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Hello all, I currently have 8GB DDR3 installed and was wondering what are your opinions on having 16GB of RAM. I mainly use my computer for gaming, web browsing and office... so nothing too heavy. BUT, my concern is who knows what the future will bring. Do you foresee the need for 16GB RAM in...

Hi everyone I just got my new pc few days ago, and i notice something is probably wrong with my new computer. When i was playing games like GTA IV and other games. i notice there are screen flicking in the games, where the screen jumping around like something is messing with it. which is very...

Hello, Just built my first computer specs are Motherboard Intel DH67DG Processor Intel i3 2100 LGA1155 750w power supply winpower plus Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4GB Ram Put everything together, all connections are connected to the motherboard, only a light on the motherboard comes on but when I press...

Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Ivy Bridge Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 <-- can i up this to 8Gb? any negative effects? CASE: COOLER MASTER ELITE 431 USE: Extreme gaming,OC,server,rendering,dual monitor. Is this right or do i have any...

Purchase: This/next week, depending on whether the parts are available. Budget range: 1000 - 1100 euros (1200 to 1300 with monitor) System usage: Surfing the internet, watching movies and if all goes well coding. Are you buying a monitor: Yes. (But, I want to buy all the parts first and see if...

Approximate Purchase Date: next month Budget Range: Before Rebates After Shipping -1.8k System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, gaming , gaming... Are you buying a monitor: No Parts to Upgrade: CPU, MOBO, GPU, RAM, POWER SUPPLY, CASE. Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred...

not trying to start a flame war between fan boys, but for my price budget of £650/$1000 would intel or amd be a better choice, and if so could you give me a build aswell, thanks in advance, no i don't need a monitor but my resolution is 1029x1080

If I have two 300gb HD's in RAID 0 then my system looks at it as one 600gb drive, right? I forget what raid 1 and 2 are, but my question is this: What is the advantage in a RAID setup as opposed to installing the drives and have one as your "c" drive, and the next as a "d" drive, etc, like we...

I just built my first computer this past weekend. The build went great and everything seemed to be working well. Then I noticed the computer would randomly restart or freeze. When I say restart, I mean it would not shut down properly. It would immediately turn off, but then turn back on itself...

CPU: i7-3770k(3.50GHz)-might overclock because it is liquid cooled, but I don't know yet. GPU: GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB PSU: 600W (No idea about the company -_- I assume it is custom by iBUYPOWER) Ram: 16GB DDR3 1333 (4GB x 4)-also no idea who makes these cards.... Motherboard: GIGABYTE...

So im in the process of looking at parts to buy and I think I came up with a good system so far, Im gonna play games like BF3, MW3 and others and im wanting to know if this will work together? HIS H797F3G2M Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support...

So, I am looking to get back into PC gaming after a long absence and want to make my first PC build to do so. I am looking to try my hand at OCing as well, first with CPU, and then go on from there. Here is just an overview of parts being considered. CPU - Intel i5 3570k...

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Approximate Purchase Date: this week Budget Range: 750~780 System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, photoshoping, movies, internet surfing Are you buying a monitor: No, already have one Parts to Upgrade: building new machine Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred Website(s) for...

Hey, so iv just put 2gether bits from old pc's iv had E6600 2gb ddr2 ram 200gb ide hard drive 40gb ide hard drive Some old low end pcie graphics card Ide dvd drive So, i get windows to install from a usb stick after finding out it won't install from an ide dvd drive because of drivers. install...

Hi, I have no real need except I would like a gaming rig and I feel it's a good deal. I currently have a maxed out 27" iMac I use for gaming. The convenience of a dedicated gaming computer would be a nice commodity. It was bought in December 2011 has an i5-2400 3.2ghz, 6 gigs ram, duel Nvidia...

Hello dear tom's hardware community! Few days ago i broke my laptop when trying to overclock the GPU. It was an old laptop so it didnt really matter if it broke or not. Since then i've been searching on the internet for a new low budget gaming build. I'm swedish so i wont order from US site's...