Nevermind - Brain fart moment. After seeing another post here I realized the spring loaded screws pull up on the backplate for the secure fit... Now to get this thing together and see if it is faster than me Dual-Core e6550.
Hey experts -
It has been about 2 years since I built a PC - I just got a nice Asus P6x58 motherboard, I7-950 and a Thermalright Ultra 120 CPU heatsink.
Here is my question - The Ultra120 came with the LGA 1366 retention brackets but when I install the backplate with the provided parts...
Ummm - I responded about the coins - I was keeping them unless you knew what dates you needed and I would check to see if I had any that could help.
Polish version of windows? You must have me confused with someone else.:confused:
Alright - The sob story - On vacation in LA last week and we took the redeye home. My oldest daughter left her DS and her Ipod mini in the seat-back pocket and Spirit has not found it.
Normally I would not buy her one but this is kinda our fault since she had two hours of sleep and was...
Well this was fun reading and made me sad that my Striker is showing up in the mail today haha.
Any advice for a complete noob at overclocking?
I have the Striker Extreme, E6550 and 2GB OCZ Reaper PC6400
Thanks for the offer Trivial - I am going to pass for now though, I would be willing to pay $100 and my office version for an 8800 series card though if anyone is interested.
Damn BBZ - That was more than I could have hoped for - Thanks.
After reading those articles I have to think it is not worth it, especially since I do not truly need it and I was not looking forward to getting two new hard drives matched up for the function. I can stick with my current drive...
Hi All -
I am in the process of upgrading everything.
I picked up an X850XT for $20 - just because it was $20 haha.
I have an Asus Striker Extreme board coming with an E6550 chip and most other new components.
The question is -
My monitor maxes at 1280x1024 with 8ms response. I...
Glad I decided to read posts instead of asking the same question.
I just wanted to say Thanks BBZ and Panzer - I had the exact same question and the response by bbz was perfect.
I am in the process of building my new machine - almost every part bought off this forum haha. I was not sure what...
ALL SOLD!!
My wife won a Wii through her work so it is time to get rid of my Xbox since I have not played it in 6 months.
This was an adult-owned and used Xbox. It was never online and only connected to a network to drop some games and movies on it.
It comes with Fable and Rally Sport...
This is a Full version - not the upgrade - of MS Office 2007. It has never been installed and was only opened to verify contents. I bought it from a friend in the military who no ended up not wanting it and it came to me fully sealed.
I was going to use it then my company supplied it for me...