Recent content by drealar

In many review sites that writes about small PC build, I never see a GTR's GT3 case included. Is it because of its price/value? Or is it hard to get hold of one? Other than that, I found it to be very small and stylish :D

Thanks for the suggestion cloudy2010, that is a good lappy for the price with usb-esata alternatives :) @Avro Arrow yeah I read your article a couple of weeks back. Couldn't agree more. Notice this line in my first post? "Eventually, they're all the same on the inside :p ". I'm being a bit...

Hi tom's community. Here is yet again another reader asking a question on which laptop to buy. This time it's for my dad. He help me bought couple of PCs over the years, so I just feel like it's time to repay back the favor ( since I already start working). Actually he can buy one anytime ( his...

I saw the upgrade version to 1.8GHz dual core X2 6850e. Since I'm not very familiar wit it, does anyone else know how does the CPU performs against; say an intel CULV 1.8GHz (Core 2 Duo SP7700 maybe)?

But tacoslave, wouldn't that be harder to define? A gaming new build can be for multi-threading gaming (WiC, GTA4), super heavy graphics gaming (Crysis), or gaming while multi-tasking. Given that each build have different main purposes, the 'ingredients' will vary too. Like, a $500 gaming...

Monstrosity @1250!!

neiroatopelccSome oems provide extended technical specs for their products, in which you can most likely find such details. HP is one of those oem's. You may have to search a bit before finding the page though. Also AMD has info on their page as for default specs of their particular chips. IC...

A bit out of topic question. In the hierarchy list I always see multiple models grouped together. I'm interested with HD 3300 grouped with HD 4350 & HD4550. My question is, as a not-so-savvy customer, is it easy to find out the clock speed of idle/load in their spec sheet(retail box, online...

I have always browse through first 3 pages and the hierarchy page ONLY :D Yeah call me cheapskate :P Oh well I'm always on a budget for everything. Anyway was it last month or earlier did Tom's update the hierarchy chart with 'discrete','integrated','mobile' tags? Didn't notice it till today...

*Raise up hand* I'm still using an AGP HD 2600XT :D. Good to see that Gigabyte and actually Sapphire too coming up with another card for AGP. But frankly, we (most AGP users in my neighborhood ) are keeping our dollars for now since upgrading to a new system is the most likely option in 2010...

Talking about food-shelter-money-SEX, I kinda feel that the ads of Evony with the big boobs model is distracting :P . Most probably that's why recently, my non-nerdy friend like to visit Tom's and other out-of-his-interest sites :D

@The_Blood_Raven LoL man, the conclusion is written in very simple English. Although I can't compare how well is Digital Storm's support compared to yours, I can roughly see that your support and services are F.O.C. That kinda indicates that you're doing something else for a living and not...

Thanks Cleeve, though I'm still concerned about the PSU since most reviews are showing better efficiency when setting up a low power system with low wattage 80Plus PSU. What happened to Tom's FPS220 or what ever the model is from Fortron? I really admire that PSU but unfortunately never been...

Sorry for double posting but I guess most people will say the max capacity for the sideport memory is clearly 128MB. I'm just wondering what's the max capacity that manufacturer's can put? 512MB? :D If 790GX gained 1~2fps from 128MB, so 512MB could give a ~10fps more? 512+512 = 1GB... sweet. Add...