I've had my setup for about 1 1/2 years now. It worked fine last night. I came home and installed my new Soundblaster Z card. Turned the power on and everything fired up as usual but my displays failed to light up.
FX8120
ASUS Crosshair V
16 gigs samsung low profile
5870 1 gig
I'm on...
My goal was for the case to have the stock look while cooling efficiently. I'm actually very happy with the FX processor performance upgrading from an E8400. All my games run great at 1900x1200, which is also why I found no need to replace my 5870 yet.
I had to shift the HD cage about a...
Working on my first water cooling build and looking for a critique on my parts or helpful suggestions. My goal is quiet operation, decent cooling performance and some overclocking potential. My case is the Corsair 500r. I plan on upper and front mounting the radiators in a single loop...
My system is getting long in the tooth but it still plays everything at 1900x1200. I figured I could throw this extra 5870 since it will be sitting around anyway.
My current build is:
Abit IP35 Pro
Xeon E3110 @ 3.0 (375 fsb) w/ H50
4 gigs G.Skill
Radeon 5870 1 gig
1x c300 ssd 1x...