Recent content by borko3fkovix

So I've built this pc for a friend and everything was working perfectly until i started installing the GPU drivers. Monitor showed the "gray snow" type of things you could see on old crt TV's when there was no signal. Then i went on to restart the pc and it would just spin the fans for a second...

Hey guys, I was wanting to upgrade my (ancient, i know) ddr2 system, but i have a p31 mobo that isnt a very good overclocker, it can run max at 1333fsb (cpuz calls it Rated FSB?), which is the default clock of my cpu (333fsb, xeon e5430 with x8 multiplier at 2.66ghz). I was hoping with a good...

I have a good PSU, corsair vx450w, and I was about to buy a Xeon X5492, but i saw that it has 150W TDP, and i did a quick "Total system power consumption calculator" thingy, and it measured that my total system power would be: Load Wattage: 349 W Recommended UPS rating: 700 VA Recommended PSU...

Im looking at this deal for a decent motherboard being sold dirt cheap, but the guy selling it claims it doesn't have the "bios battery", and that he doesnt have ddr2 ram and cpu to test it out to see if it works. I was wondering, can you just put any battery in any mobo? If not are they...

I'm from europe so no ebay for me, even if i would get free shipping items from ebay, it would cost a lot for them to cross the border in here so thats not an option. Also, those prices are from local ebay equivalent websites so it's pretty much as low as it gets x(

I'm typing from the phone now and can't answer directly to comments, but anyway -My budget is 100ish eur with a "the lower the better" sticker on it. -I know the i3 option is the best, but i was thinking of that one as in "if everything else fails" option, if anything else has a little less...

Hello good people of Tom's hardware, i was looking to upgrade my current system to something slightly better, but im on a very tight budget so options are kinda limited to me. My current system is this: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/c8fXf8 Also worth mentioning, the motherboard isn't capable of...

I know that its an old card and that some of you aren't familiar with it, or simply forgot all about it, but, i want to overclock my MSI 5850 tf2 but don't want to push it too far to (greatly) reduce its life span. Now the thing with this card is that gpuz shows it runs at 1.088V, but when i...

I wanna OC my old xeon e5430 to 3GHz. Its currently running at 2.66GHz and (according to cpuz when in full load) at 1.104V. Approximately how much would i need for pushing it up to 3GHz, and probably even 3.5Ghz when i get a better cooler for it?

Im looking to upgrade my rig to a ddr4 system and ive seen that the asrock z170's pro4 and extreme4 come at (a non negligible) 30 euros difference, in favor of the extreme one, but their specs are pretty much the same. Any reason to spend a bit more cash for extreme or should i just go for the...