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This is crazy but I actually realized this exact same option based on Tom's Hardware Best Cards for the Money July 2008 article. PCI-EXPRESS INTERFACE: $200 to $450 - Tom's Hardware : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July '08 It is a bit more expensive, especially once you add the heatsink...

I'm looking for a new passively cooled video card for my living room/gaming computer. I currently have a 8600gt from MSI that has done a good job, but as you probably know, the 8600 series wasn't quite up to par. I'm thinking about either of these two: ECS N8800GT-512MX+ GeForce 8800 GT $145...

Anyone have any other opinions? How about noise levels?

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB...

I currently have 2gb of Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory I also have Vista Ultimate and am thinking about reinstalling...

Do you know for sure their are any digital signals within your area? Per wikipedia, ethopia isn't listed for DVB-t signals. DVB-T - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This morning the memory test yield zero errors! Last night I had about 600 errors in each stick. It's running fine now... I can only assume that the board or psu was giving some power/voltage issues, or that the sticks were overheating due to gameplay? Note: the stick's are about 1/4 inch...

Last night I played Team Fortress 2 for the 1st time and I got the BSOD. Thinking this was a game bug, I restarted but then got it again while loading the game. The third time it blue screened loading steam. Fourth time, just in windows. Uh oh. I eliminated my CPU over clock (my ram...

Yeah, I was pretty sure of that too. But I couldn't figure out why it POSTs fine 100% of the time from a powered off mode but not from a standby mode. I'm guessing it has more to do with the board settings in standby and the CMOS just clears some cache and it acts as a powered off start...

I have the following specs (recently installed) Intel E6420 Gigabyte P35-DS3R 2x1 GB Crucial Ballsitix Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit) When my computer goes into sleep, it does not resume. The lights come on, but my monitor stays asleep (no signal). If i manually power down and restart...

Er...that's hard to say because parts/manufacturers vary but its pretty rare for higher quality stuff to go bad earlier. With your stuff, I think it will all still be running in 6 years even overclocked. If you had ECS mobo, VIA chipset, value RAM and a cheap PSU, then you'd have problems. As...

So while leaving all BIOS settings on default (auto timings and voltage) except FSB. 400 FSB = BSOD 385 FSB or 3.08 ghz equaled a 16.645 SuperPi time SuperPi mod 1.5 XS 1M CPU got up to 37 deg C. Voltage upped by board to 1.392v Also knocked my Vista index score from 5.1 to 5.6 on the cpu.

Thanks for the tip. For $20, not too expensive. I saw you're getting the same Mobo. In hindsight, it may be a good idea with the the P35C-DS3R. That one supports DDR3 slots as well and supports 45nm CPUs. Subtle difference. I think it's $20 more than the one I got.

With some recommendations from the kind folks on this forum, I completely upgraded by old comp last night. New specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Gigabyte P35-DS3R 2x1gb Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 Low latency MSI 8600GT Silent Heatpipe PCI-E this replaces an AMD Athlon 2000 and an Abit NF7-S2...

I'm getting the following: Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804 - Retail - $70 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $130 to go with a E6420 I got already. Last item I...