Recent content by iamchardy

I want to buy a 7200rpm hardrive around the 100-150$ mark for gaming only. Usually in benchmarks the higher density Hard drives, (500gb etc) seem to perform better then lower 150 or 250 drives. I was thinking of the Samsung SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB, or the Western Digital...

Well, as long as there is not FPS decrease, I will go for it just for more space without reinstalling the OS on another drive. If there is not FPS increase, thats fine. =) Thanks for your advice

I have been told by a local friend of mine, that gaming performance can be slightly better, and also your OS, by installing and running games on a separate HD then the OS. I am not talking a RAID setup, just using a second formatted HD in your computer, to which you manually install games...

Like I said earlier, I like to overclock but not to the extreme. I want to know its fast, but also completely stable. Besides 3.2ghz from 3.0 isn't that much of a big deal. But 2.13 to 3.0 is a big difference, which is what I already have done. If I did buy a 6850, I would most likely...

Thanks for the link to x-bit labs Spiffstar. That was the kind of review I was looking for. I finally had time to read it.. I am at work right now. (hehe) The Quad core is looking better and better, except its heat. Even though I use a Zalman 9700, I doubt I could overclock the quad core...

Thanks so much for your replies! Your advice is exactly what I was looking for. I don't want to change platforms (motherboard) for some time. So I don't know If I can go with the newest quad cores coming out. I am going to do some reasearch about the new cores, then I will decide if I...

Okay, here is the thing…. I want to upgrade my system for better performance, and would appreciate any advice you can give. =) I currently have: Core 2 Duo 6400@ 3.0 ghz 1.3v 1500mhz FSB Zalman 9700NT CPU cooler 32 Idle 43 Load Evga Nvidia 680i SE Mainboard Corsair Dominator 6400 @...