Yeah, this is using the latest firmware. OCZ also upgraded their firmware, which increased speed for their drives quite a bit.

New page, might as well post up my new pics, i'm basically done my build for now, next year i'll probably upgrade PSU and GPU, but i'm happy for now :D

Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68 Pro Z68
Mushkin Enhanced Frostbyte DDR3-1600 4X4GB
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
WD Caviar Black 1TB
Corsair Pro HX650W
Fractal Design Define R3 ATX mid tower
Noctua NH-D14 Cooler
Noctua NF-S12B Fans X 4

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So my rents computer kicked the bucket, most likely a power supply i think but its a 5-6 year old computer anyways and the company i work for is scraping a bunch of 2 year old computers in place of new ones so i'm just going to snag one of those for them

with your typical HD that has an OS installed on it, will there be any issues of just simply swaping over the HD into the new computer?

Swapping the HD from the old computers to the new computers will not work. There will be some issues that will occur. Best to buy another HD and install the OS onto that and get files off the old harddrive. Or if there is enough space on the old hdd, you can install the OS directly onto it.

How would I go about getting the files off when that HD has an OS on it?

Would I be able to put it in my rig and simply explore that HD?

As long as it's not set up as the boot drive in the bios.

ofc you will be able to put it in ur rig and simple explore that HD.
If the hd is sata just connect it or if its IDE set it to slave. Even better, get an USB external hard drive enclosure.

$400 GTX 670 is out!
basically the same performance as the $480 7970

price war!!11

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 2GB Video Card Performance Preview :: TweakTown USA Edition

Damn, that's an impressive card. Might think about upgrading at Christmas or around that...

nice kill, but can't justify spending 1/2 of the system build money on just a video card.

I have the same Heatsink. Thing is HUGE. Barely cleared my ram. I had to mount it this way to clear the fan in the back, and the ram. Also had to cut the side fan bracket on the door. It works out for me, since it draws cold air from the filtered side, the heat from the top of the video card, and up and out through the top of the case.

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nah, rather get one of these!

2 of them.. quad sli :fuckyea:

god damnit my fans on my Lancool PC K62 are failing. Anyone know where to get fans in bulk?

there's a good deal going on right now for 120mm

Canada Computers | Cooling | Cooler Master 120mm Turbine Master MACH 1.2, 1200 RPM Case Fan (R4-TMBB-12FK-R0)

i put the PM through NCIX...let's see if they'll bite

thanks let me know if they do

Hello everyone, computer newbie here.

I'm planning on doing a small upgrade to my computer.

My PC's been running the EVGA Geforce 8600GT 512mb since 2008 and I'm considering to purchase the XFX Radeon HD 6870 900MHZ 1GB 4.2GHZ.

My current power supply is 650W and my motherboard is the ASUS P5K SE.
The processor is still the old school Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHZ. RAM is currently at 8GB DDR2
Case is the Antec 900.

Will the graphics card I'm considering to purchase be compatible?
If not could you guys recommend me on a budget GPU (<$200)?
Any other suggestions aside from upgrading the GPU would be great as well.

I also noticed the my motherboard has extra slot that can potentially run more GPU's, is it a difficult process to install 2 or more?
The acrylic window of the Antec case looks like I could install another fan, I'm not sure which fans to purchase

I use my computer for mild gaming as well as photo editing.

Thanks in advance :)

^From what i know, it should be fine. If anything, your computer will bottleneck your GPU's potential performance. As long as it doesn't have different slotting version of pcie then your fine. However, the 6870 could be an overkill for an older system.
Sorry if that's innacurate, basing it on what ive known :okay:

Stumbling across this thread... i swear once this computer dies im going in to build another! Won't go too crazy hopefully.
I'm actually going to re-install my old 9800gt to see if its dead for sure.

If it's a gaming system, 50% of the budget is nothing. You could probably spend 80% of your budget on the video card

i've been reading quite a few GTX 670 reviews..and damn what a promising card. scales well and low power consumption. In SLI, it's on par with the GTX 690 while being 20% cheaper.

I think I may get these in SLI in june...unless I can find 7970CF for a better deal or if 7990 has the same performance and price, but even then i'd have to deal with AMD drivers...which is probably a PITA for Eyefinity compared to Nvidia Surround.

Can someone suggest a monitor preferably under $100 which I can pick up locally? Won't be doing any gaming, just for my mom to learn how to use a computer.

Was thinking of this since it was $100 at walmart LG E1942C LCD Monitors | LG LED Monitor E42 Series - LG Electronics UAE

Here's a monitor on sale at NCIX for $79.

BenQ G950A 18.5IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1366X768 50000:1DC 5ms VGA - BenQ - G950A

Here's a reivew I am working on.

Think FPS means everything in video card reviews?

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Think again

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Why We Will be Testing GPUs “Inside The Second”

Why are you testing a 680 vs 6870? And how the hell are the numbers so close in first picture