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So I heard that someone named Eric Lundgren, who had a business recycling computers, served a year in prison for selling Windows restore discs provided by different computer manufacturers. What I've been doing to refurbish computers is take a flash drive with Windows 10 on it, plug it in to a...

I'm finally making the switch from ps3 to PC. My budget is $600-$700. I've tried to do some research but I'm still a noob about everything. I made this build but I'm not sure if it's good or what needs to be changed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! PCPartPicker part list...

I am struggling to get Wine to work with Steam to let me download my Windows games, it won't detect any harddrive space to install games to other than my small solid state partitions that I made upon installation of the OS... anyone have any suggestions towards Linux compatible games that will...

Yesterday, in an effort to get rid of boot manager completely, I set the time it came up to 0 seconds. Now, when I start my computer boot manager flashes and brings me to a black screen with just a cursor in the middle. I can still enter BIOS and all that, but pressing F8 doesn't work. So I...

How do you reinstall the operating system for the hp windows 8 intel core i3

As per title, I am really confused atm. I was using a plain jane 32" LG TV for a very long time as a comp. monitor. I recently bought a much nicer 32" sony W650 tv to use as a monitor, and ever since i plugged it in, things have looked too big. When I first plugged it in, I assumed the...

Hi guys, i'll cut to the chase. I share my internet connection via TP-LINK wireless router(not one of the latest models) with a bunch of other guys. We all agreed to only download after midnight so during the day everyone can have a comfortable browsing experience. there are however some...

i upgraded my dell inspirion 1420 from windows vista to windows 8. after this when i play any audiothere is no sound but with headset i can hear. pls help me

Recently (yesterday), I bout a ZT Affinity 7132Mi desktop with the following specs- Intel Core i3 i3-2100 / 3.1 GHz (Dual Core) 12gb DDR3 RAM 1tb HardDrive (7200RPM) The thing about it is that I'd like to know what Processor upgrades it could take? I've looked all over Google and can't find...

Hey Guys im going to upgrade mi CPU or my GPU Dont know which one will give me better performance for gaming, and i can buy 1 now and the other in 3 months. Current Rig: CPU: Intel® Celeron® Processor G1610 (2M Cache, 2.60 GHz) MOBO: Asus h61m-e Ram: 4GB Kingston Video: Geforce GT 610 2GB...

What is the cheapest 8gb ram kit that has Xmp

I just finished my first PC build a couple weeks ago. My GTX 770 died after a few hours and I'm currently waiting on an RMA, so I'm using the Intel HD graphics card in my i5-4670k. I know it's not a great card but from what I understand it will play a lot of games on lower settings. So I've...

I have a gtx 780 in my mini itx build already and I need to get a new cpu. I was not sure if the core i5 4670k would be a good choice because an overclock would make the system a lot hotter. Is there any other core i5 that I should get that would not bottleneck the 780 but still give great...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2L4pO Ok i look at my graphics card and it said Ports: 1 x HDMI 2 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x DVI-D 1 x DVI-I Like idk if that will work on a crt monitor or not and the monitor i will be using is 720p and not 1080p ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO IF it does work will it look stupid...

I installed Windows 7 from a Windows 7 disc in the DVD optical drive, now Windows is installed, can I take that disc out now or does it have to stay in? If I can take it out, and then turn the computer off, do I have to put it back in every time I want to boot the computer up?

Intel core i7 cpu 870@ 2.93 ghz ram 4gig radeon hd 6900 looking to upgrade my pc but have no idea where and how, i can play most games good but newer games i cant max out lately, i.e assassins creed 4 etc. any help would be greatly apreciated. my budged i would say is around 400 dollars i...

I was wondering if these would be decent components that will run games like Minecraft, Skyrim, League of Legends, and such games. I am also looking to be affordable. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Jtm2

Ok, I'm looking to play around on PC For the next while, I got a new Computer, custom built it, and I have it set up right now. I'm hoping that this will perform good in these next generation games that are now out. However I've been told my PC is not powerful enough to max out games like bf4...

Hello all, I recently upgraded my GPU from a AMD Radeon 6670 to my current Sapphire 7870 OC edition, the 6670 ran games like minecraft and SWTOR just fine, on tweaked settings, however ever since I installed my new GPU the 7870, all hasn't been pretty. I first began playing games like skyrim...

Looking to build my first pc on a budget, fed up of my Xbox one so going to take the plunge and build a budget gaming pc, I know the fx is the best processor but I want to have a good upgrade path hence including the i3. I will also buy a discrete Gpu to go with it. Any help would be appreciated.

I have an Ultra 500w ATX PSU right now, wondering if its enough to power this GTX 770. It has 2 6-pin connectors. If it isn't, wondering what PSUs you guys would recommend, preferably with enough wattage to handle 2 770s. Current Specs: ASROCK Z77 Extreme4 Intel i5 3570k Oc'd to 4.3ghz EVGA GTX...

Should I go with Multi-GPU Solution to increase framerate? I am also worried about Software Compatibility as well as MicroStutter issue. I am not so sure how does AMD Frame Pacing work, but my question is, will Frame Pacing eliminate Micro-Stutter when running at Single Display Monitor? If I...

HI Im currently in the process of building a computer for gaming as well as other general uses. I plan on bying an amd fx 8350 with a gtx 780 graphics card. Ive researhed this and have seen many threads arguing that the 8350 cannot keep up with the 780, and a few threads stating that the future...

Hi, I have a Mesh custom PC with an ATI Radeon HD4550. For a few months, the fan on the card was having issues (weird noises, slowing down/stopping etc.) but everything seemed to be working fine still so I ignored it. A few days ago, however, both of the attached monitors began to have a...

Ok, I recently aquired an iBuypower pc with an AMD FX-6300 OC'ed to 4.3GHz (had to bring it down to 4GHz because of stock cooler), 8GB 1600MHz RAM, 300W PSU, a basic Mini-ATX mobo, and an HD7730 GPU. I use this primarily for gaming, and was curious as to what my first upgrade should be? I was...

hey guys, whenever i play bf4 on high-ultra 1080p i get around 40-50 fps. but sometimes it randomly drops to 10-15, which is unplayable. also whenever i put the graphics down to low 720p, i get the same fps an on high-ultra. i know battlefield 4 is buggy and poorly optimized but this is just...

Full specs : FX 8350 Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 2x4GB ddr 3 1866 mhz ram 1tb hdd Asus GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 So the problem is ,PC wont start up(fans arent starting -completely nothing) , PSU is working fine,so far tried to reset cmos settings , remove cmos battery , try running with 1 RAM stick , still...

Can I just take a gpu out of a computer then put it into another? What will the effects be on both pcs?

So my current system: AMD FX 6300 ( cooling that came with it ) GTX 660 ti 8gbs of ram and a 1 tb hdd I'd like to upgrade the cpu to the new AMD Kaveri 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor AMD Radeon R7 series AD785KXBJABOX and I would like it to be water cooled? I have...

well, when i turn on my computer , it shows a black screen for few minutes, after that , it will start up like intel motherboard logo

Hi, I've recently put together a new pc and had problems with my video card. I sent it back and recieved a new one only to encounter the same exact problems. When playing games it seems to have dark flashing lines running from the bottom of the screen to the top along with what i can only...

Cooler Master 430 Elite Corsair VS450 PSU Gigabyte H61M-DS2 Intel Pentium G2020 LG 2242/22EN33 FULL 1080p WD 1TB HDD Sapphire ATI Radeon 7750-GDDR5 Transcend/Kingston 4GB-DDR3 RAM HP 1260i DVD-RW Microsoft DT600 KB-Mouse

Hi, I am building a new pc and need help to choose a motherboard. Will not be doing gaming but mostly playing music and movies HD. No preference between AMD and Intel. Would like as many expansion slots as I can afford but picking the right MB will help not needing addin sound cards or...

So I will try to explain only the key points.. 1. I took one stick of Ram out and left one in, turned the computer back on and changed the boot order so it would boot Memtest from my USB. 2. I done the test and after around 1 hour it said no errors so I turned the computer off. 3. I took out...

I am planning on building a gaming desktop and i will use the following parts: Case: Aerocool Mechatron Black Mesh edition CPU: i7 4770 CPU cooler: Thermalright silver arrow Mobo: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 RAM: Kingston 12GB HyperX 1600MHz GPU: Asus GTX770 2GB SSD: Sandisk 128GB HDD: Seagate...

I will soon assemble a pc with the following configuration asrock z77 extreme4 2x4gb ram corsair vengeance I5 3570K cooler hyper 212x gtx 560 ti hawk psu corsair 550 VX but in the future I want to change my vga by a gtx 770. My questions are: My psu will handle it? If yes, can I overclock the...

I have decided to upgrade my current 750GB drive but I am undecided about what to get. My three best options are: Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA-III for 85$ WD 1TB SATA-III 7200RPM 64MB Black for 110$ Seagate Desktop HDD 2TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA-III for 110$ I've heard good things...

were would i send it for it to be repaired

Parts: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Nelinski/saved/3aPy My computer will crash after just browsing the internet for a couple of hours. (Not gaming/can't see it be overheating). Sometimes when it crashes the screen just goes blank like the pc is off (although the pc is still running). The last...

While I was playing Call of Duty Black ops on my PC after having completed a successful overclock of 4.2 GHz for my FX-8350 with my aftermarket cooler keeping it under 62 degrees under full load, my Asus AI Suite II program generated a program notification explaining that, during my gaming...