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I've been runnning my system with the CX500 using an OC editiong HD7970. I have an i7-2600k 3.4GHz, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB 7200RPM HDD, Gigabyte HD7970 OC Edition I run all games in 1080p at ultra settings getting 60+ FPS. My system gets hot but not too hot. Just wondering if my Corsair is...

well i know it only cheap but it cools my slighty oc'd fx6300 a lot better than stock but ive noticed the cpu fan only wants to spin at 2400rpm surely thats not right? shouldnt it work more efiiciantly a bit slower ?

Looking for a gtx 670/680 in sli or a gtx 780

I am trying to fix my father's desktop after we believe 1 of his two hard drives is bad. I booted Ubuntu 12.04 and used one of it's apps that it came with(the drives utility). It said the bad hard drive has bad sectors and assures me it is a hardware problem. This drive is mainly a storage...

Hey guys, só i ran prime95 stock cpu (i5 4570) cant even overclock it. But my ram is overclocked from 1333 to 1600 at 9-9-9-24 1.5V and 1.55V and gave me error both times. They are Max 1333mhz 9-9-9-24! Im trying now With 1333 do you guys think it was because of that? Thanks.

I have the chance to by a case used but in real good shape for a very good price. When I go to connect the front panel cables, some will be fairly obvious of course. My question is this, if I connect a cable to the wrong motherboard terminal, will that part simply not work, or can I cause damage?

I want to overclock my AMD A8-6600K Black Edition and maybe MSI R7770

Greetings. I don't trust pre-assembled machines, ready to use, that we can buy on stores. Hence I've taken the step of always installing OS and the rest by myself when making a new machine. But time goes by and new threats come up: -> across network infections (avoidable by not connecting to...

I currently have a Radeon HD 6870 looking to switch it to a Radeon MSI R9 270X is the switch worth it? Will it make a big difference? I want a smoother gameplay. It costs only $209 now, This is my PC.... can it do well with it? Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)...

Hi... By mistake, I've formatted my all partitions and then all partitions became one drive. On that drive, I installed new windows... Can I recover my data ?? Please help.... :(

I have a lenovo ideapad y500 and I wanted to apply AC5 onto the gpu in the ultrabay. I cleaned off the old thermal paste that was on the part that contacts the heatsink but there's some thermal paste that went off the contact and onto the gpu. I can't clean it off because theres some sort of...

I bought this graphic card few month ago, and I tried to plug in 6+2 pin without success. Then I plugged in one 8 pin, that has two 6 pin on the end. And it worked, but there were red light. Then I read somewhere that there is a green light too, so I got confused. I searched a bit, and I found...

Hey! looking to buy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313 Was reading somewhere (must have been an old thread an I didn't realize) that hdmi cannot support past 120 Hz but Displayport can. So went out to buy one bc I wasn't going to buy a 144Hz monitor and play at 60...

.Budget -$1200(w/ taxes if possible) -Would be willing to go to $1300 if it would make a big difference. .Resolution -1920x1080 .Games / Settings Desired -Wildstar/ ElderScrolls/ WoW/ GuildWars - Mostly upcoming MMO's. -Would like to play very smoothly at ultra settings. .Any other intensive...

I want to know what things are required to buy for gaming CPU. Yes A to Z . Please tell all the things to be selected.:bounce:

So the situation as it stands right now guys: Apparently my Windows somehow got deactivated and now i need to re install windows but not windows 8 but windows 7 because I have a ligit product key of it. Does anyone know how I can downgrade back?

hi friends, i am using corsair vengeance ddr3 16gb,and cpu amd fx 8350,smps corsair TX750,motherboard asus crosshair v formula z so best cooler for fx 8350 below 10000

Hello, I'm looking to buy new graphics card.I have HD 5450 1GB ddr3 silent.I recently found nVidia GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB for ~160$.My question is can I run it on G41T-M7 V1.0.Problem is GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB uses PCI Express 3.0 and my motherboard only have PCI Express x1 slot and PCI Express x16...

I recently downloaded Windows 8.1 on my computer, and with it got the GTX 780 OC edition (rev 2.0) Graphics Card. I downloaded the drivers just fine, but when it came to the OC utility, the OC Guru II, it would not boot after being downloaded. All that would happen is the window would open for a...

I have sapphire r9 280x and im wondering would this psu SILVERSTONE Strider Plus would be good for it ? Also i have i7 2600k which i want to OC .

Hello ! I recently purchased the Corsair TX650M semi-modulair PSU. After installing the PSU and connecting all the cables I hooked it up to check if it was working, but it didn't! The motherboard lights turn on etc, but upon pressing the power button you only see the fan of the PSU move like 1...

I can see my hdd in Device Manager, but after disconnection while writing, it seems it's gone into permanent write mode. It begins spinning itself into a reset, only recognizable for a second. The files are there, and I've even updated the firmware within that second with to no avail. It spins...

I have connect the HDMI from the GPU and TV and then when I powered on it comes up with half cut off screen. How do I fix it? (I haven't installed any drivers). Also it continuously beeps when I turn it on anybody know why?

I am getting my computer built by a relative and I was wondering if this is good for gaming Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 69W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80637i53350P G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop...

I'm planning to build my first PC and this is what I have so far: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2sqMx I already have a hard drive which is why I only have a 60gb ssd. I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions for improvements. I mostly play Dota 2, but I wanted to play some of the next gen...

So for Christmas I got computer parts and started to build my computer, I got everything installed and working...except my NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005 ). My problem is that I have everything installed and plugged in but I can...

I have a Kingston 96gb OS drive and it full, I need another drive for games and storage, what shall I get WD blue 1TB, green 2TB or something else. Budget is 60 GBP. cheers.

hey guys! i am building my new budget gaming pc for the first time i am a little worried about the components and their compatibility so..are these parts compatible (hope they are) specs: amd fx 8320,8 cores,piledriver processor,3.5 ghz,AM3 socket msi 970a-g43 mobo,AM3+ socket galaxy geforce gtx...

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how is HP ProBook 450 Notebook PC for playing all the modern games??

Need help with the last few pieces of my build deciding on a case to keep my PC cool (will OC) deciding on the right monitor for me deciding on the right power supply with the power supply and PC case, i want cheap cheap cheap, with the only exception being that I want to ensure the PC case...

Ok... So I burned a DVD so my parents could play it on the PS2 to watch it.... I know... Cheap-o-rents... So the -R disc didnt work in the rom... Playes fine on my PC.. I read some where about booktyping. I have read some limited articles on booktyping, I was wondering if anyone could help me...

Hello, I am trying to find an am3 motherboard that can support 16GB (4x4G) of ddr3 1066 ecc buffered memory and a 125 watt phenom II 9950. So far, I have not found any such motherboards, but I have found a lot of them that do not say whether they support buffered memory or not. Their...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Yes just has another hard drive fail, I was using Active Smart but some of the results are misleading. the TEC was Jan 2005 its now failed the other drive Seagate 120g, the same model was showing March 2005 not showing...

Approximate Purchase Date: September Budget Range: I want to spend under $3000 dollars. System Usage from Most to Least Important: MMO Gaming (I'm building this for TOR), Other Games (Skyrim, ME3, etc), Internet Browsing, Movies/Music Parts Not Required: Everything Required. Preferred...

Well maybe not, but 45 minutes to format, 20 minutes to transfer a 1.5GB file. It's a 6.4GB Quantum SCSI drive, supposedly Utra SCSI (20MB/s), but dang, it's so slow when I transfer a file it takes like 5 seconds after completion to close the window. It's already set to Sync in Windows and...

My first PC was a GW2k 486-33VL I bought in 1993. It came with a 540MB HD (WOW!!!!). I added to it a couple years later a WD 1.8GB HD. Later, I yanked the 540 (anyone want it?) and put in a 8.6GB WD which is now in my Dell XPS-T700r. None of these drive ever gave me so much as a bad sector. My...

I've got a WD 30gb(WD300B),7200 rpm and ATA100 support.My motherboard supports up to udma66(Gigabyte 6VXC7-4X-P). I can't get transfers greater than aprox. 4mb/s.When booting,BIOS sais that 32 bit is not enabled.Can anyone please help me!

Hi all, I just recently did a clean install of Win XP and now I'm getting an invalid system disk error on boot-up. When I hit a key after this message, it continues on and boots up XP. When I did the clean install, I had to change the boot sequence of my system since setup cannot be run from...

I currently have a 30Gb ATA100 disk with a boot manager (BootStar) and 4 partitions (3 primaries and an extended). Just bought a second 30Gb disk for backup, but that's a no-go. So I'm considering going IDE RAID.. Da question is now: - would it be possible to implement IDE RAID -WITHOUT-...