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  • Re: *Sticky* What is in your Rig?

    ^ Well show us some pics man!
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by Shwinster on November 14, 2009
  • Re: Gaming rig advice and build help

    HOGHAULER brings up a good point.&nbsp; If you're only gaming on and LCD at 1680x1050 or less resolution than the x2 4890's are a waste of money.&nbsp; In that case you would be much better served with x2 4870's which will be better utilized when gaming with everything maxed out at this res.&nbsp; Of course if you do in fact have a 1920x1200 ...
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by Shwinster on September 8, 2009
  • Re: Which VGA is better at gaming ?

    The biggest factor between those cards will be what game you're going to play (given the difference is still marginal).&nbsp; Some games run better on Nvidia cards while others prefer ATI.&nbsp; If there are some high profile games you're interested in check out the performance charts of each card and see how they perform in those games.&nbsp; If ...
    Posted to Video (Forum) by Shwinster on September 4, 2009
  • Re: Build help for first time builder!

    I'd also recommend checking out the pc build guide in the forum when you get the parts in and start building.&nbsp; It is a very good, detailed guide for first time builders.&nbsp; Just take your time and most importantly read the instructions carefully for your cpu and motherboard. &nbsp; n0lxx, why did you recommend the Sony OEM drive when he ...
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by Shwinster on September 4, 2009
  • Re: *Sticky* What is in your Rig?

    ^ Thanks!&nbsp; For the price there was absolutely no question about it!&nbsp; I'm not partial to Nvidia or AMD as I've owned multiple cards from both over the years but right now the 4870 is the reigning king of price/performance and XFX has a great reputation.
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by Shwinster on September 3, 2009
  • Re: *Sticky* What is in your Rig?

    I just built this rig 2 weeks ago: (Let me know what you guys think) i7 920 @ 2.66GHz (I'll overclock once I get the cpu cooler below) Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 OCZ Platinum 3x2GB DDR3 1600 Asus P6T SE (This has 2x pci-e lanes that actually run at x16 unlike many boards) 2x XFX HD 4870 1GB (In Xfire, hence the importance of 2 x16 pci-e lanes ...
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by Shwinster on September 3, 2009
  • Re: The Faces of EggXpert

    ^ Thanks &nbsp; I was at a sweet beach front condo with a group of gaming buds having a lan party.&nbsp; One of the best trips I've ever been on.&nbsp; While we were there we had warm weather one day (played football on the beach) and then it snowed the next day (hung out in the hot tub!)&nbsp; It was incredible.
    Posted to Introductions (Forum) by Shwinster on August 21, 2008
  • Re: Where did you hear about the newegg forums?

    Got an email and signed up as one of the first 20000 but never really got on here till recently.&nbsp; Many times over Newegg customer.
    Posted to Introductions (Forum) by Shwinster on August 21, 2008
  • Re: The Faces of EggXpert

    Me doing what I love to do, game! &nbsp;
    Posted to Introductions (Forum) by Shwinster on August 21, 2008
  • Re: Where did you hear about the newegg forums?

    through a mailer as well
    Posted to Introductions (Forum) by Shwinster on April 10, 2007

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