Posts by Blazer88

lol, I didn't see the responses about the taxes. Yep, it's 2K to the federal government and not in state sales tax I really don't mind paying the taxes as I feel that's better than giving them an interest free loan. And I got bored...

I just read that there is a big price drop planned for the intel chips, it looks like I can get the e6600 for the e6400 price on April 22nd. Sweet.

I will probably end up waiting a few more weeks until I actually purchase the video card, I'm trying to piece everything else together right now. I'm in no hurry, especially since I have to pay $2K in taxes, lol.

mitcity22, you have been extremely helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to write out some suggestions. Here is where I'm at so far with many of your suggestions. Grand Total - $795 before shipping/rebates Component List: MB:...

Questions: 1) I don't plan to overclock as I have never really felt the need in the pastt. I'm more of a "passive" user, for lack of better words. 2) As for gaming, I have played BF2 in the past and wish my current comp ran...

My ol' P4 2.8Ghz is really starting to crawl, even with 2G of RAM. Plus my 120G hard drive is basically full. So I'm thinking of building a new PC since I have done it in the past and I'm fine with putting it all together. I have been...

Yeah, I hear you on that. The worst part is that it was only two weeks out of warranty. But that's life you know.

Here are some more pictures. CDRW/DVD, worked just fine and had very little use: $20 Battery; My wife always used it at a desk with a cord, $40 Keyboard; you can see the wear spots on the keys, but it works great with no stuck/dead...

I apologize for the slow reply, I was busy all last night. But here is a picture of the RAM. It's 1G worth of Corsair PC2700 DDR SO-DIMM Memory, model VS512SDS333. It seems that it goes for about $65 new (pricegrabber), so how about $80...

Turns out my motherboard is shot on my wifes CL56 that I bought her. I got it new two years ago (from powernotebooks.com) and it has been flawless until last week. I will be parting out everything except the motherboard (unless someone...