Recent content by Chojun

Hey everybody, I'm looking to extend the life of an aging HP s3500f PC. My kids mostly use it for Minecraft (poor performance on low settings with integrated graphics) and various web games. I figure spending ~$80 on upgrades would be more effective then dumping $3-500 on a new machine which...

Thanks for the reply, mosox. That's a pretty good price for a modern config. I thought for a modern rig I'd be looking at least at $400-500 for MB+CPU+RAM. Sending the card back and getting a refund is definitely an option. The HD 3850 was about $110.. I'm guessing that for $110 I could get...

I have an old P4 setup on an ASUS P4T533-C that has been giving me fits over the last year. The Radeon 9700 Pro in it was dying, and seriously, that thing turned to hot lava, possibly damaging the mobo. But anyway, I decided to upgrade the video card since it needed replacement anyway. Since...