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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc gaming (ESO/Skyrim, WOW), general video playback/streaming, Bluray playback 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ~$700, tax and shipping included 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please...

I've got the itch to build small and move my gaming options into the living room. My current build was given the fine-toothed comb review here back in 2009 and has been absolutely rock solid. I've read a few mini-ITX discussions here already, but many seem to be alternative suggestions or...

I am looking to make an HTPC capable of gaming as well as replacing my set-top box, DVR, DVD player and audio receiver. Basically I want to fit as many common HT functions as possible into a single box. To this end I figure I'll need to add the following to the system in my sig: - New...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc - Gaming, WoW mainly 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? - about $400 3) Where do you live? - US, NC 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific. -...

I've been overclocking my E0 E8400 incrementally since I built my new system last fall. I seem to be stuck at a plateau and I'm looking for any suggestions on the P5Q-Pro that can help me past it. This is my "everyday" configuration and has been stable through many days of Prime 95...

I'm looking at tinkering around with RAID (1 probably, I don't do enough data shuffling activities to see any performance benefits from 0) and will soon be purchasing another WD 640GB to match the one I have now. In reading about RAID setups it seems the act of changing BIOS settings to RAID...

My first attempts at overclocking my E8400 (here and here starting at post #22) were fun, albeit in a different way than I intended. It was just too easy... After that round of OC'ing/undervolting I wound up with this: 9*400=3.6GHz 1.1275v BIOS/~1.10v loaded, undervolted quite a bit...

I've got a pretty specific question about the hardware capabilities of my 2nd PC as it relates to WoW, especially the recent expansions... The processor is well above minimum spec but isn't a dual core. Anyone have any positive experience running WoW on a system like this or am I setting...

Yesterday I completed my new rig: Antec 900 Corsair CMPSU-TX650 PS ASUS P5Q PRO Intel C2D E8400 E0 (overclocked to 3.6GHz) ZeroTherm Zen FZ120 cooler 4GB DDR2-800 RAM Radeon HD4870 WD 640GB SATA HD Vista Home Premium 64-bit My goal when I created my shopping list was to overclock...

First, a little history... This will be only my second build and my first build since 2004 when I made a P4 2.8 Northwood/865PE system. Much has changed since then (and, amazingly a much is still the same) and I could use a little expert advice on my build selections as well as pointers...