Recent content by CSMRaider

Thanks so much Enginurd! Clearing the CMOS didn't work and jumping the PSU didn't work. Tossed in an old PSU to the system and it POSTed just fine. Time to RMA a PSU.

Sigh. Got everything (snagged a late gift card from a relative which got me a 8800GT 512MB!). Put it together. Power on, processor fan turned about a tenth of a rotation and then just sat still. I quickly powered it down. As it was powering down the fan made one more hiccup in...

I plan be able to step up the video card again (if I want) within about 6 months. Conan might be out before then and Warhammer would just be coming out. And really, I doubt I swap over to either immediately. So the 256 MB 8600 GT is looking best. I'll keep playing with items to try to...

Going by WoW's Tech Support forums, it doesn't seem to have any problems with Vista 64-bit. I'm used to running XP with a gig of ram. Vista is obviously a little more demanding, will I notice the lack 4 gigs of RAM? Not having enough memory for my OS drives me mad pretty quickly. I guess...

Oops, nix that then. I want the retail heatsink for now. And won't complain about the extra warranty. Newegg beats out mwave after shipping to NC.

Looks like the best prices I'm finding on processor/mobo (after shipping) are from ClubIT. Updating my OP with prices. I'm thinking about swapping to the far less expensive Transcend memory to save up some dough instead of using the G.Skill memory. URL now in the OP. I guess I may just be...

First, a little background: My desktop is used pretty exclusively for gaming. Nothing incredibly intensive, as I'm mainly an MMO player. Currently unsatisfied with my performance in WoW, and I want to be prepared for Warhammer and Conan when they come out. My current desktop is about 3.5...