Recent content by johnboard21

Thanks for the help. Is there a reason I should get the 550 SeaSonic over the 430 I had originally? It's $90 VS $130. There exist people online with rigs running DS3 motherboard and Scyth Ninja. It's suppose to be quiet, so I like that. Why isn't the tuniq mentioned here...

I'm thinking that may be it. The price difference between each is about the same and the FPS in games (using tom's hardware charts) is about the same, with of course a slight edge towards the graphics card. But I'll get to use the processor more often, so maybe it's the processor after all...

I like all of your suggestions, but pumping so much money into a graphics card is a little scary. If I stayed with the 170 version, which still seems to perform ok, I wonder what I could do with the spare change. Good suggestions. Thanks.

I've never overclocked before, but from what I read I would be pretty foolish not to overclock this computer. Won't overclocking need a good Power Supply? I would like a PS that had as little noise as possible. Saving 70 on the ram would let me bump up the power supply, but then won't I...

Currently upgrading. Use computer for programming and gaming. Going to use my current IDE HD and DVD until I can afford SATA. Want to spend around 1000. Have read waaaaay too many articles and reviews and here's what I have. (1) Will everything work together? (2) Is 430 enough power? The...