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Hi! I recently bought 67 SAS and SATA drives from an office that couldn't pay his rent so they left overnight and left a lot of stuff behind, including the drives, 4 towers, a bunch of cables and like 7 monitors. Most of the drives have a caddy but many don't. Is there any way to test them to...

I am looking at building a gaming pc with a budget of $1,200 and I was wondering if I should go with a GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce 680(maybe in SLI if price low enough). if not these then what? I am also looking for a little future proofing if possible and this will be done over...

Hi everyone, have a nice day/evening, I need to build PC for gaming / video editing, I did my home work and I came to that I need to build my PC around: - i7-4770K Box <3.50GHz, 8Mb, LGA1150 (Haswell). - AMD r9 280x. - Please pair in mind: 1- I might not OC in beginning but I want be able to in...

Recently (past week) my monitors will shut off when I attempt to play a video of any kind (local, youtube, etc) and won't turn back on, I have to hold the power button until the computer turns off and reboot. I know of nothing that could have caused this. Any ideas?

Hi :) I've just recently built my first PC. Only issue is I can't install Windows 7 onto my hard drive, my hard drive is this one : http://www.ebuyer.com/497318-wd-1tb-blue-internal-hard-drive-wd10jpvx I've tried all the SATA plugs, doesn't detect anything, tried USB to SATA, PC recognizes the...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£157.96 @...

my pc specs are gta 680 i7 3770k 16gm ram thats all whats needed im only getting 40-50fps in black flag ac4 whats the problem ? thanks

When I restart my computer, I have pressed F1, F2 and Delete, To try and get onto the Windows Setup screen (or is it the DIOS Screen) It just goes on for a split second then goes onto my Log in for my computer. I need help bad! :S

Hi all, I've been with the same computer all my Bachelor degree and haven't had any problems before. But now that Battlefield 4 has been released, I realised that I might have to upgrade my system since I can barely play it at the lowest settings (I used to play little games like...

Is there a program with the balls to overclock hp compaq presario cq57-339wm notebook pc? so the answer might be that there is no software with the holy power to overclock oem system? well i overclocked my htc wildfire s from 600mhz to 900mhz stable so i thought maybe i could go at least from...

So here is a bulid I was thinking of making - cooler master elite 431 plus - i5-3570k 3.4 Ghz - Asus P8Z77-V - Rosewill bronze series 1000 watt 80+ bronze modular - 2 GTX 650 Ti boost 2gb GDDR5 - 1 TB western digital blue 7200 rpm - corsair XMS 8gb 1600 GDDR3 It would be used for gaming and it...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-TechBargains&cm_mmc=AFC-TechBargains-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16813128592 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131981 my current build is: CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon) CPU...

My laptop screen is broken, so it's plugged into an old monitor. It was working fine up until yesterday, when I accidentally hit 'sleep' when trying to shut it down. I left it and went to bed, but when I tried to turn it on this morning, the laptop screen lit up, but the monitor said 'VGA: no...

With 7870's so cheep now should I grab another one to xfire? My setup can handle 2 with no problem. But is it worth it? I'm looks at games coming out next year. With Titian Fall and Watchdogs at the top of my list. I want to be able to run them at 1080P with everything on High. So what are your...

Archived from groups: alt.games.mame (More info?) Is there some kind of way to limit the amount of credits that can be added in MAME32 in order to give a more realistic feeling to game play. I'd like to give my boys a machine to play all the old classics on but if they have "unlimited quarters"...

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) Do you know where to find New Sinbad 7 or MARS manuals/schematics? I've to repair my NS7 without sound and all labels on ICs have been deleted... Thank you vernimark

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?) Hi guys: I just wondering how can I find CS server within compus?

Archived from groups: alt.games.video.xbox (More info?) Will the new box have High-def for Europe (PAL), or will there just be for USA (NTSC) like the current one? Has anyone heard anything? Egil Kristiansen

Archived from groups: alt.games.coh (More info?) Check out the new website for City of Villians. Lots of new info, and a couple of screenshots including what looks like the base-building screen. http://www.cityofvillains.com/ -- Marcel http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/

Archived from groups: alt.games.neopets (More info?) When did they take down the guilds? I don't go to mine very often, it's mainly there to keep people from inviting me into theirs, but I do keep my wishlist on the front page in case people stop by. I went to update my wishlist, and the...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.real-world,alt.drugs.pot,alt.fan.howard-stern,alt.tv.american-idol,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 (More info?) Here is a kick ass picture I photoshopped of Wavy G killing Darth Vader with a light saber. http://whiterap.spymac.net/wavygkillingdarthvader.gif ---...

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting,rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace (More info?) Hi All, I have an EDOT project here for sale. Game has a boot issue with the board. Seems like it wants to boot, but just doesn't make it all the way. I could get it fixed but figured that...

Archived from groups: alt.games.the-sims (More info?) After six months of playing Sims2, there are still surprises... One Sim was writing in her diary and another had to squeeze by to get dressed. The first one made sure she covered her book while the other was in the room. -- --Cuth

Hi So upgraded my old AMD CPU with a new i7 4770K. Every thing went nicely I stress tested the system at stock with Prime95 10 hours, no errors and the CPU around 47°C. So I decided to overclock it a bit, I clocked the cpu @ 4.2 Ghz (1.2V) and did a stress test. Got around 55°C and the fans on...

Archived from groups: alt.games.thief-dark-project (More info?) Mirrors here: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96624

Archived from groups: alt.games.vga-planets (More info?) Hi all! I'm trying to identify explosions. THost starts counting at 1 and increments with 1. an explosion-message carries the ID, as -x0### at least for explosions from battle. If I have the proper ID, I can match it with messages from...

Archived from groups: alt.games.warcraft (More info?) Here's an idea I've been kicking around. Others have done similar projects, with varying degrees of success. I figure this would be a good first place to check for input. Gather together a team, large or small, of programmers, graphic...

Archived from groups: alt.games.video.xbox (More info?) RE: Adapting Logitech Cordless Xbox controller for PC Hi. Does anyone know of it is possible, and / or can point me to a FAQ or product to adapt my Logitech Cordless xbox contoller for PC? I have seen recipies for corded logitech xbox...

Archived from groups: alt.games.neopets (More info?) The Earth Faerie says 'I'm still waiting for my Fire Jug!'

Archived from groups: alt.games.warcraft (More info?) Hey, I'm looking for a UI mod that lets me keep two or three total UI configuration files... and switch between them with a click of the mouse! For example, an instance config, a questing config, and a raid PVP config would be great :)...

Archived from groups: alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 (More info?) Playstation3 posters have shown up all around LA, with the message "Welcome Chang3". Very cool looking, showing parts of the circle, square, triangle and X to almost look like an alien language. This is subtle, suave, the...

Archived from groups: rec.games.frp.dnd (More info?) As long as your fight doesn't last more than 9 rounds, Fist of Stone is better than Bull's Strength -- and it's 1st level! As long as I'm reading the spell description correctly... it does say you gain a +6 Enhancement Bonus to Strength that...

Archived from groups: alt.games.champ-man (More info?) If Glazier get 75% of the shares, his debt may prevent Man Utd from playing in europe. His £1 billion debt then becomes "man utd`s debt" and that debt exceeds the allowed limit UEFA have on clubs playing in Europe... Well done, greedy...

Archived from groups: alt.games.video.xbox (More info?) I'm hearing that Xbox360 will have 1080i thur 720p as a minimal. 720p as a minimal? If this is true then doesn't that mean I have to go out and buy a HD or Plasma tv right now? Because I'm using analog 36" RCA tv with component input (RGB)...

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo (More info?) Hah! Finally those numbskulls fixed my internet connection. How's everybody? Did I miss anything good? Who left and who joined us? Cya around guys and gals. Hope to be on this weekend. Devast8or

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.misc (More info?) Could anyone point me to a Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi RL? Most I have played are fantasy (which I love, don't get me wrong ;). Played Gearhead already, DoomRL (arguably sci-fi), and this one that you start on a spaceship and walk around some...

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace,rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) looking for a restorable universal cabinet. it will eventually be resurrected as a 'dedicated' mr do. if i could find a dedicated mr do cabinet hopefully with the backglass, bezel and a CP...

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack (More info?) I found this lawful male human Knight at the start of the mines (DL4). No item discoveries, or much else of significance. I fell through a trapdoor on level 4, and worked my way back up, so mostly I just explored a few levels...

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?) There's an article by John Dvorak about how computer gaming is dead: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1784975,00.asp http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/29/1145204...

Archived from groups: rec.games.empire (More info?) Yes, I'm always full of good ideas. but here are a couple worth listening too. First, land mines in this game are poorly handled. Not how they are used, but how they are laid. Right now they require expensive engieer units to put down...