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I have a Asus m4a785td-v evo motherboard and it currently has 4 gb of ram installed. The sticks in it are gskill ripjaws f3-12800cl9d-4gbbrl ddr3-1600 pcs-12800 2gbx2... The sticks I need to install are Gskill sniper f3-12800cl9d-8gbsr ddr3-1600 pc3-12800 4gbx2...Everything works fine with the...

is this same or difference between PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 2(x16/0 or x8/x8)?AND can isu GTX 660 to PCIe 2x16?

which would be a better set-up for gaming? AND be more value for money? the first one (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QHPP) or second one (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QHYg)?

Since I couldn't find anything about the topic, I am going to ask, does it matter what end of the DVI-D single link cable goes into what port? I am having the issue of where my display goes black randomly at random times, my video card is the Sapphire HD 7750 1GB low Profile, the computer is...

I'm gonaa buy an FX-8350 , a Rose will Throne , a WD black 1tb, and a card reader. In my PC ATM I've got a sapphire 7950 3gb gddr5, 8 gigs of gskill ripjaw 1333, an optical drive, a 500gb WD caviar green, and an ocz agility 3 120gb ssd. I'm wondering if my 550w Rosewill fortress will be able to...

Which water cooler should i get for best performance and least noise. H100i $120 H220 $120 X60 $120 H320 $170 I have a phantom 820 case the the H320 will fit. is the performance of it worth the extra 50 dollars?

Anyone else think the TigerDirect mailer yesterday was a little shady? Now accepting Bitcoins while offering the R9 series AMD cards with an undertone that implies you are missing out on a money making opportunity. With a finite amount that will ever exist and properties that make them...

I have a intel i5 3570 (3.4 ghz- 3.8 ghz at turbo) non-k processor, and I have read many articles on google, that it can be overclocked to 4.2 ghz. But the problem is here, when I enter my bios setup, I can only set the multiplier to 38, and when I restart my comp. I open Cpu-Z which says 3.8...

Hey I just got a new gpu I'm connected the vga because for the life of me I couldnt get hdmi or dvi look good at all but vga it looks awesome games and everything...except videos from netflix and such it will be crystal clear thwn get fuzzy almost like it loses focuse ive been messing with...

Hi all. I'm in the process of my pc build and the motherboard I have is an Asus A55M-E. The PSU I have is an Enermax Naxn 550w. The PSU has a 3 pin connector for the fan which I connected near the CPU fan slot, but now there is no more room for another 3pin connector which my case fan has. Does...

Just a quick question, sorry if it has been asked before. I am fairly new to the computer world having built my rig only two months ago. I was just wondering why my I7-920 (which is not being OC'd) is running at a much higher temperature when it is idle, then when it is under stress. My idle...

So I am building my first gaming PC and I want to know if 4GB ram is good enough. I am getting 1600MHZ 4GB ram. And I am just wondering if 4gb is good for gaming.. Thanks! (I will upgrade in the future when I can)

I won't be overclocking,does a expensive board actually increase performance over a much cheaper budget board?

Hello everybody, and a happy new year! I'm a happy user of a Geforce 9800gt: chip G92b on 55nm process, board Gigabyte N98tsl1Gi with passive cooling. Though, I'd like to reduce its power consumption. Presently it runs permanently at full frequency and voltage, whch I need only for games. I'd...

So, I'm not building a whole new system, but I'm planning on getting a new case/fans/heatsink and LEDs. And I was just wondering: • I want to build a purple and black system. I found case fans that I can do this with, my only setback is RAM. Is there any way to get RAM with purple...

In the first picture of this link, any idea where you can learn to do this or if you know how? I'm specifically interested in the bottom display as the top is just a 5.25" display http://pcpartpicker.com/b/FTO

Which one is better, or are they balanced? If so which one would you prefer? Thanks in advance! Which is better for gaming? -Eco :p

Came across something to me interesting, i had a amd 3gb gpu, used more then 2gb vram in crysis 3 not shure about bf4 (mis afterburner didn't work in bf 4 64 bit with osd)and skyrim is surpose to use more then 2gb vram ALL IN 1920x1080 so 2gb vram might not be enough for a hand full of games in...

Hi, I have tried searching for an answer but can't seem to find anything. Have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on a SSD (C:). Restored a backup using Windows Backup and Restore to a HDD (F:). Which consists of media files i.e music, pictures etc. When I try to open a picture on F: I...

I just bought an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 with an AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE, along with 8 gigs of corsair vengeance ram. Why am i only getting an average of 35 fps!? But other times when im getting 50 to 60 fps it still feels like 20-30 fps, and stutters every second or so. This problem persists...

Help me fix this please!

I have a laptop (i use it for gaming it works very well besides some heat issues after a few hours of gaming) that vents heat out the side and seem to pull air in the bottom. As in the side vent is always hot and the bottom vent is always cool. I was hoping someone could recommend a good cooling...

I currently have a 1GB AMD Radon HD6450 Graphics Card, and I am planning on buying the same 4GB Ram Stick I currently have and adding it to give me 8GB, my motherboard supports up to 32GB RAM so no problem there. My question is, will only 1GB of a graphics card hinder my 8GB RAM? (Sorry if this...

I'd like to build my own PC based rig. Coming from a mac background I'm in no way an experienced builder. My main concern is performance, future expansion and stability editing 4k material. As a side note I'd love to have some thunderbolt capabilities but it seems like there aren't any MOBOS...

I was following instructions from another blog while trying to fix my computer and made the stupid move of turning off my USB functions through my BIOS, I don't know how to turn them back on with out my keyboard or mouse. And I can't turn them back and can't get back to the BIOS. Any suggestions?

Hi Tomshardware I just bought an ASUS r9 280X GPU. I've changed GPU's before and I know the drill, at least on a basic level, so I can't identify the problem. At first I completely removed the NVIDIA driver. Next I put in the new GPU. After plugging the card in and turning on the computer, the...

Hi there just a quick thread :-) My Power Supply is a 1050 Watt Power-cool model i used to have two GTX 460 graphics cards in my computer but now i only have one does my computer need all this power i took out two old unused PCI cards at the moment my PC is powering AMD Phenom 2 ( 955 ) 3.6GHZ...

I'm new to forums, so if I've done something wrong, I apologize... But anyway, I'm a little concerned about overclocking with bus speed as I don't want to damage my motherboard. My problem is I'm a little bit paranoid that I may be damaging the board. Basically the stock Bus speed is 200MHz, I...

Going to upgrade the wife's computer soon. Just wondering what the weakest link is on the following list. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67GHz MB: P5n-E SLI OS: Windows 7 RAM: 4GB GPU: NVidia GTX 550 ti 1GB PSU: 1k watt (I forget brand) I'm trying to keep the cost under $200. She can...

Im going to buy a new GPU, i cant decide between Sapphire Vapor-x OC 7770 1GB GDDR5 or the normal Sapphire 7790 1 GB GDDR5 or stock 7770 2Gb GDDR5 (some other not so known brand, VTX or something, cant remember). They are all at the same price where i live and i can only afford something in this...

Hello all, this is my second time building a gaming rig and it will not be for myself. It is for my sister with a budget of $800, OS included. I have an extra 500GB HDD somewhere so this build will not need one. My first build I used a list of parts I found online, this will be my first time...

Hello guys, I am currently building a new computer and I want to know the best PSU that I can use -Ausu Rampage IV Black Edition -Intel i7-4930K Hexa core 3.4 -Kingston Hyperx Beasts 2x8GB 2133MHz -Samsung 840 pro 256GB SSD - 2 x 1TB WD HHD black -EVGA GeForce GTX 780ti SC What do you...

Hey guys, just a quick one. Can having 3 drives with windows 7 on all of them cause any conflicts or anything? I've been told it could but i like having backups.

Hey guys, so in July 2013, I built the following rig: mobo: Asrock Extreme4 990fx GPU: GTX 770 4GB OC - 1300MHz core, 1800MHz (8GHz) memory CPU: AMD FX 8320 OC (4.7GHz) RAM: G.skill sniper series 2133mhz 2 hdds, and an SSD 1 DVD drive Corsair CX600 A couple days ago, I brought my PC over to a...

I would like to open the game scrabble but it gives me the message: memory access violation. Kindly assist

I have been trying to get this PC together for over a month now and all I been with is problems one after another. When I first tried to install windows , I was coming up with "Pool Errors". I contacted the ram support (GSkill) and finally windows installed on slots 2 and 4 of the Mobo...

The question. Can external hard drives interfere with the boot process of Vista 64 bits home premium edition. I have a confusing intermittent boot problem on a Dell Studio 540 computer that has the very latest version of Vista home premium 64 bits and the latest drivers from Dell. I bought the...