Recent content by rivrbyte

Here is my old case...CM690, Noone wants it from my family, so instead of leaving it all in there, and giving it up for one of them, and me buying another case, PSU,WIN7 OS, I'll have to trash the P-35 mobo, and the 7 year old Thermaltake 700W PSU, and use my old case. The top of the case with...

This is all about saving mula for me, but to reiterate, some stores have the i7 4770, and 4770K priced between $10.00 and $30.00 difference. Newegg has both for $310.00, (with discounts) And now Fry's has the plain 4770 for $280.00, and the "K" for $310.00. For me and lots of others are not...

PP~ Thank you for being my personal shopper! I will get the B85, because it has what I need for a cheaper price,(than going with the Z87 chipset) Now I could afford the Samsung 250GB SSD, but sorry for yet Another idiotic question: The Samsung site shows a few 250 GB EVO's, one with Sata III...

PP~ I looked at the B85, but only saw three PCI-e Slots, I may want more, that's why I was thinking about the Z87, but I'm still taken that under advisement. TY. My last build was about 7 years ago.... I am old school when it comes to the newer than seven year ago technology, so forgive me with...

Thanks PP! Thanks for clearing that up...I wish it was 72,000 RPMS! I would get alot more done. PP, I hear you about the K, since I'm not OC'ing, or gaming, same with the Z87 chipset, I just thought maybe down the line, if I did get interested in gaming, it would be all ready to go. The...

Hi All! ;) My Budget is about 700.00, or less. :sad: This is a skeleton list of potential parts, so I will take all of the previous suggestions to heart, nothing is concrete, just fine-tuning. I'm just going to go with the G41 on a LGA 1150 Socket, because anything is faster and better than my...

How can I have a headache, if I have no brains???? My MSI Platinum has been issue-free for seven years, and seems to be a stable board for me, IF...only I could find a replacement Mobo that does not have all the Gaming, and Overclocking features that I will never use. Personal...

Hello, I have an OEM version of Windows7 Pro. I presently have Windows XP Home and want to format two of my three HDDS. I'm changing the boot drive from my 74GB RAPTOR to my 500GB Blue caviar, so after moving everything from my500GB storage to my new 2TB Caviar green HDD, I'm ready to format...

Thank you, but I'm not thinking of changing the (C) to another letter, all I want to do is KEEP the NTFS System on this NEW G drive, if this is what I should do. I noticed when I chose ASSIGN DRIVE LETTER. I chose (G) then I saw RAW in between the other two NTFS (C-Boot OS drive) and (F -...

Hello, I have Windows XP now. I am adding new memory and another HDD, before I doa clean install with WIN7. I am in the midst of changing WinXP 32Bit to Win7 64Bit OS, and wanted to move the majority of my WD 500GB Internal to the new 2TB WD. Then format my WD 74GB Raptor, and then use my...

I presently have a Western Digital Raptor 74GB I used for my WinXP O.S. and Programs,and a 500GB Western Digital for storage. I built this system four years ago. It's a MSI P-35 Platinum/8GB DDR2,I will be installing WIN 7 (64Bit) soon. I can not afford to upgrade/replace the whole...

Hello, Thanks for the reply! Currently, I have Photoshop CS3. I am NOT a gamer (yet) only video capture,editing, and burning DVD's, using Pinnacle Studio 14HD,& 15HD. I was thinking in terms of a new GPU only for the graphics aspects, not for gaming, if it is a major prerequisite, or make any...

Thanks! Technology is forever changing, nothing we can do about that. I will, for instance will have to upgrade to get a ATX Tower with USB 3.0, ( I have a 2.0,whether I can depend on backward compatibility or not), i7, Or by the time I upgrade, it will no doubt be a newer/faster CPU, DDR+...

What speeds up STUDIO HD 15, and Photoshop, CPU, SDRAM, or GPU? Would getting a newer 1GB,700+ Core Clock Speed GPU be better than my existing 8600GT 512MB, 540MHz make Video editing easier and less taxing on Studio? Pinnacle Studio 14HD Ultimate. (Always have to free up resources when...

I'm very sorry for double posting,I thought I previously posted in the right Forum,until I saw this one. RAID Boot drive Only for O.S.? I don't know what the difference is with using my WD RAPTOR as a boot drive for the OS and apps, then using my 500GB for storage.....OR someone telling me to...