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hi guys. my FX-8350 is bottle necking my R9 290, this comes in a form of low and unstable GPU usage (it goes from 30-70% uncontrollably) and all tough my CPU usage is never at a 100% i've (with the help of others on this forum) have come to a conclusion that my CPU bottlenecks. i've wanted to...

Hi folks I am looking for suggestions on a decent price ($50-$80) mid-tower casing for my daughter's new build. Space is limited. The case is going to go under a desk and should not exceed 17-17.5 inches deep. 17 or 18 inches high would be acceptable but the case would have to have good cable...

As the title says, will this work, it requires 6 and 8 pin http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/power-supplies/corsair-cx750-atx-psu-750-w-21891338-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR~~

I like to build a new cpu. intel platform.I would like to play games like assassins creed unity. Currently I have 720pixel monitor.8 gb ram.1tb hard disk. Need cabinet psu motherboard processor cooling kit

Hi, I'm having an issue recently whereby when I go from windowed mode to fullscreen in Minecraft (using F11 or the menu) the game will crash. You can refer to my signature for the spec of my PC, so I know that's not an issue. I have the latest drivers for my PCs hardware and I'm not using a...

hi all i have problem with office 2010 sp2. in my network with windows 2008 r2 sp1 ,my clients are windows 7 ultimate sp1. i install office 2010 locally,after join client join domain, when i run word 2010 show me error. error that shown: Not enough memory or disk space to completion . i do...

I apologize if this has already been discussed but I could not find a thread that dealt with this problem. My computer has worked fine for a few years but within the past year, I'd occasionally get a blue screen but not too often. Recently, whenever I turn on my computer, it will beep from the...

I need to know a fair price for this card. I am getting a i5-4670k and a nice motherboard for 160 with the card. Do you think 100 is a fair price, I think 80 is a little better.

Hello i was wondering if anybody can suggest a good 1000w psu has to be modular perferably fully modular. The best i have found is ocz fully modular zx1000w and another from corsair. Also could anybody suggest a good ssd for a long while i have been looking at samsungs 840 evo but i was...

hey guys! i need some help. i just bought this gateway FX gaming laptop on ebay, (yes old ancient but i wanted a project to do on my first laptop) my model is P-6831FX and was wondering if this mobo would fit??? and if the CPU i have will fit to??? thanks in advance.

Hello, I want to build a pc and I don't know weather to get a WD caviar green or black. I also want if anyone knows to tell me the power that they use. For example what diference would they have on booting?

I just built my new system with an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard. I used all of my old HDD, all three of which are plugged into SATA ports 1-3. I plugged my old DRU-810A DVD drive into the IDE port. During boot, the Marvell controller recognizes the drive. It is also visible in the bios...

Afternoon, I Have a Gigabyte 5770 and ASUS M4A88T-M-USB3 motherboard. I am hoping to connect up three monitors (none have Displayport) and one monitor is different resolution. I don't want to run EyeFinity or play games. Simply for photoshop and similar work. Thanks Guys.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (More info?) Hi, oot question. My company has some sort of web blocking software (websense), but I'm allowed to get into many webpages. Problem is, the category 'Games' is (obviously) blocked. That made me think, is there some sort of web page...

Ive just lost my samsung 17" CRT Monitor and wanted to move to LCD..now have researched on LCDs but am not completely sure what to look for in some areas like contrast ratio and pixel pitch.was also wondering,for gaming purposes, is it worth it to go LCD?Also if you have any experiences with a...

Hya, I have been hearing different views on the 6600Gt pci e , the question is - Does this card need to be plugged to the PSU ? Some people have said it takes it power from the PCI E bus and so does not need the power from the PSU others say it needs both. :?:

I read on another site that there really isnt much of a difference between getting a 32mb video card and a 64mb card. From what i read it seemed like they were trying to say that the extra memory really isnt needed? Can anyone toss in some insight on this? Should I spend the extra bucks for...

My friend Mike just started gaming on his Dell celeron 466(?). He is complaining that MS Flight Simulator European Theater game play is "choppy". He wants to upgrade the motherboard video to a PCI card. I don't know what to recommend because I'm in the stone age with my PI-200 and generic...

I'm just wondering if it is safe to leave my compaq evo n1020v notebook switched on overnight (using AC Power, not the battery). I'm just worried about the heat it puts out and would like to hear some opinions on how safe it is to leave on. Thanks! <b><font color=purple>51% Angel, 49%...

I'm thinking about getting a new laptop for school, mainly for programming/CS stuff and gaming on the side. I am interested to know how much of a dropoff, if any, I will experience in general performance with regards to my old gaming rig. This Y580 is a great deal, for only $800 with my student...

Hi All, I build all my own desktop PC's, but now I am looking at a laptop. I build my own pc's for many reasons, but among them is to avoid all the junk software manufacturers put on machines that slow it down and make it hard to work with. Windows 7 has all the features you need, I do not...

a few weeks ago, i pointed out that the 9500pro has vastly superior performance when rendering DirectX9 effects. the problem was i couldnt remember where i had found this information <A HREF="http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTA1MDI2NTI3OHViYWF1RTBZM3lfNl8zX2wuZ2lm"...

i have a dell laptop i would like to use a monitor on my laptop but i want close the lid and keep power on how would i do that?

I was looking for a laptop that was 15.4 inches that i can game on.(Far cry 2/ crysis) So the alienware m15x seem suitable, but it dosent have centrino 2, and its pretty expensive. So I was wondering if you guys know of any laptops that fit my criteria: 15.4-16inches centrino 2 mobility radeon...

Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to run three monitors using an 8800GTS 640MB and the onboard video on my M2N-SLI Deluxe. Or would I need to purchase another card. If I would need to purchase another card, what would you recommend. I will only be doing word processing, email, web, etc, on...

Archived from groups: alt.cellular,alt.firefighters,alt.cellular.verizon,misc.emerg-services,alt.coffee (More info?) PUZ Lawrence Glasser Pickle wrote plonk

Hey guys, I have put together a final build for my first home built computer! I just wanted to run it by the forums and see if there were any further reccomendations. I did decide on spending a little more money and getting an 850W PSU, from what I have read, it looks like that would be...