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Hello folks Will this gaming rig be able to run Battlefield 4 and other modern games at an acceptable frame rate? I have a budget at about $1300. Please leave any suggestions. :-D CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 (I want to overclock) GPU: ASUS GTX 770 2GB Motherboard...

Looking to build a gaming desktop eventually. Right now I'd like a base build just to start off and I want to upgrade later when I have some more money. I'm not looking for something that can max out games right now, just something to start off but can still run things decently. Anything is...

Hi guys! I bought a Asus laptop a few months ago, with windows 8 installed. I wanted to format it so I could have both Windows 7 and Ubuntu, so I tried to create a bootable Windows 7 USB but for some reason, the laptop never started up from the usb. Afterwards, I did the same with an Ubuntu...

CPU : core 2 duo E6850 @ 3.0 Ghxz GPU:550 ti 4 gb ddr2 ram 500w PSU I noticed that when i play nfs rivals and some other games my cpu is 99 or 98% in use i get terrible FPS . Is this do to cpu bottleneck. I am planing to upgrade to 8320 and 8gb ram , and hope that will eliminate cpu...

My Razer Tiamat 7.1 headset's subwoofer apparently only works when I toggle off the 7.1. In 2.1, the subwoofer works fine (and great). However, when I try to turn the 7.1 audio on, it just stops working. There is no bass at all. Please help!

Guys this is just a weird question. But I think you've seem the new tomb raider. Comparing with the pc the graphics look much better on the ps4. I'm planning to buy a new pc next year. What do you think? Have the consoles finally beaten the pc? And will the ps4 be a better buy?

Does overclocking really help that much if you already have a decent system? This is the build that I am going to make soon: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Evan_S./saved/30Ke How much will overclocking affect the performance of this build? And also, what are the downsides and negatice...

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...

Hey everyone. I bought an MSI r9 280x OC edition and installed it, everything worked perfectly. I run battlefield 4 and other games at max settings and I noticed a very audible and quite annoying coil whine. I've tried lowering the settings, didn't help. Tried reseating the card to make sure it...

... or CCC version? System Specs: 2500k @ stock CF XFX (1GB zddc) 6950 8gb ddr3 corsair ax850 asus p8p67 m-pro BF3 multiplayer would freeze, crash, bsod, wsod, gsod, etc. within 10-15 minutes when CF is enabled and it usually occurs within a minute on the second map. When CF is disabled, game...

The past few days my computer has been locking up, always when playing a video game, and I am forced to press the restart button. When I log back in, I receive no error message from the action center or anything. When I check the windows event viewer I see the messages that says "The previous...

Hello, I have very weird issue. I've been using my system about 1 year ago and everything worked fine. I had an PNY GeForce 7900GS 256MB PCIe x16 and then, i received my 8800GTX, installed it booted but no signal! then i moved it to the other available PCIe x16 and nothing happened. Installed...

Just got home from a long shift at work to find that my CPU is under constant load. I keep a clean computer I just can't find the issue. I do not seem to have any virus's or malware. Can anyone help. Windows 7 64 bit Dell Studio XPS 1645 I7 720 Really frustrated, it is definitely hurting...

Hi, I cannot seem to remove the thumbscrew on my NZXT Guardian 921 case. The bottom one came off fine, but the top screw came semi warped or with an obvious defect. I cannot unscrew it, is there anyway to pry the screw off and replace it later? I was considering somehow breaking the plastic part...

Alright. I bought a premade computer from best buy and everything worked ok. I then purchased a new video card and power supply, instaled them and everything continued to work fine. I then purchased the antec nine hundread two case and moved everything into it and now nothing works. Moved...

I have a dual boot OSs- win7 64bit & ubuntu in separate partitions. Then I re-instaled windows7 in the same partition and old windows files were deleted later; i didn't modify any partition this time. Now, i cannot boot my Ubuntu (i don't see any options to select ubuntu during the start up, all...

I have a Toshiba Laptop, L355-S7831, with a Dual Core T3200 processor at 2.0 GHz. I'd like to find out if I can upgrade the processor to the Intel Core Duo P8700 Penryn 2.53 GHz processor. Thank you for your help on this.

Hi, I was away last weekend and apparently my town had alot of power outages and when I came back my computer was off. Since then, almost everything I do will cause it to freeze (this is windows 7, by freeze I mean all my existing tasks stop "responding", the new window doesn't open, and my...

COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model SH-S222L G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2 LGA 1156 Intel H55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard GIGABYTE GV-N84STC-512I GeForce 8400 GS Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale...

Finally found the right place, apologize again to the system-packard bell forum members. I am BYO a new system. I have a Thermaltake TR2 850w PSU. Next I need a mid-size ATX case. Quiet is a priority,but money and the wastage of such is something of an issue (I found a case but it came w/PSU...

Hi, If you go to the Eizo German website you see in the specs tab of this link this link http://www.eizo.de/monitore/flexscan...oll/S1902.html that (translated from German) the new Eizo S1902 have a typical response time rise and fall of 4,5 / 1,5 ms black to withe (not Black-White-Black) how...

I am upgrading my pc to an Phenom™ II X4 quad core processor and i need help figuring out which one is a better deal? The 940 or 925, the 940 is 3.0ghz while the 925 is 2.8ghz. I could overclock the 925 to 3.0ghz Here is the amd side by side comparison...

Hey I am building my first gaming desktop and I choose AMD because of the better price per performance then Intel. I am looking for a cpu around the $100 which I will be upgrading later, maybe in a year or so. So far it I narrowed it down to Athlon II X4 630@2.8GHz -- $100(newegg)...

E6300 45nm and E5300 45nm Now Lets say both processor achieve 3.5GHz (overclocked) E5300's FSB will be 269 x 4 = 1076Mhz E6300's Fsb will be 333 x 4 = 1332Mhz As both will be on 3.5ghz,.....one has a higher FSB , while other has higher multiplier...HOW MUCH GAMING PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE WILL...

Hello everyone. I did some research for a gaming pc and came up with the following parts. Core i5 750 Gskill Ripjaws 4gb 1 TB WD hard disk XFX RADEON 5770 Cooler Master HAF 932 Cabinet RAZER LYCOSA and RAZER DEATHADDER gaming keyboard and mouse Please could you all tell me if this...

I was wonder which of these would you recommend getting? Q6600 or any of the Q8***?'s

I need some DDR3 1600 for MSi 785gm and AMD x4. Alot of the RAM says it is tested with intel boards and so they dont guarantee same CL as they state for the intel systems. Can someone recomend some good ram to run on my AMD system.

A few years ago I gave my neice a dell vostro 200 For Christmas this year I want to add some memory and a video card what is the best gaming card that DOES NOT require external power there is no room for a bigger PS in this case I was thinking 6750 6670 or Gt 240

Hi, I am struggling with HDMI connection. I can display picture but not sound. :( I am trying to connect my Dell mini 10 laptop with Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 500 / High Definition Audio HDMI / Realtec Audio output / Windows XP to a Panasonic TV. Many thanks, :pt1cable:

Hey guys. I'm finally getting a chance to upgrade from my current setup and would like to know what you think. Current setup; AMD 3700+ 2.21ghz cpu Asus A8N deluxe mobo 2 gb (512x4) ram nVidia 9800 gtx+ For the new system, I don't want to overclock but I do want something fast. I will be...

I didn't know where to post this but since i got a new cpu ill post it in here, ive been getting this error when i play games and i have a file i want to attach its the dmp file but i don't know if im allowed? Anyone able to help? Installed a AMD Athlonx2 7750 in place of a Phenom 9500 for the...

Hl all!! :bounce: My question is; I`ve built a system with the following components; AMD 6600+ motherboard; foxconn(most simple one) Videocard ; Nvidia 9600 gt...

Hello, i m not able to found the drivers for umax astra 4100 scanner of windows 7 OS. can u help me? \

Hello, While installing MP3 Cutter we have got an error saying "Component 'Comdlg32.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid". Please help us to rectify the same. Regards DILU T S diluts@yahoo.com