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Hi, I wasn't completely sure which category to put this is so I thought this one made the most sense. Basically, my PC is getting a bit old (well, 3 years) and I thought I'd upgrade it a bit.. but I don't want an entirely new system. Could anyone please tell me what the most important things to...

Hey guys and gals, Just upgrading my GPU from an nVidia GT220m to a XFX HD 6950 1GB and because of which I need a new PSU. At the moment I am using a 500W one but some calculators are recommending at least 550W. I want to spend as little as possible obviously so below £40 or perhaps £50 would be...

Help??///..built s system// no boot beep, no video, i have returned everything,mobo,vid card, proceser, and got new ones and tried diff vid card, new ram...same problem...is all this compatiable?...this is not my first rodeo..its my 2nd.... BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard Model...

Hey guys, After I got my 760, I used the MSI Control Center to OC it to 3.0ghz from 2.8ghz. this was fine, untill I installed Win 7 64bit over my previous XP. Now, when I run CPU-Z and Control center, its telling me the Core clock value is only 1229.9mhz with a multiplier of 9x Why is this...

I am selling my DELL 435mt Core i7 Motherboard and my Intel Core i7 920 processor, some older 1066 ddr3 ram and video card and upgrading a few things. This is what I was thinking of upgrading to this weekend. Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30 ghz unlocked 8GB DDR3 (2x4gb) 1600mhz G.Skill Ripjaws ASUS...

Are the heat sinks / coolers that come with the i5's good enough? Should i get something better?

I am currently thinking of upgrading my CPU. i presently have amd phenom ii x2 550 3.1 ghz. My motherboard is asus M4N68T-M LE V2. It supports upto x6. But will it be wise to just shift to amd phenom ii x4 955/965 or will it be better if a get a new board which supports intel core i5 2400 3.1...

Hello, I will begin with- I am no computer genius! We have a home based business and are looking to upgrade our old computer (7 year old to be precise). In our work, speed is key. we bid for jobs and have lost out due to a slow computer, prone to freezing up. I also do our paperwork (filing...

So one thing I have noticed on this forum is that anyone who submits a build without a preferred vendor PSU will immediately get several comments about how it is important to get a top brand PSU or else your build will be ruined (that is what the general tone is)... People make it sound like...

This may seem like a dumb question, but I went through the stickies and couldn't find anything. I am about to pull the trigger and perform a CPU upgrade. Will someone please have a look at this and see if I've missed anything? 1) Upgrade BIOS to latest version (already done) 2) Power off and...

Hi Folks, I run Window Vista 64bit and AVST free addition on an ASUS G71-X1 with 512mb GeForce 9800GS and 4000 GB RAM. I have been playing COD for and other games for 2 years on this machine. Recently while playing Black Ops after a few minutes I would lose 90% of my frame rates. Normally...

Can anyone tell me why this PSU is so bad? Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 700W http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/229629/RS-700-PCAA-E3/COOLERMASTER/ Cause im building a new rig with a gtx 580 and most people say a 620 watt PSU is not enough to run it with everything else and that 700W PSU...

So, to keep it simple, I found a very nice deal on a GTX 470 Twin Frozr II, and wanted to get it, but I'm wondering if this PSU will be able to handle it, this will be a full build, and this is at the end of my budget, so please don't suggest and i3's, even with H61 mobo's.Another thing, I could...

I have an amber power button, nothing turns on and i hear a high pitch sound coming from the area of the power button. There is a green light on inside the machine on one of the components. I replace dthe power supply before, but I had Gateway's help with diagnostic...I am not very technical...

Hi, I recently installed an ASUS GTX560 graphics card and noticed that the speed of my CPU has drop (according to CPUZ and Speccy). I have a Q9400 2.66Mhz, 4 GB DDR2 and a Gigabyte Motherboard, Windows 7 64-bit. I had overclocked the CPU to 3.2Mhz but after the install noticed that the CPU was...

I had a laptop vostro 1510: 1.6 ghz and i'm not sure what the video card is. I ran css fine with no problem. My laptop broke so i got a new desktop wich is as I see it much better. 2.7 dual core processor and 9800 gt. I get low fps like 35-110 when I'm playing with about 20 people online on a...

I finally got the rest of my computer today, put it together, and proceeded to enable ACC from my Biostar's A880G+ BIOS. The core unlocked fine, Windows installed fine, and it's shown as a X4 20. Is there anything else I should do? I didn't bother adjusting voltages or anything, but my 4th core...

Hi folks, I run Windows Vista 64 with AVAST free addition on a ASUS G71 Core 2 Duo 2.53 with 512mb Geforce 9800GS and 4gig RAM. I have been playing COD and other games for 2 years on this machine. Recently while playing some games a few minutes, I would suddenly lose 90% of my normal frame rates...

Hi, I am Kashif Riaz from Pakistan (Lahore) I am using the following Hardware: - Processor: Core2Due 2.93 GHz, L2 Cache 3mb Model: E7500 MotherBoard: Intel DG41 RQ RAM: Transend 1GB 667 Hard: WD Cavier 1.0 TB (64mb Cache) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate My PC is not as fast as it should be...

Hey everyone, I'm having a problem getting my graphics drivers to work after a new Windows 7 64 Bit install. I have a Pavilion DV3 laptop which is capable of running a 64 Bit OS but the OS that came pre-installed was only 32 Bit so I decided that I would upgrade to a 64 Bit version of Windows 7...

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded by video card from a radeon 4850 to an nvidia GTX 560. On making this change, my PC began to randomly shutdown, the source of which I quickly identified as the CPU overheating beyond its 'safe' temperatures. The CPU is an i7 920 c0 stepping in an MSI X58...

occasionally i shut down my computer or click control alt delete to close a program that is hung up and i get a blue screen trying to read the dump file but i have no clue how to read it i should state i have windows 7 64 bit.. is this the tool i need...

So I am looking to upgrade my computer for Battlefield 3, and was looking for some "expert" opinions. I currently have a Intel Quad Core Q8300 @ 2.5gigs and I am looking to upgrade for under $200. This does not mean I want the best card for 200 dollars, but the best card for the value! I was...

Need to know which NIC card to use in the HP designjet Plotter. I have found a few online, but not sure which one actually fits it. I have limited access to the plotter itself, so am unable to locate any markings on it that would indicate which NIC card it uses.

My brother recently bought a new computer (without knowing if the parts are good) and it has an cheap intel processor and an NVIDIA GT420 2048 MB graphics-card. So my question is that: is this processor and graphics-card good or bad, and what games can they run? -Intel Pentium E5800 processor...

Looking at some of the awesome builds, I feel a little funny asking, but here goes. I'm currently running Amahi on the following build (go easy on it): CPU: AMD Athlon X2 240 MB: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Crucial 2x1GB DDR2 800 2x Samsung HD154UI 1.5TB hard drives 1x Samsung HD204UI 2TB hard...

I am buying a pc for school, and I was wondering why some of the intel core i7 processors get slower as they increase in price? (GHz)

Hey, i've been looking around online but can't seem to find the right solution, although i think its something to do with my PCU. I've had problems with Blue Screens since i bought the PC off a friend last september, its blue-screened on my about 5 times since then. Last night i was playing...

Can my power supply run the 6790? Spec: 420 Watt Turbolink voltage 115/230v current 10A/5A Freq 60/50Ghz

Hey guys, I just bought my new MSI GX 560 Ti-Hawk, unfortunately the Case I use now is a Dell XPS Studio 435MT, which is pretty small so I decided to upgrade my case to a HAF 912 gaming case, so it gives better airflow to my new video card and everything else. I am having trouble with some of...

Hello all, I was building my first PC and when I finally got to installing the power supply I noticed that the 24 pin connector had one of the pins that looked a little pushed down. I tried to put it in because I didn't think much of it. But the bottom half went in fine and the top half (the...

This is why I hate laptops. The service manual for this not only makes no! effort to explain where this thing plugs in, but yet I have no clue if there even was a plug now. I opened it up and there was just this wire from that part "Caps Lock LED Board" just hanging there. No missing...

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i just bought 2 radeon 6950's and i didn't know they have 2 6 pin connections each. i have 2 6 pins so one of the cards is all set but my 850W psu only has one 4 pin left over for an adapter. there are other 4 pins but they are plugged into things like fans or my cd drive. is it possible to...

Can anyone tell me when the Propus 640 units will depreciate in price? I want to replace my Regor with one and I really don't have much money.

Is it normal for my newly build PC to have a temperature of - CPU (i3 2100) 53deg - MB (ASUS H67M Pro) 38deg - CPU Fan ~1956rpm It seems abit high on the CPU side? I didnt Overclock or anything. Values taken from BIOS. Using Intel stock heatsink

im looking at two laptops on xoticpc.com One is an MSI GX680 and the other is ASUS N73SV-A1 I'm looking for a computer to work on architecture projects and use programs like Revit, Cad, Photoshop, illustrator... Which of these two would be a better computer? they are the same price. I have the...