Recent content by jstuckey

I got the ZBoard as a gift. It's pretty snazzy, and is customizeable by game. http://www.zboard.com/us/

Yeah, I looked at that Lian-Li V SILENT PC-V1100B, and it looks pretty hot. Black steel case, indeed. http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Chassis/M_V_S_PC-V1100plus.htm

Well, I also have to sleep in the same room as my case, so if it's brighter than 1000 suns, I surely don't want it.

Ok, ok. Finally got some good reasons why this case sucks. All of the site reviews i found were stellar, but the user reviews were not so hot. Anyway, how's the system other than that?

the mobo. but it looks like i can get it from someone for about the same, so it's no big deal.

eh? I bought the corsair because it was cheaper than the recommended stuff. and i thought the main problem with the corsair was that it was too expensive. I can always send the stuff back if it's really not the best. I was under the impression it was just marginally better, and not worth the...

I looked at each thing on the list. I really want the 24" lcd, so that's a big chunk off the top. I think the power supply I found is a bit better, and cheaper. The case + mods end up costing about the same as the case I found, if you were to include the water cooling which most people...

WD Caviar WD2500KS -> $115 AMD Opteron 170 -> $396 (vs. Athlon 4400+ X2 @ $495 ??) Nvidia eVGA GeForce 7800GT -> $299 Corsair XMS-3500LL PRO (2 1gig sticks) -> $220 (Just bought it!!) Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard -> $120 (refurb) Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic -> $111 ENERMAX All in...

Ok, I don't want to bash anyone. These are really just questions. I don't know a whole lot about current hardware. I have a keyboard, mouse, and speaker system already. I REALLY want a 24" lcd. To justify the case, it already has water cooling, a really good radiator, a couple of powerful...

1. The gtx is $160 more than the gt. bear in mind that this system is sli compatible, so i do plan on putting another card in there when the need arises. 2. I looked up the Raptor, and it seems to do really well: http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2454&p=3 But the WD2500KS seemed...

Found the mobo on newegg (through pricegrabber), but upon closer inspection, it's refurbished. I looked at a bunch of reviews, and the xms had none bad, plus looks really good on paper. I'm not too worried about price, rather quality. Is the xms really no better than the G.SKILL? I wanted...

Guys, I get the feeling that this is the kind of thing everyone would love to help on. My budget is around 2700 including monitor. I've already done a lot of research, and this is what I've found (prices in USD, include shipping). To note: I've skimped in HD space. I plan on getting two...