The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Jeff: Indeed, the CPU is almost irrelevant with GPU decoding, but there is a higher load with nvidia cards than ATI cards (negligible unless you have a VERY weak CPU like an old single-core) - with a current high-end CPU like an i7 CPU usage with HD playback is typically 5-6% on nvidias, 0-3% on ATIs. As you see, not much of an issue for any decent modern CPU.
Russ: DX10? On XP 64-bit?
Omega: All monitors can switch between their inputs, I've never seen one that doesn't...

 

remember russ this item here.i got on suggestion of you at the time.i've been having now for seven months now.i ordered it 5/1/09 at the time it had a review of 76% and had the 1x Winner of Customer Choice Awards.I payed $189.99 for it...but now it's a deactivated Item

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051


but if.i ever find myself buying another 21.5 lcd it would this one 4 eggs is enough on the review at a 71%

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236067

but if.I stepped up to the Big baller screen "24" it would be this one here but at the present time.i don't have room on my desk...lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049


I need to find me a HDMI cable these monitors don't come with them.I heard that they are costly High in price

 

Too late... lol. Found a GREAT deal on a 21.5" Acer and bought a 1TB HDD on sale for $79.99.... so with those deals I bought 2 items for the price of a good 23" monitor. I wanted both but just stepped down an inch or so to get me 1 TB drive. Me bride was ok with that and I'm very happy... Christmas was good to me this year!!

Slick Willy... check out buy.com and newegg.com for some of those cables... you might give HDMI cables at svc.com a look too. You should be able to get a decent HDMI cable for about $10.

edit... changed link for cables....

 

Thanks Greensman.I'll give that a go.I wanna see what this monitor looks like in HDMI matched up with this His H577F1GDG Radeon HD 5770 another item that's been Deactivated by newegg


@Russ

Trainz Simulator 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgv86i5eN9M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXQHSVJ86aY&feature=related

I like play every now and then this video was shot with my nokia e5800 touch screen phone...

http://www0.shopping.com/xPO-Nokia-5800-XpressMusic~linkin_id-8057316~oq-72703444~semid1-4

the video was kinda dark cause the lights was'nt on in my room at the time.but it looks better in person

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEPH22A_20

 

The cheapest of the cheap HDMI cable seems to do just fine for me. With digital cables you can't really go wrong, since the signal won't degrade like with analog signals.

 

I've been looking on newegg which would be the best brand name to get? and...I know that...I need 1080p rated

I'm looking at AMC now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=hdmi_cable_1080p-_-12-105-828-_-Product

 

@creaky

the only thing creaky will the picture show better than regular DVI connection that. i have now connected or they about the same. i wanna get the best dpi measurement in video that.I can

 

I think I paid all of about £5 or £6 for a 2m/6ft HDMI cable - it displays 1080p flawlessly via a DVI->HDMI dongle that came with one of my graphics cards.

 

Sam,
I'm still on 32 bit XP.

Russ

 

Then I assume you're not in fact using DirectX10...

 

Sam,
It's installed! Other than that I couldn't really tell you, not being much of a gamer.

On a side note, I got bitten by the Guardian Security Suite malware, yesterday. I was looking for a book on Pirate Bay, clicked the link and boom, "Your Computer contains Viruses, click here to scan your computer"! They are getting smarter as you can no longer remove it with Malwarebytes in safe mode. It will Bluescreen your computer if you can even get it to run at all!

Secure Solutions 1 Click Fixer will remove enough of it in Safe Mode, so that Malwarebytes will remove the rest, when rebooted in normal mode! It disables your AV, System restore and Malwarebytes, regardless of whether you are in safe mode or not! If you spot a little Crest in Red, Blue, Green and Yellow in the system tray, your computer is infected with it! Beware!

Russ

 

Will,
It shouldn't be any different in picture quality at 1920x1080 than DVI at the same resolution! HDMI is not a protocol, it's an interface for connecting HDMI devices to the computer at 1920x1080. Either way, you still wind up with 2,073,600 pixels on screen at 1920x1080!

Russ

 

OCZ 30GB SSD

$129. $99 after $30 MIR. Don't know much about them, but seems like a good deal for a boot drive!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393

Russ

 

Absolutely, that's what I've been saying since July! Bonus is this should already be flashed with latest firmware which shouldn't need updated anytime soon and is optimized for Win7 and TRIM. still works as well on XP but you must use diskpart and align the partition whereas in vister and win7 its automatic.

 

Deadrum,
What do you actually need to hook one of these up to a computer?

Russ

 

Will what was wrong with svc.com?? lol. They have their stuff on sale and it's cheap too. I've used that company for 3+ years now and they are great!!

 

looking for one of these Russ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119245


http://www.cooldrive.com/2sahadrtoide.html

I got a adapter around here somewhere.I hav'en used in awhile...I forgot all about

Prices are cheaper greensman..I see that now thanks...I got a new link to add to my favorites...lol

http://www.svc.com/hdmi-1-hdmi.html

 

NP Big Willy!!