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Just wonderin....am i ok for upcoming next gen gaming or shud i upgrade something? Cpu- fx8120 Gpu- r9 290 tri x mobo- sabertooth 990fx ram- vengence 8gb ddr3 1600mhz psu - xfx pro 650w want to make sure im fully prepared for next few years...also i have a hdd, would it be worth upgrading tp a...

Hello. I just got my first BSOD an hour ago. I restarted my computer and as soon as i opended google chrome i got a weird noise like a usb stick ejecting. That Paramba-da. I have windows 8.1 by the way, I restarted again and this time did not open google chrome and just stared at the wallpaper...

Which one I will choose 1. Intel i3 4130, zotac NVIDIA 650Ti 1gb graphic card,gigabyte h81m s1 motherboard, 8 gb ram 1600 mhz,1 tb harddisk, corsair 550 Watt psu. Or 2. Intel i5 4670,gigabyte B85m d3h,8gb 1600mhz ram, 1 tb harddisk, corsair 450 watt psu...

Hello! I'm looking to purchase a new CPU and Motherboard that will be compatible with my specs, but also in my budget which is most likely going to be around £300, but no higher than £400. My current specs: Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+...

Hi, i'm currently having a dilemma about which to get first. More RAM or a Safer PSU. I currently have a single 8GB HyperX Blu installed on my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H) which runs on dual channel. I want to make use of the dual channel capability and install another HyperX Blu...

Ok so I just built my new rig m5a99fx pro 2.0 and everything else and ram adata 2rx8 ddr3 but I use to have another pc and it was a windows 8 and it had my WD tb hard drive can I still use this it's a hdd I never deleted the files in it but can I still use this for my new rig well it still boot...

WHEN IS WINDOWS 9 OUT?

The title says it all :D. is it compatibile ?

Hello there, I am helping one of my friends upgrade an old pc he brought home from his work. He is planning on playing games like Skyrim on high settings on a 1080p monitor His specs are as follows Case: Ezcool N630D Mid Tower Graphics: Nothing Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 PSU...

HI, I recently bought a Corsair CS750M from Canada Computers in Vaughan Ontario. I am finding that the PSU/ PSU fan makes noise while just browsing or watching a movie. I will be returning the PSU, and have a choice of getting the same PSU replaced, or a different one. I paid $120 for the PSU...

Ok so I'm sort of used to DOS but not that well. So is there any commands or games that come "pre-installed" with DOS or interesting things I can do with it? It is DOS version 6.22. Also the laptop is "missing" its floppy drive so is there any way i could use a external floppy drive or some...

why,if i installing a games that supported by Directx9.0c the games won't run and error message appear and it says my graphic card is up-to-date,sorry my bad english.

Hello, I just build myself a computer. I have I5 3570, 2400MHz HyperX RAM and MSI Z77A-G43. I know i cant get 2400MHz frequency running with this CPU but im wondering why its only running at 1333 MHz and not at 1600MHz. I never overclocked my PC cuz im afraid of destroying CPU or other...

Is there an equivalent to HD SMART data that is kept for CD/DVD drives? CD/DVD-ROMs are going the way of the dodo and I want to get them out of my corporate environment but I would love to be able to show some numbers to support the claim that "no one uses them, why are we paying for it?"

Hi everyone, this is my first time building a PC, and also the first time posting on here. So anyway I built the PC (finishing up last night), it turns on, runs fine, and from what I can tell, all the fans are working correctly. All Im doing at the moment is letting Skyrim update while doing...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.99)...

My Dell Dimension C521 worked perfectly with my Radeon HD 6570 for a couple of months. Just recently I turned on the computer and there was no display! At first I thought it was a graphics card problem, but the card works as I have tried it in another computer. The cards fan is spinning, and I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) A little while ago, I deleted what turned out to be a very imporant file and had to perform a nondestructive recovery or whatever its called from the backup partition on my hard drive. It fixed the problem, but I...

how much minimum hard disk space will it require to install a Win 7 Home Basic 32 Bit OS on Virtual Box with the Host OS being Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit?

Hi there, There must be some obvious solutions to this simple need; but after much searching, I have failed to find any - so any help will be MUCH appreciated :) I have a wired home network (all cables, wireless is disabled) on a broadband router (BT Home Hub 3.0), where every computer has...

Hello, i wonder why my keyboard have like binded my keys to otherthings. When i press left <CTRL> it starts Firefox, my little <a> puts either a "€" after or before the little <a> or when im on MSN it does space also. my <Esc> shutsdown the computer, also my <Tab> or left <Alt>, my <Q> turn on...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) Unsucessful at installing fax. Have gone through control panel (add/remove programs) and tried under "printers" - "set up faxing". The wizard says that it was successful, but it still doesn't exist. When I go to start-all...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) My computer is not able to run except in safe mode. When I try to start up normally, I get persistent messages that Explorer has the error 0xfe9ed40f and is unable to write to memory. ACK I ran Spybot, Norton...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi, I'm trying to make a bootable CD that contains Dell Diagnostic software on it. I want to be able to boot a Dell laptop from the CD and then run the Dell Diagnostic programs. The diagnostics do not need to run...

Hi, im gonna get a evga gtx 670 ftw, and was wondering if a 550w psu will be good enough for the gpu and a overclocked i5 3570k And if anyone has a ftw, can you please post ur experiances with it?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) sometimes randomly my computer cuts of and stats back up again and i get this error http://img15.exs.cx/img15/1430/error1yb.jpg -- Posted using the http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ interface, at author's request...

I have been buying the pieces for my new gaming machine for a few months now and after seeing the power consumption of the 4850/4870 in Crossfire in other posts I don't think the PSU I bought (Corsair CMPSU-520HX) will cut it with my new system. Perhaps someone could direct me to a PSU that...

Does xbox 360 require a xbox 360 brand usb wifi to get wireless online gaming and internet? Or can I just use any other brand name usb wifi on xbox 360?

i recently got a 6800 nu and i checked the temperature after playing a game of farcry. it was at a staggering 77 degrees celcius (roughly 170 degrees fahrenheit if im not mistaken). im a newbie when it comes to gpu's but that seems hotter than a fire in my case. is that an unreasonable amount of...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?) I've searched for this problem but can't find a solution. When I start my computer after it has been powered off for a while (at least 5 minutes), the display is corrupted by vertical lines alternating with uncorrupted text or...

I recently bought an ATI Radeon 9800 pro for my dell dimension 4600. I read through the manuals for both. I am confused as hell on how to connect the card. I am able to put the card in the AGP slot, but after that I get confused on what cables or wires go where. It says something about the hard...

installed ram is 4gb ddr2 .cor2duo 3ghz processor 1gb nvidia 9600gt..currently 500gb hard drive is installed

I recently purchased a Geforce 2 Ti (Nvidia) which replaced my 3D Blaster Banshee. As I was comparing benchmark tests made with Wintune 98, I noticed that the Opengl marks had decreased from 40 Mpixels/s to about 17 Mpixels/s...is this normal!!?? Or am I reading the marks wrong?? If not, is...

Hi all, I've got a question regarding my machine's odd behaviour. Everytime I start my computer or restart, I get a black screen while the computer is still running (HD light flashing...looks like its booting up n loading the OS). I then have to reset my comp about 7-10 times until I get a bleep...

I have the graphics set to Ultra Quality, 2xQ AA, 8xAF, Multisampling and the game looks like crap. The player models look like mud. Compare it to this http://3dfusion.de/artikel/games/activision_quake4/bilder/q4_quake4_2.jpg

Hey all, just looking for some advice - if this is in the wrong section then apologies, please move it. Basically, I have an old gaming PC, an AMD 2700+ and a GeForce 7600. I've got the oppurtunity to 'acquire' an old server from work, and was thinking about stripping it for parts...

:hello: , Mom says don't wear black in summer heat (40+ DC), wear light color or white my boy!!! :??: Then, I tried to find why so? and came to know that white color reflects light/heat and black color does not do so with light/heat. CAN we use clothes set around machine (say Personal...

Okay, so I have a three monitor setup, and when I'm watching say Netflix on one monitor and I open a full screen game in the other, the video on the seconday monitor becomes incredible choppy, like 5 FPS. Any fixes for this?

Hey, i need help to sell and buy my monitors, i got a philips 244E monitor i like to sell and another monitor as i remember is 24" too, what monitor is best and cheapest, low price, With : 27" + 3D + 2ms + good contrast like 100mil or what you guys think is best , i like the Acer HN274...

I am looking to upgrade (within a $500 budget) to a new 700 series card from nVidia and every where i look people are saying to go with a GTX 770 because it OC's to nearly 780 specs for nearly $200 dollars less. So, with that said, I am running an eyefinity 6036x1080 res right now on a XFX 7870...