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Approximate Purchase Date: in two weeks Budget Range: 400 after rebates and shipping System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing, watching movies Parts to Upgrade: (e.g.: CPU, mobo, RAM) I have Dell XPS 8300 with I7 processor, RAM 8 GB (4X2GB) 1333MhZ, PSU 460Watts, GPU ATI...

1. What is your budget? $800 Max 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" or under 3. What screen resolution do you want? 720p-ish 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable (for school) 5. How...

Hello, I'd like advice and recommendations about a gaming build for 3000-3500$. I'd also like to point out I'm from Israel, so I'll most probably buy the parts here, where the parts are more expensive relatively but I don't have to mess with importing and international warranty. Info format...

i was thinking the other nite is it possable to link multible IDE hard drives together as one drive and use it as a external drive?? but then i thought maybe it would only pick up the one drive due to the set amount of data floing through via usb cable? im not shure could it be possable ? its...

Hi, this is my build http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/lNfU but it says that there is a minor compatiblity error at the bottom with the case. Can someone help me choose a case that will be compatible and cheap?

Are the performance differences significant in terms of running windows xp off an ide drive vs a sata drive? currently, i use a 80gb ide drive for running windows and a 500gb sata drive for storage. The reason i do this is so if i ever have to reinstall windows, i won't lose all my movie and...

Hi Guys, I am very much confused b/w 2 heatsinks: Noctua NH-D14 or Thermalright TRUE Black 120 Rev. C with 2 Fans(Push/Pull) and OCZ Freeze Extreme thermal compound If u suggest me to buy TRUE Black 120 Rev. C so plz tell me this also which fan to buy from these: Thermalright...

guys is a p67 motherboard a necessity to overclock a 2500k? or cn one do it with a H67 too? well ..WHICH H67 MOTHERboard has 2 PCI x 16 slots?

i just bought a mew wd5000aaj? sata drive and card and cables for my computer and my cpu does not see my new drive and neither does my bios what do i do to get my cpu and bios to see it?

Hello, I decided to build a computer with these specs. The total cost comes to $280 including shipping (on eBay). Case: Cooler Master - Elite 343 Micro ATX Mini Tower @ $35 Motherboard+Cpu Combo: MSI FM1 AMD A55 Motherboard and AMD A4-Series A4-3400 APU @$95 RAM: 2x4 GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR3...

I need to know if this is all compatible, i don't want suggestions. CPU-Intel i5 3570k GPU-EVGA 550 ti MOBO-ASUS P8Z77-M LGA 1155 Micro-ATX HDD-Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA3 6.0Gb/s 3.5" 64mb Cache CASE-Cooler Master HAF 912 case RAM-G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 DDR3 8gb 4x2gb PSU-Antec EarthWatts...

Hey i got the amd 955 black edit i got the coolermaster v8 now i dont no if i shud buy the H-50 form corsair eny one no how it run and how cool it will make my cpu ??? right now my temps are 36 idel 41 load 3.2 @ 3.6 i will take it to 4.0 ghz later i hope thx :hello: :hello:

Hi All, I am faced with an tricky decision or two, which I need your help with. I want an upgrade from my gaming pc to a new one and as my flatmate is wanting to build a file server out of the left over parts, emphesis is on making the decisions quickly :/ So, first the requirements: Gaming...

Hey guys, so im trying to build a new desktop cause my laptop is barely handling the games I play (my laptop is not top of the line, but it's descent) Anyway, I've I'm planning on spending at most $1000 for everything, plus whatever peripherals that I'll need to get. I'm really new at this so I...

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Hi Guys, I haven't really followed gaming laptops for quite awhile so pretty behind on all the tech. Read about all the rebranding of older generation cards so I'm confused on which is worthy to buy. What would you recommend for a good gaming laptop, got about 2,000$ to spend on it. Thanks! :)

Alright so I'm really confused here.. It seems like all the mobo's coming out for the new 1155 socket atm all do some things and not do others. P67 can overclock the CPU (if a K series), but can't even get access to the graphic portion on it? Which means no QuickSync? H67 can make use of the...

Looking to buy a 9 pin motherboard header to 9 pin header to connect a multi function card to a motherboard usb pins. Anyone know where??

It's an ideea I've had for some time now. Is it possible to put two smaller SATA hard-drives,link them up in RAID 0,somehow jam them into a 3.5inch shell that would look just like a normal hard-drive only it would be far faster?.Also,there's the point of somehow making the motherboard recognize...

A friend is wanting to build a pc for around £600. I might be able to persuade him to spend a little extra if the spec is right. I am looking for some advice on parts. He will be using the pc for gaming in games such as League of Legends, Diablo 3 and maybe Battlefield 3. The parts i had in...

Alright. I am trying to throw together a second desktop fast and cheap. Will upgrade parts bit by bit later, but at this point I'm really just trying to have a starting point. I may or may not buy newer parts for my current desktop and throw older parts in the frankenstein. Currently I have...

I'm not sure what this is, it's happened before, things start messing up and I had to reboot. Can anyone explain what this error is and if possible maybe a fixing solution?

I want to crossfire two radeon 5850s... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128444

Hello everybody!I just finished building my 1st rig and everything is working fine except for my ram, it seems to be running at 1333 instead of 1600. Does it really affect my performance or should i leave it alone? I don't have any experience with timings/BIOs or anything so all advice is...

Was wondering if buying a monitor and nvidia 2 kit for total about 700 dollars is worth the money? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236206&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=2339666&SID= My main concern is that 3D technology is...

Hey guys, I'm planning to build a PC soon and I need some advice. I watch movies, occasionally use Solidworks, and I'm a casual gamer. I do like my games to look nice, but I don't need super HD crystal clear graphics. I've made a rough wishlist on Newegg...

CPU: intel Core i5 3450, 1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.1GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 31x Ratio, 77W, Retail Motherboard: ASRock H77M-ITX LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard GPU: Sapphire radeon HD 6850 HDD: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002...

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: End of the Year Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) $500-$700 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Plex Media Server Transcoding, Light/Medium gaming. Are you buying a monitor: No, using my TV. Parts to Upgrade: (e.g.: CPU, mobo, RAM) None Do you need to...

So my last computer died on me and I've managed to save up about $500 for a new computer. I like the smaller form factor of the htpc, so I've decided to go that route and configured a mid range gaming and school pc, however it's my first actual build so I am not too sure if they're the best or...

Just wondering where I could find the Soltek Motherboard here in the states. Thanks, Suvid

I have a compaque presario 2007, my operating system is windows xp. I have had several errors occur. one being a kernal error. I tried system recovery, It would restore it. then go down again. Some of the errors: bios award error, fan making buzzing sound, monitor showing no signal. It got to...

Toms Hardware Community - please help! I opened my case for its monthly cleaning and saw dust buildup on under the GPU fans. I proceeded to remove the graphics card. It gave me some resistance even after flipping the little switch. It released after a little "crack" sound. It wasn't big...

Approximate Purchase Date: Right around Thanksgiving or Christmas (Probably the latter) Budget Range: $2000 before rebates; $1500 after rebates System Usage (Top 3 priorities): SPEED!!! (I want to zip through my computer), Minor Photoshop (Nothing too advanced or data crunching, just for the...

Recently bought a budget gaming rig and the overall performance hasn't been as high as I had expected. Maybe my expectations were a bit high, but if anyone had any insight on the parts that I'm using and anything that could be causing it to not be used to it's fullest potential I would be...

Hi This is my first build and want to know if all these components will work together? Don't know much on motherboards, if anyone has recommendations it would be appreciated, will these two below work ok with all the other components...

Hey guys im new here and i want to see if anyone out there can help me out with a new build pc. in fact i just signed up so i could ask because to tell you the truth i dont know very much about how to get a good pc. So i want to build a good video editing PC Approximate Purchase Date: As soon...

CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core $215.99 Motherboard ASRock Z77 Pro4 ATX LGA1155 $94.99 Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $39.99 Storage Western Digital Scorpio Black 250GB 2.5" 7200RPM $55.99 Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB $229.99 Case Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid...

Ok everyone! I realize this may not be the right place to post this... But...... this seemed the most appropriate place to post. So I have a 550 Black Edition mounted on a MA770T-UD3P with flashed bios F3c. I have 4 GB of good RAM, verified using the processor as a straight dual core. My new...

Hey guys I need some help with choosing some parts for a PC build. I want to play BF3 and Civ 5 and I'm wondering if this build can handle either of those on Medium - High settings. My budget is about $650 give or take $10. Here's the parts list: i5 3350p ivy bridge Evga Superclocked GTX 560 AS...

Hey guys, i have been playing around with pcpartpicker and got a strange build that i think could do decently well in gaming for under 500 bucks. Here is what im looking at. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fZMI Price breakdown by merchant...