Hi edh, You make some very good points and will have a day or two to take a second evaluation of what my REAL needs are. I'm looking for a SERIOUS number-crunching machine, I do a lot of scientific calculation application stuff. Perhaps I should consider a graphics board, since I occasionally need t...

edh, I read your answer again and saw that you were asking about the ram. After I came home and looked it up on the Crucial website, I could not find direct reference to it, but close. It is actually a "Ballistix Sport" version by Crucial listed on the memory as: BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00. A search on Go...

Hi edh, First of all, thanks for taking the time and effort to answer my query... What I was initially looking for in a cooler was one in which the fan part was secured to a rear fan exit port, but with the processor cooling pad positioned correctly over the processor. The coolers that I was shown w...

Good morning all.. I have some new components for a new system that I would love to get some feedback on before I "break the seals" or open the box... I have: a P8Z77-M Pro Mb, Hydro H60 liquid Cooler, I7-3770K Processor (77W), 8 GB M (2 x 4 GB) 1600 DDR3, Crucial TM650M PS, Crucial Carbide 300R cas...