Recent content by Citizen Philip

For example, comparing this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052 to my 3 year old screen, I'm not seeing any big differences between them. My only concern would be putting the two of them together and the border frames not being equal. And for the 27" it...

A few years, retiring my CRT and decided that flatscreens would be a good purchase I picked up A samsung 2493HM 24" http://www.samsung.com/sg/consumer/pc-peripherals-printer/monitor/lcd-monitor/LS24KIERFV/XSS/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail A nice flatscreen for its time. I do have...

Thanks for the links, I'll review those tonight!

I hope your April is going well, mine is about to get better: I'm looking for a new system! 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I am going to be gaming. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? My budget is 1300 after tax. I would...

I tried loading Thief 3, Deadly Shadows yesterday and found that is kept looping the intro video and refused to stop. i assumed the problem was related to my dual core AMD. Oddly enough, I switched the exectuable to Win98 comp mode and it loaded up fine. Playing the game now and it appears...

I recently installed an AC Accelero x2 on my X1900, which I chose over an x1900XTX or 78/900. The new cooler made a very noticable temperature and noise difference. I chose the XT for two reasons: I felt it was more fuitureproof, and I believe their design spec in regards to processing...

I got my Accelero X2 by UPS today. ... Hope to have the time tonight to get it installed. I chose this fan because it was claimed to have good instructions (which is a single folded piece of paper with 4 pictures) easy to install and mostly because it's very quiet.. My only real concern is...

Wow, thanks for the responses. I've never tried to modify a heatsink/fan on my system before, and had reservations about making any changes to the single most expensive component on my system. The AC Accelero 2 looks interesting, as the fan will blow the air towards the rear exhaust fan...

I've put together a new system for myself over the last couple of months, and I am mostly self-taught when it comes to my hardware knowledge. I'm reasonably enthusiastic about reading up on new developments, but I know I have some very specific gaps in my technical abilities. Namely, the...

I have a 24" CRT Viewsonic I bought a few months back for $800 CAD, this thing would have cost me +$2600 or more a few years back. It came in a box that my whole family could stand in, msybe have room for the dog. Your typical CRT is the size of 3 LCDs, and probably twice as heavy. That...

After removing one pair it installed and loaded with no problem. Spent the rest of the evening setting everything else up. Tonight I'll see what I can do about the RAM. Thanks for the help.

When I get home this evening, I'll go down to 2 gigs and go for the reinstall and report back as to the results. As for my potential extra RAM, I'll keep that around until I can find an OS that supports it, and run my games well: I won't hold my breath. Is this memtest a specific utility I...

I've tried using the SATA and the IDE HDD to install with the same results. I will however check the CD that game with the mobo for any SATA updates that might help it along. I don't really mind having 3 of the 4 gigs: I'm keeping it around for Windows Vista. What I don't know is: Should...

I can do the hardware and the software, I have a phobia about ruining my components: in a perfect world I would install the hardware and move to the software. In the past I kind of...*cough* runined a processor and mobo with... unintelligent decisions made regarding their installation, namely...

I've lurked here quite a bit, but never really posted. I bought a totally new system from the ground up, installed all my hardware into my new frame and Windows XP Pro (OEM) will crash during the OS installation. I have a new Athlon X2 processor, 4 Gigs DDR Ram (2 sets of matched OCZ pairs)...