I am currently looking to build a mini itx sytem. I was thinking of going for a athlon 860k or a g3258. I also have a pentium g620 and all i need is the mobo and the ram. Will be using it with a 500w psu and a gtx 460. Got a ssd and a case too. Here are the 2 lists i made up. Looking for best...
Was about to buy a Lenovo ThinkPad E550 i3, but then saw the Lenovo Essential B50-80 for around the same price but with an i5 processor, double the RAM, an additional USB3 port, dedicated graphics (though looks like no better than the ingegrated intel one on the other machine). Bigger, though...
I was wondering whether the MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR would be a good match with the i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual Core processor or whether I should downgrade the GPU a little (maybe perhaps to a GeForce GTX 750 Ti)?
Would love some input :D
Following AMD's announcement of the latest A-series APUs, Asus was quick to announce that all of its current A-series motherboards are ready for the newest refreshed APUs.
Asus AMD A-Series Motherboards 'Godavari' (That Is, 'Kaveri') Refresh Ready : Read more
My main gaming/encoding rig has an i5-4690(non-K) with a GTX 970 CPU. I am thinking about upgrading the CPU as I can use that current i5 in another system with a much weaker CPU. My main system splits its time evenly between gaming and video encoding(CPU based). I am wondering what type of...
Every time I run the installation for Realtek HD Audio it installs but right before its done it deletes everything in the folder. I have run three different installers , DVD copy from the motherboard company(MSI) , Direct website drivers for my motherboard from website (MSI), and the latest...
Which is a better for my build
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter,2.4GHz 450Mbps/5Ghz - $34.80
or
ASUS Wi-Fi PCI Express Adapter - $69.99
Hi,
I am currently looking at these three:
1. (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130771&cm_re=lga_1150-_-13-130-771-_-Product)
2. (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118&cm_re=lga_1150-_-13-132-118-_-Product)
3...
I was running windows 7 home premium when i went to install recommended updates. I clicked "shut down and install updates" bla bla blaa. Restarted and said that it was running Windows 7 Ultimate.... Now it pops up with "your version is not genuine every 5 sec. Pls help me get back to Windows...
I'm reinstalling Windows 7 with an Asus z97-a, and I'm attempting to change my boot location from my CD drive with the disk to my ssd, but when I change the order in my bios and go to save and restart, it tells me that I havent made any changes to my bios, and if I continue it just boots off my...
Hello, I'm having problems getting into my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installation on my WD 1tb hardrive. I get the windows 7 logo for about 2 minutes then quick BSOD with error code 0x00021a and 0x00010658
My symptoms leading up to this was system slowdown, long boot times, random times where I...
Hello all I really need help. My wireless 3 TB WD MyCloud External Hard Drive recently crashed. I took it to Fry's and they could not repair or extract any of the many files i have in it. I sure as hell do not want to send it in and pay thousands of $$$ for a $200 hard drive. I have a...
Hi,
I have
i5 3350p
8g ram
R9 280x GPU
And i was wondering if i should upgrade my system for future game releases?
But my pc is working fine ( so far )
But for the future i guess i need a new CPU right?
Should i get a new CPU now? Or wait for 'new' upcoming CPU?
I don't want to waste...
Hi,
I have been scouting the gaming PC build market for a couple of months now, and are soon in the process of buying. The sole purpose of the build is gaming - and would most likely OC at some point (Somewhere around 4.4 - 4.8-ish).
Would like to get some expert help on which components to...
i have an 1366x768 monitor
now which build is better for my monitor, the best for gaming only
this,
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
G.skill RipjawsX 8GB
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 OC WITH BOOST
or this?
Intel Core I3-4130 Haswell 3.4GHz
ASRock H81M-HDS
Team Xtreem Dark (1 X 8GB)
MSI...
I currently have a desktop and a very old laptop that takes about 3 minutes to boot (on a good day, not kidding). I do quite a bit of traveling and I also like to lounge around the house. I would be completely open to getting a 2-in-1 or a laptop that flips into a tablet. I would actually prefer...
So its black friday and Im thinking about upgrading to a 970GTX from a 760gtx.. Just wanting to know if Im going to see a decent FPS increase. These are the games I play CSGO, WoW, SC2, D3, NBA2K15.. Going to play GTA 5 when it hits PC as well. THanks
So my case, the corsair graphite 230t, has preinstalled stand-offs for both ATX and Micro-ATX and Mini-ATX. It has standoffs for all of them pre-installed.
Now, I've heard a lot of people recommending to remove the standoffs because it shorts the motherboard. But, why would corsair preinstall...
Here is my issue/concern after I install my new Motherboard after my current one fried. The motherboard that I'm replacing was preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium from a computer I bought at Costco. This is my first time replacing the main guts to a computer and didn't realize that would be...
I have a desktop with 3 hard drives
1-hitachi 500 gb
2-wd 1tb
3-wd 2tb
and I want to install onother one in the next months
but I want to khnow how long can a hdd live?
can a hard drive last 10 years? even 15 years?
I am looking for a good set of tablets for my 2 daughters for Christmas. I can't spend more than $100 per tablet on these.
There are some great deals on Newegg right now for %10 off (special coupon discounts) and here are a few that caught my interest but since I am kind of tablet ignorant I...
I'm planning on construction my own Desktop, i'm going to use intel core i7 4790k, gtx 780 ti 3gb, 8gb ram, and still don't know yet for the mother board, but let's say ASUS Z97, and a Cosair h100i 77.0 cfm liquid CPU cooler, what power supply should i buy? by that i mean, how many watts and...
I've got one stick of 2GB Kingston DDR2 RAM with 800 bus speed. I'm using an Intel DG41RQ MOBO and stock cooler. If I were to overclock it, would it be safe? If yes could you tell me how? Also I'm thinking of getting another stick of 2GB DDR2 so I need the serial(or whatever it's called) but I...
Hello Everyone! If possible, I would like to get some help finalizing the parts list for my first PC, oriented towards Gaming.
Parts List:
CPU - Intel i5 4670k - £139.99
CPU COOLER - H100i - £81.56
MOBO - MSI z87-G45 Gaming - £83.42
RAM - Corsair venagance Pro 16gb (2x8gb) - £122.34
GPU -...
Hey, I'm wondering about what cpu I should acquire. My graphics card will probably be a 280x when the prices lower, but if they don't a gtx 770 4gb. No website I have seen has compared the two with a graphics card. I am also wondering what motherboard to get if Amd is the best option. Thanks
First of all, i should say what area of IT i specifically want to work in: Networking and Information Systems. I want to become a Network Engineer, but i know it will take years of experience, gotta climb the ladder like everyone else. Okay, so the place im thinking of attending now is Neumont...
I did a clean install to windows 7 home premium version, and none of the drivers appear to be installed. (I also seem to have misplaced my driver cd). So I tried downloading my network driver on a usb, but it won't recognise the drive. Neither will it recognise my external harddrive, so I have...
Any thoughts/recommendations? I will be purchasing all the remaining parts tomorrow.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2x8iv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2x8iv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2x8iv/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core...
I know it's a tight budget but I don't have a lot of money to spend, I don't mind it being 1600 x 900 or 1920 x 1080. I'll be recording at 720p and I want the most fps out of my build: Le' Build
I will be running games like BF4 and Minecraft w/ a lot of mods (mods seriously drop a huge amount...
Hey guys,
first of all, sorry if I posted in the wrong forum (as a German I couldn't figure out which one to choose).
So, I've bought two adapters in order to play Nintendo 64 on my notebook.
One cable connects the SCART adapter with the VGA input on my notebook.
How can I turn the VGA input...
I need help to solve a mistery.
I have a motherboard Asus p6t v2 De Luxe and installed 3 chassis fans.
Suddenly the Chassis Fan 2 and 3 are not working anymore, and even changing for new fans, they are not working. Also, at the BIOS, it shows the message N/A, as if no fans were attached to it...
im making a build for one of my friends. I need help deciding between the 2 builds ive made or if u have any suggestions of your own please feel free to share. He wants a futuristic looking case with leds and a nividia gpu for the sheild and a 800 budget but that might change
intel build...
Hi everybody,
Recently I've got the option to change my Q8200 2.33ghz for a E8500 3.16ghz, I can't make my mind on this so I'm asking...
My PC is just a game station, I do my work on it but nothing demanding just big worksheets and databases.
I play all recent games (FPS, RTS, Driving, etc) and...
Thinking of upgrading from AMD X2 3800+ to C2D E6600. Trying to determine if I should go with the standard DDR2 533 or get DDR2 800.
Anyone have any reason not to do DDR2 800? I will be doing some OC'ing, and I've heard that the nominal speed for C2D was 533.
/discuss
I was upgrading my old pc. Bought a new motherboard, a cpu and graphics card.
I put the motherboard (Asus A8N-E SLI), the vga card (Geforce 7600GTS)
and the cpu (Athlon 64 3500+, s939). I was starting wiring the pc when I realized that i put the cpu without opening the little handle the socket...
Hi,
I would like to set up a free wireless network in our local church hall for the local teenagers to use on the way home from school.
We have an ADSL router and an office computer that we would need to keep secure.
Obviously we'll need a wireless hub, but keeping the public wireless...
Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)
OS: Windows XP
RAM: 120MB (detetcted...even tho theres 128)
PROC: 1.2GHz Celeron
the computer is old, i know. its also on all the time and i use it all the
time, thats why i got it (i'm a college student).
lately, however, as soon as...