Recent content by X3qtor

Thank you IH8U. I was thinking almost the same, had another option flying by yesterday with the Xigmatek Red Scorpion S1283, the new S1283 to replace the HDT model. Difference is that is all back (covered in nickel), but i've read some benchmarks around and it seems to be alot less effective...

Thanks again for the info :)...much apreciated. Anyone else has some thoughts on any of the coolers i mentioned ? I was going to go with the Tuniq Tower 120, but i've read some reviews and they all seem to be different. Sometimes the Tuniq is flawless, sometimes it fails, just don't know what to...

Heya, ty for the tips . No the Tuniq Tower 120 is an older type cooler (~2 years old i think), and i found it in many places also as Suneamtech Tuniq Tower 120. The core contact freezer is another type of cooler which of course is very good, but no one imports it here where i live. Yep i...

Hey guys. It's time for me to buy a new HSF and TIM, and although i wanted a Xigmatek s1283 or True, i wasn't able to find any at the local pc stores. The only other hsf i found were the Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120, the Apack Zerotherm Nirvana (old + new one), the Zalman CNPS9700LED, and Schyte...

Heya. I would not recommend buying an AMD cpu now because they are weak, they are power hungry and they are definetly not recommended for gaming. I would get : Intel C2D E8400 -190$ GA-P35-DS3L -90$ Xigmatek HDT-S1283 -40$ A-data ddr2 800 2x2GB -80$ HDD WD6400AAKS...

Heya guys, i've come across this issue lately when i realised alot of ppl including me don't really know what's the perfect way of applying thermal paste to their cpu. Some say it's best to add a "circle" of it in the middle of the cpu and then let the heatsink spread it, some say it's better to...

I'm interested as well if the cables on that Antec truepower quattro 850w are long enough for a p182 or antec 1200 case :)

Good job on picking up the T220 instead of the 226bw, i was recommend the T220 anyway over the other one. And enjoy your new rig man, hf playing :D

+1 for WR2 If you're building a gaming rig you focus on frames per second in games. That's your target. Paying 150$ more for a quad is not justified. You get the same fps from a dual core (e8400 rox for that). EP45 is a good value mobo. I'd get 2 x 4870 and CF or wait for the 4870x2...

I found AEVM's suggestion with HDD very usefull, so i'll quote him here :D : "Try the WD6400AAKS". Reason : two 320gb platters, more quantity (140 gb more), a bit faster the the wd5000aaks, extra cheap (89$). I bought it and i'm very pleased with it. Enermax PRO82+ 525W is verrrry sweet. It's...

If i were you i'd get E8400 instead of the E8500, and with the difference + a bit of more money i'd get 2x 4870. You won't get any extra fps from 8500 over 8400, but you will pay premium extra. You WILL get extra fps from getting 2x 4870 instead of 2x 4850. IF you are building a pure gaming rig...

Sorry for breaking your dreams but desktop nehalem cpu's will come in q3 2009, and the lowest prices will be around 300$ for 1000 cpu bins. Regarding cpu demand for that time it is most certain we will see small offers compared to demands, meaning prices will rise sky high and you probably won't...

I'm still trying to decide what's a better investment right now too. Here were i live GTX 260 can be bought for 450$, GTX 280 and 9800GX2 can be bought for 600$, whereas 4870 is priced @ 400$. And i think these will be the prices for at least 2-3 month. I'm a pure gamer so i need the GPU to hold...

@dragonsprayer "memory use 4-4-3 ddr800 or q6600 or a qx9650 4ghz for a q9450 or e8500 use 1066 plus" "first if you use intel use a q6600 for 3.6ghz - it run 65-75c and last 7-10 years second if you run nvidia 700 series chipset run a q9450 set to 3.3-3.55ghz - it requires lots of...