Recent content by cinqo

Hi everyone! My mother called me today to say that her computer has "died." After going up to visit, her computer is working after all......BUT, it's been ~6 years since I built this for her, and I think it's beyond time to upgrade. So we're replacing all the major components - MB, CPU, RAM...

Great - thank you for the speedy responses! I'll hold off for now while I continue to do some research. Fingers crossed for a rockin' September deal....

My workplace is actually almost right between the two stores - ~12 miles from each. As for cases, I'm leaning towards the Antec 1100 or the Corsair 500R. But, I'm extremely tempted by the Corsair 300R, since there are a few deals going on at Newegg which bring the total price for it down to $50...

Thanks. I'll bump in a few days after taking a look at the new deals. As for Microcenter, I can make it to either of those locations without much trouble. Would it be worth bumping up to a different monitor with a higher resolution, given the hardware I might be running? It's not something...

Hi everyone! It's upgrading time. I built my system in 2007, and have done some minor upgrades over the last few years (upgraded MB/CPU in 2008(?), and bought a HD 5870 from a friend last year), but I think it's starting to show it's age a bit. The problem is, I'm not 100% sure where my...

Thanks for the answers so far. How about when price is taken into consideration? Most estimates I've seen are that the speed differences between 7 and 8 are roughly 1-2%, depending on quite a few factors. Either way you slice it, it will be a LARGE upgrade from XP Pro in terms of speed...

Hi everyone, I am currently running Windows XP on my computer. I refused to play with Vista when it came out, and for various reasons (out of the country for extended periods of time) I never upgraded to Windows 7. However, now that I am working in the country again, I'm starting to...