Recent content by Krys

Not that much. I'm mainly considering X99 for a bit of future proofing. I think things like games will make better use of more cores in the future. I mainly use Sony Vegas Movie Studio and Photoshop. I may mess around with Adobe Premiere in the future. The Blu-ray drive isn't for anything...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, some video/photo editing, movies, music, I'll have a T.V. hooked up and sometimes use it as a HTPC (I mainly use Kodi) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Around $3000 CAD everything...

Some of the Gigabyte boards look good but no UEFI is disappointing. I just noticed lots of these motherboards don't have internal headers for USB 3.0 which the HAF 932 case needs for the front panel 3.0 slots to work.

Looks like the only big differences between Z68 and P67 are SSD caching and a IGP which I probably won't be using. Maybe I should just go with one of these P67 boards: Asus P8P67 LE - 139.99 Asus P8P67-M PRO - 144.99 ASRock P67 Extreme4 - 169.99 (164.99 after 5 mail in rebate) Some of...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, movies, music, web browsing 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Around $1700 CDN everything included 3) Where do you live? Ontario, Canada. I'd prefer to buy parts locally from...

I been looking into the Xeon E3110, it seems to be the same as the E8400. It also costs less and this store has it in stock for $227 ($216 after 5% off coupon) EDIT: Looks like it's sold out now

I changed the RAM to the 2x2GB DDR2 800 G.SKILLs with the 5-5-5-15 timings. The motherboard has been changed from the DS3R to the DS3L and the power supply from the ST60F to the VX550. I’m still not sure about the processor. I think I’ll get the Q6600 unless there are some others that someone...

I’m planning a new computer. It’s mainly going to be used for games (at 1680 x 1050) I live in Canada so will be buying mainly from Canadian stores. Here is what I got so far, the budget is around $1500 Antec P182 - $133 Corsair CMPSU-550VX 550W - $88 ($73 after $15 MIR) Gigabyte...