around 250-300$ that I will buy @ bestbuy canada or futureshop
its for gaming so I also need 2-5Ms response time.
Should I stick with TNs ?
samsung 2253BW 2MS 22"
LG 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (W2252TQ)
theres other lg also but I dont know if they r good :confused:
damn thats 2 choices lol.. :p
I need a monitor for Gaming and watching movies mostly.
So I think I need like 2-5 Ms for response.
anyone know if these...
I would like to bump lil bit my CPU like to 3 or 3.2.
Since Amd Stock Cooler Suck, I will get a Cheap One, not like these TRUE @ 70$
which Cooler should I get ? I there anyway I can Fuck up my CPU By Ocing it ?
Next time, I will buy
an intel chip... lol aka Nehalem
I currently have a shity 17" (16") CRT lol.. and Now I have a comp that can play games @ 1680x1050, I need a new LCD.
Theres some cheap LCD at BB Canada
ViewSonic (VX2245WM) 269$
Acer (X223WBD) 269$
ViewSonic (VX2235WM) 349 @ 280$
are these good ?
I like w2207 SMT01 but its too $$
Well I just bought oblivion and Id like to know what are the best Race etc.. and Magic Bow Warrior or Stealth... I need a character that will start kinda fast.
Can anyone tell me why they use ? :)
thx
I got High FPS 75Sync or 130+ Without Sync but its lag or w/e its just goes to FAST. I press the gas I go @ 200 in a fraction of a second..
Its the demo. Other games runs Fine. Im using Xp.
En8800GT 675/1600/1900 (Stable 60C Load)
5600+ @ 2.8
2Gig Ram
520 Watt PSU
so Wtf ?
I just used the Automatic Overclock @ 5%
Can you tell me if numbers are good ? Like voltage, HT, BUS ?
my vid card is also there little Oc
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6805/39390258af0.jpg
thx
I just installed Fable on my computer, I got about 175FPS but when I look around, its drop @ 2-4 then goes up to 175...
Ive tryed with setting low.. same thing
Res 1048x768 Spec in Sig
I run Crysis at high with 40-60Fps... and CoD4 is smooth at max + max AA AF
No patch exist.,
eh...
I bought the asus 8800GT with the big fan + Heatsink on ram
Its @ 600/1500/1800 right now
I overclocked the core to 660 and its jump about 5-10 C in temp but I didnt saw any improvements in Crysis.
Idle right now is 40C Load I can say about 50C.
I cant control my Fan speed and I...