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[Cortexian]

If you haven't, you should ask him what kind of looks he wants in a case. I myself would rather buy a Fractal Design XL, as I believe it's a better case and that it looks better. M $0.02.

Yeah, said I did that in the first post regarding this. He's been looking through cases constantly and hasn't found anything better than the Red Phantom to his liking. He actually bought all three of the in-stock Phantom colors (black, white, and red) and tried them out where he wanted them. Than he returned the black and white ones since the red works best according to him.

I'd take a Fractal Design XL over the Phantom myself, and I recommended the Corsair Obsidian series to him which has a similar look to the Fractal Design XL. He didn't like how plain it looked.

As this is his first gaming PC he's at the stage where he wants it to look really cool as well as run really cool. I find that when people get their first gaming PC's they usually go with something extravagant like the Phantom and then as they mature on the technological front they move towards the minimalistic look.

[Amit]

As this is his first gaming PC he's at the stage where he wants it to look really cool as well as run really cool. I find that when people get their first gaming PC's they usually go with something extravagant like the Phantom and then as they mature on the technological front they move towards the minimalistic look.

I was the same way. I'm lucky I was too poor to afford a gaming case back then. That was back when I was 14/15. My stance has changed since. Otherwise, I would have ended up with some ridiculous looking piece of crap. Minimalistic ftw.

[Bodzilla]

i'm thinking about a new keyboard
This is my current one


I've got a Saitek eclipse II at the moment and it's been awesome for about 4 years but i've just started to have some buttons die on me.
my f8, f9 key are dead and so is my "next song" and left windows key.

i cant do quick loads in Deus ex HR because i cant rebind the keys (seriously wtf) and it's a little frustrating not being able to go to the next song.
I've done the big cleanout pulled it all apart soaked it but to no avail, the pathway from these buttons to the receiver or controller or what ever is just dead which is a shame.

So i'm looking for something thats a backlit keyboard, has some buttons for music and just looks and feels like a good solid standard keyboard. Basically the same deal as what i've got now.

What do you recommend?

been looking around a little bit.... i've got a Razer Carc headset, but being a 3.5 jack headset i cant choose between having vent come out my headset and everything else through my speakers like i could on my old USB headset.

Some of the keyboards i've seen have inbuilt sound cards and USB ports for headsets exactly for this reason, to allow me to separate my sound.
What do you guys recommend in this range thats still wired, illuminated and has inputs at the back.

does anybody else in the forum use a keyboard this way?

*KEyboarD*DEAD*senD*heLP·charaCtEr*MAP*typInG*·p lEAsE

[n00b1n8R]

Zilla's keyboard is shot. he's typing using character map (start - program - ease of access -etc). He wants to know what keyboard to get. I know phobias got this and it's cheap and p good apparently and he wants your thoughts
http://steelseries.com/products/keyb...eelseries-6gv2

[bleach]

Should I think about upgrading my RAM?

System Specs:
Antec Three Hundred Mid-Tower Case
Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield 2.66 GHz LGA 1156 95W (B1) @ 2.66 GHz
Asus P7P55D Pro (Intel P55 Chipset) LGA 1156 ATX Motherboard
OCZ OCZ3P1333LV2G 4 GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 PC3-10666 7-7-7-21
Western Digital Caviar Green 750 GB WD7500AADS Hard Drive
XFX Radeon HD 5850 1 GB GDDR5 256-bit PCI-E 2.0 HD-585A-ZNFC
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 600 W
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Also, I don't know if my RAM timings at the moment are a bit off or something and Halo gives me a not enough memory message

Newegg seems to have great prices for 8 GB RAM kits and most of them are for DDR3-1600.
Fry's also has some stuff (after rebate) like this
will 8 GB or more make a noticeable impact?

So, I don't know if I should buy more memory and what kind/brand of memory from Newegg/Fry's and I don't know if all DDR3-1066, 1333, and 1600 are compatible with my computer.

[Patrickssj6]

Should I think about upgrading my RAM?
Also, I don't know if my RAM timings at the moment are a bit off or something and Halo gives me a not enough memory message

Has nothing to do with RAM. More than 4GB is unnecessary.

[Amit]

Zilla's keyboard is shot. he's typing using character map (start - program - ease of access -etc). He wants to know what keyboard to get. I know phobias got this and it's cheap and p good apparently and he wants your thoughts
http://steelseries.com/products/keyb...eelseries-6gv2

You call 80 Euros = $111 CAD cheap? Jesus Christ. Especially for a keyboard with next to no features other than "durability"

[ThePlague]

Right now i'm using a Microsoft Sidewinder X4, and I highly recommend it. It has a bunch of keys on it, from music control to 6 buttons to assign anything from macros to clicks to. It do0esn't have the mic inputs you're looking for, but for the price it's an amazing keyboard.

[Phobias]

You call 80 Euros = $111 CAD cheap? Jesus Christ. Especially for a keyboard with next to no features other than "durability"

lmao, you've never used this keyboard.

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=17723

[Cortexian]

Zilla's keyboard is shot. he's typing using character map (start - program - ease of access -etc)

That's On-Screen Keyboard.

Also, the Steel Series mechanical is pretty nice.