Posts by Jay Scott

Quote:Originally Posted by JedixJarf;14909723 Out of the 3 or 4 that Ive tested, the Asus Maximus IV Gene-z is probably the best for the price. Yes it is mATX but it packs a HUGE punch, and the Bios is the nicest of all the Asus and...

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your upcoming 2600K project. That's sure to be a huge upgrade from a C2D! Those 2500K & 2600K chips OC like crazy.

Where are you based? I can't tell if your budget is £400 or $400.

I have mocked up a basket on newegg.ca to give you an idea of what I would advise. The screen capture doesnt quite include it but the basket total is $894.42 + shipping. I think I have covered pretty much all of your requests, theres no...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gib007;13865804 No problem, but with a single 240GB SSD, you can easily fit the OS, all your software and quite a lot of games on it, including Flight Simulator X without problem! I know I do and it's a...

Thank you everyone for your replies. The idea of getting an SSD for gaming was to improve loading time. One of my most used games is Flight Simulator X, for which I have expansion packs containing vast amounts of photo-realistic...

Quote:Originally Posted by munaim1;13857981 3? damn I wish I had the money, I would personally keep one, return 2 of them (or sell them) and just get some hdd's in raid 0 for the other stuff. I did consider this before buying, but I...

I made a bit of an impulse buy last week and picked up 3 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD's at a pretty good price...But I'm starting to question if it was really a good idea. I've got to be honest, I think I may have jumped into the purchase too...

I think an SSD is almost a must if you are looking at spending that much on a setup, it would be a shame not to have an SSD Boot Drive with all of your most used software, the Vertex 3 are possibly the ones to go for atm but the Corsair...

Another vote for the HAF932 or HAF X here, I switched to the HAF X last summer and couldn't be happier, great airflow, great cable management, and keeps my SLi GTX480's cool enough that their fans don't go into super-noisy mode!