[How many people are getting Windows 8?]

I ordered a Windows 8 Professional upgrade with DVD for $38.88 from Micro Center. I don't know if I will install it, but I figure I can always get my money back if I want to sell it.

 

Phil

[Reviewers Needed Oct 16th 2012]

Sorry Bosco, I have the location and the time but I'm short on System Requirements, and knowledge. Wish I could help.

 

Phil

[Upgrading to an SSD from a HDD]

Save the $50 and go for the OCZ Vertex 4.

 

Phil

[What browser do you use?]

Firefox

[Please Help Fan not moving properly]

Have you tried peeling back the label and putting a drop of oil (household oil or WD-40) on the bearing and giving it a spin by hand?

[Armstrong stripped of 7 Tour De France titles]

If all the people around you think you are too stupid to graduate college do you have to prove you never cheated every time someone gets a bug up their butt?

[A different kind of contest @ OCC 2013]

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055,

Motherboard: Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3,

RAM: Corsair 8GB Dominator CMD8GX3M4A1333C7

GPU: MSI R5750 MD1G

Storage: WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata III

Chassis: Antec P183

Cooling: Xigmatek Gaia

PSU: Enermax 620W

Display: 22 in. AOC

Audio: On Board

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

Generic Keyboard, mouse, and speakers that came with cheap big box computer

 

USA

 

Thanks,

Phil

[Massive Torchlight Giveaway [WINNERS ANNOUNCED!]]

Thanks Stonerboy,

I know I'm going to enjoy Torchlight for many hours. The only other prize I ever won was divorce papers, which I'm still enjoying.

Congrats to all the other winners.

 

Phil

[Massive Torchlight Giveaway [WINNERS ANNOUNCED!]]

So whats your favourite fps? You say no PC games but xbox or ps maybe?

 

Hi Stonerboy779

 

The only FPS I ever played was wolfenstein which I bought on a 3.5 floppy for my 386. I never understood what was the attraction to all the gaming because I was working all the time. I'm retired now and after seeing your post and all game trailers I thought I would see for myself if I would enjoy gaming. I found torchlight on the web with a two hour free trial and it took me a bit to understand what I was doing but then I began to enjoy the game.

 

Thanks, Phil

[Massive Torchlight Giveaway [WINNERS ANNOUNCED!]]

I never played any games with my computer other than the ones that came with windows since the machine was always used for business. I'm retired now and your giveaway caught my eye. I down loaded the free trial of Torchlight and I got captured by the enjoyment of playing the game.

I would like to toss my name in for one of the four copies of Torchlight.

 

Thanks, Phil

[First build ever!]

Good luck on your first build. If you follow Crazy Nate's instruction you will not have any problems.

 

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=155400

 

Phil

[Best CD/DVD RW Drive]

Thats what i had and it lasted 15 months.

 

That seems to be the norm for pc parts. One person has a good experience and the other gets burned. This industry needs a quality control shot in the arm.

[Best CD/DVD RW Drive]

I've got this and it workes great.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL011012&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL011012-_-EMC-011012-Index-_-CDDVDBurners-_-27135204-L0F

[Have you been divorced?]

Oh... I see, so she did go out with other women.

 

I don't know, it's possible. She was married once before me and 4 or 5 times after me.

[Have you been divorced?]

Well I guess you can't deny a man his dreams but generally women don't go out with other women and end up married to a man, so it's not surprising she didn't go along with your plan.

 

 

It was a joke. She was the one that cheated on me.

[Have you been divorced?]

I got divorced because my wife didn't want to do the same things I wanted to do. I wanted to go out with other women and she didn't.

[OC'ing a 1055t]

I just ran Prime95 for 30 minutes on my 1055T at 3.65Ghz on an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 with 8Ghz of Corsair Dominator in an Antec P183 and the Temp peaked at 52 but stayed at 50-51. I'm using a xigmatek gaia sd1283. I got it from Newegg for $24.99 less a $20.00 rebate.

[2011 OCC Christmas Contest]

I just bought a PowerBall ticket, maybe I'll win there.

[What does an SSD improve?]

SSD is quieter.

[Shattered Horizon Giveaway]

My favorite color is Orange.

 

Phil

[Couple of free games]

I would like to get the Terraria game for my wife to play on her laptop. She only plays old Nintendo games and I think this would be a good bridge to computer games.

 

Thanks,

 

Phil

[Is this cooling decent for my system]

The XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 for 4.99 after rebate and it should fit your system.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082

 

I have the same MOB and Ram as you but a 1055T CPU. My case is an Antec P183.

The Gaia just fits but you have to remove the memory from the first two slots to install the fan then you can replace the memory. My temps dropped like crazy from the stock AMD. I used Arctic 5. I have plenty of room for a second fan if I need additional cooling.

[Corsair Giveaway]

This is my first build and after a lot of research I bought 8GB of Corsair RAM CMD8GX3M4A1333C7. It has worked perfectly since the first power up which was 18 months ago. After reading all the problems other people had with their ram I know I made the right choice and will stick with Corsair in the future.

 

Phil

[File Recovery Software]

Have you tried windows restore to a point before you deleted your files. I've gone back a few times to recover files that I killed and it worked fine.

 

Phil

[Change AHCI SATA to SATA RAID]

You might be able to find an answer here.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?board_id=1&model=M4A89GTD%20PRO/USB3&SLanguage=en-us

 

Phil