jimwest

When I built my computer, I researched everything for quite a while. I do overclock it a bit, not much though. anyway, I found that the best ram for my mobo, abit ai7, is the 256 mb. sticks of ocz, I can't remember the speed but it can run much faster than my board supports. speeds are all theoretical as well, they are close to what they are supposed to be, but never exact. Just like hard drives, they are usually a little smaller or larger in size than advertised. As far as my ram, someone basically tested a lot of brands, and using the OCZ 256 mb sitcks gave the best performance. In the article he did not know why it worked the best, but it did. So I have a gig of ram running in 4 slots. If I upgrade my mobo, not anytime soon, the ram should have the ability to keep up with increased speeds on MOBO's Also, hard drives are the slowest part of a computer. I haven't seen anything about new forms of hard drives that operate over 15,000 rpm. or that operate like ram, which of couse functions with magnets so memory can't be retained. It would be interesting to see any new developments, if anyone knows of some.

I made a mistake. Guess I had a brain fart earlier. The D-sub is the analog connection. DVI is the digital

D-sub is digital. Make sure you can connect your video card or other component to this or it is a waste of money (unless you plan on another upgrade). Also check newegg.com, they have a lot of stuff and it's usually the cheapest. Most of the specs given by manufacturers are not very exact. Sort of like THD with stereos. There are different ways of measuring things. The most important option is, well I can't rember the name something like a refresh rate, make sure it is 16ms or faster (lower than 16). on Newegg's site it is listed with the name of the monitor, not in the specs. Hope this helps

Yes, definetely cryptic.

I looked at the website and did not see anything about those deals. Where is this information?