Tweaking And Tuning

yeah i had to reformat my computer and put new ram in 1gb and before i put new ram in i started it last night at around 12am cdt and when i woke up at 4pm cdt it was still installing windows xp...what could be wrong that it is taking so long? i changed out hard drive and put ram in it...what...

Hi, I am looking for a PCIE card with two 20 pin USB 3.0 headers for internal use. Technically, it could also work with 1 USB 3.0 header and one USB 2.0 header. I've checked ebay and Amazon and Newegg and couldn't find anything. There is a startech that says it has two headers but I checked...

Hello, I'm building my first PC, and I was wondering if my case was too small. I bought the card (got a great deal on it) but haven't bought the case. I wouldn't mind taking out an HDD cage if necessary. Would I have to do this? Here's my plans: [PCPartPicker part...

Hey guys, my cousin is planning on getting into PC gaming and I was wondering if one of you guys could find the most powerful gaming PC including OS for £300. I know it really is not much, but that is all he's got, so any help would be really nice. Once again... Try and find the best build for...

I have Lenovo y510p, its already 6 months the problem is my screen is flickering when in darker background, when i go to page that full of dark backround the screen is flickering check this video for the flickering example Video Link

I'm just wondering if I should change anything on that list. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/MartinDaBawse/saved/wf8H99

The mobo I was looking at for my AM3+ CPU says it is SLI but doesn't say anything about Crossfire and my GPU is the R9-270 so will a Crossfire GPU work on a SLI mobo?

Hi guys. I have an old HP DC7600 Small Form Factor PC and i'm a total noob at getting a compatible graphics card. All i know is my mobo supports Low Profile graphics card. That's it and i don't know how to get a card for my mobo. My specs: HP DC7600 SFF 4GB DDR2 RAM Intel Pentium 4 640 3.2GHZ...

Hello forum members, I have a question. I am planning to sell my laptop soon and I want to delete everything. I want to make sure that nothing is traceable (password, documents, other computer files, etc). I have one 500 GB HDD and one 120GB SSD. I want to delete everything from both. Some...

Only one simple question: What PSU do you think would fit this build? http://amzn.com/w/1FD6L90NE9FM6 Also, just check in general if everything is in order in general. Thanks in advance! Mr_Brammetje

Os: Windows xp sp3 Ram:2gb Psu:500W I am having problems with my pc. When i use my onboard graphic card(Gma 3100) no problem. But when i insert the graphic card( either vga cable on onboard gpu or the dedicated) when i turn it on.. cpu fan move slowly no beep.. and a black screen.. When...

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I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard with the idea of upgrading my CPU, Video card, etc. in the next few months. I've read some reviews of the SiS655TX and it looks to be a good performing chipset (and usually well-priced). I'm trying to find the Asus P4S800D-E - it's my understanding these...

hi...this is my first post in this forum since i just joined in...i would like to know if the intel 865PE supports an intel p4 1.6 willamette (socket 478/0.18 micron/256KB L2 cache) i would like to change my current setup to an Abit IS7-E but still not enuff cash for a new proc...so i'd like to...

my friend has a SiS 745 mobo. Every couple of days, the FSB gets reset to 100. he resets it to 133 and then the same thing happens after a couple of days. The C-MOS battery is fine. He even got a new battery but the problem persists. He has a 1700+ on it. Every other component seems to work...

Hi, I'm trying to investigate the components required for the ultimate speed machine PC for general use. I'd like to use SCSI U320 with a couple of mirrored 15k rpm Seagates but I don't know how I'm going to connect SCSI U320 to a motherboard with a 3.2ghz P4 and 800mhz bus when I can't find a...

Hello, How can I obtain disc 4 of flight simulator 2004 to replace my defective original disc 4 ?