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Hello everyone, I'm really frustrated since I have spent so many hours trying to figure something for my problem. I have a Mac Pro 3.1 (I believe it's 2008) and I have had windows 10 installed on it for a very long time, you can say I never worked on macOS. Recently I've bought an NVMe M.2 SSD...

Hello, i want hp compaq nc6320 audio driver for windows 7 32 bit

ok well i am new to building my computer and i have asked some questions on here befor . but now it is all built i got one of the mods on here to give me an idea for ram. i now have that in my computer.. but ANYWAYS. i was just wondering what makes a good video card for gameing? i currently...

This is my first gaming computer I will be building and would like an expert's opinion

I have a Sapphire Radeon 7870 HD GHz edition and I want to overclock it using MSI Afterburner (and maybe the AMD CCC). It is brand new as I only recieved it 2 days ago. I would just like to ask a few questions I have a 500w PSU is that enough to overclock it? What are the settings which I...

Which of these graphics cards do you think i should buy which would be able to run Battlefield 4 and top of the line games like it at high settings. I'm grateful for all help. (BTW I'm Planning to buy it off Amazon and I'm not too keen to spend too much i.e. £350 and above). EVGA GTX 760...

Hi guys, Just building a new grading / rendering machine. A year ago I wouldn't hesitate with the Xeon CPU, but now I see that the i7 is 6 cores as well and at a higher clockrate! - Made me confused! We only process 5K video material and that is 100 % CPU dependent! And RAM, I need loads of...

I have 2 Kingston 120GB SSD and those are the only drives my PC is going to be using. Is it best to just put them both in RAID 0 to combine as one drive? And from what I understand, RAID puts 2 drives and combines storage and creates it as basically one drive right? So if I am right on that...

Hi, I'm trying to make a PC build, and I can't decide which of these 2 HDD's I should take. Here are some pros and cons I found: Seagate 7200.14: +Better Value +Somewhat better processing speed -Heard that it's not be reliable and breaks easily -1 year warranty Western Digital Caviar Black...

Um I know I will have to (or at least my parents will) pay for it, but is it possible that I find a windows 7 laptop, and request that a certain graphics card be inserted?

I know I've posted this before, but the post has disappeared into the depths of the forum, so I decided to post it again, since you can't bump. OP: "So, I am making a new build for general use, gaming, and rendering (Photoshop/game design). These are the parts I have picked out. Since this is...

I'm new to the whole computer building scene I've gotten pretty far with the help of the community on Toms hardware and thank everyone who contributes. My question today is about video/game tearing and how to sync refresh rates or fix this pr

I have two computers. One with the i7-970 and Asus Rampage III Extreme 24GB memory and one with i7 2600K and Asus Maximus IV Extreme 16Gb memory. One should be gaming, the other a little gaming but mostly database / server. Which processor recommend to gaming?

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Hello all I have a VERY urgent need to recover a partition table on a 160GB WD Hard Drive. AS far as what I was doing at the time, I was applying an upgrade to my Roxio CD Creator, and it told me to reboot, at which point it...

Hello, i hav a computer with e7500 c2d running at 2.93ghz, 2gb ram and intergrated graphics. I would like to add a graphics card to this. I have two choices, either the 5670 or 5770. I will be gaming at 1360x768 or 720p, at med-high settings. The card should be a bit future-proof as i am not...

What would be the best upgrade option for an HP p6774y? Here's my PC: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+6GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/1757113.p?id=1218289377288&skuId=1757113&st=p6774y&cp=1&lp=1 Also it only has a 250w PSU that I dont look...

I currently have a 5770 and I am looking to upgrade. Is a 460 too small of an upgrade to make a difference? if so, what would be a better choice? Not partial to ati or nvidia.

Hello, i have to update my graphics card drivers

Does burning at say 40x or 48x affect the overall quality of your CD? I mean wouldn't it make more sense to burn something slower to ensure that the data is being burned on to the cd correctly?

Hi guys i need some help, i have two hard drives in my computer, a 20g, and a 40g. i am running out of space on my 20g, and want to transfer everything to the 40g drive, i have installed xp on the 40g drive. i notice that xp has a transfer wizard to copy your files and settings to another...

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP March 2011 BUDGET RANGE: USD $001-399 After Rebates USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, 3d, directx11 TF2, WOW, Oblivion, Civ 5 CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: 2x Nvidia 8800 GT 512mb in SLI; 750w PSU OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: CPU Intel Core 2 Q6800...

Long time Lurker first time poster here. I recently decided to clean reinstall my current computer. Read up on what to do and knowing the full ramifications went on with it. Not really a problem Reformated, installed etc. everything was fine until I actually got into the newly installed OS...

I've gotten my eyefinity to work with 2x 23" screens and a 22" in the center Now that that problem has been worked out, i have another. The OC'd 5850 that i'm running is understandably struggling on some of the games to run it at this insane resolution It's been about 6 months since i got my...

I have a windows 2000 professional How can i find the details.I do not have a catalouge for this pp oil 1-2cpu.please help me

I am totally new to win7 and I was setting up the libraries to save to another hard drive since my main drive is an SSD that has limited space. I changed the pictures folder so it saw the other hard drive but I think I might have made a mistake and used the whole drive as the folder instead of...

Hi thanks for reading this.. I have halflife 2 with a cd key I bought when halflife came out .And now today I want to use it . this is the situation . I havnt used it and im on a computer now that I cant use games on because its a community residence computer and my gaming computer doesnt have...

hi! :) can you help me?recently,i have installed nfs shift unleashed and dirt3 on my pc..when it comes to nfs shift unleashed,i can play it for the first time i installed it without no lag,no problem at all.after that,i have installed avg 2012 antivirus and then the problem came..the game freeze...

Alright so tomorrow I will be building my new core i7 machine. I am using AC MX-2 thermal compound and a Zalman 120mm heatsink. What I was wondering is 2 things. Firstly do you guys prefer the blob or line methods of application and does the i7 tend to perform better with one? Second I have been...

Hello, I am from Greece, I am about to buy a new psu and external box for my pc as an upgrade. My current is a no name 400watt with lots of problems so its my first priority. One of the local stores has some extremely good offers in specific PSU's and for many reasons; 1: un-boxed or scratched...

I'm running 5.1 sound with Realtek audio with an onboard Soundblaster card. I don't appear to have the option to get the realtek Graphic Equalizer in the realtek hd audio manager. On my work machine if I click 'Realtek HD audio manager' --> Sound Effects' --> then there is a icon 'change to...

The clock on my PC (WinXP) is supposed to automatically synch with the internet time server at 4:41 AM. I would like to change that time, but I haven't been able to come up with a search string that results in any useful answers. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!

better you get a cheap quad and oc it, q8200 etc

Hello, I purchased this Dell 537s box with the above listed Integrated video card. But it is lagging on the games I play. Can I add any video card or what would you suggest?

Which is better for an older computer? Vista or Windows 7? I've got a Pentium 4 3Ghz with 1.5GB of RAM and onboard graphics. Vista seems to be a little much for this old of a computer. Would Windows 7 handle the system better?

What is the best graphics card manufacturer based on reliability, performance, customer service, warranty/RMA etc.

Whats wrong with my laptop screen? My Toshiba A 305 Laptop screen colors look like "negative" colors. This happened after I connected an external monitor. The external monitor works fine but not the laptop screen. I tried system restore, updated video driver and reinstalled video driver (from...

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Iwas interested to see how an 8350 OC'ed to 4.5 would do. Along with a 1150/1300 7950. But after a good few months, I decided to put everything back on stock - cpu(4.2 boost) and gpu(925/1250). See how it performs. I've found that my GPU, overclocked alone produces a 3-5% increase in min FPS...

Aight, I'm the in house IT person for a company, and I need a new computer. My current computer is a 1.8ghz Pentium 4 with a gig of RAM... :pfff: :pfff: :pfff: :pfff: :pfff: :pfff: :pfff: Suffice to say, with the amount of stuff I do, I desire a faster machine. I'm trying not to go...

I have an Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard from an HP desktop. I took the processor and sold it, and am looking to get something cheaper and giving this as a gift. According to HP's site it only supports Core 2 CPU's and up. It's socket 775 though, so can I use ANY socket 775 processor even though...