Recent content by bigdeebird

Thanks all for your input, forgot my monitor was a 24" Lg smart color, running at 1920x1080 res. I have been building systems for a while and these were my first attemps at oc'ing, built these just for that reason, now I see that just using some decent components and a good vc is working just...

My last two system builds, 1)diablo modified case,evga classified mb,i7 920,6 gb patriot ram,corsair 750 psu, sli 260/216 vc's, v8 cooler 2nd system, e8500,w gigabyte high end mb, 4gigs gskill ram,mascool cooler,corsair 750 psu, 1 xfx 260/216 vc Question; I built both of these systems with...

Can get the intel 920 fr $199 co/stepping do stepping cheapest cost is 266, plus shippng. is there that much of a difference, want to o/c to 4.ghz? tks

evga gets 68% 5 stars which is one of the highest,(newegg) and gets the biggest slice of sales from consumers, an uptrend in the last month has been with asus pt6 deluxe v2, I liked the looks and price of the Ecs black but the oc and bios choices are limited,msi is a hottie, So I was really...

started of going to build a 750i w/q6600 750 w corsair 8 gigs ddr 2, (2) 260/216 vc's sli,wd 640gb,32c 7200 , xp pro 64 bit, mb xfx dead on arrival, sent it back to td, decided to go with i7 920, with a 58 chipset, Problem- after days of reseach and everyreveiw there are a lot of problems and...

Just built a new system, xfx 750i/Q6600, pc6400sli ram 8gigs, 750 watt corsair for two 260 xfx vc's, mascool heatsink, artic silver 5, Diablo full case Large fans, would not boot d4 Dead board!!! Sent it back to TD, going to put the q6600 back into my 420, oc'd to 3.0 Need help selecting a new...

Thanks all, basically got the pentium D for nothing with a newegg combo deal, and 10% coupon. Had saw that the chip was $999 dollars when it hit the market in 2006, the 3.73 ghz, thought it was worth the question, some of my older chips that were single core,duel core- seem to work pretty...

I Am finishing a build xfx750imb,8mb nvsli 6400ram,750 watt corsair psu,wd640gb 7400,32mb cache, after market mascool heatsink,sli 260/216 vc's, Diablo full size case/w plenty of fans. Question-am I better off going with a new pd965ext,which i have or my q6600 from my dell xps 420. Thanks in...

After building systems (hobby) for a few years, I liked the looks of the dell xps420, when it came out and bought one. didn't take long before i realized (dell does not let you be an adult and oc) even with your own system. Have changed the psu 700w,4gigs ocz pc6400 800 mhz mem, bought a xfx 260...