Recent content by MikeFL

I plan on keeping my current Antec 900 case so the airflow should remain fine.

Even though the CM 212 should come with thermal paste, should I still buy one of the others you recommended? Is there that much of a difference between thermal pastes?

Hi all, This might be a silly question, but is thermal paste required even when using a heatsink and fan such as the Cooler Master 212? I'm looking to build a new system soon and would like to be safe rather than sorry. If so, what would be a recommended thermal paste to use? Also is the...

I play World of Warcraft which I don't think is too graphics intensive. I have the newest version of video drivers and most current version of Bios. This system is only 3 days old and XP is fully patched with all updates. The FSB is running at 1333mhz, my memory is running at 800mhz, my CPU...

I just had a new system built last week and loaded XP x64 as my operating system. I am seeing a huge decrease in my framerate while gaming and was told on another forum that XP x64 is probably the culprit. I thought that going 64 bit would be an improvement over 32. OLD SYSTEM...

So basically XP Pro x64 is garbage for gaming? I should switch back to 32 bit?

Windows XP Pro x64 is worse than regular XP? I thought going 64 bit would increase performance. Please explain why it would be worse. :(

I just had a new system built and my FPS when gaming is rediculously low. With my old system I averaged around 50fps and now I'm averaging in the low 20s. I even ran 3DMark05 and ended up getting a score of around 6600 which was the lowest score by far in comparison to similar builds as mine...

I'm not familiar at all with overclocking so I have a couple questions to be answered before I chose a graphics card for a new system. I'm looking to purchase an 8800 GTS 640mb at either 576mhz OC'd or core 500mhz. 1. Do manufacturer overclocked graphics cards run hotter than a normal core...

I see the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R supports 1066mhz memory. Is the upgrade from 800mhz noticible enough to justify the purchase or would 800mhz suit my needs just fine?

Does anybody see any bottlenecking in my system anywhere? I plan on using 2 Raptor drives in RAID 0. The transfer rates on the Raptors are 1.5gb/sec compared to the SATA300 which are 3gb/sec and I don't want the transfer rates to effect game play or any other computer functions. Also I see...

Another question I have is since the Raptor transfer rate is 1.5GB/s, does that cause a bottleneck in a higher end system with 1333mhz fsb and DDR2-800mhz memory? I know the Raptors have faster read times than SATA300 drives, but I'm worried about the transfer rates when gaming, etc. Please...

Are raided Raptors clearly better than 7200rpm SATA drives when it comes to gaming, video editing, etc? I'm looking to upgrade a system and don't know if I should just stick with my 2 74GB Raptors or just get a big 320GB or 500GB SATA drive instead. Any help on this matter would be appreciated.

I've narrowed it down to either: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory OR Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Is either clearly better than the other...

Looking to upgrade to a new system and I've kinda narrowed it down (from just looking on Newegg) to these two: ASUS P5K LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard OR GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard OR any other recommendation for a good P35 mobo other than these...