A little advice guys (I'm not sure if I should do this to my : Othor Games

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:11 am

Even thought it's not necessary to use an aftermarket HS/F (Heat Sink/Fan) I suggest using it if your're comfortable with installing it. I have a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ on my Core i5 2500k (Haven't overclocked it) and it idles at a nice 29^oC and when gaming only jumps up into the 40's. However if you don't feel comfortable installing it without any help then don't do it.

EDIT: Get the redimized version it's a lot less taxing on your GPU. I have a Radeon HD 6950 from Sapphire and it destroys oblivion with QTP 3 installed (~55-60fps). You should be able to install it over the other one since it would just overwrite the older bigger files.

My card does have 1.28 gigs of VRAM though. Is that enough for the normal version, or should I still go down?

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:07 am

ground yourself. by that i mean wear one of those braclets that have a grounding wire that makes the naturally occuring static electricity not fry your computer when you touch it. some one already mentioned static electricity and being careful but usually online people don't mention it because they assume you know better already, which causes alot of people to screw up their first time build/tinker experiment on their computers.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:21 am

ground yourself. by that i mean wear one of those braclets that have a grounding wire that makes the naturally occuring static electricity not fry your computer [...]

Yes, http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/216627643/ground_bracelet.jpg!
The drier the air is where you are, the more chances there is for static.

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls has some fine tips.