Recent content by Gilles

I decided to get the 280. The free games and the fact that the other is a refurbish sold me on it. Thanks PP. I'd give you rep, but apparently I already did at some point in history, long forgotten. :P

So basically the 7970 is the best card at that price range right now, but it's a refurb. Is the chance worth the upgrade from the 280? So I'm looking at either the 280 from NCIX or the Refurb 7970 from Newegg. With shipping and tax, they are $2 apart, so it's just do I want refurb and a better...

Thanks. I went to newegg. Here are some more options from there. Thoughts? 280 X=$200 Nevermind, it's a 280. It came up when I searched for a 280 X. : ( 7950=$150 7970=$210

So I think it may be time to get a new card. There are a few options. I currently have a Radeon HD 6800 series card. Can't remember which one, but there are only like 2, and they are pretty close in rankings usually. So, options are: 1. GTX 750-ti 2. Radeon 270X 3. Radeon 280=$220 Now, all...

I wound up paying an extra $10 for an intel duel core, and therefore got a different board anyways. Thanks for the heads up though! Come to think of it though, I used that exact RAM in my main AMD rig, so it hopefully wouldn't have been a problem. With the PSU I just prefer to spend the little...

I bet that would work for posting a thread too. I'll give it a shot.

Here's what I wanted posted. Hey guys, building my Dad a new computer since his is ~10 years old. I've not kept up with hardware at all since upgrading my PC, so I wanted some opinions on my build before I go for it. He just needs it for general use (email, documents, photos etc). Here's what...

Thanks for the offer, but I still can't post. And I can't send links in a PM because I'm new, and it kinda defeats the purpose of the post.

Hey guys, building my Dad a new computer since his is ~10 years old. I've not kept up with hardware at all since upgrading my PC, so I wanted some opinions on my build before I go for it. He just needs it for general use (email, documents, photos etc). Here's what I've got. Total = $237.94...

I'm trying to post a new thread in the computer hardware section, but every time i make a new thread, it doesn't work. : (

Is the intel still faster than the AMD at 3.4? I know this is true with the i5 versus the Phenom. Also we've decided on this guy for the PSU: Antec Basiq VP450 450W Power Supply ATX12V V2.3 Dual +12V Rail 120MM Fan 80% Efficiency Seems like a great little PSU for only slightly more than the...

Hey guys, building my Dad a new computer since his is ~10 years old. I've not kept up with hardware at all since upgrading my PC, so I wanted some opinions on my build before I go for it. He just needs it for general use (email, documents, photos etc). Here's what I've got. Total = $237.94...

Good idea on the bios. I thought about getting a Card or even a wireless stick. I'm going to check the bios and try installing the drivers from the ASUS site by using a USB, and try using a CD I have for another ASUS board (would that work?!). If those don't work I'll look into using something...

Uh-oh. : (

Maybe, it's odd that multiple cards were tried and they all worked. The hic-up I had leads me to believe the same thing though. Hopefully it lasts a while longer.