Posts by crimsontears809739

If your gonna upgrade your motherboard, get a I5 2500K. Upgrading to go from DDR2 to DDR3 without changing the processor is silly. You won't notice a performance difference. Just get some more DDR2.

Quote:Originally Posted by lordikon I would recommend C# if it's just for a graduate project. If you want something that will be more beneficial in the long term I would go with C++. Doubt it. C# is Windows specific for the most...

Okay, i see some serious Corsair fanboy-ism. They make good stuff.....just you can get more bang for your buck if you tweak your build. $70 for RAM? You can find some G-Skill that performs just as well for around $50. Why would you...

Motherboard: If money is not a huge issue, go with the ASRock Z68 professional. Case: So you want something big? Got it. Get a HAF-X or HAF 942! I am in love with mine, you will not be disappointed. The top of the HAF-X/942 comes...

If your getting a I5 2500, get the I5 2500K. Other than that, i don't see any problem with those components.

HDD: Go with a WD black or Spinpoint F3 if you can. You probably already know this, but for a mechanical drive going from SATA 3 Gb/s to SATA 6 Gb/s has no effect on speed. PSU: 850 Watts....ummm....wut? 650 watts would be...

Case: Lian-Li makes great cases, and that is a great case! It's a little plain for my personal tastes. Make sure to take a look at the SilverStone Fortress series cases and the Coolmaster HAF cases if you have not already. I feel...

Yes

You can go higher than +1.5V in voltage, but then the transistors in your CPU start to break down from such a high voltage.... killing the long-term life of your CPU. There was a good article on OCN about this like 6 months ago, but now...

Quote:Originally Posted by TheQookieMonster Anyone running RAID? or do you just use SSD as a boot-drive. My x2 1 TB mechanical drives hold my media and are in RAID 0. My SSD is my boot drive (not in RAID), and has like 2 games on...