Recent content by bigboi86

Look man, Geeks.com has a lot of older hardware for awesome prices. (4850 "800 shaders" for 40 bucks... one of the best deals you will find ANYWHERE) (3870 x2 not as good as the 4850.. but pretty damn neat and a great price) (6870 for 120bucks... can't beat that)

Someone hook this man up. He's using the hardware I had when I was in high school, and I'm 26 now. I seriously just built an Am2 system with a dualcore 5000+ and 3gb of ram and a radeon 4350(ddr3 version) for literally (almost)nothing. I found an HP slimline with a bad PSU someone threw...

Just scored 13.. Almost there.

I am disappointed in AMD's inability to compete with Intel, but that does not make AMD a crappy company. I suppose noone remembers when AMD held the performance crown back in the Athlon XP/64 days. This made Intel completely change the way they designed processors. They realized that you...

Now you're just gonna have to start swapping parts with known good ones to find the culprit. Didn't think it would come to that though.

Yeah my 2nd monitor is a bit older and only supports 1680x1050 :P

I might be wasting power, but in lifespan terms, you're talking the difference of maybe a couple of years and hardware generally lasts much longer than you would ever need it to.

Screen tearing never bothers me. I always force v-sync off. It's honestly not noticeable most of the time. I just like running 200fps even though my eyes don't know it, my brain does :P

JRs suggestion will work. BTW, sometimes I like taking the battery out instead of depending on the clear cmos jumper anyway. You just know for sure that it's reset. Also, remember to unplug the PSU from the wall like he said. Sometimes weird stuff happens with electronics and power will...

Thanks guys! :D Ok, JR, my NB is at 2ghz right now, and my HT link is at 1.5ghz. What are safe values for these? I just don't want instability, it's 100% 24/7 stable for my current settings which is why I haven't really tried to dial anything in more. EDIT: Wow, going to 2ghz HT link and...

Here is my l3 cache bench, so I know for a fact it definitely works :) I'm so excited. :) L3 cache makes a bigger difference than I thought it would. Everything runs better. I got so lucky, not many propus even have l3 cache to unlock.

Cooler Master Hyper 212. I have this heatsink and it is amazing even with just 1 fan. I'd love to try it with two though.

For the 780/790 chipsets you just go to CPU config in bios and enable ACC(clock calibration) and then unleash mode. Keep the other settings on auto is what I've done but most bioses give lots of options for different core speeds and such. This will also automatically unlock any cores as well...

I love Gintama. I watch that a lot. Samurai Champloo Cowboy Bebop Bleach Hellsing Those are a few of my favorites. I can never remember all my favorites when I go to list them. Oh well, it's not a competition..... ... or is it?

I've been running Battlefield 3 on high @ 1920x1080 res on a slightly overclocked 4850, the CPU is rock solid stable. EDIT: That's my first time doing printscreen on a dual monitor setup. Fucking 3600x1080 res lmao.