Posts by Devoran

Quote: Originally Posted by Cosmic Gecko Devoran, If you're running a P4-570J chip, you might want to upgrade to a P4-6xx (say, a P4-650 or higher). The 6xx chips run a lot cooler than their 5xx counterparts (10...

Just thought I'd share - my M7700 is on its way back to the depot in Australia for repair for the 6th (yes 6th) time. Last time, the 6800 Ultra graphics card had died, and they replaced it with an upgraded 7800GTX unit (as the 6800 can...

When you say you took out the CPU/GPU heatsinks... if you removed the actual heatsinks themselves, the thermal paste below will now be next to useless. If you have done this, you should reapply thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5 is the go.)...

Agree on the 1440 option - only time I would bother with 1920 is if using an external LCD, 22" or bigger. My 7700 has a 1680x1050 screen, and I find myself wishing I had 1440 or similar due to text size etc.

Agree with the last poster, get the 2Ghz CPU and go the dual video cards. The saving on the RAM should offset this. Also, something to consider.. with memory being a lot cheaper from newegg (hard disks somewhat cheaper too) it can...

My recommendation would be don't spend your money on a 9700... the 9750 is a far superior machine and will be far more capable of playing Supreme Commander decently.

I hope things work out for you mate, my experience with Alienware Australia wasn't the best. I wonder if they're about to launch the new models over here.. 'cos there's nothing available to purchase on the aus web site at the moment :P

Didn't realise the Aurora's could take the dc Opteron's.. interesting. $2799 though? Sorry, would have to say that's not such a good deal - you could have got a new M9750 with ok specs for that price.

I use the Zalman NC-1000, works well.

When my battery died, I had to completely remove it from the system to stop random shutdowns and/or power-related issues. Have you tried this? (I did need to make a custom 'foot' to put under where the battery is.. you'll see what I...