Basically on the memory side of things...its the CPU features NOT the motherboard, such as this listed under the AMD 955 Phenom II AM3 AS a feature; "Integrated Dual-Channel Memory Controller with up to DDR3-1333 support" and this under the i7 920 features "Memory Controller: Triple channel DDR3 800/1066/1333 MHz".

On the note of Windows 7, it appears the minimum spec is more of less the same as Vista, and Vista works well on 4GB DDR2 anyway. You could always upgrade with another 4GB dual channel kit anyway, I have 4 sticks of RAM in mine at and its still in dual channel. 8GB will surely be enough.

Look for benchmarks in relation to what you want the computer for...I mean for instance the AMD 955 AM3 CPU is better for most games (not much though), yet it isn't as good for most other tasks, compared to the Intel equivalent i7 920. If it was me in this scenario, I would go for the AMD 955. And I should imagine Crossfire (since you mentioned it before) works better on and AMD chipset board too, since AMD is ATi.

For what your looking at in the motherboard/cpu/ram...I would certainly want a better graphics card, but that would require a big increase in budget...I found this interesting article which to be fair has grabbed my attention too...http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ ... ossfire,review-31570.html

For the motherboard I would recommend Gigabyte/ASUS and if your into overclocking the DFI boards (since they have every BIOS option you could possibly want).

Quote from LFSn00b :

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gonna consider buying it because of the HL2's, because i havent completed Half life 2 or episode 2

Portal alone is worth twice as much

Sorry for the bump just like to say that the Orange Box is £5.99 on Steam this weekend, it comes with:

Half Life 2 (+ episode 1 & 2)
Portal
Team Fortress 2

£6 is a bargain for any of these games alone to be honest!

Quote from TAYLOR-MANIA :

Imagezzz

Hahahahahahah!

I like it sort of Ummmm, just a suggestion, you short riffs (in my opinion) would go better with some dark bass behind it, possibly in a drum and bass/dark step genre.

But I am a dark step fanatic so

Anyways keep em coming

I have NTL/Virgin, never ever had a problem. The only annoyance is traffic shaping. Looking forward to my free upgrade from 2MB to 10MB around May

Quote from mrodgers :

Wasn't this video already posted here, sometime in 1948 or so?

Ahhhh those were the days....when iPods were PlyPods, and you had to turn the handle to spin the magic within.

Opening Credits:
Gorillaz - Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head

Waking Up:
Concord Dawn - Morning Light

First day of school:
Lostprophets - A Transmission

Falling In Love:
System of a Down - Toxicity

Fight Song:
SPL - Denied (Lost Soul)

Break up song:
Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks

Prom:
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast

Lifes Ok:
Moby - Porcelian

Mental Breakdown:
Disturbed - Pain Redefined

Driving:
Infected Mushroom - Special Place

Flash Back:
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie

Back Together:
Feeder - High

Wedding:
Moby - Lift me up

Birth of child:
Iron Maiden - The Mercenary

Final Battle:
Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor

Hahaha some funny outcomes there :P

iRacing is grabbing my attention, and its purely because you work in a progressive career. I mean, I would quite happily drive on iRacing, in 1 car over 2 circuits for a few months until I get happy with my ability and until it says I am good enough to progress.

Like most of the people wanting to even try iRacing though, the money aspect is holding me back. I guess trying the game for a month at $20 isn't too bad, but I cannot really afford to spend that much on the 'little things' in life at the moment. Having said that, the bar is slowly being pushed towards getting iRacing...

Forgot to post this on finished skins a while back, so this is my first finished public skin (which is a few months old now, I kept meaning to add some little touches, but I've recently lost the PSD file so it'll have to be left).

Based on Gumball 3000 and its last sponsors, and in high quality 2048X2048. Feel free to edit it.

Thanks to Drew for the render!

Since I have too much spare time at the moment, I think I'll start on another skin

"Can you change the name Firefox, to Waterfox, it sounds cruel, fox's don't like fire"

Forgot to add this is not the only thing that is going to offer gaming through the browser.

http://www.onlive.com/service/how_onlive_works.html

Check that out Well I'm not sure that will work well, I guess you'd need an uber connection, but it COULD be the next big thing. Considering if it does work well, you won't need any crazy hardware to run the games well, simply because the servers do it for you.

Quote from pb32000 :

I agree. If it has such specific requirements, why isn't it just a downloadable game?

To be fair it is only in beta stages, and as time goes on the requirements might get less specific. I have tried it on 2 computers...I'm on Firefox...had no problems...and IE8...no problems. The requirements aren't that specific really considering the amount of people that will meet them already.

Quote from morpha :

What's that supposed to mean? Are you saying the Z5500 is actually good? Seriously?

Well that's the iPood generation I suppose

€: For the record, I did say it is good value for money, did I not?
It certainly is a good mainstream system but it really is cheap crap compared to the "good" stuff.
Should you ever get to hear a Teufel Theater 8 (the best and most expensive system I had the pleasure of hearing), let alone the more expensive Theater 10 or the Klipsch THX Ultra2, you'll understand what I'm on about.

Hmmm yea...very pricey stuff. Like comparing a ford mondeo to an aston martin db9.

Stim Axel - Звуки Дождя

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... eature=related&fmt=18

Russian drum and bass, excellent

I have some older 2.1 Logitech speakers at the moment (x-230, I think). These are brilliant, go loud without breaking up, sub is powerful (if not overly powerful) and midtones/hightones are clear.

I would say the z-5500 should be excellent speakers, I was looking to buy some myself but got a new monitor instead. I listened to them setup in a PC store some time back, they sounded brilliant then, but they weren't on loud so. The average internet review says they are excellent, but will always say excellent within the price range.

And I wouldn't really say Logitech was 'cheap crap', Creative maybe but even the cheap stuff on for Logitech has always seemed to be built very well and I have only had one thing thats broken from that company, that being my G25 which isn't surprising.

Make sure your going to use 5.1 though, because if your not I would go for a decent 2/2.1 system at the same price.

Quote from The Moose :

Its a bloody brilliant job they've done. Quake3 is still a great FPS after all these years
No queues anymore either. Add your usename in this thread if you play it .

I'm The_Moose

Maybe we could get a "clan" of LFS CTF'ers together

Out of every frag em up FPS I've played...Quake III is hands down my favourite tbh.

Name: spacedskunk

Just played this, can't believe just how well its been done...seriously!

Depends where the graffiti is, I do like it as art unless its just someones name tag. However its still vandalism by definition and they are still defacing other people's/entities properly. I've seen some cool graffiti, but I've also seen some offensive or crude graffiti (such as swastikas, and sexual based ones)

I wouldn't like to own a building and to have it all painted over without my permission.

You opinion is to work with graffiti artists would turn it into a consensual act, and the fact that they would be chosen graffiti artists; the art in particular will be more aimed to please the masses. Which I personally would agree on completely.

Try team fortress 2 mate, newbie friendly on certain classes

I like em, I randomly found em searching Burnley (my hometown) in youtube, since the singers name is Ben Burnley

Quote from chunkychucky :

Oh my god, I am so annoyed with it I want to throw it out of my window! Where the usb power cable for the wheel goes into the wheel unit, i have given that hell in the vain attempt to get it to work, but alas when i connected the set up, the power light lit up on the gearshifter bright green for a nanosecond before returning to its dim light. The other light aint even on, dunno why. Any other suggestions guys?

Cheers,

Charlie

There's a plug that goes into the mains, the other end into the underside of the wheel.

Quote from chunkychucky :

Hey mate, yeah just checked and the lights are fairly bright on start up for around 5 seconds, and then they do go alot dimmer. Are you asking if the wheel is plugged correctly into my usb port, or are you referring to something else? If something else, how would I go about rectifying this problem?

Cheers,

Charlie

Yea when I first got my first G25 (:razz I didn't plug the connector in properly at the underside of the wheel.

Are the lights dim on the gearbox? Make sure the power is properly connected, the wheel will function as you've described if its just receiving power from the USB.

The warranty for Logitech is 2 years anyway, so if he's had it for 2 years then yea...its out and they don't tend to fix the wheels as I found, more of dispose of the old one and send a new one out.

Quote from sil3ntwar :

Been tempted to get this as i love WWII games and DoD really is quite crap. Although i dont know if my system will run RO as i've only got a 1.8ghz (athlon xp 2500) and 9600XT

RO uses the UT2k4 engine, and you should...tbh...be able to run it reasonably well providing you turn off all the new fancy effects such as bloom and motion blur.

For that price it isn't much loss really anyway