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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($258.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Memory Express) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150...

Hey I plan on upgrading my gpu but I'm not sure if I should get two 970s or one 980. I know performance will be better with two 970s but there's the hassle with sli. I plan on gaming on three monitors 5760 x 1080. I would like to get one 980 and try to avoid going down the sli route. Will a...

I have heard all about the razer gaming keypads and some of the Logitech ones and I was looking into getting one but wondering if it is worth it. Also I do not want to spend a boat load of money on. Please let me know if you know of a good one to get and your experience with them. Thanks

Hey everyone. My wife bought a Dell N7110 17" laptop from Dell about 2 and 1/2 years ago. There has always been a problem with the hard drive, but unfortunately it just went critical after Windows started sending warnings about "backing up your information before the hard-drive quits". Now, I...

I have a LInksys EA6400 Gigabit router (g/n/ac), with a LaCie NAS (100mbit i believe). When I use my Wifi (full signal strength, draft n), I obtain an average of 7 megabytes/s. Using same NAS and router, but plugging in with a Cat 6e 550Mhz cable (tested and known good), gigabit connection on...

When I record videos with traps my FPS shows on my screen but not on the recording, is there a way to let the FPS show? Some people want to see my FPS when I do benchmarks but I have to run another program whiter I record to show FPS. Please let me know if there is a a way

What would be the best 120mm and 140mm for purely air flow (Im not bothered by the noise)

Hi everyone, I have an ASUS R9 280x DCU2T and I was just wondering if this is normal behavior. I have my fan speed set on auto 20%, and depending on the room temperature, the RPM is usually around 987 - 997 on idle and the temp is about 34-37C during that time. But the second I run a game or a...

This is getting infuriating. Almost every single time now when I leave the PC on to download overnight (large games bought online) the PC is encounting a BSOD and I don't notice it until I wake up in the morning. How can the PC operate fine (bar a sluggish hard drive as per my other post) when...

I recently got the HUION GT-190 and my computer cannot use anything vga related (unless you get specialized UHD monitors) so I was wondering what I needed to do to convert the VGA to hdmi so I can use it with my computer

Do you guys think this psu will work?http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1763591

These are my last 2 builds and one of them are going to be the victor. They both come at around same price, however I have no clue performance wise. Intel build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cYhgCJ AMD build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7dm7P Can someone tell me which build is better performance...

Hello guys, I am having a hard time to decide whether to buy the intel 5960x chipset or the 5930k. And which motherboard would benefit me more? The Asus Rampage V or the Asus X99 Deluxe? Im mixing in a Evga Gtx 980 SC with that. I am upgrading from my old computer: Intel DX58SO2 Extreme...

okay so im building a gaming pc and this is what i have so far. CPU: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD8320FRHKBOX-FX-8320-8-Core-Black/dp/B009O7YU56/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407252637&sr=1-1&keywords=amd+fx-8320 RAM...

Should i go with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo or the Arctic Cooling i30? Am gunna overclock just alil not a big overclock on this build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.98 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler...

Hi everybody, Which ram should I choose: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL7 Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz CL9 Corsair Vengance Pro 1600MHz CL9 My PC's spec: GPU: ASUS GTX 780 DC2OC-3GD5 CPU: Intel I7-4770K Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Hero Power Supply: Corsair CX750 Thank you in advance.

Will a FM2 processor work in an FM2+ socket?

I am planning on overclocking and would prefer a modular power supply which is relatively quiet. I have: - i7 - 4770K - 8GB LP Vengeance RAM - 120GB 840 EVO SSD - 2 TB Toshiba HDD - Corsair H60 - MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING ATX Motherboard - GTX 780 Windforce I considered a corsair CX 750m but all...

OK so I now have a AMD A8 3870K Black edition 4gb of 1866mhz RAM and a compatible motherboard after my most recent upgrade and I don't know what to do with it really I was thinking about buying a new hdd just like a cheap 320gb one a OEM copy of windows a cheap case and a suitable power supply...

I have DVD that I want to copy onto my computer so I can burn onto more dvd's. I need to copy it to my computer to be able to do it but don't know how to copy it to my computer. Can anyone please in simple terms tell me how to do this?

I'm building my friend a gaming build, and don't know which case to get him. I want the case to be $50, since it's not too expensive, but still good quality. Right now I am mainly debating against the Antec One, the Rosewill CHALLENGER, and the Cooler Master HAF 912. So, which one should I...

I have a MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ board and was wondering if a VTX3D AMD Radeon HD 7870 Tahiti LE Graphics Card would fit? Thanks

Approximate Purchase Date: In a week or two Budget Range: $1200-$1500 (3000-4000LT) System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching videos, editing Are you buying a monitor: No Do you need to buy OS: Yes Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.skytech.lt Location: Vilnius...

I just did a big pc upgrade and bought a new processor , some ram, motherboard and psu. When I came to booting the pc I pressed thw bower button , the fans spinned for a new seconds then shut down, then boots back up, then shuts back down withouth me pressing the power button again. I found this...