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Would putting an Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 in my system give it a noticeable boost? Here are my specs: Asus M4A78LT-M LE Motherboard AMD Athlon II X4 645, 3.10 GHz Mushkin 8 GB PC3 Blackline RAM (2 x 4 GB) 500 GB Hard Disk Nvidia GeForce GT 240 I play games such as first-person shooters and...

Hello, I would like to get into the free-to-play game Dota 2. However, I'm currently only getting about 30 to 40 frames per second on my PC on Medium-Low-ish settings. It's alright, but I'm not feeling that responsiveness I think this game requires. I'm considering upgrading my graphics card...

Hello, I have a question about how much an Ethernet cable's quality matters. I use a 50-foot cable between my modem and router that I got really inexpensively off of eBay from China or Korea. It felt light and cheap when I got it a couple of years ago, but it seems to work. I was just...

If any of the games Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, Team Fortress 3, or Dota 3 came out within the next three years, what would be the best low-medium budget Nvidia graphics card option to invest in? Wait for an Nvidia GeForce GTX 800 series, or even a 900 series? Or would something like the GTX...

I guess it's more like a very light grinding noise, that happens in short fits or staccatos. Could this still have to do with the fans?

Hello, I've just started getting a subtle chugging noise from my computer within the last day or so. The chugging noise mostly happens when booting up my system, opening programs, closing programs, and visiting web pages. However, my computer is running as fast as ever, and appears generally...

Thank you for your quick and helpful responses! (And for the link to the BIOS upgrade as well!)

My motherboard is a socket AM3 (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A78LTM_LE/). The processor I'm interested in upgrading to is also a socket AM3 (http://www.microcad.ca/products/details/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-850-95w-socket-AM3-Cache-2MB-3300MHz-2000321198). Will this processor (or any like it) work...