Recent content by transcend11

Definitely doable to spend a little more if needed. Overclocking isn't a necessity especially if it is already performing as well as needed for high settings and good framerate, but overclocking lets me future proof a little more. I quickly put this together as a starting point, what's your...

Thanks, here's my answers: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc --PC Gaming, media streaming/viewing, web browsing 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? --Not entirely sure on budget, would $500 even be enough for a significant upgrade...

Case is NZXT Phantom 410 PSU is Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W ATX12V And monitor resolution is 1920x1080 On the list of minimum specs, for AMD it lists AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940, which I slightly exceed with my X4 955 (but barely). Well... This may be quite the upgrade. Maybe at this...

Hey guys, I've came to you with posts like these in years past and you always help me tremendously. I haven't upgraded much with my PC in a few years now, and I'm thinking the best bet for value performance will be a GPU and/or CPU upgrade. My current specs: XFX HD-695X-CNFC Radeon HD...

Thank you so much, yoda316! I took the 1st one.

I recently built a new system and all has been well for about a week. However, now I am having an issue with my monitor (which is about 4 years old to be honest). My problem is the display will randomly go black for about 3 seconds then turn right back on by itself. The blue power light...

I recently built a new system and all has been well for about a week. However, now I am having an issue with my monitor (which is about 4 years old to be honest). My problem is the display will randomly go black for about 3 seconds then turn right back on by itself. The blue power light...

I'm upgrading my ATI HD 4850 to a 6950 tomorrow. I have the most recent drivers on a fresh install of Windows 7 with my new system. My new graphics card is coming tomorrow - so since they use identical drivers, do I need to uninstall and reinstall the drivers? Or just plug and play? Thanks!

Thank you all for your time, it helped tremendously. :) Final Purchase: $130 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache (promo code expires today 3/23. Tomorrow it should go back up to $140.) $55 - BIOSTAR A770E3 $245 (after $30 MIR) - XFX...

Here's what I've put together, extremely similar to tiraides' suggestions: $255 SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 $41 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) $170 AMD Phenom II X4 840 & Biostar TA880GB+ combo Total: $486...

That's exactly what I needed. I'm out of touch with these comparisons. Thank you :) I am currently browsing newegg and benchmark sites for the perfect graphic card. Thank you for showing me I can buy the inexpensive items from NewEgg and still make out well. This will leave much more...

I live in the Indianapolis area. I honestly don't think I need any special features. I may have lost my touch with keeping up with technology lately, and barely know what a lot of what you mentioned is for. I don't have a RAID setup, no Firewire accessories, just one video card, and don't...

Thanks for the reply, tiraides. The Earthwatts power supply is somewhat new, about 6 months old. Had to replace it from Best Buy when my old one died. That's unfortunate about my HD 4850... I 'just' bought it back in 2008, and is the newest major piece my system. If I do indeed need a new...

My current build: Radeon HD 4850 512MB AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz Socket 939 24" Westinghouse 1920x1200 Monitor OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W...

I've got an annoying problem that just began yesterday. I'll get about a 5 second lag that will make the music stutter, mouse non-responsive and skipping across the screen. This will occur randomly while my computer is under no apparent distress. I can be browsing the internet, Pandora...