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LOL! Well, I still think OC'ing is a good idea. Any idea on how much you can OC the 860 with the stock cooler?

The few cores you have active, the higher the turbo boost. Stock clock is 2.8 GHz, but with 3 or 4 cores active, turbo boost only kicks the clock to 2.93 GHz. With two threads active, the clock is bumped to 3.33 GHz, and with one core active, the clock is moved to 3.46 GHz. That's why I was...

I'm getting a new comp this week, and it comes down to which of these two processors will be in the machine. The GPU will be the same regardless, as well the memory. Will games like Crysis and starcraft 2 work better with the i7 or the x6 1055T? Mostly, I'm wondering if it's beneficial to...

Err, I already have found exactly the computer with the specs I outlined prebuilt: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668627.php I've found it for sale for 1170 at several online retailers. I'm strongly leaning toward getting it.

The computer would need a new case, mobo, etc. Basically, it would need new everything except speakers, keyboard, and the mouse. I'm running XP now, so a new OS is definitely needed as well. As for the hard drive, I'll probably opt for 1-2 TB since those drives are so cheap nowadays, and I...

My current comp is in my sig. It also no longer works, at all (I was going to replace in a week, anyway). The future comp would be for gaming, mostly for Starcraft 2, Battlefield Bad Company, Crysis (and Crysis 2), and a bunch of other FPS's and RTS's. My budget is $1300 MAX. I would like...

I don't want to upgrade the RAM, or the CPU. RAM is DDR, and CPU is socket 939. Hard to find either, and I'm content with both. I'm well aware that the GPU will be bottlenecked by the CPU, but meh, I can live with that. What kind of performance increase can I expect? Can I expect to max out...

Here are my pc's specs: cpu: AMD 3800x2 RAM: 1GB pc3200 Motherboard: pci express (it's a generic one, I believe). PSU: 500 watt GPU: 7800GT Monitor: 1920x1080 23 inch I mostly play Medieval 2: total war, these days. I play at a fairly low resolution - 1172x768, if I remember...

You guys have been really helpful! Thanks a million! :)

I do have about 25 gigs worth of stuff on it - can I format it with all that on there, or will it get erased/damaged?

Here's the part where I sound like a moron - how do I do that?

I have an external hard drive. I haven't formatted it myself, but it came with only 75 of the total 150 GB available. I'd really like more of that space. . .Any suggestions?

For example, can I use a HD 3850 256MB and a HD 3870 512MB at the same time? I use in SLI you must use the same Nvidia cards (but different brands are okay), but what about crossfire? Now that ATI/AMD cards just got a sizeable price cut (that will take effect soon), I'm thinking about getting...

If you're planning on buying a new card in June, I'd honestly go with the 8800GT 512MB card. The G92 GTS is a great card, but for the money, the 8800GT just can't be beat. It will certainly let you play the latest and greatest games until June. I'm really excited to see how powerful the new 9...

Sweet! I'll give it a try as soon as I finish clearing room off my hard drive! Thanks guys!

Is there a way to get rid of unwanted processes besides randomly shutting things down in the task manager (I'm using XP, by the way)? At idle, I'm using around 350MB of memory (according to the task manager). That just seems way too high...

Very cool. What resolution and what settings are you playing at? Ie, 1280x1024 at high/ultra/etc. The 3870 is one of the best cards out!

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/12/21/sparkle_announces_passively_cooled_1_gb_geforce_8800_gt_card_/ Does anyone think it'll be worth the extra money over a 512MB GT? I really don't...

A Q6600 would be able to hold it's own over clocked to 3.0GHz against the processor you want. With the delay, that's what I think I'll end up doing.

Another vote for one 8800. Get an 8800GT!