Recent content by Santosh Param Sivam

  1. Santosh Param Sivam

    ESD strap vs Bare-foot

    First off, sorry about the uncanny title! Now, to my question. As we all know, an ESD/Anti-static wrist strap is worn during building of a custom PC. The concept of this being: Neutralizing static charge in your body with respect to the components, using the PC chassis as ground. Well, my...
  2. Santosh Param Sivam

    Confusion in selection of RAM

    I'm planning to build a rig, and the motherboard I'm interested in is ASUS H87-Pro. But I've bumped into an obstacle when selecting RAM for my system. I very much like this RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB (2 x 4 GB), of which model no. is CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R. However, in the qualified vendor's...
  3. Santosh Param Sivam

    Does size really matter?

    Thanks a lot guys!
  4. Santosh Param Sivam

    Does size really matter?

    Just a food for thought: How much difference does it make in terms of the effort made by a graphics card on a PC, to display an information (say a full HD still image of a football) on a 21" display of 1080p, as compared to displaying the same information on a 42" display of 1080p resolution...
  5. Santosh Param Sivam

    Looking for ultra thin-light weigh laptop for daily use and gaming

    I'm sorry for the late response, but this one was launched in march 2013, and it seems to be quite a bargain considering your expectations. Check out the i5 model, I think that would be close to your budget. And you know the funny thing? I'm exactly in the same situation! ;)...