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i have a creative x52 cdrom that i want to use as the first logical drive (lots of games have trouble running otherwise, and thats what ill be using most anyway), and i just got a Ricoh CDRW today. ok so id put the CDROM as secondary master and Ricoh as secondary slave, BUT, theres only one...

Yesterday I noticed that my video card was getting much hotter than usual while playing games (68-69 C as opposed to 50-60 C), and decided to dust it out and take a look around. I ended up opening up the case and doing quite a bit of dusting several times when I had no results. Anyway, after I...

Hello folks! I worked hard on a multimedia presentation CD, in Macromedia Flash. I intend to replicate my CD and to sell it, some 1000 pieces. My question is how to make impossible to copy the original CD (for a normal user), to the HDD or to another blank CD? Thank you in advance.

Hey guys. I'm currently looking to purchase a new monitor for gaming as a replacement for my 21.5" Phillips monitor. The trouble is, I have no idea what to buy. I'm living in the UK, in case this is relevant at all. My budget is around £250 (closer to £200 would be preferable, but I can...

Hey Everyone, I recently brought a 680 gtx evga ftw edition 4gb, this may sound a bit noobish of me but when i came to install the power, the card has an 8 pin slot and a 6 pin slot, do i have to fill both? I have a 6-pin coming out of my power supply but its got a small 2-pin connected to it...

So hey guys, am planning on buying a new monitor soon, i have the N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC 2GB, I sit like 1 meter away from the screen. i wouldn't want something more than 22 inch. And not a high end monitor , an average priced one . Thank you :) , can you guys give me more than 1 option so...

When running SLI, does it make much difference in temperature and noise between a setup where the bottom card is a blower fan design, and the top is a 'better' aftermarket cooler, VS two cards with aftermarket coolers that dump all the heat in the case. Thanks.

I have a Acer montor it will only go to to 900p top 75hrz- Asrock 870 ex3 motherboard cpu AMD 1090T -Zalman CNPS10X cooler /Kingston 1600 /8g ram Corsair 750 PS XFX-5870 right now vista64 / upgrade to 7 soon . What would be best video card to upgrade to for BF3.

Would a system with SLI 670 OC, and a 3570k at 4.2GHz be a bad idea on 500w? Thanks.

I'm planning to upgrade my GTX 560 Ti. I have a few friends that has AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce. I know to play safe, most of people would just stay in the middle.. But really.. There is a better card, just like in every brand around the world. "There is a Better one" at 1080p and I intend...

Hi, I bought a GTX 660 ti, but now I'm a bit worried if my current power supply will be enough Right now I have a 2 years old 650w Thermaltake power supply (I specify the 2 years old because I've heard that they start losing wattage capacity with time) My PC specs are: Procesor: I7-930 Ram: 3...

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: A week or two. BUDGET RANGE: About $150 tops. After Rebates USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming (Assassins Creed, Minecraft, Battlefield 3 and Hitman), Adobe PS, Sony Vegas, Adobe Media Encoder. CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: (e.g., ATI Radeon HD 4850 and...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?) I just bought Star Trek Elite Force 2 and when I start it it says there is no Open GL support, so now i can't play it. Can i modify some settings or something to make it work? I have a ATI Rage Pro 128 Ulra GP AGP video card...

i might purchase a case fan and the loudness is 23 dBA how loud is that? could anyone compare this to something so i get a faint idea how loud it is also is there much difference between 37.9 cfm and 39.9 cfm for airflow?

Hello, I really want to go the SLI route right now instead of purchasing a new video card that costs me ridiculous amounts of money as apposed to just doing sli. I have tried my best to understand the req's for doing this, but am still hesitant. I simply want to know, will these two card be...

whats radeon version of 3d and wich is better radeon 3d or NVIDIA 3D Vision. i have a radeon card at the moment but gonna buy a 3d capable monitor i think

I just bought a new video card on boxing day: The ASUS HD 7770 Direct CU 1GB GDDR5 (More specifically, this one: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/AMD_Series/HD7770DC1GD5V2/#overview). I recently tried installing it and ran into some major problems. When booting up, I'd see the Windows 8...

I'm having problems in crossfire. What's being shown in my own benchmarks is not being reflected in games. In my crossfire, one card is an "toxic" Sapphire version of the HD6850 and the other a regular Sapphire HD6850. The toxic version is a bit bigger and requires more power and is overlooked a...

Hello, I am currently planning out a new build, and I'm not 100% sure if my Motherboard has the correct port for my GPU, could somebody clarify this for me? Thanks in advance !

hello guys i need serious help here my DVD/Rom got crazy everytime i insert CD/DVD disk my whole desktop will freeze including the playing music except my mouse pointer is only moving other window,folders,application says its not functioning , even the DVD rom is empty still happen the same...

Hello I built my PC a while back with a 6850 and wanted to crossfire so I bought a 7850 not realizing that they had to be the same now what can I do with 2 video cards with out cross fire.

Hello, I am running a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 with an FX-8350. I just installed this setup a couple of nights ago. When in use, the computer works fine. However, I'm having a serious issue with sleep mode. If I click the sleep button, the computer wakes up normally. However, if I'm away and the...

Hey guys you helped me before I hope you can do it again :D I have a "ok" 23 inch samsung TN panel 1920x1080 and a 20 inch 4:3 Dell S-IPS panel 1600x1200 (dell 2001fp) Basically I've been wanting to give eyefinity a try and I don't really want to invest 300 more dollars to get similar...

ok im looking for a graphics card for my hp dc7700 sff computer, it can only fit low profile cards and only has a 240w power the 12v ratings are +12v = 7.5A, +12vcpu = 11.5A, 12v = 0.15A and 25w to the pcie, i have a core 2 duo 2.4ghz e6600 and 4gb ram can someone please recomend a budget low...

So I was over at one of my fathers friends house today replacing his case fans with blue ones. when I was done I had a few fans left over and one of them caught his attrition. I replaced his 80mm fan with a 92 mm fan ( because that what he had the holes for on his case.) and he was wondering if...

My video card has a Dual link DVI-I female port. But my monitor has a dual link DVI-D female port. How in the world am I to connect these together. I've looked all over Tiger Direct for the right cable or adapter until my eyes crossed and my brain went numb. Can someone clue me in? PS; monitor...

Building a gaming system to play a little of everything. I'm mostly playing WoW on all low settings and want to crank it up, will be playing Skyrim and other FPS game, Civ, SC2 etc. I'm trying to keep it to around $1100 with a monitor just seeing what you guys think. Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz...

I was wondering if anyone has found a way to upgrade the GPU in these HP's with UEFI BIOS? This one that came stock just isn't going to cut it, and all I've seen is contradictions; owners saying they couldnt do it and educated tech people who didn't own one saying it was possible if you did it...

Hi All, I've been having trouble with my new system under-performing for quite some time. I've been trying to track down the bottleneck but I can't find it, I'm starting to think dodgy RAM or CPU. I've noticed that the graphics card power target never goes above 47%, could this be an...

Ok im poor and i want to biuld this computer (My first) if you look you will see a bunch of my posts alll around: forget them lol. Here is what i have now: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 940 3.0 GHz (165 on Newegg, and...

I got 500W PSU with 4x (4pins) molex, 1x sata and 1x PCI-E 6 pins plug. I need a help how to add ATI HD Radeon 4890, requiring 500W and 2x 6pins PCI-E plugs. Intel core 2 duo E7400 P45R2000 Asrock motherboard 2x OCZ RAM 800MHZ 4GB 1x 1TB SATA HDD (1x Sata) 1X DVD drive (1x molex) 3x Fans...

I'm wondering if the ASUS HD 7870 is better then the regular GTX 570, with an i5 3570k and 8GB DDR3 ram, for battlefield 3 at medium - high [Atleast 60 fps or above] at 1080p, Black Ops 2 at high settings without AA at 1080p, at 100 fps or above, CoD4 promod lowest settings at 250 fps [max in...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) Which registry key can we change to disable the Alerts on the firewall?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I know how to access the clipboard in MS Word which allows you to copy and paste up to twelve items. Is it possible to do the same in other applications such as Internet Explorer? For instance, is it possible to copy and...

Hi Please let me know how to reduce the temperature of my SMB1930N (1360x768@60Hz) 512MB GeForce 210 (nVidia), it is presently having a temperature of 79 degree C. My all other hardware are maintaining the temperature range between 30 to 40 degree C. Like for example CPU is Intel Pentium E5700...

My computer runs on a fx-8120 and an AMD 6870 with 8 b of RAM, and a tb 7200 RPM HD. My question is whether it is worth upgrading to an AMD 6950? Im thinking about upgrading my graphics card but Im not sure what to get. Im was looking at the 6950 and wondering if I should snag it up. I dont even...

Games that will be played: Civ 5, Simcity, RTS games and the occasional FPS The card in question: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162084&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= Can anyone recommend a better card for the...

Previously, I'd been using a laptop -> hdmi cable -> denon receiver -> hdmi cable -> samsung led tv setup. For the most part, this ran well. However, from time to time I needed to fiddle with the display settings (extending them again) in order for the TV to pick up the PC signal. When I first...

Hi all. I currently have a ATI HD 6670 2gb, and I'm looking to upgrade for christmas. However, I'm having a bit of trouble with finding out whether or not my PC can power it. I have a AMD FX-4170 which is overclocked at 4.0Ghz (maybe 4.4Ghz). I'm looking to get a PowerColor HD 6870 1GB GDDR5...

Does anyone know of any motherboard that has similar specs as the Asus PC-DL Deluxe? Or anyone have trouble with theirs? Mine doesn't work anymore :( , and I'm hoping that I could replace it without chaning out my other components. :lol: Would the Asus NCCH-DL work? Thank you very much for any...