ripken204

well it all depends on if the card itself can even use up 16x, which it definatly cannot. you are most likely losing some performance but i can't say how much. if you really want to know, do a 3dmark test and compare your results to others. it will still be better than onboard tho.

exactly what i was thinking! i'll probably get a 500gb drive sometime soon. $.24/gb at newegg

haha, i remember that thread about the laptop stand cars now are computers.. but when i get a car, im definatly going to get a nice sound system for it

where you going? for 2 months it better be a great place

prices are in canadian

doom iii or gta:sa ? lol, those games don't stress the computer that much.. try some oblivion or fear

get a cheaper case! for video, 8600gt/gts everything else looks great, except that i would suggest getting a C2D

well i got this http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....at=2&style= and i used every single inch of it these speakers are f***ing incredible!!!

use the 64bit! it is much much better than the 32bit. you should'nt have a problem with drivers as it has been out for quite a while now. almost all 32bit programs will work with it, its really only those obscure programs that don't work with it.

i feel that the post rating is pointless.. especially at this stage in the forum. it has been around for years so there will be thousands of excellent posts that will have no rating.

my guess is cleartype

boot from cd, then i think you have to select what test you wna do or just click start.

me? i have an antec p180... not a watercooling case.

lol, my cpu runs at 28C in the winter on air

that sounds good. i am crazy and most people here know that. i am definatly going to go water for my next computer. i would right now but there is no way that my scythe ninja will be coming off of my motherboard...

i have no clue what ads you guys are talking about? where do they show up?

ya its all marketing, i personally like the core names, it takes me a while to start talking about them as their marketing name. for ex, the barcelona has been talked about for 100 years now, when it finally comes out, its marketing name will not be barcelona... instead it will be something stupid.

but the quad core is 2xC2D so it is still a C2D i cant imagin them keeping teh Core X Duo name forever tho... that will just get of stupid in my opinion

go into safe mode and do this http://www.tunexp.com/tips/maintain_your_c...th_auto-reboot/

the the link i posted is a much much better water cooling system. but since its too much money for you, then i have to start thinking with less money..

definatly get another fan in there, glad to hear that it works now also. gamehead - no that's not it. brand new comps do it also.

okay i need some 16gauge speaker wire and i know nothing about speaker wire. how much does OFC help? where can i get good wire for cheap? this is for a 5.1 speaker system in my room so how much wire would i need? 30ft?

well do you have options to change the speed of the fan depending on how hot the cpu is? you might need to enable Q-fan do access this feature. your cpu is running insanely hot! so my guess is that you fan is set to be on high speed when the cpu is above 50C for example. but seriously, 76C!!!! that is far from normal!

for the 3rd time, have you looked in the BIOS?

you can choose not to install the search bar..