Recent content by Calzinger

Would you believe this nonsense? Epic "hyper-threading" fail... Disabled it and everything is running fine now. I must be a big idiot. ;)

Wow OK, just tried a BFG 8400 GS and got the SAME EXACT BSOD problem! (no red dots though) As previously mentioned, after installing the nVidia drivers (seems to be the same with any version), I get prompted to restart and then it BSODs (SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION) right before the windows login...

Well I tried Windows 7 x64 and Windows Vista x64 which are the only two OSes I'm considering running (the former preferable to the latter). I'm pretty sure it's the card now. There are now red dots scattered across the screen that do not appear when I connect my 6800GT. Red dots across the...

Yes to both, didn't make a difference. I've now tried it on Windows 7 x64, and it still doesn't work. It doesn't BSOD upon logon, but in the device manager, the video card errors out: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)". I'm tempted to try x86, but I...

I just got a new build running Vista x64, got an eVGA GTX 260 Core 216 with it. But every time I install the video drivers, after restarting, I get a BSOD every time before the logon screen usually appears. The BSOD says "SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION", 0x000003b. I can restart in safe mode and...

Yes, the heatsink will be arriving with the case. ;) Thanks for the heads-up. I'm now having one big problem. Every time I install the video drivers, it BSODs on boot (right before logon screen). I've tried different drivers (191.07, 185.85, 181.20). All of them produce the same result. I can...

I received everything today but the case which is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Of course I was rather impatient and decided to put everything together anyway, case or no case. I'm installing Vista x64 right now. So far everything seems to be running fairly well. Initially there were a...

I just ordered all of the parts from Newegg, should all be here by Tuesday. I'll definitely post back with how things went, of course expect some pictures! Thanks for the help everyone! :)

Sweet deal, definitely picking that up. I assume it will fit? I remember having an issue with the Thermalright XP-90 and my Silverstone Temjin 06 case. It just...well, wouldn't fit in the case. :confused: Thanks for pointing out the combo, had them added separately before. Regarding the PSU...

What is CUDA? Is it basically meant to take load off the processor and instead let the GPU do the computational work? Oh OK, thanks for the clarification. I'll stick with that 7200.12 500gb Seagate then. I see they offer a 16MB cache version and a 32MB cache version at a significantly higher...

Thanks for the clarification. I'm going to stick with the one I picked as I'd like to keep things pretty organized. Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd like a card with component out which I believe the GTX 260s have.

Hmpf, thanks, I'm going to go with that eVGA vcard instead actually! I know they offer reliable products albeit not always at the lowest prices. Like I said in my OP, excuse my ignorance ;) but I'm not even entirely sure what a modular PSU is. I just went to see what PSUs OCZ had to offer...

I figured the online backups wouldn't be that efficient, especially for the volume of files I'm working with. You'd be really surprised how much abuse my external has taken. It's a 320gb Seagate which I use with a Rosewill enclosure. I've bumped it, dropped it, spun it around in circles cause...

Thanks for the reply! I mostly use Adobe Lightroom 2 for batch processing and then move to PS CS4 if I need to edit an individual shot. They're 10.1 megapixel RAWs which can be as large as 16 megs a piece. LR definitely eats up a lot of memory, and I'm really not happy with how quick it draws...

I'm actually copying my exact post from the Tomshardware forum. I didn't get any answers from those clowns, figured I'd give you nerds a go. :D -- Alright guys, my four year old 3200+ Winchester and 6800GT are old enough to be stealing my social security, thought it's about time to make a new...