Recent content by Braca

I just built my first computer on Friday. As the Newegg video I was using as a guide suggested I made a system image shortly after I got it running but before I put much on, like Steam or any games for example. It went fine that time and found my HDD (I use an SSD for my OS, Steam, and games)...

You're probably right about the 7970. I should have added the caveat that it didn't excite me much for what I intended to play. I'm not that thrilled with AMD so I wasn't too interested to begin with. I just scanned the game benchmarks on TH and only really looked at Skyrim, which they said...

Cool. I went with the ASUS one. I wanted to avoid the problems you had and after reading some of the Newegg reviews it seems like Creative has pretty bad customer support. Thanks for the help. Lets see if I can get the order processed this time.

So yeah. Had some ID theft protection issues with my credit card. Got that cleared up but I have to cancel my first order and resend it. Good news is this gives me time to add a sound card. However I have a question. Can I drop a Sound blaster x-fi titanium in this set up and two of these...

Nevermind. I switched to this: Samsung BX2350 23" 2ms LED BackLight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 1000:1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001420 I dropped to the 23" to try to get better pixel density. Seems to me the same resolution on a slightly smaller screen should give...

Thanks for the catch on the monitor. I didn't realize it had an 8ms response time. Wow. I actually think I'm gonna go with this: SAMSUNG S24A350H ToC Rose Black 24" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 DCR 1,000,000:1 (1,000:1)...

Probably the latter. Something with a solid, easy to use mic for voice chat is all I really need but 5.1/7.1 are a bonus. I've convinced a buddy to start playing SC2 with so I really just need a mic for that but surround would be nice for Skyrim or if I start playing shooters. I haven't done...

While I'm at it any advice on a headset?

It might be a minor reason to not go with a case but I decided on the Raven instead of the Corsair because supposedly the Corsair doesn't have much of a manual and the Raven has a really good one. For a first time build I thought this would be really nice to have.

I think I'll go with the regular 7. The white is kinda cool but not really $15 cool.

Ok, I think I have my build. SILVERSTONE RAVEN Series RV03B-WA Matte Black with Gray Trimming http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163185 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive...

I think I'm gonna stick with the 2600k. I know I won't get much for gaming but I like the hyperthreading. I tend to have several windows open at a time and I'm hoping it will help with that. I looked at the 7970 and it is nice but it didn't beat a 580 by that much. And I can't get it till...

Yeah, sorry about that. I can get long winded when trying to explain myself. I made some changes. I switched out the HDD for the samsung. I stwitched the PSU to the 850W Silverstone Strider Gold +. Dropped to 8GB RAM, still Vengance but with a lower latency. I dropped the motherboard down to...

Forgot to mention I'd like to run Skyrim and give The Witcher 2 a shot.

So I need a new computer and figured I'd try building one. I've been researching and reading for about a month and think I've come up with a good build but I want a few people to look it over and give me the OK. I'd also like to get some advice on places I might have gone overboard, like the...