Recent content by Wai_Wai

Thank you for all your replies. We have finally sent the LCD monitor back to the manufacturer. It fixed the problem for us within 1 day.

LCD monitor going black after several seconds [Solved] This is how the incident occurred. A roommate used a towel to clean the back of the monitor, but he mistakenly loosed the power cable a bit (on the monitor), and so the monitor went off. Once replugged, the monitor acted weird. Every...

Sorry I would like to raise one issue. Try to compare "HD 4650" with "HD 4670". It gives readers a feeling that HD 4650 is really great, or is actually way too good for that amount of price. The overall performance is way too close, ie 11% only. FPS difference can be as close as <4 FPS in some...

Sounds great. :D BTW E21** uses little power at stock (this is one of the reasons I may want it). It seems to use slightly less power than E7200 altho it's 65nm. But I don't know how much power consumption it will be when overclocked. E7200 attracts me too. Budget and low power too. What's...

What are the advantages of wolfdale (45nm) over allendale (65nm)? EDIT: Actually E2xxx is using Conroe core (65nm). Even with stock coolers? :twitch: My main concern is how far ca it go if I use stock coolers only. I don't plan to use aftermarket coolers because (1) it seems to be against my...

What do you pick - E21xx OR E7200 OR Others, and what RAM? I'm a budget overclocker. I'm also a price/performance geek. My current pick is E21xx which is very cheap and can overclock to 3.0Ghz easily with stock cooler. I'm also interested in the new E7200 but it's 100% expensive at my local...

That's interesting. How come a PSU will perform at optimum efficient at temps **higher than** 30C? I believe the PSU is working better at lower temp than at higher temp.

I mean the brand of the GPU vendors, not the chipset producers. There are many brands. I know they're all using boards referenced by ATI and nVidia. I just wonder if some bad brands will cut costs and give us water-down HD3xxx for example. Assume the same type and size of memory and the same...

That Antec PSU doesn't have many SATA connectors. However you can buy adapters to convert 4-pin peripheral connectors into SATA connectors. The only problem is missing +3.3V but none of the drives use it so far. PS: Thanks for your first "thanks" although I expect you should thank both of my...

Do you think if it's possible to keep DDR2 and use it for the new Nehalem/AM3 motherboard? I'm planning to buy some DDR2 RAM. My choice: - 2GB + 1GB - 1GB + 1GB + 1GB - 2GB + 2GB My operating system is Windows XP Pro. When it is first released, the price should be much higher. Plus...

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If my above post is too much info, take a look at this Antec PSU product: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371019 Take a closer look at each rail, especially +12V. Don't just look at total watt. It only costs US$35. Review of this product...

Not necessary. PSU suppliers are more than happy because more users largely over-estimate their needs and buy a much higher watt PSU so they feel safer. And PSU suppliers can earn much more money. I heard that the production cost of even a quality PSU is low so they earn a lot by selling dear...

What brand of graphic cards would you suggest? Yes I will definitely buy a decent quality PSU. I won't go for cheap brands. But I'm not going to buy a PSU with too much watt. It seems it's a waste of money.

This is just a general question. Well, but it's interesting to know if my old PSU can fire up my new system. Old PSU is a decent PSU. 500W (able to continuously supply 420-430W if memory serves), serviced me for 4-5 years. This is my coming build (not purchased yet. Feel free to comment on...