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There seems to be some confusion/misinformation regarding the WD black 1 TB hard drives. What is the best choice between the WD1002FAEX & WD1003FZEX hard drives? Some say the 1003 is basically a rebadged blue drive. I'm going to use a samsung 840 pro SSD for my windows installation and will...

hello i have a sapphire DUAL-X R9 270X 2GB OC WITH BOOST and i'm kind of planning to buy another 270X......but this time i'm thinking of buying sapphire TOXIC R9 270X 2GB WITH BOOST or VAPOR R9 270X OC WITH BOOST.. can i crossfire my SAPPHIRE DUAL -X R9 270X 2GB OC WITH BOOST with any of...

hi i have a 1mbps connection but when downloading anything from play store via wifi or downloading youtube videos with idm i get upto 600kbps to 1megabytes and regular sites gives me around 100 kbps rate and aslo some torrents with higher seeds i get 200 kbps to 1mbps please can anyone explain...

I have a Dell Inspiron 3000 Series Desktop w/ 4gb ram and 500gb hard drive and I am trying to connect to a monitor via HDMI. The monitor is a Westinghouse SK-19H210S. Whenever I boot up, the screen flashes black for a couple of seconds, then turns blue with a message box: "Input Not Support."...

Hi guys i recently bought a i5 4670k and i am being really careful with the heat i sometimes get worried when it gets to 55 degrees haha. I have 8gb of ram And a z87-g45 msi gaming edition motherboard i have a 200mil air fan on top of cpu So i wanted to know a couple of things, What is a...

Hello I am building a pc for use for gaming, 3D design, rendering, graphic design and video editing. I have a Samsung EVO 120gb ssd. What should I go with for additional drives? Another ssd or a hdd like the WD Cavalier Black? How should I set them up?

So my PC just randomly shutdown and won't power on at all. Worked fine for a year. I have a corsair cx600 psu. asrock extreme4 MB 3570k cpu 7970 gpu Seeing no lights on back or on motherboard. I don't have the tools to test it either. It seems like it failed and i'll have to replace it...

I'm not looking to go super heavy on case cost, that being said mid or full is my preference for airflow and room to move around in (specially having a big video card with the SLI possibility in the future). I bought a used Rosewill Thor V2, and the case layout is great, most of it is awesome...

I received a call from a company called Sam Teletech. I was told that they were seeing on a global server that my computer was downloading harmful material from questionable websites. They directed me to teamviwer.com and wanted me to turn over control of my computer to them to fix the problem...

MY PC RIG IS THIS CPU-AMD FX 8350 8 core Black Edition GPU-AMD HD 6570 2GB DDR3 RAM-8GB Corsair Motherboard-MSI 990 FXA GD 65 PSU-Corsair VS550 W I will change to MSI R9 270x Gaming 2gb 2 questions Will my motherboard support it and can it run BF 4 on ultra on 1600 X 900 resolution ...

I have just ordered up my PC components and left out an OS as I thought I had a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate at home. I managed to find it and it turns out that its an upgrade instead of an OS installation disk. Is there anywhere I can download Windows for free and apply the key when its...

I was wondering is their a low priced PC thats good for MMO type games specifically Mabinogi and WoW. I don't think it would be that expensive since those games don't require a ton, but cheap as you can for those specific games. Thanks in advanced.

Im having a hard time making a decision on which graphics card to choose, so I decided to get some outside opinions. The cards Im having a difficult time choosing between is the MSI GTX780 lightning or the Asus GTX780ti DirectCU II Lightning...

Hi, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/#incompatibilities - This is my PC build and only today did this compatibily issue occur - Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs - Does this mean anything for my build??

Hi. I bought Gigabyte 970A-DS3P motherboard and connected everything properly but cpu fan just wont start. Any fan i tried just wont start. Other fan controlers on motherboard are working exept cpu fan ( sys fan1, sys fan2...). I tried changing settings in bios by swithcing fan control from auto...

Recently bought the MSI 770 Lightning off of Newegg for around $375 and had it arrive it in the mail a few days ago. So far, I'm not impressed. I bought the lightning edition specifically for over clocking which seems to be more difficult then I expected. I'll go into more detail in a bit...

Asus has unleashed its GTX 780 Ti, and it can be colored red, gold or plain black. Asus Unleashes Recolorable GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II Card : Read more

I have found these two motherboards in a local store at about the same prize: 75€. I've read the differences between the various chipsets, so I was leaning towards the ASrock Z87M Pro4, even tough I won't be overcloking (I'm going to buy a Core i3-4330), neither I need other functions offered...

Hey so i am upgrading my Gateway 4860-UR10P stock pc by adding a SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W PSU. i bought it because it was for 60 bucks and because the stock 300W is crap. And for now, i have a used GTX 560 ti that my friends giving me. I am not overclocking or anything, no other...

So i have a rampage II Extreme motherboard running an i7 920, but i want a 3770k-4770k, But i don't think my motherboard supports them, can anyone shed some light on this, i really don't want to have to buy another motherboard when buying one of the 2 selections..., and if i have to buy a...

Hello! I`m currently having some problems with my computer. I recently uptdated to Win 8.1. After I did that i`ve been having some trouble. The thing is that my pc freezes. Usually while loading BF4 maps, but also at other stuff, like after an GPU benchmark, but not while doing a benchmark (For...

So I have crummy speakers and don't want to annoy neighbours, and am interested in buying a set of gaming headphones/headset. I'm not really sure where to start looking, I've looked into the Kraken 7.1, 5HV3, and SiberiaV2, but have read VERY mixed reviews. I dont want to spend more than...

Hello ! I recently bought an ASUS GTX760 DirectCU II graphic card that came with an adapter 2x 6pin pci express to 1x 8 pin pci express. Should i use the adapter and put 2 6pin pci express or should i use only 1 8pin pci express from my power supply. i have a seasonic S12ii bronze 620w power...

System starts momentarily and then shuts off...repeats the sequence till pwoered off. Have tried a second power supply. ASUA Z871-Deluxe motherboard i7-4770k Have used two different powered cases: Lian Li PC-q02 330w EVGA Hadron Same results Have been through the troubleshooting lists

I live in an apartment so I am in no direct contact to the ground. I can only build In a carpet surface, and I'm afraid of damaging my parts. I don't think I have any ground sockets ( will a three plug do?) and am also wondering if an anti static wrist band is necessary? This is my first build...

is it safe to delete all files and folders from local hard disk drive C:

While trying to install FontAgent Pro 4 on my newly upgraded Windows 7 Home Premium PC I got the following error: Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly...

Hey guys, I have this wishlist: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=31743848 This is the computer that I'm working to. The video card and the ssd seems to be out of stock so what can I replace them with? And is Windows 8 better than windows 7? Is my computer...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) All of a sudden my laptop is not acception RD connections. It was working at some point, then remote desktop was disconnected, and half an hour later the RDC was returning an error along the lines of "Can't connect...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) I have a miniDV camcorder (panasonic pv-dv400), it connects well when i use a 6-to-4 cable (in my desktop). When i try to use it in my sony VAIO i have to use a 4-to-4 cable, but it doesn't work (as if it were disconnected). is...

The "System and Maintenance" icon is missing from the Control Panel. How can I make the icon appear? I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium.

Hello, When i try to play the game, my computer doesn't let me to play it and it doesn't give a reason. Does anybody know the solution to the problem? thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have a client that just upgraded her MSN IM to the latest flavor, believe it's 7. now she is unable to receive file transfers through IM. checked the XP stock firewall and it's set ok, seems to me that it must be...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I have one XP workstation (out of 20) on my network that has this problem: Using the Windows XP Fax Console, when I right-click on a fax and select Mail To... (or click the Mail To button on the toolbar), the Internet...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I would like to know how I can make my system just as if I had just purchased it out of the box and run it for the first time. This includes all my files wiped, and only the basics re-installed. Or, I would like to...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Hello I am using Win XP Svc Pack 2 on DELL 2.2Ghz, 512 Mb RAM When I surfed to some sites eg the Time magazine site, the images are not displayed, but only placeholders for these images. I have checked that my IE v6...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Dear All Could any of you please give some thoughts on the following I have a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop running XP Home Edition Last week the machine started to have a problem at start up where I only got a...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) i use ad-watch and recently its been showing a registery modificatin message of which the basic line is data:c:\windows\pchealth\elpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe\auto i think i know what pchealth is but what is...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I read some other posts about downloading a fix from a kelly website, but when i download it to my desktop and then try to install it, i get the following error message after it tells me that i need to restart my computer...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hello, I have a specific problem that cannot be answered wby using FAQs. I use the http.support.benq.com website, fill out a form and I get a letter directing me to the same site! I have the 866 number but I know what I'll...