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Hello, This morning my rig is completely dead and I need a little help figuring out where to start. About 3 weeks ago my machine started having problems waking from sleep- sometimes it would not respond (fans would come on, no mouse, keyboard, or video though), sometimes it would take a press...

Hi i want to overclock my CPU Phenom x4 955 3.2, but im having some problems with temperature, without overclock, it has like 53C idle and 67C full. I have a nice Full Tower Azza. I just want to spend 50$ in a Cooler Thx for help me :)

I am planning to buy a core i5 2500k processor. Please suggest me a motherboard for 100$ and having features like: SATA 6gb, USB 3, 4 ram slots. Which ram should i use with it for maximum performance. I have a Sapphire radeon HD6850 in my current PC but my processor bottlenecks the graphics...

Hello, I'm looking for a small, cheap upgrade to tide me over until I can get a new machine, and I'd like to know if dropping a T7700 in place of a T5470 is advisable or even possible. I've got 2GB Ram and a GeForce 8400M GS. I've done upgrades like this before on a desktop but never a...

where on a motherboard is the cmos battery on a 2003 dell insperion laptop

Hello,can someone put some link with information IP B940 2Ghz,thanks

Hey guys I just bought a new computer, and I am really worried about the Stock heatsink that came with my Phenom II 955. It is really loud and the idle temperatures of my computer are 51-56degrees celsius... I have heard that the normal idle temperature should be around 35 degrees. Does anybody...

Specs phenom II x4 955 c3 gigabyte 880gm-usb3 corsair cmx4gx3m2a1600c9 2x2 gb seasonic s12 II 430w bronze windows 7 ultimate x64 guys heres my problem whenever i run the ram in dual channel mode there are random and frequent BSOD (even prime95 causes a bsod) whereas everything was fine a few...

Hi all, It's been a while since I've posted a Q. I hope the community is well. I am planning a new build and am having difficulty making up my mind regarding the new sandy bridge processors. Initially, after reading the numerous reviews for Intel's latest line up and checking prices I was...

Hello, i got a hp pavillion a6109n. it has m2n68-la narra2 mother board.can i up grade to amd 64x2 6000+duel core 3.000 ghz or higher if so.istalled 600 power suppy, has 2g of ram . and what would be a cheap but good 1g directx 11 video card that is compatible.thks

Will a Sandy Bridge Pentium G620 http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=53480 , be a bottleneck for an HD 6850 or 6870 ? It's Passmark CPU Mark score is 2479, above a C2D E8500's 2416, but, Intel's site says it's supported memory type is only DDR3-1066.

intel i5 2500k,ASUS P8H67-V, asus gtx 560,4gb ddr3..i dont know how to choose a power supply i asked to one of my computer engg said that 550 watts psu of any brand can run this config..is this true coz he is saying to buy a mercury psu which is vey much cheap than corsair and others can i buy...

hey i hope someone can help me. so here is my problem i had xp home that became infected with virus/malware that i could not remove. os preinstalled with purchase of pc so no start up disk so used xp pro serv pk 2 disk to do hard install. great got my system back started reinstalling software ie...

So i have a HAF 922 with a i5 2500k, and i wanted to replace the stock hsf with a coolermaster 212plus. but i'm just worried whether or not it will fit if i have the 200mm side fan in place? (its a intake to cool my gtx460)

Alright I have a Intel 945G Express and I was wondering if a Intel Pentium E5700 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80571E5700 would be able to run off it.

Hey I was on my computer this morning playing some bc2 then shutdown to go out when I came back to my pc it booted then BSOD'd so I done what read about like taking out ram to see which stick is bad turns out 3 out of 4 sticks are "bad" any ideas how this could of happens or any way I can...

...Or at least, it starts for a split second before turning back off. I checked the interior power supply and everything was connected snug and tightly. What's strange is that the first time I booted it up, it turned on, but my monitor received no signal from the system. I went to unplug my...

is the warranty still on if the smps is exploded???

Asus M4A 88TD-V-EVO USB3, Processor:AMD Phenom™ II X4, 125W, memory-Corsair 2GB, Optical Drive,500 GB Seagate HDD. Techcom 450 Watts SMPS will be fine for this now.? I am planning to upgrade it with 2GB graphics card/video Card . SO I am planning to replace the current PSU with Cooler master...

Hey guys, Ive built several systems for clients and myself, but mostly AMD systems. I am not familiar with intel, and even less so with sandy bridge. I thought i'd make a thread dedicated to seeing which heatsinks are most effective for sandy bridge. First just let me say that sandy bridge kick...

Hi friends, I was playing starcraft II today and for no reason my computer freezes up. After hitting the reset button it freezes up again at windows logo screen. Now im unable to boot any avg rescue, windows repair, recovery or installation always freezes up when loading files. Safe mode dont...

HAF 932 Sapphire 6950 2GB w/ dual BIOS switch x2 SS-850HT 80+ Silver Cert G Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600 Card Reader Blu Ray Burner WiFi Card Artic Silver Thermal Compound Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler i5 2500k + Gigabyte Z68 combo Samsung 470 Series 128GB SATA II SSD 1. Will everything work together...

To start off, this is a computer I'm trying to get gaming-ready for my little brother. I just recently upgraded my old Inspiron 530s to a new i3-2100/6850 build. He's currently gaming on an AMD turion 1.6GHz dual core laptop with Radeon HD 4200m graphics. I just got a new screen for my computer...

I am attempting to install this fan: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/arctic-cooling-f8-pwm-case-fan-80mm-07929944-pdt.html However the old fan which came with the case connected via 4 pin molex connectors. Any ideas how to connect this fan to replace the old? says fast and easy to install on...

I built my PC a little over 5 years ago, I just replaced the hard drive, and feel like an idiot..At the same time as installing the Hard Drive my PSU decided to go on the fritz. It's make at first was just a slight high pitch noise, but it's grown louder and louder. At first I thought it was...

I am an FPGA designer and I am getting tired of waiting for slow builds (>5 Min). I currently have an Asus P4C800 with Intel P4 and about 1G Ram, SATA HD, and runnung ISE 10.4 under Ubuntu 10.10. What is the easiese/least expensive way to speed things up a bit?

Got a bit of a weird problem. Basically shut my home server (home made) down last night to swap out the hard drives, and on powering up it won't boot. Now I don't have any of the drives connected to power yet so it's not that. Basically, everything comes on except the CPU fan. PSU fan, case...

Hello, I'm trying to build a new rig used mostly for programming (Java, .Net, MySQL & MSSQL) and occasional movies & gaming. Right now I can get: ■i3 2100 + H61 board for $127 ■i5 2500k + Z68 board for $270 If I were to get the i3 2100 + H61 combo, I'm probably going to get a dedicated...

I apologize for the redundancy here. I've spent much time reading posts as I pursue the best suited processor for my application. Most posts refer to same thing (e.g. unlocked over-clocking, HD2000/HD3000, etc.), but I still can't decide. I'm hoping the Tom's Hardware community can tell me which...

I have this computer for a year i could play any game on it black ops, assassins creed brotherhood, Mw2,.... One week ago my computer sudenly turend off while i was playing mw2,after that i tryed another game and then i started playing cod 1 also its anoying my power supply works fine i cleaned...

Hey all, Here's the specs; ASUS P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 4GB DDR2 Geforce 8800GT 512MB 160GB SATA HDD Zalman CNPS9700 LED Standard 450W PSU 120mm front fan and 80 mm side fan No overclocking yet and remember, idle temperatures; I have 2 questions, why are my...

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NZXT vs CM HAF 922: pros, cons, which is better? I personally like the look over the NZXT and I dont mind the few extra bucks as long as it performs just as well. Will all the parts fit into the NZXT? NZXT...

Hey everyone, my current CPU is an AMD Phenom X4 9650 in an AM2+, and I'm wanting to upgrade to and AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, which goes in an AM3 socket I believe. I'm wondering: is this processor able to be used in an AM2+ socket? If so, will it hurt performance?

need to upgrade video card how can i do so i own a Sony Vaio VPCM121AX notebook and its beginning to become a pain in my ass cuz i cant play the games i want on it. Where can i find one, how much and how can i install it.

trying to figure out if this is normal, read a few threads on it...but mostly people had extreme temps. 2600k is clocked at 3800mhz right now with turbo off, idling bout 37c...with prime95 it instantly jumps to 57c, and when stopping workers, it literally in one second drops down from 57c to...

Hey guys, I have a weird problem, sometimes Windows XP will detect only 2 of my 4 CPU cores, and sometimes the date will reset to sometime around 2001, if i reboot the computer and enter the bios (regardless of the date the computer is showing) and re-enter XP after I entered the BIOS, it will...

Hey everyone, I'm currently building a Sager NP7280 (Clevo X7200) Gaming Laptop. I've decided on everything, including dual SLI GTX 485M along with an Intel Core i7 960 desktop processor. Will my CPU be okay with these 2 GPUs? or do I need to upgrade to i7 970 or i7 990X? x2 SLI GTX 485M...

I'm still new to computer hardware, and I want to make sure I know everything I need to know. So, when is more cores and GHz bad, or not benefical to a CPU's speed and performance. Anything other tips about processors would be apreciated too

Hey, I wanted to ask this here before I jump into buying something that might not be worthwhile. Here are my specs first... asus m4a88t-m amd athlon II x4 645 (minor oc to 3.28ghz~) 8 gb cosair vengence ram @1333 mhz 1100w xion psu 6870 HIS amd radeon windows 7 64 bit home premium 23'' acer...