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I currently have 3 sticks running triple channel on my system. I would like to add 3 additional ones but am having trouble finding the same sticks I currently have or even ones with the same timings. If I run 3 identical sticks in slots 0, 2, 4 and 3 identical sticks in slots 1, 3, 5 but are...

I'm planning on building a gaming rig with moderate CPU overclocking (phenom ii X4 955 BE), and I had settled on the ASRock 870 extreme3 which has all the specs Im looking for (usb 3, sata 3, mosfet heatsink, 8 pin CPU, dual pci-e 2.0 at 8x/8x). But i was also considering the gigabyte 890 GX...

Major prob. I have Intel DG31PR + Q6600+ 400w PSU + stock fans I wanna OC to 3 GHz :( HELP!!! I'm counting on you guys

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Lots of people with problems mounting and aligning this cooler. From what I have found, there is a pretty simple way to get the performance that the cooler is known for! First off! The push pins. The faster you get rid of them, the faster your Xiggy will work! I personally used 4 screws with...

I’m trying to figure out if my motherboard is defective, I think it’s running extremely hot, or the temperature sensor is off by 20+ degrees. Here’s my setup: ASRock X48TurboTwins Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme w/ 1x 120mm TriCool fan 2x 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2...

I need some more experienced opinions on the parts I'm buying for my gaming computer, if there are any other parts that perform better than these at a lower or a bit higher price then please suggest. Video Card: DIAMOND 6770PE51GB Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready...

Hey Fellas, Let's get this started. I need some feedback on this build. I'm looking for the best that I can get within this price range. I'm wanting to build it myself, and I'm not really interested in buying a pre-built rig. Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next week or two Budget...

Hey everyone, I wanted to upgarde my mobo and cpu in my dell dimension 9150 but there are major problems with this. 1. Case is BTX. High end mobos wont fit or even be able to be used as case is reversed. 2. the 9150 doesn't support c2d or quad The way i would go is to buy the dell dimension...

Which of these storage solutions would produce the fastest Windows/paging file experience? If you can provide specific details of what you think would be fastest (particular products, paging file on one while the OS on something different) and why, please do so. I know there are several...

overclocked my e8400 with stock voltages and excetera( a bit affraid of what to do when i will need to), and noticed my fsb is almost 1500....

Hi all, I have a EP43C-DS3 motherboard and I wonder if I can setup Raid 0 on this one. I could not see any description in the specs. I also searched for a bios entry named raid without any luck. Can you help me? Regards, Murat

This morning, ATI rolled out its latest and fastest mobile GPUs to date, the X1800 and X1800 XT, both using the company's newly perfected 90 nm fabrication process. But Microsoft, in the meantime, may be crafting performance expectations for mobile systems that even close partner ATI is hinting...

I want to buy the gtx 460 gpu. It says that it needs one pci express connection. I am sure that my motherboard has a pci express. But I can see that there are 2 connections for gpu on the MB. Are both pci express? Reason why I am asking, is that one of the slots is too close to the psu that I...

Built this pc a few years back and was doing a mild gpu upgrade from a single 9800gtx to a gtx460 (originally had 2 7950 gt oc in sli when I built it and 2 9800gtx wouldnt fit in the p182 antec case grr) and saw that I still had 2gb of ram :cry: SO, looking to upgrade the corsair xms ddr2 pc...

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Approximate Purchase Date: within 1 month Budget Range: less than $500 USD before rebates System Usage from Most to Least Important: Folding@Home, Casual-moderate gaming (some older titles and some newer but don't need max FPS or resolution), productivity, media storage/playback Parts to...

Hello, I want to upgrade my gigabyte board (P55 UD4p) to 6 or 8GB. The cpu I have is Intel core i5 750. Can I populate all slot or need to use two slots with two memory dimm four(4GB) each. I have no idea of how to go about it.

Trying to buy a good board for around 100 USD that supports 1600 mhz ram , Am3 up to thuban, and 2 pcie slots for crossfire, and supports overclocking. Would prefer msi boards but up to other names as well. I would prefer ATX but micro atx is fine in my Antec three hundred

Do the nvidia chipsets work well? i would like to use an AMD 970 be but i want to run 2 EVGA GTX 460'S FTW possibly... what nvidia MOBO should i get? (newegg.com)

Hello, does anyone know if the Coolermaster V6 fits on the Asus Maximus III Gene?

Currently I have 3GB DDR3 PC3-10600 (broken down into one 2GB and one 1GB) that came with my HP Pavilion p6350z. As I was reading about upgrading it I was wondering if its okay for them to have installed a 2GB stick next to a 1GB stick. I want to get 2GB more ram, but I want to utilize dual...

Approximate Purchase Date: I plan to build a new comp in the next few weeks, I am looking for input on parts quality and compatibility and would like to have a quieter set up. I am open to changes and suggestions. Budget Range: up to $1600 System Usage from Most to Least Important...

Hey guys, I remember coming here a few months back and i saw a comparison chart of about 20-30 hard drives that had been tested. Any idea where that comparison chart is? (I originally found it on the toms hardware homepage.) Anywho, I play ALOT of games, such as bf2, FEAR and other demanding...

Wonder what are your thoughts and comments of my build. Parts CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501 Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155...

I am not sure why it is, but OEM fans shipped with retail verions of CPUs operate very quietly and also have an extra pin for control (4 pins in total) so the motherboard can dynamically adjust their speed as needed. 3rd party fans have only 3 pins and usually come with a potentiometer so you...

Hi Guys, My config is as follow: AMD 4600x2 (Windsor socket AM2) Mobo EVGA Nforce 590 3 Gig RAM DD Samsung 501LJ (500GIG) GC Sapphire HD4850 OS Vista 32bits SP1 Is my CPU "bottlenecking" my HD4850? My performances in a game like Crysis are very poor (actually not much better than with...

[/b]COMPUTER SPECS: ASUS A8 Sli deluxe motherboard (Phoenix BIOS) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Seagate 200GB SATA 1 Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA 2 1024mb DDR Dual-channel PCI-E Geforce 6600 (256mb) Realtek AC 97 Audio WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION (SP2) From the last week, my computer takes about 20 minutes...

Hi, I've got an M4N98TD Evo board with a Phenom II x4 965 BE. I've got 2 questions: 1) Is this RAM good for this mobo/cpu combo? 8GB 2x4GB CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 GT (Corsair Dominator) 2) This RAM is quite tall and I need a CPU heatsink that won't block the DIMM slots on this board, any suggestions...

Hi everybody. I'm new to the forums and I'm after some advice. Over the next 3 months I'm going to be buying components to build my own gaming rig for the 1st time. I have already got my hands on a intel i5 2500k CPU but that is it so far. I'm looking at spending around $200-$300 on the gpu but...

mly rampage 3 wont ever start u p in bios when the memeory is in the all red slots or in the all black slots. but if I go red black red it will start right u p but still does not recognize all of my memory sticks/ I read a lot of peopell are having problems getting it to recongize all the...

Hi all, I am building my first computer and am unsure of quite a lot. I've been doing a lot of research for this build, and have the majority of the computer built (motherboard, cpu, cpu cooler, ram, psu, fans). I am unsure on how to connect the hard drives (i.e. do I use the 6gb or 3gb SATA...

It is possible the the motherboard is partially broken ? Like all 2D stuff is working nice. But when going 3D (games)all my game are glitched with polygon lines. Do shader instruction take same path than 2D basic instruction from the VideoCard to the motherboard ?

Hello everyone, I am looking to build a new rig but before i start I'd like to mention that m no expert nor a novice :whistle: so I would definitely appreciate all your opinions and advices. As for the specific type of pc components I am looking for are motherboard+CPU+RAM while disregarding...

Hello, I had one hard drive failed(640gb). I bought replacement and tried to restore image but it failed. Then I wanted to convert to non raid system. I changed both drives(640gb) to non raid and bios change in advance setup. I am getting error when I try to reinstall win 7, "setup was unable to...

My GAteway FX 6801 runs great. Task Manager has lately started showing the #3 core as running at or near 100%. There bis no process that I can locate that would be using that much cpu. A cold reboot solves the problem for a while but it returns. Anyone else seeing this problem? I7 920 chip

Hello! So, I am building a home/gaming build and want to use it at least for next 4 years. After surfing for a while, reading here and there on the forums, I ended up with the following components: Core i5 760, 2x Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 (4GB), 2x WD Caviar Black 1 TB, GTX 460 Talon Attack...

I have: DFI Infinity nF570-M2/G AMD x2 4000+ (65nm) 2x1gb Corsair DDR800 DDR2 XMS2-6400 (matched pair) Asus 8600GT I managed to oc without changing voltage/cooling from 2,1ghz to 2,73ghz just by rasing htt speed from 200mhz to 260mhz. If tried to raise any more - system declined to boot. Then...

I am curious if anyone can lead me to believe these that these 3 components should be overclocked. 1) AMD 6400+ (not a BE but I swear my motherboard/processor will allow me to use a lower multiplier) 2) 4x1GB XMS2 DDR2 800 Corsair 3) eVGA 8800GTS G92 512mb currently stock 670 I have plenty...

Hi there, I bought my new computer (I posted earlier with requests for advice on my parts) and heres what I got: Mobo: Asus P6X58D-E CPU: Intel i7 950 3.07ghz Memory: Corsair 12 gig kit DDR3 1600 - HX3X12G1600C9 Video: evga geforce GTX470 Superclocked Edition x1 for now, will be going 2 way...