Recent content by KyCatFan

I just got my computer a few weeks ago and I have been trying to burn some old basketball games to disc. The very first time I tried it, it worked perfectly for me. I just tried doing it again tonite and on 3 different occasions, I kept getting an error message when it tries to write to disc...

The monitor is the 1704FPT. This one says that it gets 13 ms typical reponse time. So that should be pretty good then right?

I know the feelings from most about buying computers from Dell and other places like that isn't a good one, but just pretend this is a home built computer and tell me what you think. Pentium 4 3.2GHz Processor 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz 2x512 Dual Channel 160GB NCQ SATA 7200 RPM Hard Drive...

What are your opinions on this card? I am not a big computer gamer, but play a few games here and there. Is this a pretty good card that will last me a while? I am getting a new computer and it will have this in it. It was going to come with an ATI Radeon X300 SE, but I upgraded to the 6800...

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Here is a whole different setup using the PCI Express parts. Intel Pentium® 4 530 Processor Prescott 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 1MB Cache Retail $189.90 Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR3 Video Card & Chaintech V915P Zenith VE 915P P4 800FSB LGA775 Motherboard...

I was checking out another site to buy parts from that I saw mentioned in another thread and found this deal for going PCI Express. Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR3 Video Card & Chaintech V915P Zenith VE 915P P4 800FSB LGA775 Motherboard Retail Bundle $269.99 That...

Sounds interesting, but just not going to be in my budget right now. It looks like those boards are around the $200 range and that is almost double what I can afford right now. Plus that appears to be better suited for strictly a gaming pc. I only play games on mine a small portion of the...

I did a quick check and Newegg is soldout of Intel PCI Express MB's. I checked out the AMD ones and they cost just a little to much for my liking. I pretty much will have to get all of my computer components from the same place. My wife's work will pay for the computer up front and just take...

Currently I am just using a P4 1.5 and it sucks for anything I want to use it for now. I have a bunch of video editing stuff that I want to do soon and also play a few of the better games (HL2, Doom 3) . I was going to ask if I should look into the PCI Express setup, but I don't know much...

Well it looks like I might be able to get the $1,000 computer after all. I kept most of my ideas from the first time, but I changed a few. What are your opinions on this setup? Antec Performance Plus SOHO File Server Case $69 ASUS P4P800 SE $95 Pentium 4 3.0E 800 MHz FSB $183 Kingston...

Thanks for the explaination. I never was really sure about why the AMD processors never were around the same clock speed as their Intel counterparts. I like the idea that the AMD is cheaper and seems to be better for gaming, but of course I am worried a little more about video editing. That...

So do you think that Athlon 64 would work well for me to video edit? I believe I saw that this cpu runs at 2.0 ghz. How is that compared to the P4 3.0 ghz? Just going up from my 1.5 to that 2.0 doesn't sound like a huge difference. I still kinda am leaning more toward a P4 processor. In...

I have a feeling that my wife is not going to let me spend $1,000 on a new computer, so I probably will have to work around what I have now. Has anyone ever reused a Sony Vaio case for another build? I was thinking about reusing everything but my motherboard, cpu and memory. I can tolerate my...

Thanks for all of the advice so far. The speed isn't a primary concern, but the faster the better. I am running out of space on my DVR and need to start recording stuff to DVD pretty soon. It is amazing how fast 100 hours can be used up. I just wish the DVR I have came with a pause feature...