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Hi guys Due to the lacking Xbox 360 forums in SA, we've started up a brand-spanking new forum dedicated to our beloved little white box; it's called XBOXSA !! Head over there and join our club. Check our some reviews, advice and links on South African suppliers of Xbox 360 games & hardware: http...

Just want to add ICE-VaPa (Ryan) to the list - bought complete PC from him with everything in top-notch condition. Called him the morning - he shipped package out the afternoon. Excellent business !!

How much did that Mapex kit set you back ? Model ?

...your best friend who recently came back from...

If it's not gonna cost you anything, them go for it!! Any free upgrade is good.

Hehe, yeah - because I did same kinda move...

Where could one source these convertors please ?

Yeah, no problems.

Is it just me or do the people at the show look REALLY bored ?!

Have a question regarding SLI power requirements, though: In a review of gfx power requirement at Xbitlabs, they found a 7800GTX to require 81 Watts at peak 3d demand. So, running 2 of these can draw a max of 162Watts on the 12V line, thus 13.5 Ampere. My friend wants to go dual 7800GTX later on and...

Monkey Island 2 - legend...

Dunno if this was requested yet, but could you include a copy of 3dmark06 pls - it's quite a large download at 576 MB !

Edit: I see it's on this months edition of NAG, peeps!

Hi guys The best PSU requirements calc I've seen so far: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp Also go to the link for the Power Supply Guide for Today's & Tomorrow's Computers by "davidhammock200" on the same page. "The total Watts is important but the Total Amperage Avail...

What Dae said - don't bother bios-flashing. If Rivatuner opens the pipeline and they're faulty (i.e. giving you artifacts) there's nothing to be achieved by a bios flash. Also, it's more risky to do bios flash and voids your warantee.

If the 6800LE doesn't unlock, I think it's about the same as the 6600GT and maybe an inch slower at times. But very much the same. But with some unlocking plus OC'in the 6800LE becomes a SERIOUS performer. Check this thread: http://www.pcformat.co.za/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=...

For overclocking, the best budget motherboard would be a Chaintech VNF4. I have one, and it rocks. Reached 320mhz on fsb easily (when trying to find max fsb) and got plenty of nice OC'ing options in the bios. Two thumbs up!!

Hi again I'd say get an OC'ing mobo, entry-level 939 CPU, so value DDR400 ram (2x512mb for dual-channel) and spend ALL the rest on graphics card. Mobo, CPU & ram you may be able to source for around R2600 (If you can find 3000+ AMD chips at the moment!!), that leaves you with about R2400 for gfx...

Yeah, I also used to be at the Citrusdal club (biggest in SA) and it is quite a rush, but very expensive/time-consuming...

Hi there Just got a question: Got Transcend DDR400 ram. When I used 133 divider for my ram, the speed comes out to 191 for current fsb (about as high as I can go), with a 166 divider it would be 243. Would changing to DDR500 (so I can run 166 divider for 243mhz ram-speed) REALLY make a noticable dif...

You guys have really been brainwashed by Intel consistent bombarding of advertizing and propaganda. To the extend that you can't see clearly anymore. Honestly people, I'm no fan-boy or anything: I pick the best value for my bucks at the time of purchase, and everytime since I've started building PC'...

Also, I don't agree on Fishzn's comment about waiting a few months - sure: new and better technology will be available by then at a lower cost , but if THAT's your stance on buying hardware, then you'll never buy anything !! LOL, whats wrong with that snakker?? Well if you read through my comment t...

Don't know, should also be able to see stock performance for the review I've posted? Remember: the price difference between the two is almost R600 !! That's more than 60% you pay more for the Pentium, and imo that's rediculous !! I think even if they cost the same, I'd STILL take the Sempron!!

Not if the Sempron's overclocked it won't !! Check here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron-3100-oc.html Trust me; I've owned one - it good sh*t !! Also, it's up for sale with mobo for great price here: http://www.pcformat.co.za/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2874...

Have you unlocked the hidden pipelines on your father's 6800 128mb yet ? Overclocked ? I scored around 11k in 3dmark03 on a similar setup a while ago, so you should be able to do better.

My advice: anything else than the X800 in the ATI range at the moment is K*K! NVidia has firmly got the lead in the all-important midrange section with the excellent 6600GT (don't consider anything else if this is your pricerange) and has also now taken the crown from ATI in the high end section wit...