I'd love to see a review of a decent G965 board (intel onboard graphics, core 2 duo). This considering that newer graphics card consume loads of power and are very noisy. It'd be interesting to see just what you can do and play on one of these boards, with maximum efficiency and low power usage and ...

Congratulations on your new monitor.
I've been running a dell 2405 for about a year now on an old 6600GT.

Works like a charm. I usually have two windows open next to eachother, and I couldn't do without anymore.

I don't know about you, but having water run inside a high-end expensive rig would keep me on edge for all eternity.

One day I'd pull the case to vacuum and find I'd break a connection somewhere.

I wasn't planning to stick a low-end gpu in an igp motherboard. I am planning to use the igp while I wait out what happens now that AMD has bought ATI, and which company has the better drivers when the next generation of graphics cards pops up. Intel has decent drivers when compared to either the op...

Frankly, I'm sitting on the fence. My current computer has had several parts sent RMA, and I'd rather like to be able to use it if/when the graphics card fails. I'd also wouldn't mind being able to turn my current pc into a headless server and not having to feed juice to a fat graphics card. So I'm ...

Then the problem is that igp motherboards don't seem to have dvi-output?

Does anyone know a motherboard that has dvi on the backpanel or an expansion slot?

My preferred new system would be an e6600-based system with an on-motherboard graphics chip, then add a decent vista-capable card in 6 months or so. However, all the igp motherboards seem to be bargain-basement type things. Are there any good boards out there (or in the pipeline) with lots of usb an...

Why, oh why did they not suspend the drives in the P180 like the P150?

I would like to see how much difference that makes compared to the current drive-slot with grommets.

Don't laugh, but I don't have a little saw lying around here. Removed the stock fan, and since my cpu was idling at 29, with the mobo at 31, I have some hope I might be able to do without it. *hoping the loud-as-hell psu fan won't spin up* When I get to a hardware store, I'll go and find some nuts, ...

Hi I just built my new rig Asus A8N-SLI AMD64 3500 - xp120/nexus120 XFX 6600gt - vf700 passive chipset cooler Now, the first thing I noticed when I first booted the pc, is that the casefan on the sonata makes a sound like a vacuumcleaner. Needless to say, I'm not amused, and would like to replace it...

I have ordered already: 2x512 (1gb) kingston hyperx ultra low latency pc3200 nec 3520 dvd burner (black) nec 5800 dvd player (black) -> might replace if loud currently planning on buying AMD64 3500+ winchester Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Asus EN6600GT Top Limited Edition 128 MB, PCI Express x16 2x Maxtor Di...

that review is pretty damning

Hi, I'm new here, but read around a bit already. Still, I'd like to sum up what I'm thinking. I'm a student, and thus I'm in a student room, sleeping in the office so to say. Not much space, so my pc serves as a media jukebox / pc and television. I don't have a tv/radio I tend to download a lot over...