*disclaimer* I know that this has been asked a few times by people, but i kind of want a more updated answer as the old forum posts were close to a year old that I've seen.
I currently own a fx 6300 cpu and a gtx 950, but I've been interested in buying the oculus. I was planning to get the gtx...
I'm building a new gaming pc..I carefully picked out parts..I also checked for compatibility issues....Please tell me if there are any compatibility issues (any hardware or technical) My build is below:
Cpu- Intel pentium g4560 processor lga 1151
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2 LGA 1151...
hey guys,
yesterday i bought a msi z170a pc mate motherboad from olx.in . when i put my cpu in it its cpu debug led kept blinking and i had no display. long things short.... i wanna know where is the bios chip on this mobo?
Hello!
I am building a PC that I hope to be very fast. This post deals with the boot drive alone. I'll be using Win10 (Maybe Pro). I want a drive that isn't any larger than 256GB and costs preferably no more than $150 to $200. However, I cannot seem to find out which drive will be the...
What is the best item for wiping away thermal compound?
Not to clean off the compound (Like isopropyl alcohol, or nail polish remover) but to wipe it away (Something like a paper towel or a cloth).
Hi guys,
I require some help please. My PC has now twice booted due to overheating CPU.
When monitoring the Hardware Monitor of the BIOS the tmperature rise from 49 degrees Celsius to 98 degrees celsius in in about 5 minutes and stars flashing red.
Th CPUTIN and individual core temperatures...
I'm sorta new to this pc building stuff, but I've gotten advice from some experienced friends and I put this list together: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sf7Fpg
This is just the pc, I'm not worried about os, monitor keyboard etc. at this time. Is this going to be a powerful for the money, and if not...
Can somebody please find me a case for around €60 on this website www.pixmania.ie or www.dabs.ie ?
Please note than some of them are unavailable....thanks
I have a Gigabyte B75M D3H Mobo, Intel i7 processor, 2x 4G RAM, and a 600w PSU. I have been running a radeon 7770 on this setup for years. I upgraded to a radeon r9 290. Pc won't boot with it in.
I have it in the pciex16 slot. It requires an 8 and a 6 pin. I only had two six pins, so I used an...
Z87-D3HP Gigabyte motherboard
Haswell 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz
Thermaltake 750W 80Plus Bronze Certified Active P/S
Intel BXTS13X High Performance Liguid Cooler LGA2
Thermaltake Chaser A31 System Cabinet
XFX Radeon R7970 3GB DDR5 Double Dissipation
My problem is I`ve had this card for...
Hey everyone im planning on building a computer this thursday.. or tomorrow. And im having troubles deciding which cpu to go with. I would either like to do the i3 4130 or the FX 6300, Im going to use this pc for games, the most resource intensive game will be GTA 5 when it comes out. Here's an...
hi
i get this error (Display driver AMD has stopped responding and has recovered) most of the times on windows startup
i tried aero disable
my vga is xfx5970 black edition and it has a overvoltage software and before i have time to run it on startup error comes and even after runnig overvolt...
I'm upgrading my system, but I was wondering whether the PSU I have at the moment will be powerful enough.
System specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Motherboard: Asus M4A78T-E
Graphics Card: 1 GB Asus GTS 250 Dark Knight
Hard Drive 1: 250 GB Western Digital WD2500JB
Hard Drive 2...
Hello All,
I am going to be building a low/mid range computer.
I'll build a nicer rig after Windows 7 gets all the bugs worked out.
This comp will be used mostly for light gaming and maybe some video conversion.
I'm not sure which CPU or RAM to get.
I have listed 2 AMD CPU's and 2 sets of RAM...
Hello,
My motherboard is an ECS KN1 SLI Extreme socket 939 and the old processor was an AMD Athlon 64 3200. The power supply is a 430 watt Thermaltake.
I just put a 2.4ghz dual-core Opteron 180 in it and now the system randomly restarts. It works fine up until the point that it reboots, and...
I have a strange dilemma going on with a cheapo EMachine Computer. It's a T2792 with a 2.8 Celeron processor and I have updated the power supply to an UltraV 500 watt unit. My problem is, it will shut the power off to the motherboard after running for a short time (seems to still have power in...
My parts are on the way and, even though this is my first build, I'm pretty comfortable with the actual building, thanks in large part to the help and learning provided here.
Looking ahead - hopefully, not too optimistically! - what are the correct and proper steps to take once you flip that...
Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?)
I have a Windows XP Professional laptop with a 40GB hard disk and a
second 40GB hard disk that I use primarily for backup. I love the
Second Copy backup utility, and it runs and makes archived copies from
my primary to my...
Facebook had a silly thing about a video of Bin Laden that was spreading to users, and then all that users friends. I managed to clear it all up, but since then facebook has been running ridiculously slowly. My ex-but-still-friends wife is having exactly the same issue, so I dont think it is a...
"Since the CPU combines two Conroe dual-core chips, the chip will carry 2 x 4 MB L2 cache; Kentsfield will be a Conroe "drop-in" chip and work with the 965 and 975 series chipsets on today's Core 2 Duo motherboards."
"Kentsfield easily shattered previous benchmarks records and highlighted its...
I have an old motherboard in my closet and I wanted to build a system for my younger sister for college, but before I tell her what components she has to buy.
I just wanted to know if there is anyway I can test to see if the mobo will bootup by just connecting a video card, a PSU (without a...
Archived from groups: comp.arch,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel (More info?)
http://www.ictworld.co.za/EditorialEdit.asp?EditorialID=20287
No sooner has HP stopped making workstations than SGI has stepped in to make
Itanium workstations. It looks like these workstations are a...
Hi,
Anyone know if the XP2500+ line of Bartons has discontinued production?
One of vendors I regularly check has removed it as a stock item (though still available). This may be due to it's popularity though.
Any info?
The loving are the daring!
k here it all is
Antec Lanboy w/380W TruePower PSU upgrade (like $35AUD more for the better PSU)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Gigabyte GA-7NNXP
Corsair 512MB TWINX-3200-C2 (400MHz) DDR RAM
Sapphire/Gigabyte 128mb Radeon 9600 pro
Seagate 80G SATA-150 8mb cache
Asus 52x24x52 CD-RW
BenQ 16x DVD...
Hi,
My company looking at building a new MS SQL Database server and due to licensing issues, the server can have only one CPU.
My question is what Intel CPU would be the best for this purpose? P4 or Xeon?
Thanks
Chris
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Hi All,
This is my first post here so be kind please ;-)
I recently dropped my Presario 1260 laptop (in it's soft padded carry
bag) onto it's WiFi card (note to self. Take all PCMCIA card out
before moving laptop) ;-(
This had the...
http://store.apple.com/us_edu_260860/configure/MD101LL/A
Hi,
I am purchasing my first mac for school and light gaming.
1. Will it be able to run photoshop, sony vegas, etc at the same time without getting really hot or loud?
2. Will it be able to play+record minecraft for youtube?
3...
Archived from groups: alt.games.unreal.tournament2003 (More info?)
Would these binds be considered cheating, in regular UT2004? I think
UTSecure or one of the other anti-cheat mutators will get unhappy over
extreme FOV changes, but there's still leeway for 80-100.
Shift=Duck | Fov 80 |...
Hello,
I have an Acer Aspire 5732Z this has a DVD RW drive which I have used regularly but for the first time in 13 months I have trie to use the CD drive. When I insert a CD it is not recognised, the laptop operates under Windows 7.
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Well then, it must be time to play some HC!
That's right, lag is not enough, got to get the stomach all tied in knots
with worry about losing power too!
Heh, SC is for wussies. (ok, ok, so sometimes that includes me, so sue
me)
;)
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Not 1337.
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I have a Nikon D70 and want to get a bigger card for it. I'm wondering
wheter to get a MicroDrive from Hitachi or a solid state card. Genrally
speaking, which is faster?? The Hitachi is 7MBsec constant but there are
solid state cards that...
I found this off-brand 19" LCD with 2 ms response time from bensbargains.net. Anyone have any opinions of, evaluations of, or experience with it? Or does anyone have a link to reviews of the monitor?
I'm interested in something that would do well for general purpose, but I also like to game...
A friends Mag 17" monitor (can't remember the model, although I can get it if needed) has plum gone out of focus. No user adjustments seem to correct it. Monitor is at least 4 years old.
Does anyone know if this is something either user or repair shop serviceable
<i>It's always the one thing...
I have a NH-D14 cooler that I have had the unlucky ride of realizing that Vengance Memory and this cooler do not mix
My Specs:
CPU: I5 2500k
MOBO: Asus P8P67 Board (Pro Rev. 3)
RAM: Corsair Vengance 8GB (2x4)
GPU: EVGA Geoforce GTX580 3072MB
SSD: Intel 120GB 320 Series (updated Firmware, packed...