Recent content by Pyrogenic

Yeah, really good point. I looked at some reviews of the Accelero's passive performance and under load the temperatures just got too high. I think I'll still go with the Accelero over the competition (like the Thermalright HR-03-GT) but I'll strap a Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Fan to it to make sure it...

All good points. The reason I want to use the Accelero is that it's a passive cooler so it won't generate extra noise. I can't seem to find a manufacturer who supplies this kind of solution within my budget so I'll risk it with the Palit.

Ahh, the Gigabyte card has a 3year RTB warranty and the Palit only has a 2-year RTB warranty. The thing is, installing the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 may end up voiding my warranty anyway. I suppose if there was a problem I could just put the stock cooling back on though. It could be...

What do you think of going with a Palit ATI HD4850 512MB instead of the Gigabyte ATI HD4850 512MB board? The Palit is cheaper and the performance is almost identical.

Fair call. It's unlikely that there would be a perceivable difference in most situations. However the extra MHz it could mean the difference between having 1 or 2 extra plugins running with out having to increase my audio interface's latency. Obviously I'm speculating, but if this is true then...

Thank you for such a detailed response! I've had a 1.5TB drive for a while now and haven't had any issues either. If I do have a problem, flashing firmware is really no hassle. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. So far I've only been able to find an AU seller for Corsair 750TX (it's...

Wow! Thanks for the heads up. Sadly, the HDD has already been ordered (my 2nd 1.5TB Seagate). I'll have to hope for the best and backup more often.

Hey, thanks for your reply! I agree that XP is on it's last legs. The problem is that the DAW software I use is not compatible with Vista64. I'll upgrade when the 64bit version comes out. I've been using a 1.5TB Seagate for a few months now with no issues. Can you point me to some info...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc The PC will mostly be used as a DAW (Nuendo with Lots of samplers). It'll also be used for gaming (Mostly FPS & Strategy) and also for general use like web browsing and text editing. I want the machine to be very...