i know it's a total mess with main boards and CPUs, i can't find the right board with the right CPU and RAM...

What i would like is a good TRUE fast quad-core, with at least 4gb (2 x 2gb) of DDR3 and a good main board with SATA2 or 3, USB 3.0 if possible, enough Chipset and MOSFET cooling

PC Gaming, without going overboard on prices.

i have a Corsair TX650W myself, and i will keep it since i'm looking to upgrade soon... (tax returns seem to be kinda large for me this year, so i might use a part of that to upgrade...) this PSU is able to run quad-core CPU and PCIe 8pins video cards in SLi, and plenty of connectors that you don't ...

ok i might look into a new PC, but mainly main board, CPU, RAM, hard disk and OS (most probably Windows 7...) i will probably use my Sonata 2 case along with the Corsair TX650W inside, with the IDE DVD-writer inside (i could switch this one with the SATA dvd-writer i recently bought). I do have a Sc...

well i think the fan direction could affect the overall case temp. if you have a front intake fan, i think a stock video card fan blowing air in the direction of this intake fan would probably not help with the video card temperature. I'm saying this because i really don't know how it would react, b...

i got another crash today at 1:21am, i used BlueScreenView to create a .txt and copy-paste the infos here: ================================================== Dump File : Mini011810-01.dmp Crash Time : 2010-01-18 01:21:32 Bug Check String : BAD_POOL_CALLER Bug Check Code : 0x000000c2 Parameter 1 : 0x...

stock eVGA Geforce GTS 250 are quiet, and you can also switch the cooler for that Accelero S1. a GTS 250 will be less expensive for you to buy than a 9800GTX+ only because of rarity, since the GTS 250 is still in production. i do have an unused eVGA Geforce 9600GT 512mb here (the older model with th...

now USB 3.0 flash drives will be extremely fast! So fast, in fact i think the speed limitation will be the memory speed itself now.

what i really hate from CRTs are the dreaded settings and you HAVE to do it yourself. There are tons of different stupid settings like trapezoid, moire, pin-cushion, etc......and you have to get the damn thing right for EACH resolution you want to choose! when you use DVI connection, you don't even ...

ok my computer got a BSOD while i was downloading torrents... but now this one's different. in the Windows monitoring, it says something about "STOP 0x000000D1", then i checked with Minidump with Windbg and it says it's probably caused by "ipnat.sys". I use Windows XP SP3, and i never had a problem ...

i installed Microsoft debugging tools and used the Minidump tool, and the last 3 Minidumps created by the crash says it was caused by "ntoskrnl.exe" But i really think this crash supposedly caused by "ntoskrnl.exe" was caused in fact by Peerblock. On the blog, they say there's supposedly a very rare...

i noticed the crash generally happen during the morning between 4am and 7am, when uTorrent (v1.8.5) is downloading files and PeerBlock is running in background.

I did checked on the developer blog of PeerBlock that there's a very rare bug that make it crash when downloading updated lists

for some reasons, Windows XP (32bit with SP3) sometimes crash when i have uTorrent and Peerblock on. It never crash when i have both off though So...i don't know which one make WinXP crash...where could i find this info? i checked on my events manager and it says error ID 1001 and some strange hexad...

just one thing, i think the rubber grommets included with the fan are a bit too stiff, not flexible enough, and could break easily, well...it happened a few times on my Sonata 2, maybe because the edges of the holes are not rounded enough and a tiny bit too small, so i have to apply more force... So...

before that, i had a S12-1200 as exhaust fan, but then when they released the S12B FLX, i knew it had more airflow with the same noise level so i replaced for the S12B FLX, and yes i do have slight temps difference. But i still use a S12-1200 on my Scythe Ninja because this heatsink doesn't need a l...

FLX: normal or "faster" more flexible version.
ULN: Ultra-Low Noise edition which spins slower.

i always suggest to pick FLX instead.

So far i've been using the S12B FLX as the back exhaust fan, and i have better temperatures than with the normal S12-1200.

i did checked there (in fact i go there often to check new stuff) and nothing, not even normal right-angle SATA cables...

i encountered some slowdowns, but nothing dramatic. This game is not about "every frame counts" like in first-person shooters, since you can pause the game to create your strategy, equip your characters, also turning up the view to "Baldur's Gate-like". Plus there's no online multiplayer, so don't s...

While wondering if i should buy a new 640gb WD Blue drive with an external HDD enclosure supporting USB and eSATA (Vantec Nextar 3 model with USB and eSATA), i've been wondering about something else... Is there a SATA-eSATA bracket somewhere, where the SATA end is right-angle? i would REALLY need th...

how do you know it's on the inside part of your HDD's platter(s)?

all Seagate drives don't have the AAM (Automatic Acoustic Management), you can't send it on "silent mode" so yes you're going to hear the loud seek noise on it. One thing i found is Seagate drives tend to vibrates a bit less than Western Digital (compared a Seagate 7200.11 500gb with a Western Digit...

My WD2000JS is not doing any strange sound nor high-pitched noise, i think it's as quiet as before. i think i'm currently using a WD6400AAKS in my NMT, full of anime and stuff though. But i see this model is around 60-65$CAN now But the thing is i would need a right-angle SATA-to-eSATA cable for the...

i have the same DirectX version on both computers, the same driver version, as for malwares, i should do a full scan on the 2nd computer with Malwarebyte Anti-Malware and Spybot. (i also have Spyware Blaster on both computers)

the temp of this drive is almost always around 49-52 degrees. I just think SATA drives tend to be hotter than IDE drives. Maybe it's not the case anymore for newer drives. I never saw the temp went over 55 degrees though, maybe it's a glitch, i don't know. But what's funny is there's nothing else ap...

here's a screenshot of the SMART status i took from my hard disk just now: http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr67/raptorzx3/hdd%20status/th_hdd_nov2009.jpg Do you think my hard disk is still OK? Well Fitness is still 89%, and pPerformance 100%, but i would like to hear from those more experienced w...

i have more RAM free on my main computer, plus this one use an XtremeGamer sound card (compared to the SB Live! 5.1 Digital on my other computer)

anyway...

i don't mind no hotswap, as long as i can use an external SATA drive in an enclosure. I'm using an external drive on my 2nd computer to install games and download torrents on it. It's true that the internal one used is pretty lame (IDE, ATA100 and only 80gb), but it's mainly used for XP, softwares t...

I want to know if my main board have AHCI so i can use eSATA hard disk on it. I think my WD2000JS lacks a bit of cache (8mb only) for some games, for example, in Dragon Age Origins, i think the voices skips sometimes because there's not enough cache on my hard disk, while on my 2nd computer, the gam...

recently i got Baldur's Gate 2 collection (BG2 + Throne of Bhaal) for free, complete retail version! (not a copy).

I think the story starts strangely in BG2, compared to the previous one.

i decided to try it on my 2nd computer