Recent content by Novakain

Yeah sorry about that, I had gone through and re-edited because I bought my RAM yesterday due it being a pretty good deal especially after the rebate. I tried to change the remaining prices but forgot about that part. I went with the SATA 6.0 just because of the original issue on the Sata 3.0...

On the remaining parts, I'd like to spend around $350 WITHOUT the monitor included. It's a Gaming PC build, I'll go through and re-edit the post here in a couple minutes for clarification. For now, $350 on the remaining parts w/o monitor included. Can be a little more if need be, less is always...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc **Gaming** 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? **$350 for remaining parts, not including monitor or taxes/shipping!** 3) Where do you live? **Grand Rapids, MI** 4) What exact parts do you need for...

By the way is Mushkin a good memory brand?

I can afford to go with 8GB, I was just previously recommended that I'd only need 4GB for gaming, I was considering going to a 1600 speed, I just liked the cost of only 42 bucks, but I know in the long run I'd end up expanding to more RAM, so I may just step up to 8 and if not at least go up to...

Okay, I was just wondering if I would be better off with "better RAM" or more RAM.

I could always swap the 2G sticks out in the future for 2 4G sticks tho correct? Didn't you mention that I only really need 4G of RAM for gaming, should I step up to 8G total? Maybe I read that somewhere else...

I'm building a new computer for gaming, I am using the new Sandy Bridge i5-2500K processor and a GA-P67A-UD3P motherboard by Gigabyte. I found some RAM that I was looking to use for it, but don't know if it would be the best fit. I'm not a big overclocker either. This is what I was looking at...

DannyBui, I was looking at RAM for my computer, and I came across this kind. I was wondering if this would work as well as the RAM you had previously recommended for me? CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV4GX3M2A1333C9...

Thank you for clarifying that, just wanted to make sure. I know the risks I am taking for the time being, I ordered now because I am eligible for the new parts on both ends once they are avail in April. Lord willing, I won't run into problems until then!

Is the 650W PSU ample enough for my setup? I noticed on my GPU choice (XFX 6950) that it recommends at least a 500W. I just wanna make sure that with all the other parts, that will be enough.

I lucked out too, when I ordered my Gigabyte board, they had 4 left in stock :) I also ended up paying like 10-15 bucks cheaper. I am glad a snagged that and my processor before they were all gone from the recall... now I am set up to get the new and improved parts when they release in April-ish :)

I found both the i5-2500K and a Gigabyte P67 motherboard on Amazon. Amazon is pretty reputable I'd say?

I've called Intel and so far they told me that if I were to order an i5-2500K still, I am eligible to send in the parts to get the new ones once available. So at this point I am prolly going to stick with my build and potentially deal with the hassle when it comes due time in April... Otherwise...

Thank you for clarifying my bad wording again :), and to also add I checked up on my current monitor (it's a Viore 19 inch TV w\ VGA\HDMI outputs) when ran under computer settings it has a max resolution of 1280 x 1040. I don't think it makes a huge difference in these circumstances, but I...