Since I've built this rig, I've been running on the stock Windows driver for the simple reason that the official AMD/ATI sets causer flickering, tearing and massive framerate drops. It's a little hard to explain, but my windows flicker and my games drop to 10/20 FPS. If I revert back to the...
Oh yeah. You should definitely be idling at least 10 degrees below the room's ambient temperature. :p
[EDIT1] I've placed an order for my H70 today and expect it to arrive by the end of the week. I'll post the results regarding my i7 870. It's on sale in Canada for 75$ + 10$ shipping until Feb...
Pretty good, actually. I was surprised at how much it was used but it tends to be very "hard" for lack of better words. In a game where you're constantly moving around, turning, etc, the sound clips rapidly between your front, center, rear in little time and it tends to be a little annoying...
Posted these in the "Ikea Desk" thread, but I guess they should be in here as well!
[EDIT] Any suggestions on hiding the monitor and speaker wires, by the way? I was thinking of punching a hole through the desk, but that thought makes me squirm.
Here's my office. Sorry, I don't have a decent camera so these are all... ugly and blurry. I'm still trying to figure out how I could hire the wiring without cutting up the desk.