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Bought a Samsung Spinpoint 1TB

This one must have leprosy. Noone, and I mean *noone* carries this particular model. The other similar models with fan cooling are all there allright, but not this one (and Sapphire doesn't do direct sales). Time for plan B Any good cards suitable for watercooling out there?

Nah, it's only for hobby purposes. My current PC has 2gb and is groaning under the pressure (wearing my poor old hd's down with the constant fiddling with the pagefile). So I figured that Vista would use 2gb for itself, 2gb more (4gb total) would be no improvement, so lets go for what it is possible to squeeze in there (on a non server/workstation motherboard).

The brand is good, but you'll not be needing DDR3 1333 or higher, as Intel processors don't benefit from anything faster than DDR2 800 which would cut your price down to a quarter or something like this. This may change with the upcoming Nehalem, so if you want to re-use your RAM, you can invest that money in the DDR3 1600, otherwise I'd say it's better spent elswhere. Are they "downwards" compatible, i.e. can I put DDR2 ram in a motherboard that lists DDR3 in it's specs?

Hey, you should have joined the armoured brigades rather than the footsloggers Looking at RAM... I've purchased noname stuff in the past. Any particular brands to look out for (or watch out for if it's bad)? Looking at prices, I see that 8gb Corsair DDR3 1333 is about 800$ and 8gb of G.Skill DDR3 1600 is about 900$, so I assume this is the approx. price range I am looking at. Should I look elsewhere completely? Which bastard said I was an infanteer? Engine noises and explosions lull me like crickets. Love automatic gunfire. Very useful accident, or perhaps in the genes. Now that you mention it, I am not sure. I thought you referred to it as "The Army" once, which is sort of the military branch of "The Ministry of Silly Walks". It just got stuck in my mind somehow

Automatic weapons are weapons with "Burst Mode"... at least I think they are. Always assumed that they were

Who said it had to make sense?

Hey, you should have joined the armoured brigades rather than the footsloggers Looking at RAM... I've purchased noname stuff in the past. Any particular brands to look out for (or watch out for if it's bad)? Looking at prices, I see that 8gb Corsair DDR3 1333 is about 800$ and 8gb of G.Skill DDR3 1600 is about 900$, so I assume this is the approx. price range I am looking at. Should I look elsewhere completely?

...and the switch between burst and single fire *Oops* Your stance also affects your accuracy. I.e. standing/kneeling/prone. There are some very good web sites out there with explanations of what exactly each gadget you can find can be used for. Remember that some of the "useless" things (coils, rods, superglue etc.) can be combined into useful things. If you found the marbles, try throw them at somebody

The show must go on...

Start of old thread End of old thread Joan Jett - I hate myself for loving You

He is getting at, that when Project Delaware was initiated, nothing was known about the content and story of Kotor1. So, did anything of the work, story, concepts etc. from before they got access to Kotor1 make it into the final product (Kotor2). Like, who the heck is this Revan fellow?

Go listen to Aqua - I'm a Barbie Girl for some mindblowing, mental numbness

Actually, Fox is there for two reasons. She is a fast mover (for those scouting or encircling moves) and she has decent doctor skills. Doctors are the only way you can get your mercs health back in reasonable time. Get her a doctors kit if you already havent and then make her treat your worst wounded. You might want to take all of Drassen though, as you need the income from the mine. Not sure if you can actually afford to have Lynx around that early in the game I usually get a few of the low cost guys, just to get started

You could drop your leadership some and your wisdom a bit to get the minimum 35 required for explosives. You can get Red to teach your from there until you get profficient enough to handle those c1 and c4 packages. Try give Trevor a crappy gun and enjoy his aussie swearing when it breaks

Thought so For good or for ill, I just bought a Asus P5E3 Premium - X48 chipset motherboard. With Crossfire support Still looking for them gfx cards though

Isn't that sort or the ATI equivalent of nVidias SLI?

Yes. It is a "cut down" version, without the roleplaying and management parts basically. I think it is aimed at those who wants to just focus on the tactical (and often tougher) combat aspects of the game. A nice expansion for those who knows the basic game inside out though

Ok, I am currently looking at the Asus P5E3 motherboard. It supports optional Water/Passive cooling to the fans and has 2 x PCIe2.0 x16 (both @ x16 mode) for the 3870 Ultimate card. (and 4 memory slots for 8gb of DDR3 ram) Any reason why I shouldn't go with this one?

Yes, that was unexpected. A certain Czech goalie is not going to sleep well.

It wasn't obvious to me The PSU may be passed on to a different PC later (next year), but for now I need some place to put the components and see it work when switched on.

I can probably wait a week or two (I've given myself 4 weeks to build a PC) and have a look at it. In the meantime, I am looking for a store/reseller of the 38xx down here Taking notes... In the meantime, I can look around for motherboard, cpu and memory Edit: I am probably going to buy a new retail Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit (as I would like at least 8gb of ram for some gfx applications). Any special requirements for motherboard/cpu/ram?

Well, you never know. Better to be on the safe side

Ok, since I usually put my foot where my mouth is, I went ahead and bought the casing and power supply. It should arrive during the week. Antec Performance One P182 Antec TruePower Quatro 1000 While the P190 looked nice with it's built in 1200w PSU, it didn't look like it was optimised for "Quietness" the same way as the P182. Only dual layered soundproofing and a big gaping hole in the side where a lot of noise can escape. Unfortunately, they didn't have the gfx card You suggested, so I am holding off for a moment on that one. I'll have to browse a few more shops to locate one it seems (I found a smaller/older model, HD3450 or something, but why settle for second best?). Maybe I should look for a motherboard next...

I am currently "investigating" (as in 'probably going to get') the Antec P190. If nothing else, for the convenience of already built in 1200w worth of powersupply (split in two and both in a chamber of their own in the casing). Plus, I found somebody who ships it to where I live Gfx Card looks good. I'll do a price comparison down here to find a reseller. Well, I hope to build something within the next 4 weeks I am curious about your objection to water cooling? I'll admit complete ignorance on the subject.