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i am buying a new gaming rig and i have decided the graphic card to be Asus AMD/ATI R7 260X Direct CUII 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card i want to buy a motherboard that can handle this graphic card my current motherboard is Gigabyte G31M-ES2C is this mother board ok? is this wont work my 1 st preference...

Hey everyone, I was wondering if my computer is running abnormally hot. I only use it when I'm home from school so I don't usually encounter any issues but today I was playing Transistor, which seems like a pretty mid range game, graphically, and noticed that my temps were incredibly high. This...

Hello all, Not sure if this is the correct subforum for this, as it's computer audio. Mods please move if needed. Okay so I have a Plantronics Gamcom headset, 3.5mm headphone and mic jacks. It work perfectly in Skype, but I've recently been trying to use windows speech recognition. The...

Hi guys my brothers pc in making a constant ringing sound and its really getting bad. I have already check its not any of the fans, the cpu cooler or hard drive? Any ideas of whats happening *edit, its not the gpu either*

What is the most future proof case with the most airflow I can find under $150 in Malaysia? I use websites like http://www.ipmart.com.my/

what direction do the pins on a motherboard cpu socket go? lga 1155 ASRock B75M R2.0.

Hi, first time posting here and I'm having trouble with booting on my new build. I have i5-4670k, ASRock Z87 Extreme4, G.Skill Ares 8gb, Sapphire R9 280, EVGA 650W, CM Evo, and Fractal r4 case. I tried installing Win8 on it and ran into some problems. First problem I ran into was cannot...

Hello! I was just wondering what would be some good options for 120mm fans that are black (Airflow oriented). I was hoping just to get two of them, and mount them as bottom intakes. I was thinking along the lines of the Corsair AF120 Performance Editions as a dual pack for $24, but I'm not...

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My friend has laptop and he told me that his motherboard is dead. How to check does it is dead and if is dead will be as easy to replace it as in desktop pc?

Hello! I have 2 HDDs, on one there is xp and on other win7. Can I remove the xp just by formatting the HDD and no harm is done or is there another way?

Hello, My situation is that I am planning to upgrade my laptop from a HDD to an SSD, I have been reading about a rule about Windows 8 is that you have to remove the old installation of it before you put it on the new drive. I will be using the old HDD for data storage, so would it work if I take...

Hello, so I just built my new PC and finally installed windows. However, I currently am kind of lost as to what I am supposed to do. First of all, do I need to update the BIOS? I believe I know how to do that (in the starting BIOS menu) but I was confused as to whether I had to do it, as...

So I've decided I "need" a new rig. Card in current one is going on the fritz, things don't fit quite right in my case, and my cooler started running at 100% all the time for some reason. I plan on taking care of the card and cooler, but I don't want to be out of commission entirely while...

My laptop will not connect to my router via ethernet or wifi. I did not have this issue until I unplugged the router to move it. My phone connects to the wifi and my computer can wirelessly connect to my mobile hotspot. My router is an LG u+ wifi.

I am thinking into going with 3 4K monitors for gaming, my questions is if XFire the R9 290X would be fine or should I go with 3 GPU's instead?

Hello! I have a problem. The processor: i3-2100 Motherboard: ASRock H61 U3S3. The two core CPU temperature is always 8-11 degrees difference. Idle: 28/38 degrees. Load: 47/58 degrees. Why is this? There are two cooling: Intel original, and an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2. Everything is in place...

Hi Guys, I've looked through these forums to see if I can find another forum post similar to mine but no such luck.... The problem I am currently having with my Dell 1545 is the screen keeps going black. The laptop works fine for a while, then suddenly the screen goes blank, then black, but...

Hi, I am building a new pc and need help to choose a motherboard. Will not be doing gaming but mostly playing music and movies HD. No preference between AMD and Intel. Would like as many expansion slots as I can afford but picking the right MB will help not needing addin sound cards or...

So I will try to explain only the key points.. 1. I took one stick of Ram out and left one in, turned the computer back on and changed the boot order so it would boot Memtest from my USB. 2. I done the test and after around 1 hour it said no errors so I turned the computer off. 3. I took out...

I am currently building a high-end build for heavy video editing, 3d designing and some gaming. I managed to throw up a list What do you think of it: CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($1049.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler...

Hello everyone. Lately i am looking forward to buy a new vga and I will need your knowledge and help in that. I got a really old and low spec system and i dont know if the card i will buy is compatible with my mainboard. Here is my motherboard https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5Q_SE and i want...

Hi there everyone. I just set up my pc, but when I turn it on, it constantly reboots before even getting to the bios. I figured it would be a cooling problem, but I have a h100i installed at it seems to be working (the light on the front comes on, and the fans on the rad spin up) so I can't see...

I have a 2 x 280X in crossfire. Using the afterburner program when playing Skyrim and Left4dead 2, I can see that only one of the GPUs is being used. I thought perhaps that something was wrong, but I tried the original Bioshock and the crossfire logo appeared and both cards were showing as...

Hi, I want to upgrade my graphics card from my HD6850 to something more recent. I will only be playing at 1080 resolution but want to get something that will give me a couple years gaming if possible, especially with all the multi platform games from the next gen consoles coming out. My rig...

Hello, and thank you for viewing this thread! First I will describe what I was doing when the device stopped working. Then I will describe the steps I have taken in an attempt to resolve the issue, with their results. System Specs os: Windows 7(64) Sony Vaio Laptop Model: VPCF126FM (F-series)...

Hello. I would like everyone's opinion on this based on experience. It's about that time that I want to upgrade my motherboard and processor. I know what processor I want. The Intel i7 4930k. Now to match this I need a new motherboard. I will require an LGA 2011 motherboard. Which...

Hello, SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio Driver for Hp Compaq Business desktop d530 Windows 7 Operating system

So if you go Here youll see that with 990FX Extreme4 boards, you can use the XFast 555 Technology : XFast RAM / XFast LAN / XFast USB features. I usually dont download or use added features like this for some reason, and i read someone had a problem with the XFast LAN feature in which it would...

in games u can choose between different refresh rates i read that it affects fps and that it got a relation with vsync that i cant understand could u plz explain ?

8 Gig Ram (Memory) Dual Hd 4750 Cross Fired Graphics Cards 3 - 640 Gig Hard Drives Dual Readable Writeable Drives AMD Quad Core 3.8GHz Black Edition Media Card Reader, With Blue Tooth. Alien Ware FX Editior There's more im Sure. But I can show you recipts and build sheet. Been trading around...

Hello, I am very new to building computers and I plan on building my own computer by the end of 2013. I've done a decent amount of research and I picked out some parts that I'm considering to use. The system I will try to build is intended to be a gaming PC. I need to know whether or not these...

Hi! I'm currently using a computer I bought from my school. Since I have no admin rights, I was wondering if there might be a way to install games like Football Manager without admin privileges?

Sorry for my ignorance but I have ordered a PC (Dell Studio XPS 8100, 8GB Ram, Nvidia GeForce 240, Intel Core i5 750) and would like to use my existing BenQ FP93E S monitor with it as I am very happy with this monitor. Apparently the BenQ is compatible with Vista but I cannot find out whether it...

Hi, i have a problem, i was trying to connect my computer with tv screen by the HDMI cable, but it's only working with image, sound is not working at all. in sound playback i was searching hdmi icon, and i haven't found anything. Could it be problem with drivers? what should i do? Please, help guys.

is zone alarm 91.007.002 64bit?

i earlier installed windows 7 ultimate 32 bit but now i want to install 64 bit version. whenever i try to install the 64 bit version a compatibility error occurs but i know that i have all the things for the 64 bit coz i earlier installed it but now unable to install. plz help guyz!!!

I think it Dell Certified Data CPU - Phenom X4 945 3Ghz will goes up to 3.4 Ghz OC GPU - HD 4600, kinda broken for games, works perfect for video editing. HardDrive - 800Gb 3GBs 7200 (Wiped) 4 Old Rams, 4 New ram 8Gb 400Watt PSU Case has 2 120mm fans. Very sleek, easy to open. attachments...

How do I stop Media from recording and even I do not want to record?

OK... just about ready to throw my machine into a pit of fire... I'm running WinXP and have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT card, which according to the AMD site, supports [up to] DirectX10, including shader model 4.0...