Recent content by shuf2

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    [SOLVED] Help: two monitors, two computers

    I will try this out on Monday when my parts arrive. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    [SOLVED] Help: two monitors, two computers

    So I'm building a second pc and thought to myself that it would be fun to have a setup where there are two monitors, two computers, one keyboard, and one mouse. Does anyone know of a switch box that could work like so: Pc1 on monitor one Pc2 on monitor two Mouse and keyboard can swap between...
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    Possible CPU or Motherboard Dead?

    This morning after waking my computer from sleep, it refused to show signal to the monitor. At first there was just no signal which has happened once or twice in the past and usually fixed from a hard restart. After restarting my PC, it went into a restart loop where I'd stay on for a second and...
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    OS Came preinstalled (nokey). Need new motherboard CPU

    So when i bought this computer, Windows 8 came pre-installed. I've reformatted once before with a backup disk i made off my brothers computer (also windows 8), and it never asked me for a CD Key. I read somewhere that the motherboard has the CD-key locked to it, so i would never need it when...
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    need help upgrading mobo+cpu

    I don't know much of Intel and just alittle bit about amd. I'd prefer which ever one suits the gtx 960 better (runs more smoothly) if there is one. If so which one would you recommend. My ideal budget is 400$ Canadian for the motherboard + CPU, but I don't mind going over to better compliment...
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    need help upgrading mobo+cpu

    Currently my specs are: Motherboard: Acer aahd3-vc CPu: AMD A10-5700 APU with radeon HD graphics PSU: 500w cooler master GPU: Evga SSC ACX 2.0+ GTX 960 RAM: 8GB's I currently just bought the gtx 960, upgraded from a 560 ti, which was a huge upgrade imo. I''ve read that my current CPU is...