Recent content by Deconeak

I never said I used an LCD, I have a CRT monitor. I'm going to use my CRT monitor for this build too. Yes, I don't think it will be a problem since I have been gaming on consoles for many years. I'm sure console games don't have the best frame-rates, some are awful. One last question, when I...

One last bump before going ahead and buying the parts. If there is any more comments then go ahead and post them.

I got all of my Compaq S710 monitor specs in a pdf file: Specifications: Type: Colour muitple scan with invar Shawdow Mask Picture Tube (Diagonal): 17 inch Flat Square Viewable (Diagonal): 15.8 inchs (39.5 cm) Horizonal Dot Pitch: 0.23 mm Trio Dot Pitch: 0.27 mm Max Refresh / Present...

This is almost exactly what I'm getting now. All of my PC parts are coming from TigerDirect.ca since NCIX doesn't have the case and power supply I need. My new rig build: $123 for AMD CPU 3500+ (socket AM2) (2.2 Ghz) (512 KB Cache) (at Tiger Direct...

Ok. Just to give you guys a idea of what I'm upgrading from, here are my computer specs: Intel Celeron 266 MHz with 0 KB of L2 Cashe (Covenington) 128 MB of SDRAM (I upgraded from 32 MB last year) ATI Rage Pro that has 8 MB of VRAM Some old motherboard that has a Intel chipset with 2...

Yeah, I was wondering if the new video card had a VGA slot which it doesn't but I have heard of converters that come with cards. I'm not sure if this one does. I meant it was decent for now for what I do. I may not get the most out of my games sure, but it's not going to be horrible. It's true...

It's not a bad monitor at all. I see nothing wrong with it. I'm going to get the new PC before the monitor since I don't have the money for it currently. The last few comments about there being no point in getting a new computer without a decent monitor are not true.

Do you have that Compaq S710 monitor or are you just saying that because it has the name "Compaq" in it? I asked other people if that monitor worked fine with new computers and they said yes. They owned one too.

Ok. That sounds alright until I get another gig of RAM. My computer moniter is a Compaq S710 which is a CRT. It would be fine with this build?

I always wondered what would happen if you removed the CPU while the computer was on. I would have guessed that the computer would just reset and not go past POST or freeze. You say that windows 3.11 was still running? Wow, I would have opened a program to see what would have happened!:) I...

There is a problem with that, I have the 2 X 512 mb pack picked out because of Dual Channel mode like enginurd said. How big of a performance hit would it be? In terms of gaming frames per second and loading? I guess so. What's the reason why AMD cpu's don't take a harder hit then the Intel ones?

I wouldn't have enough money to get both the 7600GT and 2GB of OCZ RAM but only 1. I would lean towards the 7600GT instead of the extra 1 Gig on RAM. I still have that one question about which company to buy my PC parts from. It's near the start of my first post. Thanks for the help so far.

I think that would work but it costs $195 at NCIX.com. That would be $70 more. Link: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18462&vpn=ADA3800CUBOX&manufacture=AMD It's $207 at Tigerdirect.ca: Link...

I was thinking that when I got my price total of $667 because I may have enough money for it. I had exactly what I wanted picked out but unless I buy the RAM like tomorrow, I can't get it because of the price. There is a rebate on the item. I will look into it more. So that would be the best...

I'm new here and I joined today. Now on to the details: I have a few questions before continuing with what I am doing. I'm building my first computer after using a very old and slow computer that has parts from 1997 and so on. I decided it's time to dumb the crap and get a new one. I live in...