Recent content by cory norris

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    Can I run ram in dual channel in none specified dimm slots?

    My motherboard is a msi z87-g45 with four ram slots labeled 1 through 4. My question is if it specifically states that my dual channel (2x4gb 1333mhz) ram should run in slots 2 and 4 could i switch them to slots 1 and 2? the reason i ask is because i recently found out that my 3 and 4 slots...
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    Is this a good water cooling kit for me?

    I was wondering about this water cooling kit it would be going in my NZXT phantom 820. I plan on just using it for my cpu for the time being however I'm planing on expanding it in the future to be set up for possibly sli'd GTX 770's. What I'm really asking is... is this going to be overkill for...
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    how do i wipe my hdd without a functioning mobo?

    I need to wipe my hard drive because im getting my broken motherboard replaced. how do i wipe a hard drive without the motherboard paired with it?
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    pc turns on then off after 30 seconds and repeats

    Ok so right now I unplugged all llugs from the motherboard and took out the cmos battery and ill wait 30 mins and see if that works. If it doenst which I'm betting on... then ill try your solution. However my computer just turns everything on theirs no way I could get to control panel i can't...
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    pc turns on then off after 30 seconds and repeats

    Alright so I have an msi z87-g45 motherboard and I went on their website and installed live update 5. I downloaded all the updates I needed and started installing them I got to the program started uninstalling old drivers and installing the new ones for a couple minutes. Then I went away for a...
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    Are ultra-wide monitors very GPU intensive?

    I was wondering if i could use an ultra wide 29" with my rig and my 23" on the side for multitasking. I originally wanted to do triple monitor setup but realize im limited because of 2gb of vram; So i was wondering if I could just setup an ultra wide along with my 23" ips lg monitor. my specs...