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    Question Melted/Oxidized PCI-E cable for GPU

    Specs: i7-12700KF GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X Gainward 3070 TI Seasonic Focus GX 80+ Gold 750W View: https://imgur.com/RljP8vs While I'm still dealing with warranty, my main question remains how does this even happen? I've seen similar threads and the usual problem it's either PSU is low...
  2. DCNOS18

    Question USB Overcurrent ?

    Hey guys, recently installed a new power supply, Seasonic Prime 1000 Platinum. On the first start up, I noticed my CPU fans connected to my Corsair H110igt started at full blast. I thought that was odd, but then I noticed a smell, which I thought was the fan. I looked at the waterblock with the...
  3. Alexllte

    [SOLVED] PSU cable melted, bad PSU or bad cable?

    After building one PC for a friend, my plan was to run valley benchmark for 3 hours to stress-test its reliability. About 30 minutes in, I was smelling something burning, I cut the power off and sniffed around as much as I could to see which component was burning. Forget about my lungs, I found...
  4. V

    Can i have a hardware RAID 0 apart my boot drive?

    I use Samsung 950 pro as boot drive, but I want high capacity storage on RAID as a separate drive all together, however, I don't want to use software RAID, so should I buy a PCI-E RAID card and have it aside my main drive?
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    Can you crossfire the R9 270 with HD 5970?

    Hello, Can you actually crossfire this 2 cards? The R9 270 (not the 270x but the 270 OC) 2gb/256 bit And the HD 5970 2gb with 512 bit. I am asking because i have both cards and i can crossfire but i haven't tried yet. I want to get the most out of what i have, and honestly if crossfire will...
  6. deadpool405

    Wanting to upgrade, is it possible or am I wasting time?

    Currently have: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 840 Socket AM3 RAM: 4 - 1G DDR2 800 (Total 4G DDR2 800) GPU: nVidia GeForce GTS 450 1G DDR5 (Core: 822MHz, Shader: 1645MHz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP I am trying to boost my gaming abilities a little more, not trying to go 1440 res or anything...
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    Power adapter light goes off on plugging it into the laptop - Changed Motherboard and battery still same problem

    Hi guys I have Alienware 18 laptop with two GTX880M cards in SLI It was working well, but one day all of a sudden out of blue it just shut down. When i tried to start it it wouldn't and then when i tried to plug the power adapter in, the light on the power adapter would go off on plugging it...
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    which monitor would go best with this system?

    hi this is my current setup amd fx8350 @ 4.0ghz Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 corsair 16gb ram 1333mhz Evga NVidia gtx 780 xfx 850 watt psu what monitor should I go for that will best match my setup and is a 24" the best way to go, bear in mind I game on a Toshiba 32" lcd tv ?
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    which ssd better for me

    kingston ssdnow 300v 120gb intel 335 80gb adata xpg sx900 128 gb