Posts by weblair24

I don't have the CPU block yet, but yes my mobo and ram came with blocks installed, and I plan on overclocking everything to the extreme! I thought the MMT looked decent from the pics, I will look around to see if I can find some nicer...

To start, I will appreciate everyone's input or suggestions. I built a new PC at the beginning of the year instead of water cooling my old rig and I've been reading the forums trying to get ready since then. I've pretty much decided on...

I know I have a gold cartridge copy of Zelda and pretty sure it's still in the box with manual too, I might have to wipe the dust off and see what it can get me on ebay.

Here's a 2133 2x4GB kit for $89: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=19627

There are also sites that will buy your old components for cash and supply the shipping label to send them in. We just scrapped a bunch of old pc's at my office and sent in a box full of motherboards and add-on cards and someone else...

You could save some cash on a different psu. Corsair, rosewill, and kingwin, which is what I have been using flawlessly for at least 3 years, all make decent units for less.

You mentioned in your first post you did a quick format, what about running a full format instead?

Is there a firmware update for your SSD, and are you using the most recent version of the Intel toolbox?

I made a quick build on Newegg CPU - i3-3220 - 129.99 Mobo - MSI Z77A-G43 - 99.99 GPU - Sapphire HD 7850 1GB - 179.99 RAM - Kingston HyperX 2x4GB - 52.99 HDD - Western Digital Blue 500GB - 64.99 Optical - Samsung DVD Burner - 15.99 Case...

The z77 boards that advertise 2 x16 lanes are using a PLX PEX 8747 chip that is basically a switch for the express lanes. At first I was set on getting one of the boards with this chip, but from what I found, you get to deal with latency...