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Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) Hi there I am looknig to buy an EM where someone repainted the cabinet. I can see the artwork under the paint in areas which suggests the goof-off method will work. The machine is about 70% overall and I want to factor the amount of goof...

Hi Guys, first time poster here, looking for some build advice :) I am a relatively inexperienced builder (built my first PC over 4 years ago with help), looking to spend $500 on hardware (not including OS). I already own the CPU I would like to use. Looking forward to some help, let me know...

Approximate Purchase Date: this october-november Budget Range: (1000$-1200$) No shipping System Usage from Most to Least Important: (3d modeling,texturing rendering,Post production,Architectural Visualization some small time gaming RTS/FPS gaming) Already have a PS3 so no serious PC gaming...

Does someone know if a bluray burner can fit inside an external SATA enclosure? or does something prevent this from working properly? I would like to know if anyone know the answer or even did it please :) thank you so much!

Just reviewed the worlds fastest consumer based SATA drive. Hope you guys like my article on the beta domain. The article can be read here: http://www.nextlevelhardware.com Mtron 16GB Solid State Drive takes the performance crown off of the WDRaptor150.

Hi, everyone. I've spent quite a lot of time as a grateful lurker in this forum. This build is my third in 10 years. My needs are a bit modest but I want this to last a good three to five years with no major upgrades. I will be using it for the following reasons, from the most important to the...

i5-3570K Maximus V Formula EVGA GTX 660 ti H100 Corsair TX650w Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance C70 Corsair 120GB SSD Full album here http://imgur.com/a/ydJwH#2

Hi, I just overclocked my 7850 AMD Athlon X2 Kuma, installed on a GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 mobo, from 2.8 GHz to 3.1GHz by changing the multiplier from 14 to 15. I then ran the OCCT stress test for 1 hour with success. Something unexpected however, was revealed when I ran Fresh Diagnose Benchmark...

what is the best memory i should get for my gaming set up i plan on overclocking CPU - I5 3750K MOBO - ASUS V PRO Z77 GPU - HD RADEON 7950 RAM - ??? PSU - CORSAIR TX750

Approximate Purchase Date: This week Budget Range: $800.00 After Rebates After Tech support build, i am not building this myself. System Usage from Most to Least Important: (surfing the internet, multiple browsers open with multiple tabs open at a time, watching movies and video, no editing)...

Hello, I was wondering if i could user a sever desktop computer as a regular computer. my friend said he'll give me his old server mobo that uses a xeon chip. i just notice the prices for xeon has drop a lot. xeon dual core 2.33ghz for $14...

I am finally after making some upgrades for the past few months probably done upgrading until I buy a new Graphics Card 7xxx series hopefully. Liquid Cooler: H60 With After Market High Static Pressure Fans Processor: AMD Phenom II 955 Quad Core BE (3.2Ghz) RAM: 8GB GSkill Sniper (4x2GB I only...

Is it possible to swap out MXM graphics boards with other boards of the same form factor? I have an Asus G72 (that I love), but I would like to swap out the GeForce GTX 260M for a GeForce GTX 460M. Both boards are MXM type 3-B & the TDP is virtually identical between the 2 boards (75 watts for...

hi, i am looking to buy a new pc, dont want to build one because dont think i can. Approximate Purchase Date: whenever Budget Range: 300-400 pound System Usage from Most to Least Important: just for gaming Are you buying a monitor: no Do you need to buy OS: no Location...

Hello, I have a problem starting my 3 years old computer. It starts, the fan turns for a few seconds and then it shuts down. It does that repeatedly. I cleared the CMOS values, took the battery out and put it back in. Nothing changes. I haven't done anything to the computer lately at all...

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) This Florida guy is going to be at California Extreme. I'll be out there on an extended business trip and have plenty of time to take in the show. I already have reservations at the Hilton Friday and Saturday night (at the "CA Extreme"...

Hi, I just got all my parts for my new build, but when i was finally done, It would refuse to boot up. No lights, nothing was happening on the motherboard. I'm pretty sure i got the front panel connectors in right and also have the power connectors on the board, so at least something should...

Hello, right now i'm having trouble with a failing cpu and video card. Until Tuesday I won't get my replacements in the mail, and I'm just wondering if anyone can help me out with some techniques for my case. I've tried the positive pressure airflow technique to the best of my knowledge and it...

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to post... I recently finished building my new rig and everything has been running fantastic for a month or two. All of sudden today, I left the room for a few seconds after playing video games for a while and when I came back my screen was blank and...

Hi , I got maxtor 60 GB hard drive which was working fine before i made some mistake... My computer was on and i attached this device with my pc and it was detected fine that time then i tried to unplug the power cable from this drive while it was on and gave me some spark and since then it...

Hi everyone, I have just built my first ever computer and installed Windows 7 on it, I have inserted the MSI disk that came with the MSI motherboard but it failed to load up, so I went in to device manager and noticed that there were some things with yellow icons next to them, so I installed all...

Hello sir, I am going to make my cpu at home. So,my question is that what things should I buy in order to make CPU my budget is 480$ and also tell me the recommended configuration for 480$ Plz reply, i have decided this Intel DH77EB Motherboard at Rs7102 Transcend JetRam DDR3 4 GB PC RAM...

Hi, So I have recently built myself a new rig, which I love. Now a friend has asked me about building him a new pc. Not for gaming, just a 'solid' computer. So I'm looking for suggestions. Should I go AMD? Dont think a GPU is necessary, and it wouldnt have to look fancy, I'm just pricing things...

So this is my build: GPU: Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-295-SP CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K i5 (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155) -...

I have been using an 5 year low level DELL for way to long. It is time for me to upgrade. I am considering building a PC myself if I am going to save money but I have no idea how to choose the pieces. Approximate Purchase Date: The next week or so. I would purchase today if the deal couldn't...

Hello Everyone! I'm Planning on building a new computer but I don't know much about what's needed in the computer that'll help with everything I do. So my friend told me to come on here and post and people will throw in their two cents. So here goes nothing. The computer will be used to...

Approximate Purchase Date: In the next week or two, at the latest Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) Before / After Rebates; Before / After Shipping Before shipping, I'd like to keep everything under $2200 AUD as much as possible, but can probably come up with an extra 50 - 100 if there's a good...

Hello Everyone! I'm looking to build a new mid-level gaming PC and would love any feedback you might be willing to share with me. Details below: Approximate Purchase Date: This Week Budget Range: $1000-$1500 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming Are you buying a monitor: No...

i have just moved into a new house with fibre optics and my laptop gets a good 70 Mbps but my desktop which is on lan is only getting 10 Mbps ,

Hello Newly I ordered parts, and built my own computer. It was running great in the beginning, but the past few weeks I have been bothered with random BSOD. I get the error codes 50/1a. The most recent one is this: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version...

Hello,my aspire 6930g,with realtek doesn't give any sound, it is the 2th time,the 1st time it was over after about 1 month after a windows vista update. Now, the problem stays for 4 months already, i think it happened again after a windows update. I've deleted and reinstalled the sound driver...

Approximate Purchase Date: Friday august 21, 2012 Budget Range: $600-$1000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming Are you buying a monitor: No Do you need to buy OS: Yes Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Micro Center Location: USA Parts Preferences: AMD processor and GPU...

Approximate Purchase Date: End of September Budget Range: 500$ - 1000$ (More than that, I can't pay) System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming only. Are you buying a monitor: Yes Parts to Upgrade: New from scratch. Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred Website(s) for Parts...

I own the Western Digital 1TB External Harddrive. It houses all of my media, data, backups, etc. I use transcoder360 to stream all my video from the HD over usb, then over the gigabit LAN to the XBOX 360; all so i can watch movies on my TV. I get brief skips in the video, and audio...

Looking for a powerful Mini-ITX build for $1000. ------------BUILD----------- Case: Bitfenix Prodigy $80 Mobo: Probably Asrock Z77E-ITX $150 CPU: Core i5-3570k $230 GPU: AMD 7870 $260 Can't decide between the different cards right now, I'm leaning toward MSI's Hawk, but I fear the "GPU...

First off, I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible. I have ATI Radeon 4850 HD 512mb right now. My plan was to crossfire it with another 4850 1GB, but I'm not sure what motherboard to get. Plus I want the motherboard to go well with Intel Core i5 2500K 3,3GHz 6MB Socket H2 (LGA1155) TDP 95W...

Hello everyone, I'm looking to take a stab at building a HTPC and this is what I've come up with. I'm new to this area of building, so any advice is greatly appreciated. Approximate Purchase Date: I'm looking to buy in the next month. Budget Range: My budget is around $1k After Rebates and...

originally posted in system forum not new build. In the next two weeks tops I plan on Replacing a 7 year old rig with a new gaming build. Looking to play and max out current and upcoming titles like Diablo 3 , Guild Wars 2, WoW mist of pandaria, etc. Never did any overclocking with last...

So I am making a build, mid-end. So I've got 6 of the 9 parts. The 9 parts are Intel i5 2500k CPU, Raidmax Tornado Black and Red Steel w/ 450w power supply, intel patriot exetreme master 8gb RAM 1600, GeForce GTX 550Ti, some type of DVD burner, western digital caviar blue 500gb, P67 SLI Micro...

Hey guys so I am making a pc(will get parts on cyber monday) so i was wondering what is the best yet cheapest monitor. not to big maybe around a 20"-30"