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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3fax6 If any components are overpowered, overpriced, or underpowered, please recommend different ones and sources. I just want a fast, strong computer to last me a while. I might run some games, but not excessively. Thanks, greatly appreciated.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with SP1 was installed & registered. It was found to be pirated. Can I buy and install a legal version or has Microsoft "branded" my new DIY computer?

Hello guys, I'm trying to figure out if the card amd r7 265 I'm planning on buying will give me the performance I want or will it be restricted by my motherboard. I have an ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 (AM3) mobo, and the r7 265 is just what I want out of a graphics card. I'm looking for a medium...

I have been using windows 8.1 on my HP 8710w Mobile Workstation. It has made my system significantly slower than before, longer boots, errors, driver fails and, the UI is as bad as everyone says it is. If I were to switch back to 7 SP1, would I lose all my files? I have work done in Visual...

Hi, I built my pc a few years ago, and ever since I've been having a problem with heat. First off, my specs: Intel core i7 950 @3.06 ghz (standard clock) 3 x 4 (12) GB G-SKILL RipJaws DDR3 RAM Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard XFX ATI HD5770 1 GB video card XFX ATI HD5770 1GB video card...

Here is my current build. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uI2W Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uI2W/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2uI2W/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.98 @ SuperBiiz)...

So im in college and my laptop works with my university network just fine but whenever i come home i cant ise it because as soon as i turn on my laptop it causes the network to crash for both my laptop and the main computer. All i get is "the DNS lookup failed" fromy browser. We called our ISP...

hey guys i just bought for my kid a used 2005 DELL GX280, with a single P4 3.4GHZ, 4G of ram, and a SATA disk, and it has a PCI express slot. Actually, i got an old 2004 DELL PRECISION 650, it got 2 XEON 3.2 GHZ, 4G of ram, 2 SCSI disk and a Saphyre HD3850 (AGP) card. my questions his, if im...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Stop: c0000135 file winsrv could not be found. please re install

Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next 2 weeks. Budget Range: $800 Before Rebates System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Mainly Diablo 3), streaming video, Office, photo editing, Surfing Parts Not Required: OS, Keyboard + Mouse, Monitor, Case Preferred Website(s) for Parts...

i just bought a ibm 80GB harddisk. When i use a win98 bootdisk to create partition, it display the volume about 12GB. However, i can see my harddisk is 80GB in the bios. So, i just simply format it and i find the volume become 78GB that is normal. However, now i am quite worried about that...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) For some reason, recently everytime i start up my computer an icon appears in the taskbar that says "safely remove hardware". When i double click on it all i can do is stop the USB Mass Storage Device, and i dont want to...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) hello all, i have a problem with the sound device in my computer.. i have windows XP professional and i tried so many ways to fix the problem but i couldnt.. i dont have sound in my computer though i have a soundcard..it...

I intend to buy a HD4870 along with a good & stable mobo with Crossfire. The mobo has to have at least two pci-e 2.0 x16 slots (at x16+x8 or x16+x16), and support for DDR2. I'll start off with one card first and then add another for Crossfire when I feel like it. I guess i'm pretty much left...

Hey there, I just got my new PSU (Corsair 750) and my new GPU (Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X) today and after installing them my monitor, keyboard, and mouse didn't want to work. (Using Razer gear and it's not lighting up.) Here's what I have in my system so far: Mobo: A960M-M2 CPU: AMD FX-4100...

i need to know if amd a6-3650 can be mount to geforce 7050m-m v20..plz reply asap

There has to be a keyboard on the market that has a swtich on the keyboard to switch back and fourth to one computer to another please help me find one. a kvm switch isnt going to work here.

Price = 1k Use= 99% games Parts: SAPPHIRE 100281-3SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video ... ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard A-DATA S599 AS599S-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SATA II Internal Solid...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) My system uses XP Home, 512 RAM, 40 Gig HD. I'm not clear on what I should or should not be discarding when using the disk cleanup feature. Specifically, I always seem to have 32 Kb in "Web Client / Publisher Temporary Files"...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) I just got a notice for my desktop to upgrade the antispyware beta 1. It upgraded to version 1.0.601. I then connected up my laptop and checked for update, it said my version was the latest one 1.0.501. What am I missing...

I was wondering what peoples opinions are on what they think will be better for 2 r600s in crossfire http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136032 = ati's 3200 chipset dfi. or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121059 = intels badaxe motherboard.

Hello again. I am currently looking to upgrade my graphics card on my rig. The mobo is an "MSI 0A90", apparently, with a PCI-E slot and some other slots (of course, I'm going to go for a PCI-E card) My PSU is good and should be able to cope (I'd check before hand to be sure anyway) However...

im building a computer using the am2 socket, and i wanted to ask which set up would give me better performance amd 64 3800, 7900gt, and 512 ddr2 800 or amd 64 3500, 7900gt and 1gb ddr2 800 im just not sure how much of a difference the more ram will make on games like bf2, and wow and will...

I'm wondering about the how the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade from Home Basic to Professional works compared with a clean install of Pro. I read somewhere that when switching from Vista to 7, you could do the "upgrade" version, but it resulted in a slower OS than just doing a clean install of 7...

i am putting together a gaming rig, and want to future proof it as best as possible so it'll last as long as it can before i need to switch out any parts. so, to that end, here's yet another question about my soon to arrive components... i ordered the following RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)...

GTX 260 Core 216 Standard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434 GTX 260 Core 216 SSC Edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130443 I recently started planning on a build for a Q9550 on Gigabyte UD3R in an Antec 900. Is the price difference...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) On XP SP2, I cannot display the contents of CHM files as described in the subject, but the same file on an XP SP1 box works fine. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hi all ! I am looking to replace the stock 120mm tri-cool fans in my antec p180 case. The model I am looking at are Noctua, Scythe and SilenX. I am looking for both silence and relatively high CFM. The fans will be controlled by a Sunbeam Rhoebus Extreme 6 fan controller. I am opened to...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?) I'm having a problem with my Rev 1.1 board. Every time I plug my new Safecom external HDD enclosure in to a USB2 socket I get a BSOD. The enclosure works in ok in a USB1 socket (albeit at USB1 speeds) but I get the BSOD...

I have a Raptoxx 550 Watt on my MB, I installed the Intel Desktop Utilities that come with the board, I noticed that every few minutes I get a warning that there is a 0V on all components. Is it possible that the PSU is going dead for a fraction of a sec?? Is it possible that the Utilities are...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) Hello all, I've been struggeling for 5 days now with the following issue: Last week I bought 3 PC3200 modules of 512MB from Transcend. When I clock these 3 DIMMs at 333 MHz my PC crashes after a few minutes, sometimes I even...

Hi, here's my situation. CompuTronic has been extremely helpful but I didn't explain my situation before. I'm rebuilding my desktop and will use it mainly for M.S. FlightSimulator. I travel full time in our motor home. Therefore space is a major issue for me and I have to go with a mid-size...

Hey guys. Im planning on building a new computer. I just wanted to ask which mobo will be the best in price/performance and will be able to effectivly be overclocked? For the cpu its gonna be an AMD 3000+ or 3200+ Probably on 400mhz :). Which brands would you guys recommend and which chipset...

I have a Pioneer VSX-808 RDS and for some reason I can't get it to play in 5.1 when watching a movie. Connection are HDMI and Optical. I sure its something in the settings - Can you please help? Its currently set up on CD but I'm going to try DVD or VCR1 Jonathan

Hello, i want sound driver graphics driver needed

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) HI CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME HELP.I SEEM TO HAVE GREEN VERTICAL LINES ON MY MONITOR.I HAVE A ADVENT T9 WITH A RADEON 9800 XXL VIVO 128MB CARD IT ONLY SEEMS TO BE VISIBLE WHEN YOU PLAY BACK MEDIA. I HAVE TRIED...

I have to replace the Motherboard in an eMachine T5234 (MCP61PM-AM). There are 2 versions available. One version accepts 2Gb RAM and the other accepts 4Gb RAM. My current board accepts 2Gb. Can I go the the 4Gb board? I hear that the OS (Vista) may not work on the different board but I planned...

If this is a double post forgive me. I did a search though. Anyway. I am building a P4 2.8 for my brother. (my first Pentium build setup, i usually build mid AMD systems). So I was wondering if anyone had personal preffreces on the Asus P4C800 and the Abit IC7? I know the Abit has the gigabit...

i was wondering if the radeon hd 3200 will be good to play Cod4 or Cod World @ War? i know this question has been asked before but i dont know were to look. if this card isnt really very good for the COD games, please leave some suggestions for someone on a budget for a different...

I'm starting to build a new computer. I've built them in school before, but someone else always bought the parts. I got the MSI 865PE Neo2 after reading the Mobo tsunami article, as it offered excellent performance for its price. I'm trying to build a pretty fast machine. I don't need it to be...