Recent content by jonapom

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    <75W GPU that uses BIOS rather than UEFI for GTA IV?

    I bought a GT 620 and it worked flawlessly. Therefore, the 600 series is also guaranteed to work.
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    GTX 650 with 300W PSU?

    Why does Gigabyte mention a "Suggested power requirement 400W" PSU while ASUS just mentions "up to 75W no additional PCIe power required" and MSI does not mention anything at all. Will they all work with my 300W PSU? (I do not want to buy another PSU.) Which one is better? Gigabyte GTX 650...
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    <75W GPU that uses BIOS rather than UEFI for GTA IV?

    In case anyone owning the H-CUPERTINO2-H61-uA TX motherboard reads this post, I will provide a tentative solution since nobody else has provided any that will actually work. AFAIK, none of the nvidia 700 series will work with that motherboard. Although it is possible that some very specific...
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    <75W GPU that uses BIOS rather than UEFI for GTA IV?

    I want to play GTA IV but my GT 520 is not fast enough (my i3-2120 is good enough). I need something faster, about double/triple the speed would suffice, I think. I want to upgrade my HP PC with a GPU that is BIOS compatible and is less than 75W (my 300W PSU does not provide extra power...
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    Why is the fan cable twisted?

    I opened my HP PC and was surprised to see that my cooler's fan cable is twisted. Why are they trying to achieve with that? Should all cables be twisted?
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    Speed of a USB 3.0 drive on a USB 2.0 port?

    After extensive research I came about the following chart provided by Transcend. Contrary to the other answers, the speeds rated for a USB 3.0 flash drive will be lower when using them on a USB 2.0 port even when not exceeding the USB 2.0 standard. Maximum Speed Comparison for the following...
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    Speed of a USB 3.0 drive on a USB 2.0 port?

    My PC has USB 2.0. I would like to upgrade my USB 2.0 4GB flash drive which I benchmarked to write at only 4.4MB/s. But I see that the max write speed of other USB 2.0 flash drives is below 15MB/s (the USB 2.0 standard allows for a max transfer speed of 60MB/s). If I bought a USB 3.0 flash...
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    PSU for a 182W system

    I read PSU tier list 2.0 but as far as I could tell, they are more for gaming rigs (much higher wattage than my system requires). 1. If I buy a 400W+ PSU, it will waste electricity because PSUs are made to be most efficient at 50% load right? 2. Are less wattage PSUs also less quality? 3. So...
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    Heatsinks in ASUS A88X-PRO ?

    What do the 2 heatsinks pointed in red cool? I know that the 3rd heatsink cools the chipset but what about the other 2? http://postimg.org/image/ygcc0lep7/