Recent content by wesdog

All of my parts came and I successfully built my pc earlier this week. It's very fast and I'm happy with it, but I'm having one minor issue that I hope you guys might know something about. When I'm gaming, there are faint, wavy horizontal lines running across my LCD screen. It's not severe but...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you want to install games on your SSD? More specifically, games that are played a ton (ex: WoW, Steam games, Diablo 3, etc.). I'm definitely a newb to technology these days, but I want to make sure I don't harm my new pc when it arrives next week. My friends...

Just noticed this. Can you elaborate? Is it possible to download Windows 7 64bit off the Microsoft website with a valid key?

What can I say it was an intimidating heatsink with lots of sharp teeth.

Yeah I'll probably be ordering this week and putting it together by next week sometime. Now I just need to re-familiarize myself with how to do so! I just hope the cpu cooler is easy to install. The last one I had was brutal - left scrapes all over my hands, heh.

I suppose the 448 as that is what was recommended. I'm assuming/hoping it has the best price-to-performance ratio and will allow me to postpone any upgrades for a long while. With the parts I listed and the 560 Ti 448, the total comes to ~$1100. Slightly over budget but Newegg offers a nice 0...

Alright, thanks for the help. I think I'll go with the GTX 560 Ti. Hopefully this lasts me a long while! Thanks everyone.

Can anyone comment on this card? Just curious as to why it's so much cheaper than the 560. It has a 5 star rating on Newegg so I assume it's good, but I don't know as much as you guys do. This is what I have so far as per your recommendations, just need to decide on a video card! Case PSU RAM...

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I will definitely look into getting a more inexpensive mobo so that I can splurge a bit more on the SSD and GPU (I am thinking maybe a GTX 560). I don't intend on running multi-card, and the fancy features on more expensive mobos aren't really necessary for...

Hey all, I'm looking to build a new PC primarily for gaming. The last time I bought parts was back in 2007 so I am totally out of the loop on what kind of technology is out there nowadays. The only thing I know for certain is that I'd like an SSD drive because I've heard they make a world of...

Hello, Last night I was gaming on my PC when it suddenly locked up, and the last sound I heard started repeating itself. I thought to myself, no big deal, just a lockup, so I held down the power switch to turn it off. However, when I tried to power it back up, it wouldn't boot. Meanwhile, I...

Ahh, thanks soundguy. Any idea on the question regarding the PSU though?

What's the difference between the Gigabyte P35-DS3L and the Gigabyte P35-DS3R? I myself am looking to build a very, very similar system to the OP's and I was looking at getting one of those boards but I don't know which one to choose. I don't need SLI or RAID either but I do plan on possibly...

Hello, I'm sort of a noob to building computers so I was wondering if you guys could help answer a question for me. I'm looking to build a nice gaming rig for UT3 and I'm not sure which PSU to choose. Currently, I plan on building a system with the following specs: Q6600 w/ G0 stepping...