Recent content by Shadowsoal

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    Context menu selection won't go away

    I'm getting the same issue, it cropped up a couple days ago. No idea what specifically started causing it, and I've found no solution. Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?
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    Looking for advice

    I definitely neglected to notice the $35 mail in rebate on the one you initially suggested...
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    Looking for advice

    I'm still somewhat undecided about the PSU. You suggestion is quality and leaves room to upgrade, but is pricey compared to other suggestions I've gotten. I run at 1600x1200 on a 14" monitor already...
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    Looking for advice

    So here's what I've got so far. Any additional comments are still extremely welcome, I've been taking advice from a handful of websites/friends/coworkers, so if you made a suggestion that wasn't taken to heart, I'm not trying to ignore you, and if you feel a previous suggestion is still...
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    Looking for advice

    I've decided to switch to: G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B (x2 for a total of 8GB of RAM) and SILVERSTONE ST70F 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC...
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    Looking for advice

    A large portion of this machines processing power will be testing and benchmarking high performance parallel applications, specifically software level transactional memory, So the Q9550 was a minimum. Would it be really worth it to step the clock down to 2.66 for the i7 920 (and save ~$20) or...
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    Looking for advice

    Hello everyone. I'm looking for advice on a system I'm building. It'll be the first time I'm building a computer in a long time and as far as I can tell nearly everything has changed, so if I've made any stupid component choices please tell me. My biggest concern is compatibility, I want to...