Recent content by Quantium

My sister got this new a couple of months ago, and boy does it suck!

1: Build my dad the ultimate HTPC for Christmas. 2: Phenom

Haha, let me just plug it back in then.... oh my god my drapes are on fire!

Also, the first time it was just like a little bit of electrical smell, but the second time it was horrible smoke.

I tried it a second time to see what was going on but when i saw the spark/flame I quickly unplugged it and disassembled it.

Hi all. I've had a EVGA 680i Mobo for about a year now with a E6600 in it. It's been a great beast. After spending the night downloading the Bioshock demo, I noticed the machine had turned itself off for some reason during the night. When I turned it on I saw a flash of fire and a bunch of smoke...

That's a bummer. How about if I get a parted out motherboard from ebay? Will that fit into the same case or are the vga ports different?

My dad got me a Dell E1505 for my birthday, but he got it with the integrated Intel video. From what I can tell they have ATI and nVidia cards they can put in, mainly a Go7900 using part number NJ887. Only thing I'm not sure of is if they all use the same motherboard and I can just buy the part...

No Battlestar Galatica or Stargate Atlantis either.

Hi. A friend of mine asked me to build him a computer for around $1500. I looked around and put together this list, any feedback would be appricated since I haven't kept up with the scene lately. I'm hoping everything is compatiable, and the performance is good for the price. He may want me to...

Thermal paste goes between the die of the processor and the heatsink. It is used to conduct the heat away from the core into the heatsink so it can cool.

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Arise dead thread, arise! I've been gone a couple a weeks, now its time to find out whats wrong with this sucker. In reply to the last poster, I have a generic fry's 500w power supply, however on my voltmeter the +12 and +5 checks out very well, I also used one of those ATX Testers and all...

I believe my memory voltage is running at 2.74V.