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I am getting a i5 7600k and i want to get a good cooler so i can OC it a bit. my budget is $50.

I recently bought a new PNY GeForce GTX 660 card with a Thermaltake TR2 600W supply. I installed everything as best as I could along with help from a friend of mine. The computer works great ! turns on, browsing around the internet, watching youtube, etc, BUT... when I go to Steam and fire up a...

Up until yesterday it was all fine but after updating my video card bios using live update 5 it has started to get weird on me. Like heating up for no reason and causing shit to stutter like videos and such. Is it the bios update or something else? HAHAHA yeah smooth forgot to mention which gfx...

Hey guys! So i've got a question. with my new CPU render time has been increased by ALOT! But i'm wondering can it go any faster? atm it does about 30 frames, then it stops for like a second or two. then another 30 frames, rinse and repeat. Is this normal behaviour? Or do i have some settings...

That's what I heard, but I don't really know. I have a toshiba satellite A210-127 laptop with original SATA II HDD, the BIOS has no SATA/RAID configuration options at all and wouldn't have those even if I had updated it (confirmed with toshiba tech support). I'm replacing the HDD with samsung...

I can remember years ago reading in PC magazine about "theoretical" builds utilizing (what was then) massive amounts of RAM operating as your HD. While I realize there are financial constraints upon doing so, with the ability to get up to a TB of SSD storage, is there much performance advantage...

Hi, I'm hoping someone might have a similar situation and/or know what the best approach might be. We've got a 3 story townhouse, and I will try to describe the layout of everything and what the issues are. Third floor: Primary desktop computer, cable modem, wireless router (n), TV. Printer...

I'm building a desktop for the first time on a moderate budget. It is aImost complete and I am pretty content with my hardware choices but i would like to see if the community has any recommendations or revisions anyway: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/26NaY 1. I also still a need network adapter...

Asking for advice in what available options after a supposed clean install of win8. continues to fail to nott correctly and automatic repair failure. however boots correctly every reinstall ; and continues to fail on system restart.

CM Seidon 120v or CM Hyper 212X? Case: CM Storm Scout 2 CPU: AMD A8 5600k Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4-M RAM: Gskill 8GB GPU: iGPU PSU: Seasonic 520w TIA...

We have HP a1247c computers at work and every time they start up they find additional external hard drives that don't exist. They'll disappear if we select "remove hardware" and "stop" them. It's not too big of a deal... more of an annoyance... except on one computer the previous owner...

Hi... I have had the BSOD: Dumping phusical memory error when I was just browsing the internet, I have looked around for an answer and found that an OC might cause this BSOD. The only thing that is OC'd is my 4850 from 650/1000 to 675/1075 -ish and I have had this prob in vista and win7. any...

i absolutely love this monitor and am considering purchasing it one day over the 24", but why is there only the 1 connection. I would like to hook up something like a ps3 / 360 to it aswell so it's a really pain in the arse to not have those extra connections present. Given the price of the...

If I upgrade to windows 7 and now I have vista ultimate will I lose the extras that came with vista ultimate like bit locker and the cool extra games?

i want this processor and i have a dell dimention 8400.....which motherboard will i need in order to have this? thank you.

is it safe to ass...u...me that when making a dual boot win 7 and xp pro 64 that the hdd can be formatted ntfs?

Ok, i want to get a laptop mostly for school work and was just planning on getting the cheapest notebook available. But then i found out that if i spend $1000 more on dell, i can get 20% off so.... Anyways here is the laptop im planning on getting Inspiron 1501 PROCESSOR AMD Turion™ 64 X2...

Hey all hope u are fine :) Well i installed W7 RC1 64bit and i wanted to test some games, so i installed Crysis,Crysis warhead and Stalker CS. Crysis warhead and Stalker CS work flawless for me and i got FPS boost too :D But i cant run Crysis,whenever i click on its shortcut,it loads up a blank...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?) Hello, I want to move my Compaq 06C4h deskpro motherboard in a ATX Aopen case. Problem is that on the compaq case there's only 1 cable to connect the power switch, reset switch, power led and HD led but in the Aopen case these are 4...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) Hi. I am helping to configure a machine for a friend who is on a budget. They are after a machine which will last them a few years (anyone have a crystal ball?). They have settled on the Dimension 5000 (3.0 GHz, 800 MHz fsb 1MB cache)...

I am having this issue here, I want to go to college, but where? going to CC would be good because it is cheaper. Downside- I do not get the university experience. Plus, Uni has graduate students or seniors help you along the way as a freshie ans Softie. Uni would be good because I get the...

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: at least 1 week out, possibly as long as 2 months BUDGET RANGE: $150-250 tops, BEFORE rebates; prefer $100-200 if possible USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT (most to least): -- Gaming: currently Halo CE, Halo 2, SWAT 4, AoE III, FarCry 1, & Starcraft II, but...

hi im on a tight budget, and am looking for an upgrageable 775 board. I was think a G33, from gigabyte like the DS2, ant suggestion or would i still be better with a DS3

Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) What video card or software will allow output of whatever displays on my monitor without interfering with my Pinnacle DC10+ capture card or any of my editing software? Under Win98SE AV_IO would output video through the DC10+ but unfortunately...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) Today when booting up my XP Pro system, Zone Alarm said: "Microsoft HTML Application Host" wants to access the internet for the first time. Destination: 64.94.110.11:HTTP. File name: mshta.exe. Any idea what this is? Thanks! Scott

Hello, I've just got an asus s200e / asus x202 with windows 8 it has all my worked saved on it. Windows 8 tried updating and got stuck at 15% it was there for an hour before I decided to turn it off. I try rebooting it but it keeps getting stuck. Can't enter safe mode or anything!

my specs are i-5 2500k @3.5ghz, ASRock Z77 Pro4, G.SKILL Sniper 8GB, Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM, Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W, and a Asus GTX 560 non ti do i NEED 120hz? games: league of legends,chivalry medieval warfare,cs:go,gw2 looking for under the $200 price...

I recently built my first gaming pc a little over a month ago and everything went great except when i tried to take my old hard drive out of my old computer and plug it into my new computer it would not boot in ACHI or IDE. If i set the Hard drive to boot in raid mode it works just fine and...

i got a feenix nascita a cpl weeks ago to replace my second broken deathadder and seeing as how there arent many reviews or info on it (also the company impressed me enough to turn me into a fanboy) id thought id do a little review. Picture: http://i.imgur.com/IYUnk.jpg Pros: great...

Hi, Just upgraded to windows 7 from the beta. I am having an annoying problem that when I try to rename and avi file an administrative rights message pops up and I have to click it to confirm that I want to rename the file. How can I turn this off? It didn't happen when I was using the beta...

Hi, I bought a new microphone, the ones which you can clip onto your shirt. I tried putting the 3.5mm microphone jack (the red ones) into my laptop headphones and microphone jack and it wouldn't record or even detect the new microphone. Can anyone help? By the way, I use IDT Audio control panel...

Hi, Is there any driver for cannon scanner LiDE 25 for windows 8. Thanks Jiten

Hi everyone, first off, thank you for the time and advice you are about to give. It is much appreciated. I am just beginning shopping for a matte screen computer monitor (ideally 27 inches in screen size). I have a side graphic design business so I can be on the computer for long stretches of...

Hello, I just bought a new Samsung with Microsoft 8 and when I print to a color printer it only prints in black in white, what do I have to do to fix this?

I'm looking for a new keyboard and I would really like for it to have these specs Blue Backlit keys Red/Blue/Brow keyswitches USB hub audio hub (not 100% needed) 10-keyless (no number pad) and preferably media controls, but that isn't necessary either If anyone has any good keyboard...

On the Microsoft web site I saw that anyone running a previous version of Windows can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for US$ 39.99. For those already running Windows 8 surely there should be an even better deal but I can't find one. If you good folks know of any such deal please point me in the right...

Hello, Using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, I had tried to record my screen with at least 10 different programs, including CamStudio and MyScreenRecorder. The mouse flickers during the entire recording. However, I reinstalled windows Vista, and this problem does not occur. Could this be...

i find it quite apealing but for the price of this thing would most definently take a supra and tune it up

Hi,yall i'm interested in a 500$ home system for movies etc but i'm not sure what would be a good choice for me what do you guys recommend ?

Hey everyone, I am currently looking to buy a new desk and monitor for my computer Samsung P2770FH 27" 1080p monitor http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=581630&CatId=3774 and the desk i am looking at right now would mean that i would be sitting about 2.5...