Recent content by darkbloom

I recently purchased an external hard drive for backing up my computer and I have a few questions. 1. Do I combine my SSD (C:/) and HDD (E:/) into the same external hard drive for system image/backup? - My SSD (C:/) is for the OS and important programs and my HDD (E:/) is for media library and...

This is my first gaming build and it was just built a week ago. To take in-game screenshots I would set my game to ultra settings, implant a third-party mod that adds more focus and detail to textures, and also raise my NVIDIA Control Panel settings. This is only for in-game screenshots, not...

You guys probably get this a lot but I've been searching the forums for the past hour and all responses are different from each other so I'm a little stuck. I took someone's advice long before the build to purchase a 120GB SSD for my OS and a separate 1TB HDD for my programs and files so this...

Now I'm stuck between badboyrog2's build which promises to be future proof and NBSN's build which is what I only need at the moment. Although I prefer the Windows 7 OS over Windows 8 any day.

This is my first gaming build and I'm planning to use it for college this autumn as well since I'll be a graphics design major. I'm trying to stay under $1600 because I do not want to scare my parents too much. I don't plan on doing any intense gaming or any overclocking, probably just Sims and...