Recent content by finitekomos

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    How to repartition my hard drive

    Pretty much, but bear in mind if its the partition with the OS installed, you may not be able to simply do that. If the partition you want to deal with is your C: drive (which is usually the default Windows label for the drive with the OS) then the way to go about formatting it is to use your...
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    Power Supply Upgrade

    OK so you've given the model of the power supply unit in the Dell computer, but you haven't specified the model the Dell computer is. From what I can determine about that specific power supply its from a Vostro 460 Mini-tower? Please correct if I'm wrong. It's important to understand the model...
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    Intel i7/GTX670 Build Help Required

    I would consider getting a larger capacity PSU for the machine, at 600 Watts your upgrade potential is very limited. for example if you were to add another video card to the rig you would probably need to upgrade the PSU anyway.
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    How much is my system now worth?

    You're not going to see that much thomasf, unless you end up selling it someone who doesn't know better. A good way to figure out what your computer is actually worth now, is to price up how much it would cost to build right now in its current configuration. then drop 30% because its used goods...
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    Advice for a first time PC Builder

    Sunny, if it helps I use Adobe CS5.5 and I wholeheartedly recommend that you consider spending a little extra on the GPU. Photoshop, Premiere and in particular After Effects can leverage the features of a decent GPU to accelerate render functions, from experience I can tell you the 610 is going...
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    How to repartition my hard drive

    Disk partitioning is a process that is usually carried out on a new or blank unformatted hard disk. Unless you are using a specific tool that can allow you to alter partition tables on a disk with an in-use filesystem. What are your intentions with the disk? Is it currently in use? has its...
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    IBUYPOWER Gaming PC questions

    Which Call of Duty? Black OPs 2? Black OPS 2 has a minimum suggested system spec of the following •OS: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 •CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz •Memory: 2GB for 32-bit OS or 4GB for 64-bit OS •Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or...
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    Repeated problems with computer and 3d games (Not sure what part of my computer

    Hmmm, Temperature 2 is indicative of a problem, if that's your CPU your computer may be throttling it to bring the temp down. The question is what is temp 2? I have noted that you have not provided your computer's motherboard manufacturer and model, can you do that too it may help me or others...
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    Problem with new rig ASUS m5a97

    That probably wouldn't work, I see your manual has an 'included parts' list and a speaker is not on it. the next option would be to recover the one from your previous PC and use it. It should be attached to a four pin connector with two leads. You should be able to hook it up to the connector on...
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    Problem with new rig ASUS m5a97

    :sol: Hello again, I have read the manual for your board. The system speaker is something that you will need to attach to the appropriate connector on your board. but it should reveal what is wrong. The speaker is usually supplied in the packaging that came with your board. If you power up...