Well, my top games in terms of how much ive probably played them: 1. Diablo 2 2. UT2k4 3. GTA Vice City 4. Gran Turismo 4 5. Civ 3 However in terms of my favourite games id shuffle things around a bit. 1. Diablo 2 - Unbeatable! 2. GTA Vice City - The best GTA game, didnt take itself too seriously li...

Yea of all the all-in-one designs i like the Asus ones best, although this Lenovo certainly isnt ugly IMO.

I have the HannsG 28" beasty and its a very good monitor if you want screen space of more than 24" but dont fancy paying the price of a second hand car for it. I got mine since i was going from a 22" and wanted a decent step up in size. Picture quality is pretty impressive for a TN, the usual proble...

g5604 wrote:the Q9400 is £10 cheaper
the Q8400 is £30 cheaper

so do you reckon the q6600 is not worth the extra?

The Q8/9xxx CPU's are cheaper, faster and use less power. So i cant really think of a reason why youd go for the Q6600 unless you find it dirt cheap.

Well im typing this onmy new 1005HA Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(!!!)PC. Very happy with it. The keyboard is fairly easy to adapt to for someone like me who has never used a small laptop keyboard before. The fan does run all the time, but as MikeC said its very quiet. When it ramps up you do notice i...

I have a Scythe ninja 2 w/o fan cooling my Q9400 in a Antec SOLO. Scythe slipstream 1200rpm fan on the exhaust running at 5v (fanmate). I also have opened up the optical drive bays and put a 800rpm fan there in a kama bay. It aims right at the ninja and means that its not just getting air thats alre...

I waste time by going to work and doing nothing of particular importance while ignoring everything else that needs doing.

I woke up this morning intending to buy a 1005HA. This review hasn't changed my opinion. Its not perfect, but its the best evolution of the netbook so far and its price is very good (£250, most 10" rivals costing £250-350 with very little extra). I plan on getting the cheaper matte display version...

Lol at the recommendation for the 1GB 9400GT GPU. Though the MDB-X8STE-O motherboard has onboard video, I would suggest disabling it in the BIOS and utilizing a dedicated graphics card instead. Yes, this goes against most principles of green computing, but the performance difference if you are doing...

Well the common sense answer is since it has not been released its impossible to say how well it will perform against its price rivals.

Short answer: Depends. Long answer: w7 isnt out yet, using RC1 or RTM versions a few tests have been done that ive read. The consensus is better than vista, but the amount varies alot. It could end up being better than XP, about the same, or a bit worse. Either way, its unlikely to make a massive di...

Some issues: That PSU. Dont. Get one of the ones in the SPCR recommended list with a rating for between 4-600w. Also you should note that i game at a slightly higher res (that monitor is 1080p compared to most big monitors being 1200p) and i use a standard 512mb 4850. Very little problems my end. A ...

http://i32.tinypic.com/30lcho5.jpg With the 2 new drives that takes the total up to 5. Combined with my 4 SATA ports we have a problem. :lol: So Looks like this upgrade got a little more expensive. Need a cheap PCI-e card with 4 ports. Would only need RAID1 support, performance isnt really an issue...

I got this thing, but now ive ordered that coolermaster as well. Might see if i can return the Scythe.

Also, do you really want a Quad Core? On an AM3 platform, you could go with the X3, which consumes "only" 95W and is thus easier to cool quietly. Misleading, the x3 is rated to use UP TO 95 under theoretical peak. In reality all CPU's at stock use less (usually alot less) than its TDP. That onboard...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993002&Tpk=coolermaster%204-in-3 Decent 4-in-3.. replace the fan for a nexus and you're set Damnit i just spent a tenner on a scythe 4-in-3 that doesnt have a fan attached! :x Might get this one anyway, although it'll only have 2 drives in ri...

I found the WD15EADS for £78 so decided to go for that. A difference of £13 would have made me go for the samsungs but i now have a total of 7 WD drives, ~7.1TB of ones and zeroes.

Why is it so important that it doesnt burn DVD's? Unless it makes it cheaper (and it appears not) there is no advantage to not having a DVD burner in there.

I'd say the samsung F2's.. but thats just because i dont like WD much :) You can get pretty decent 4in3 cages without hotswap from coolermaster, they're not overly expensive either, and with a 120mm fan they will keep the drives cool - especially if you choose 5400rpm drives like the F2 or GP... Iv...

Not so soon. Maybe not until 2011? The next capacity point for 3.5" platters is 640GB and it'll be available in early 2010: I hope it never gets to 1TB per platter. Why? Because I'd rather see 1TB SSDs for the price of current HDDs in 2011 :) I think your going to have to see 1TB platters before yo...

Ive been a fan of WD green drives ever since they first appeared. Indeed i still have 3 of the original 4 platter 1TB drives in use. But once again i am running out of space. Backing up my blu rays and all my TV series from DVD took my capacity from "upgrade around xmas" to "upgrade now!" status. Or...

I have a single reference 4850. It was fine at playing all the games i wanted on my old 22" monitor. Maybe i had to turn down some of the settings from "ultra" to "high" but thats it. Now i have a 28" 1920x1080 monitor, and still the single 4850 is capable of playing my games at max or near max sett...

Duct tape, anywhere flat in your case. The conduction from the case wall coupled with minimal airflow will be enough to cool it.

Also, my response to porkchop at the bottom of the previous page should make it obvious -- the WD640 is WAY louder, and it does not have any speed advantage except for random access. Isn't random access really important though; especially random writes? Access times make a big difference in things ...

Hmm, now i get to play the "which version with notably different specs but annoyingly identical model numbers" game again next time i get a new HDD! I can see why WD do this (its not just them, but usually is) to get rid of the older generation gradually, but it sure is a pain for those buying, espe...

Why would a work PC need a superpowerful, silent gaming rig?
I suggest making a powerful PC, sticking it somewhere far away from the end user so they cant hear it. Seems like the easier and cheaper option rather than watercooling the whole thing.

Not sure why you went for the 7750 CPU and that cooler. The CPU runs hot and is very much overkill for HTPC and i would guess that heatsink is far from the quietest.

Will this be sufficient for a PII X3 710 with 2 4830 or 4850 cards? I think the 4850 draws about 110w at load, so assuming the 710 draws around 100W, that's 320w/26A. I think that should leave enough headroom for a couple of HDs, a DVD drive and the MB but I wanted to check before I buy it. What wo...

Im guessing a high end card from 2-3 years ago would compete with a low to mid ranged card now. So could a high end card from then compete on idle power with a 4670 for example?

What size monitor will you be using? If you are using that big GPU for gaming i would recomend you get a sound card rather than depend on onboard sound. It'll just make the whole experience as good as possible, and an ok sound card wont add much cost compared with the other componants.