Recent content by slyro

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    upgrading from 6gb stock ram, need help

    hello, My motherboard is an ASUS P8H61-M LE/CSM and my CPU is a Core i5 3470. I recently bought Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM RAM and after installing it my computer would not start up/load BIOS, despite there being power. I then took one stick out, and she booted up...
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    Faulty card, or a mistake by me?

    recently bought a new GTX 660 to replace my GT 630. I Install the new card. Boot up my PC. Get to a screen (BIOS i believe) that says "Press ESC to enter setup menu". I press escape and nothing happens. After pressing ESC a couple of times, my computer makes a beep sound at every key-press. I...
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    Can I just "switch" cards?

    hello. so i decided to upgrade my old card (GT 630) to a GTX 660 that just came in the mail yesterday, along with a new 500w PSU. Last night I took my old card out, then placed my new one in, connected up the new PSU, and tried booting up my PC. I get to a screen that says press "ESC" for...
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    need help on deciding AM3+ or FM2

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    need help on deciding AM3+ or FM2

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    need help on deciding AM3+ or FM2

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    need help on deciding AM3+ or FM2

    hey guys, im buying a new CPU to upgrade from my stock Pentium G640 @3.8 GHz. So far, im stumped. I can either upgrade my CPU to AMD FX-4300, along with buying a new mobo (AM3+), which would cost me around 200. Or I can keep my stock FM2 mobo for a while longer and just upgrade my CPU to a AMD...
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    i have a question about bottlenecking

    Im not entirely sure if this is the correct thread, but here goes.. i currently have a Pentium G640 2.8ghz CPU. A buddy of mine is going to sell me his Radeon 7850 2GB GPU for fairly cheap. Will my CPU be bottlenecking? I plan to buy a better processor for my birthday which is in May. But until...