LANparty

I have an old system I'm looking to sell. And I have no idea what its worth. Specifically the motherboard, which is a LanParty DK X38 Dark (LGA 775 Socket) The LanParty boards on ebay are almost all over $100, which is surprising for 15 year old boards. And the prices fluctuate greatly. I'm...

Current RAM kit and timings(build is in signature): https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/VENGEANCE%C2%AE-LPX-16GB-%284-x-4GB%29-DDR4-DRAM-2666MHz-C16-Memory-Kit---Blue/p/CMK16GX4M4A2666C16B#tab-tech-specs (16-18-18-35) The 2 I'm considering: *Corsair vengeance lpx only, as...

what are quad sata power cables for? also is there anyway i can just get single sata power cables?

Ok so i Have a Msi z270 and some of my cpu pins got bent Barely so they arent bent that bad so when i went to Go install my Brand New I7 it booted just fine into Win10 but on the main Homescreen i tried clicking on my desktop apps and games Nothing Responds just keeps loading Freezing ...From...

i got a gtx 960 4gb and an i7 920 overclocked to 3,0 ghz yet i am getting a lot less frames then i expected. as a example in league i only get around 100 fps. Does someone knows whether my cpu might bottleneck my gpu?

I just completed my first build with asus z170-a motherboard and i7-6700k and my ram is the corsair vengeance ddr4 16gb (2X8gb) at 3000mhz. When I power on the computer it boots, fans spin, my gpu lights up, motherboard power light is on. However i have red led light on my board telling me...

I have a PC with a MSI 970 Gaming MB, and the power supply is a MBP750-HS, it is non modular. I was hoping to upgrade my GT 970 to a GTX 1060. but I have not dont this before and need some advice. Or maybe its just not doable with this gear. It looks like theres plenty of room for the bigger...

Hi I am about to build my first PC for my son as a Christmas Gift, but am still very much a novice when it comes to matching up all the correct parts. This question maybe the dumbest ever but I thought I should ask anyway, assuming I purchase a quality Power Supply, will any model have the right...

Simmtronics motherboard',intell pentium dual core 2gb ram 64bit operating system

So I am going to buy the FX-9590 CPU, I need a new power supply for my system. I used Cooler Master's own Power Draw Calculator to meassure it and it seems fine. So what do you guys think? And please don't try to convince me to buy Intel because I'm a HARDCORE AMD user xD Here is a pic of the...

Suddenly yesterday I couldn't acces any website anymore, it gives different errors from time to time, for example: "ERR NAME NOT RESOLVED", "DNS PROBE FINISHED BAD CONFIG", "DNS PROBE FINISHED NXDOMAIN". I've tried flushing the DNS cache, changing the DNS ip to a public one (8.8.8.8, alt...

Hi, so recently my hp elitebook 2530p has died due to HDD failure and i have the choice of getting a new custom built desktop or a MSI GE62 APACHE 15.6" LAPTOP I currently already have a custom built desktop but I no longer have a laptop. I dont know which one to get. Any suggestions? Link to...

Hi, my girlfriend have old netbook - dell inspiron mini 1018. It's really weak netbook with this spec.: Intel atom N455 CPU, 1 GB ram, graphics media acceleration for mobile. Legal windows 7 starter. I just reinstall it, but I need a list good light software set, for basic operations(online...

hi guys i think i need help!!! PC spec: i5 4670k (stock) 2x Asus 7950 DirectCU2 v2 (stock) Asus Z86-A MB Ripjaw x 1600mhz 8GB Ram Driver AMD 15.4 bata Ok this is my first time crossfiring (got my second 7950 out of my friends PC :D ) and so far i've only tried GTA 5 and Witcher 3 and the...

Hey guys, I've talked to people on steam and in actual stores but they couldn't tell me yes or no. I'd love to play GTA 5 on my pc on atleast medium ( I alread assume high isn't even possible ) I can't play planetside, keep that in mind.. I dont know if gta 5 is more demanding.. I also got...

Hello I know this sounds weird but I suspect maybe there is a problem with my temp sensor of my GPU, it is hard for me to believe it is running at 26-28C idle and about 35-40C in 60% load. Hwmonitor: http://i60.tinypic.com/f00tog.png based on my other temps do you believe the GPU sensor it...

So i just build my PC using an AMD 7750 graphics card to play my games, everything is updated on the system I played a game of battlefield 3 on 50 fps on high settings, so all good. But however when I tried calling one of my friends using the latest version of Skype for desktop the application...

I'm currently on the 250-300 USD budget for graphic card in my country a GTX 770 is 450$. So i was thinking to buy R9 280x but i dont know if it will work well on my processor: I7 3770 and motherboard H-87Pro

Well this is interesting... Thursday night I decided to run Defraggler because defragging your computer is cool, right? So I decided to defrag my whole HDD (with Windows on it). I left my computer on overnight because it said it would take more than a day to complete. The next morning, I...

Hi, I building a PC for light photo editing. Like Photoshop lightroom / DXO Optics Pro 10 editing. We bought a i3-4150 build in Futureshop for testing purpose (HDD and 4Gb RAM). I'm trying a build a better PC for the same price range. For now I'm hesitating between i3-4150 and i5-4460. I'm...

Is this psu sufeciant for this build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FFQLjX

Hi, I recently completed a miTX build using a EVGA Hadron Air chassis. All was well until today. I left the house for a bit and when I returned, the computer was turned off. Now for the past six hours, I've been trying to figure out why the computer won't turn back on. It turns off and on...

Hi, This morning I installed a new Seagate 1TB 3.5" HDD, into my mothers desktop computer, and after attempting to boot, the pc fans would run and lights would show including the disk light. However there was no video coming from the GPU, and USB devices would not work, I attempted to use a PS2...

So here are the specifications of my pc. Amd athlon 760k 3.8ghz 8gb ram Enough power left in my psu for a graphics card 500gb storage 7200rpm The mobile has a PCI slot. The company I want is nvidia. Thanks for your help guys

please can someone explain in detail why the heck the the read speed of a usb drive is much graeter than of their write speed??? Thanks in advance, i'm really curious to know the reason behind...

i got 2 corsair SP120's and only have 1 cpu fan spot, this is going on a hyper 212 evo, id like to use both fans so can i use sysfan1 for a cpu fan?

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this and if it is possible? It has all the right connections(sata..). Thanks in advance.

AMD Athlon 64 x 2 6000+ 4 ddr2 gigs ram, adding 4 gigs of ddr2 ram, and replacing the nvidia GF8200A (V1.0) Motherboard's 9800gt 512 with a hd7770 1 gig gpu a viable way to go about this? I've been looking through site after site of the best possible combination. I have 650W PSU. Would...

ok i installed some games like splinter cell conviction, prototype 2, hitman absolution and they ran pretty well on 1080p 24fps. So i thought turning down graphic to 720p would give me 30fps. But it ran same on both settings. My specs intel cnre 2 duo 2.9 ghz. 2 gb ram. I swear i tell the truth.

Hello, on above mother board Windows & memory performance 5.9 How do I improve it? Worse than ASUS M3A DDR2 800 and Phenom 9600 combination i.e. = 7.1

I currently have this Gigabyte mobo and a Cooler Master 620W whereas it had been giving me huge problems during the holidays and it resulted that I extracted the mobo and everything from the chassic and was going to return it. Then, it came to mind maybe there is something wrong with the PSU or...

Looking at picking up a 1333FSB E6750 when they hit NewEgg, and looking at 4GB of RAM to go with it. At the moment, 4GB of Patriot PC2-6400 4-4-4-12 costs $148, while 4GB of Patriot PC2-8500 5-5-5-9 costs $270. This machine needs to be bulletproof above all else, and so will not be...

having an issue. the sound starts to crackle and pop (think rice krispies) under higher than normal levels during gaming and music. (ie explosions in games or bass intense periods) anyone else having similar issues?

Hi, I'm trying to put together the following pieces: Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 955X ATX Intel Pentium® D Processor 805 OCZ OCZ26671024V 1GB DDR2-667 PC2-5400 When I turn it on it gives 5s long repeated beeps. The fans are all running. I realized the d805 front bus speed...

Does this board need a PSU with a 6 or 8 pin plug along with the 24-pin main plug? my Antec Neopower 480 has a 24-pin plug but only an additional 4-pin plug. I'm having problems (see other post). Could that be the problem? Thanks!

Hello, I have been having huge frame rate issues with the games I have been playing like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2. I have never had issues before, until about 2 weeks ago. My frame rate will drop to around 10 for no reason. I have put all the settings on the lowest they can go and...

Here's a decent article that shows benchmarks for the most popular MMORPGs with a selection of moderate cost GPUs. Most sites don't use MMORPGs in their benchmarks since so much is dependent on server latency and other factors...

I have an HP Pavlilion D4100e with the following: - Motherboard is proprietary HP made by ASUS (A8AE-LE) - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Socket 939) - 3 Gig DDR-400MHz Dual Channel SDRAM - Promise Raid Array (2 150G SATA Drives set up for performance) Plus 2 IDE Drives - Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS -...

In my p5wd2-e it shows 4 wires needed 1 +5v 2 for ground 1speaker my case speakers only have two wires (red and black) i always assumed one was + and the other -. I assume the red wire will be for +5v and black for speaker and gound is not actually connected. is this correct? I dont get any...

I need help figuring out the right type of RAM for my motherboard. ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE 478 Intel 865PE ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131492 I think this is the right type of RAM for my motherboard but I'm surprised at how expensive it is...