Posts by willibj

Okay, I can potentially help a little. I went from a Phantom Full Tower, ATX mobo with i5 2500k and AIO in push-pull cooler, 7950, etc etc, to a MicroATX rig you see in my sig. I managed to keep 6 internal HDD's and a DVDRW drive inside...

Quote:Originally Posted by AndyM95 Here's a rough guide, your original question wasn't very specific. This will be a beast rig for 1080p gaming. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core...

Quote:Originally Posted by FlashFir I'd highly recommend a 7870 LE or XT which is essentially a gimped 7950. http://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?firstonly=1&q=7870 http://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?firstonly=1&q=7950 This. OP -...

Quote:Originally Posted by mrawesome421 EDIT: oops you mean GAMING at 720p - gotcha. lol

Perfect for a cheap 720p gaming HTPC. I'm running the 2gb one for mine. Cool. Near silent. Small. Cheap. 1gb is "enough" for 720p really. Great deal!

For what it's worth, I have an HP 14" laptop (1366x768) with an i5 3210m and a 2gb 7670m. I haven't bothered overclocking the 7670m at all as I prefer cooler temps (for longevity) and I have relinquished the laptop to running older...

Quote:Originally Posted by SpartanVXL IPeople have to first define what it means to Max out a game. Does this include an overkill amount of Anti-aliasing and supersampling just cause the settings allow it? ^This ... but it's a two...

Quote:Originally Posted by Wattser93 I'm assuming you prefer consoles because Forza and Gran Turismo are console exclusives? Between this and my love of Tiger Woods games (good ones, that only exist on the consoles in the last...

Scratch that ... it seems to return after a restart: The first time I loaded Fallout 3 GOTY again after this restart, in took forever to load the splash startup and then get into the game menu. Click exit. Back at windows, double click...

Hi all. So I'm living in Cambodia these days, in the capital city, so the electricity is pretty stable and consistent now, with fairly typical grid protections etc. Today we had a massive thunderstorn (the lightning was stupidly...