Recent content by Fenian

Thanks for the advice, I am going with 2x Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9W, 8GB each kit, 1.35V DDR3-1600 low profile RAM. They are $39 each kit right now on sale. As a bonus it will go nicely with my white and black Phantom case. I also picked up the Asus Z68-V Pro board and the Cooler Master Hyper...

OK. What is a good GEN3 Z68 board? Fenian

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming/Photoshop/Multimedia 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $600, tax and shipping included 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible...

Great RAM and great cases, love both. Fenian

Hi all. I am looking at building a new rig next month. here is my planned hardware: NXZT Tempest(original)/NZXT Phantom (already have the Tempest, can get the Phantom for free) Core i7-2700k MSI Hawk Talon Attack 460GTX+ ASUS P8Z68-V Pro GEN3 Z68 LGA1155 ATX 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2 PCI B3...

I would like a Galaxy 570 to help me run Skyrim with my new i7-2700K + SSD rig! Fenian

Count me in! Could use a new rig... Fenian

Thank you, I could use an upgrade to turn my spare PC into a HTPC... Fenian

Whoops, forgot to put that in. I am using the Seagate 7200.11 500GB SATA2 w/ 32MB cache. I picked it up around Christmas last year for a secondary storage drive on my old rig. As mentioned, I am likely going to switch the main drive over for the 640GB drive that is so highly recommended here...

Okay everyone, after some heavy reading and advice from HardOCP and this forum, I built my new rig and have been letting it burn in for the past week. It looks rock-solid stable so I will be OC'ing it on my next day off... Here is my new rig: NZXT Tempest case (love this case- awesome airflow...

Looks good! I can't wait to build my system on Tuesday- PSU is the last component and should arrive on Monday. Love my case (NZXT Tempest) because it has built in cable channels behind the mobo... Fenian

Hi folks. I am preparing to build a PC for the second time (and the first time in 5 years) on Tuesday. After careful consideration and some heavy advice from this forum and HardOCP's reviews here is what I have selected: NZXT Tempest case Intel QX6850 CPU (Paid $240 through a special...

Hi all. This is the system that I am building in the next week and a half: Intel QX6850 Quad 2 Extreme CPU 3GHz Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU cooler Thermaltake bolt-thru kit Arctic Silver MX-2 thermal paste Asus P5Q Pro mobo (2xPCI-Ex16, 3xPCI-Ex1, 2x PCI, 8 SATA, 12 USB, eSATA) Pc...

I got the QX6850 from the Intel Retail Edge program for $260 (with shipping)- I don't think that there is a comperable price on the market right now for a quadcore Intel CPU. I am willing to take the tradeoff of 65nm for this price/performance ratio- I woould never actually pay a thousand...

Thanks everyone... That is what I figured. If I am putting a thousand dollar CPU into my system it had better get clean power :p Fenian