Bloomfield

For 14 years I've been running an Intel Core i7 950 Bloomfield 3.07GHz (LGA1366) on an ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard. It's not overclocked, just XMP Profile, QPI/DRAM Core Voltage = 1.4v amd DRAM Bus Voltage = 1.65v for the 12gb ram to operate at 1600Mhz - the Noctua NH-D9L fan keeps things cool. I...

So, I want to buy an addressable RGB strip. Here's a link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F262452005540 I'm not sure if I can use the functionality without extra hardware past the power supply, control box, and remote. I'm hoping to put them in...

Title says it all! Originally i was looking at the beyerdynamic dt 770 pro 32 ohm but the only downside is that the cable is not detachable. My price range is from 100-170 USD I will be using these headphones with an astro mixamp pro tr so keep the ohm between 32-50 ohms Thank you!

My friend recently got a new computer, and bought an external hard drive to put his movies and games and stuff on to free space. He is a bit gung ho with computers and stupidly has never safely removed the thing when unplugging it. The other day I got a call from him saying his hard drive has a...

Looking for parts for a $1000 gaming PC Intel - Nvidia Only I need all quality parts with a good power supply. Im getting a monitor and keyboard set so I just need parts

hi i have hec raptor r450w power supply. can it handle my pc and if not .will it burn my gpu if i try this any way im not overclocking anything CPU: i5-4440 RAM: 2x4 GB DDR3 Storage: 750g HDD Motherboard: GB B85 D3T GPU: SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 380 4GB

I have one machine with a very old motherboard. It has a pentium 4 processor. Single core 3.2ghz. This machine's hard drive has ubuntu on it. When I plug the SSD into it the SSD is always visible in the bios. I can access the drive. It says 58gb of 120gb are used, but the folder and files total...

So this just started happening I've literally tried everything I could find online to fix this and nothing is working. I just want to know if my hard drive is broken or what? I have a amd 4300 cpu 8gb ram and a 500gb hdd. I just reinstalled windows and that still didnt fix the problem so any...

Previous build: MSI 970 Krait SLi 4x4GB Crucial Ballistix DDR31866 FX8320E Nvidia 750Ti x2 725w PSU So one night I set the computer to do some reencoding and went to bed. Got up in the morning and computer wouldn't turn on. Not even a whir. So replaced the PSU with a good working one and still...

So I was planning to upgrade my i3-4160 and was going to stick to haswell for a couple of years, tight on cash for upgrading skylake so why not upgrade my i3-4160 to an i7 4790, i think it will last for a couple of years until another new cpu gen comes in. So is it ok to pair my Gigabyte...

Hey all I finally got the hang of getting the motherboard in with the I/o shield but is it ok if some of the ports are a tiny bit behind the I/o plate?

I prefer a desktop please but laptop is okay.

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Ok so basically i upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7 and i was getting bad fps in games (games had lag spikes etc).So i decided to go ahaid and do a clean install of windows 10 to see if the problem still appears.Apparently the problem is still here and i cannot find a way to fix it.Yes i...

Worked fine on Windows 7 and 8 but now it seems to be...I don't know...it's being picked up but it is not actually picking up sound, just static. I un clicked a bunch of things and played around but I can't get it to work. Anyone know of anything I can do so I can talk to friends on Skype...

Hey all, I want to purchase an EVGA Pro SLI Bridge for my dual Titan X's but I'm not sure which version to get. I want to have one gpu in slot 1 and the other in slot 4 leaving two spaces between them. There's a two/three way, a four way, and two a two way long. Which do I need? Thanks a bunch!

Hello, I am in dire need of a extender because my router is in the corner of the basement (where the cables are) and I was reading the wirecutter for the best extender and they recommend this http://goo.gl/ODHVJ but I also have a friend that is the IT manager in a well known college around me...

Hey guys n girls. My first post... I want to upgrade my old 660 gtx to a newer 980 Ti graphics card and because its quite expensive,before I buy it,I was wondering if its even compatible with my pc and motherboard? I know the bios is almost 2 years old so will I have to update it? Theres...

Im looking for a micro atx case for an office pc build so no ridiculous led's or anything like that. I have a budget of about 20-70 dollars I would prefer it to be as cheap as possible but I don't want anything extremely low quality. Their are a lot of cases out there and im just looking to...

Hi, I have an old desktop PC. It works great and can run almost every game. The weakest part of it, is the graphic card, which I want to change to another. I curently have a Radeon HD5750 1GB GDDR5. My PC is a Acer Aspire M5811. I have a Intel Core I5 650 processor with 3,20 GHz. The motherboard...

I was playing games and it worked fine my brother wanted to play so I went to his room we hooked it into his xbox my profile was gone I went back to my xbox looked at the problem and it said I can't copy anything on this drive make sure it's not write protected

Hi, This is Alon Solomon and I am looking for an investment in a good brand of laptop. My preferences are Dell, Sony Waio and HP. I am looking for advanced software applications with latest features. Can somebody give me an useful suggestion? Regards Alon Solomon

-motherboard: ASUS Maximun VII HERO -CPU: i7-4790k -GPU: GTX 980 or GTX Titan Black (Which is better? apparently the 980 work better in some game than the Titan Black) -HDD: seagate 3.5 2tb -SSD: Kingston 2.5 120GB -DVD Burner: LG Black 16x -Cooling (Fan): Cooler Master hyper 212 EVO *Can i use...

I'm looking to pick up a new headset next week, so far the ones i've selected are Corsair Vengeance 1500's Logitech G430's And the Hyperx Cloud (seems lots of people love it) I'm looking for a decent headset around $100 (i have 3 boys so no need to get expensive or it will get broken) I do...

I brought the Palit Jetstream GTX 970 last week and it has been causing problems the GPU usage goes up and down causing stuttering and the frame rate struggles to stay up on games like Battlefield 4, Shadow of mordor and crysis 3. Its becoming quite an issue I'm thinking of selling this card...

There is a XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation, it's NOT the black edition here http:// At a price of 230$ for the next 2 days, is that a gread deal???? Is that card whort the money or should I go with a GTX760 at a similar price? Please answer me fast fast! 2 days left!

i have a toshiba satellite pro and i can't start the Windows. Appears a grey screen, that changes with a black screen and nothing is going on. Regards panos giotopoulos Greece

My PC Intel Core Duo E8200 P5G41T-M LX mobo Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 4GB1333 AMD HD 7770 500w PSU Artic CPU cooler 60GB SSD Samsung 1TB none SSD Hi, I cannot work out what my next step should be in upgrades. I'm currently trying to O/C everything I have currently to try and get her to last a...

I'm going to buy a second router so I can have dual-IP's. I'm on a dynamic IP plan so I can just change IP by switching my router off. What I'm wondering is say I've got both routers connected to the network right? Would the second router use a different IP to the first one? Or would it use the...

My wireless connection won't work. When I scroll over the wireless icon on my desktop it says: "Not connected - no connections are available" I have uninstalled and reinstalled the wireless device and am still experiencing the same problem Thanks in advance

I bought a Seiki 4k tv because I needed a new tv, and why not. I have it set up to my computer so that I can watch videos and the like through it, however, I cannot see to get it to do a 4k resolution. I know the tv does it because my brother has a different amd card (r something) and he plugged...

i have a sapphire r9 270x dual x 4gb ddr 5. my card is getting heated at the time of playing is 75 degree c is it normal??? or i can face any problem for my card it is getting heat up till 75 degree C???

Alrighty, so I have spent my time this evening looking over the internet, and I found many answers for this issue, all pointing to me ethernet port being fried...but none seem to have a story quite like mine. My xbox is about five and a half years old, got it for Christmas in 2008. It hasn't...

Hi, I want to know how much better the GTX 760 is from the 750 Ti. I am building a computer this summer for gaming and school. I know the 760 is better, but it is a 100 dollars more than the 750 ti. I would like to know the graphics each can display, and if the 760 is worth the $100 more.

Current specs Gtx 780 ti intel i7 4770k 5 gigs of ram windows 8.1 1200 w psu I've been playing League of Legends and Smite which shouldn't be that demanding of games, yet during fights my fps drops to around 5. My GPU drivers are updated. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know...

Hello i need help to get a corrupt file off my computer i have uninstalled but its still on there causing problems the progam is called mallware bytes i cant afford a lot of money to go get it fixed PLEASE HELP thank you

I recently bought a new desktop computer for school and i cannot get it to connect to the internet. It says unidentified network with limited connection but no internet access. I have the right cat5 ethernet cable and the proper drivers are installed. There is windows 8 loaded on the...

My question is simple: What edition of Radeon R9 270X is better? ASUS Edition or Sapphire Toxic Edition. Or is there something that's even better?

i am building a gaming pc and wanted to know a few things; 1 is there anything wrong with me build (if so what would you change and why)? 2 will my cpu have a bottle neck effect on my gnu? 3 How many watts should my power source be? 4 Will my pc be able to run Battlefield 4 on highest...

I have finally got myself a great computer but am having trouble with fps on many games like bf4, borderlands 2 and dayz standalone and some others. My specs: Amd fx 8350 Asus sabertooth 990fx 2 way sli asus 770's 16gb 1866mhz patriot viper ram ssd antec 850w modular psu I built the computer...