Recent content by superbrett2000

I have three computers in a single room that I want to get into my wireless network. I tried the powerline network adapters my laptop in that room (via wireless) has a way faster connection speed. What options are there to run all three (or at least two) computers through the same wireless...

Just finished reading the review. This sounds like an unbeatable value and comes in quite a bit lower than my budget. Lack of USB ports and low stand height can easily be mitigated. Definitely circling this one for the short list.

I'm in the market for a new display, and I think I'm pretty set on getting a curved monitor. This will be for a mix of work (lots of spreadsheets, some photoshop,/programming, etc.) and of course gaming. The Dell U3419w looks pretty solid but I noticed it didn't have HDR. Since I'll probably...

I don't think the B550s are even out yet but they should be in June last I read.

My motherboard fails to even power on when I have both the 24-pin and 8-pin power supply cables plugged in. If I remove the 8-pin cable, then the motherboard is responsive (a little fan on it will start spinning) but I get a red CPU failure light on the motherboard. When I have the 8-pin cable...

Whew! Thanks again everyone for the responses! I went with a Tuf motherboard on my previous build, using a 3930k. I think the motherboard died a few months back so now I'm rocking my Q6600 in the meantime. Never had a motherboard go out so I'll probably avoid a Tuf board this go around...

Thanks, that's really good to know. If I'm going to go all out on the cpu, then the X570 looks like it's the way to go. I don't do as much rendering/video editing as I used to, but I do enough that I probably won't overclock. I've just never found the performance increase worth it when factoring...

At the end of the day, what are the real advantages to getting the X570 chipset, aside from a speedier M.2 port? Planning my next build in a few weeks (this is my first AMD in over 10 years) and I'm still deciding between the 3600x or the 3900x. My thought is if I go for the 3600x, then I go...

This could work great for a home media server though. I've been eyeing similar mobo + soldered kits and they retail for 80 bucks.

Ah, I actually didn't realize the GPU had a sound card... I've been building computers for well over a decade and I can't believe I never realized that :p I guess that answers my question... Unless there's a way to make my graphics card act as a bridge of sorts. I do have a good receiver and...

Can't for the life of me find an answer online, so maybe someone here has done this. I'm going to build a new system soon, and would like better audio than is typically offered via integrated sound. My plan is to get a dedicated sound card. Will I still be able to run my audio via HDMI if I...

Nice timing; I'm getting ready for a build in the next month or two. I've always been an Intel guy but this go around I'm planning on the 3700. The 3800 already destroys the i7 in the value proposition, and I'm unlikely to notice major real world performance differences by going with the 3700...

Buy your card from a company with a good return policy. I say this because Maya is meant to be compatible with the Quadro Nvidia cards, so you could end up with serious graphic anamolies that make Maya borderline unusable. I know this from personal experience. 7950 GT - had issues with Maya...

Wow, thats quite the budget there. Heres some input coming from somone who just upgraded to a Q6600. First of all, whether or not you need/want a quad core depends on how much multithreaded aplications you plan to use. I a decent amount of rendering from Maya, so a Q6600 makes sense for me...

I've been running my current system for almost 4 years now and its doing great! My current specs are as follows: P4T533-C motherboard 1 gig rambus RAM 3.06 GHZ P4 w/ HT ATI X850 PRO modded to an X850 XT PE Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum DVD/CD burner DVD ROM drive 120 GB HDD The only changes...