Recent content by 67Builder

I bought the backing plate and real screw kit just for my own peace of mind. But looking at the push pins, i'd assume they work about as well as most (your mileage may vary of course). B

I second the Xigmatech coolers. I went with the 1284, but i don't think the 1283 is really much different. 1284 4 heat pipe version 1283 3 heat pipe version My e8400 @ 3.6 idles at 24c and the highest temp i saw was running intel burntest it hit 39c. Granted i'm not overclocking it very...

MLK day. Its a federal holiday, so i think there's be no shipping tomorrow. I may be wrong about that. we'll see....

Thanks lowteckh! I'll try to find a pot big enough for him. I'm submitting my order now, with the holiday tomorrow, i'm assuming it won't proces till tuesday, but that should still get it to me before next weekend. You guys kick ass! B

A friend at work has this card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150329 He loves it, but says i may need a little bigger power supply than the corsair 650. What do you guys think? In one of the reviews, the guy states he thinks there is a problem with this card and...

How do you guys feel about going to this for video? HIS 4870 card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161247 Or is there a better option in the low 200 ducket range? With the 40$ rebate on the corsair memory, the price difference isn't really that big for gskill. Do...

My old faithful p4 2.4 finally died, and i'm looking to get a couple of new items to freshen up my stuff. Here's the obligitory questionaire stuff. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? some gaming (getting back into it after a few years), normal interweb usage. 2) What's your budget...