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Hi, so I have an approximately 3-year-old laptop which has never had any problems before. I was using it earlier today when I turned it a certain way and suddenly it made a noise very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4uU3k_JHWg and it seriously looked like there was smoke coming...

I am not getting any GDDR5 GPU in such a good price here. I am ready to buy it. I have watched a video where a guy was running Asus R7 240 in my computer (HP XW4600 with 0AA0H motherboard). But he never mentioned that he replaced motherboard with old one. I have seen on HP website where some...

I am starting to notice that recent games are listing i7's in there recommended specs. Will these games run fine with my i5 4570, or should I consider upgrading?

Ok so i am building a computer for a friend and i been looking for a motherboard that isnt overly expensive but will do and work with the setup.. Specs are the following CPU_AMD FX 6300 Versa BE AM3+ GPU_Evga GTX 650 ti boost 2GB CASE_Cooler master elite 430 HDD_1TB Sata lll RAM_Hyperx fury...

Note:I have not played the game I was watching Attack of the Show and they were talking about it and they said wait for it...it wasnt that good!!! How could this be? They said it had bad hit detection...spend 5 stinking years on a game and it has bad hit detection But they said as a plus it was...

Hey guys, I've been lurking for a few weeks now planning for a modeling/ rendering computer (CS4, Solidworks, AliasStudio). No intentions of gaming, might OC at some point, don't foresee any Crossfire or SLI and I'll be reusing all my peripherals. As it stands, it is about $1000, which is...

did somebody know this email ?? thank and advance

I just recieved a replacement for my AMD 5600+, which came with a new fan and heatsink, and the heatsink bottom already had some kind of thermal paste applied to it. It looked like it had been applied very professionally, with an evenness spread over the square that suggested to me it was done...

Hi guys, I've got a SFF pc with a notebook DVD drive - it needs a floppy header to power it. The power supply I have for it has one more molex header than I need, and I have an old unused ATX power supply with a floppy header. I noticed that they basically use the same wires in the same...

I have a compaq D510 small form factor. I installed a 400G hard drive. When I first boot it says no hard drive save settings? press F1 which I do. Then iot says found HD 400G save settings press F1 which I do. It then operates okay until it hibernates and I have to reboot 2 times all over. If I...

Time to upgrade! I have been looking at getting a new Gr. card, the only problem is understanding the differences in them. Looks like the ATI 32mg DDR card might be the way to go. The one I looked at today said somthing about "No Z buffer". What the hell is that? And is there a way to set...

Just got my Hyper 212 EVO today and installed it, but is it normal for it to wiggle around? I can rotate the heatsink with my hand with a little force, wondering if this is normal. I know the thermal paste is fresh, but it feels unsecure. All four spring screws are tightened all the way. Seems...

i have Intel® Core™ i5-3570k 3.4 GHz 6MB Cache Processor and GA-Z77-D3H motherbored ...... for now i dont want it's full power it make my room hot can i downclock it like 3.1ghz or 3ghz safe and easy ?? and how ?

Hello, I have a 2500k oc'd to 4.5. Under prime95, one core is always 10 degrees cooler than the other 3. This same core always fails prime within 4-5 hours. Under stock clock I haven't had this core fail, but it is still 10 degrees cooler. Then today I had a bsod while updating podcasts in...

Hello, Please can anyone help me?? I have got 4 partitions in my laptop(Disk management) only two of it is being used at present, out of the other two one shows healthy(EISA configuration 1.46 gb) and the other (Healthy primary partition 7.51 gb)What are these partitions for? can I use them to...

Hello, could someone help me with Memory Compatability? I have the following motherboard : Supermicro X7DAE With the following memory : 2 x 8gb Samsung : pc2 5300f 555 11 d0 The computer is stable, but when I try to add more memory it is not recognised. Now, the memory in question is either ...

Where can I Buy hardware to mount a second hard drive in a laptop computer? I have an ASUS G50V with an empty bay for the addtion of a second hard drive. I purchased a WD 320GB, 7200 rpm, 2.5 inch notebook hard drive. When I opened the box I learned that WD does not include mounting hardware...

I just OC'ed my i5 2500k using this guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265056-29-2600k-2500k-overclocking-guide I don't remember if it was this guide or another that mentioned sdd speed redcution, but one of the settings that I changed as drastically slowed down my ssd file writing and...

So I am planning a new build :) I'm currently on a 5 year old core2duo and it's crawling too slow sometimes now... I have recently upgraded the card in it to a GTX560 video card to get a second life. The power supply, a Corsair 520hx, is still kicking. So I'd like to take those into the new...

Hey, I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.3ghz (stock) with a HyperTX3 cooler on it - Sat on an ASUS P5QL PRO mobo. Think i'm using generic 800mhz DDR2 (4x2gb) they are paired. It's powered by a 550watt H.E.S. PSU. I know my way round most things windows based and the bios but as for messing...

Hey guys, I'm thinking about overclocking a q9550 on this board. I have been looking for an aftermarket CPU cooler, but there are many issues with DIMM clearances since the PI SERIES have massive heatspreaders. I've already ruled out the NH-D14 and mugen 2 rev b. I'm not sure if the megahalems...

Hi, I recently build a new pc with a GA-PA65-UD3-B3 motherboard, core i5 2500k, nvidua 8600gt and corsair 4gb ram. unfortunatly windows 7 shows 521MB of reserved bandwith in the resouce monitor. also the bios recognizes all 4gb of ram in the bios. ps: i have updated the bios with the latest...

So, its now been a few years since you guys recommended i get the MSI Gx620, and recently upon improperly applying thermal paste, i think its gone for good. idk whats wrong exactly besides the probable short, but when i turn on the computer no boot screen, no nothing, just a black back light...

I’ve currently got the AMD 955 C2 running at 3.41Ghz and 1.250v and stock bus and HT speeds with a Zalman CNPS9900 copper heatsink. Idle sits right in the area of 27-31 degrees celcius at idle and under load in Prime95 it will max out around 40-42 degrees celcius. I’ve had it up to 3.8Ghz at...

A couple of days ago when I had the leak. I disconnect one of the hoses to my resivoir that had a thread leak. And that hose spitted water on the motherboard. Now I read a site where you should use 90% alcohol to rinse the motherboard of any dried water. I have only 70% dose it really make any...

Ok so this is my first post to the community as I always read reliable info from this site so I figured it was time to join. I just finished building a new semi budget gaming rig and I am getting incredible overclocks from my cpu using amd overdrive. In fact it seems so easy to overclock this...

Hi, I'm installing my Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P and am trying to find a stable and fast setup. Initially I bought 2 x G.Skill 4 Gb 7-8-7-24 CAS 7, but I found a great deal on 2 x OCZ Gold 4 Gb 8-8-8-24 CAS 8 as well, so now I have both sets totaling 8 Gb. A few questions: 1. I'm confused about...

I have just been looking at the following article on the best way of applying paste to HDT coolers like mine. http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5 However I want to clarify first about filling in the channels between the base...

Here are the final results. Block was CNCed (Aluminum 6061); couldn't do on Copper due to cost. The water inlet fitting has some "fittings" inside of it to change/improve turbulent flow. The outlet fitting is untouched. Leak testing: Sorry for the mess. Took over my sis's bath room. :P A...

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Hey guys im making a new build and i want to be 100% sure everything is compatible. I want to buy this I-3 Sandy Bridge and i need to make sure this ram is compatible with the CPU. CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077 RAM...

Not having a modular psu i have a lot of cables that are not needed. with these i have used cable ties to bunch them all together and i have stashed them all in a spare slot in the hard drive area. is this in anyway dangerous? they are all combined in a very confined space.

Where are the best places to sell this power supply? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096

Hey all, just built and set up my new computer yesterday, and I've started some overclocking. (This is my first home built computer so I'm not savvy with overclocking quite yet.) So far, I've put the multiplier to x17 and that puts the clock speed to 3.4GHz, but it randomly drops to x4 and...