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I have a u2711 that I got an insane deal on through work years ago. Unfortunately it's starting to go out on me. I really like the bright, accurate colors on it and the 2560x1440 resolution. I do a lot of gaming, but nothing like FPS. Mostly MMOs, RPGs, Civilization, etc. I've started to look...

hi there guys, 1) my first question is regarding and upgrade in my graphics card, i was wondering if the gtx 970 is worth getting and also if it is compatible with my motherboard which is a ASUS P8Z77-v PRO. 2) secondly im also looking to upgrade my ram, whats the best ram out there at the...

Hey guys, I am trying to upgrade my Graphics Card from a GTX 550 TI to a GTX 670, but i have some doubts. There is any compatiblity issue between the GTX 670 and my motherboard? Thanks in advance guys

I have a lenovo g5070 with genuine win 8.1 installed in a stock hard drive that is of 500gb. I bought a new hard drive of 1tb and I want to switch my os and recovery partition to that drive. I have tried every method of hard disk cloning from acronis to mini tool partition wizard, the os boots...

Greetings, I am interested to capture video from consoles, but I am not interested to do live streaming with them. I mention that because I always find the streaming demand all over the forums after googling around. I found elgato game capture hd60 good but the input video is limited with the...

windows updated overnight, upon restart installed many updates. after windows updated, now my laptop freezes overnight, event warniing says: ESRV_SVC

In my case i currently have 2 stock fans at 46.6 CFM and i will soon be buying another R9 290 to crossfire with my existing one. When i do this i will buy 6 more case fans to fill my case up. My fan mounts in my CM Storm Scout 2 are as follows: 2x 120mm on front 2x 120mm on top 2x 120mm on side...

i have a home built pc that i get no singnal at the monitor at all. i tried 2 different monitor and also 2 different vidio cards and nothing seems to work.

I have an external 1.65 tb Fantom Drives HDD. This is my "games" drive (my OS is on a 120 gb SSD). Randomly, I am unable to read/write to the drive for a few seconds. Furthermore, my computer will sometimes not recognize the drive. When it does recognize it, I try to use the error checking tool...

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I have been looking around now for quite a while on what GPU to get as an upgrade to my ancient GTS 240. And recently I have read that the new 800 series will be launching either this month or the next. My first choice in a card was the R9 270X , R9 280 or the GTX 760 ( would have to save a...

Hey guys, i've just been given 2 older pc by different people, but different parts are missing from each. My question is if i take some parts out of one of the pcs and complete the other, will it still work. Things I will have to replace: 2 fans (irrelevant but just putting everything down) hard...

I built a new computer about a month ago with the MSI Z87 MPower mobo and when I try to put it to sleep it runs into issues. The display sleeps but the computer does not. The debug LEDs on the board say 03 (north bridge initiation) and sometimes 04 (south bridge initiation). After staying like...

Hello, I've recently overclocked my Phenom x6 1055t from a stable 3.5ghz to 3.7ghz on an MSI 870-c45 motherboard. I've used these settings: Bus speed to 265, HT Link and NB Multiplier x8 (2120MHz) Ram at 1412MHz 1.55V (+0.05V) Core at 1.375V (+0.075V) CPU NB VID 1.2V (Normal) NB Voltage...

Hello all I will be doing a build with an FX-9590 from AMD. I have chosen to go with the ASRock 990FX Extreme9 motherboard but am a bit strapped for my budget and need to choose a PSU that isn't going to break the bank or die in a fiery explosion. I have narrowed my budget minded, yet not going...

After 15-20 minute later my screen turn off automatically ... But movie running with sound I can't see this

All of my games are jagged/flickering, what could be the problem? im just a kid newbie, appreciate your answers just bought my r9 270x 2gb few days ago,but bought my CPU december last yr, so i used the built in intel HD until i bought my r9 270x, its jagged/flickering since the INTEL HD i...

I installed Windows 8.1 Pro on a 128 GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO. The PC ran ok and I could play TitanFall without any problems, however I experienced frequent BSOD's when shutting down the PC. When this happened, the BSOD would appear and the machine froze. When running driver verifier, the BSOD's...

Hi, I am trying to install the Gelid Icy Vison-A on my club3d jokercard. Step 3.2 says to stick the thermal pads on the "surface of the RAM chips" and "VRM heatsink". I can't find them and the problem is that the jokercard is a 7870 but a 7950 at the same time? It looks kind of like the 7870 but...

So I walk into work and the boss peeps decided to swap ISP's on me.. Great. We went from a wireless radio system to DSL. Higher speeds? great! Setting everything back up? not so great. After about a half hour I got it all going again, except the old cannon printer. It is our only network printer...

I'm planning a build which I will be using partly for gaming and I came across these two grapgics cards: Sapphire R7 250 1gb gddr5 with boost and Sapphire R7 240 4gb ddr3 So i'm asking, which one is better for gaming. I'll be using 1, maybe 2, 1920 x 1080 moniters. Or is there anything else...

I have no idea where to start. I need everything, monitor, accessories, the whole nine yards. My primary focus is gaming. If I was to buy the parts today, what would a build look like. I should mention that I have never over clocked my pc's or used anything other than stock fans. However...

So I've recently started working on my first custom build I've finally got everything in place and connected,I'm getting the beep on startup,and all is well.The only issue I'm facing is my case fans.Whenever I try to connect them to the PSU and mobo, I get the fans to spin for half a revolution...

Hello everyone (again)! I got randomly BSOD and I dont understand why. Recently I change the CPU from Celeron D 335 to Pentium D 840 which it is supported by the mainboard. I have 2GB DDR2 RAM. I will upload the minidump file too. Thank you. Minidump File.

So I recently got the Blacx thermaltake docking station, built to use 2.5 and 3.5 sizes, the purpose was so that I could take the hard drive out of my old laptop to try and salvage my files from it. Here is where the issue comes in though, the laptop I pulled the hdd out of actually died after...

If it is could you suggest me a motherboard with this specs: Z87 chipset LGA 1150 DDR3 240 pin SATA III (3) 6GB/s PCIe 3.0 x16 supports integrated graphics Debug Led MAX 160 I have to OC

Hi, I am building a PC for a family member and have decided to give them my old CPU, an i5-4670K. They won't be overclocking or gaming on the PC but I see no reason for them not to take advantage of this powerful processor. I would like some advice on the best motherboard I can get to...

I'm using a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB; and after formatting it I wanted to create my own Windows2Go, but I'm pretty much stuck because the program I'm using to create it requires it to be a USB and it isn't detected as one. Stuff I've Tried: ■Formatting in another OS ■Formatting on another...

out of these witch is the betetr card? and why? card 1: Asus GTX 770 Nvidia GeForce DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card (PCI Express 3.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Display Port, 256 Bit, 3D Vision Ready, GPU Boost 2.0) ----...

Hello, I need help pls. My onboard audio on my Asrock z77 extreme3 is not detected. i tried the ff steps. 1. Downloaded the latest driver from asrock website and installed it. -still the same. 2. Run device manager and scanned for hardware chages. -still gets notification that device driver...

Pentium 4 3ghz ram 1.5 windows xp sp3 nvidia geforce 9500 gt Well I can Run Assassin's Creed 1,2,brotherhood,revelations also 3 cod 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,so GTA 4 or\and Dead space Should Work Too right? Can I run GTA 4 and\or Dead Space 3?

Hey there. What's going on is that I'm trying to figure out how to bypass the bottlenecks in my system. Current setup: I7 2600k 3.4ghz (want to overclock; it's on a closed loop corsair liquid cooler) 780 classified 780 direct cu ii Asus p8z77-v pro mobo 2x 1tb hdds 1x 128GB ssd and 1x 40gb...

Dear Overclock.net friends, I have started buying computer parts for my rig, but I have come across a problem. I want my rig to be powerful, but also aesthetically pleasing. The XFX Radeon R9 280X looks better and is around the same price as other cards in its class. The only problem is, while...

i have a pc http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/model/DT.GEDAA.002 and i want to upgrade. im getting a 660 and a corsair modular 500w psu i want to know if these will fit specificly these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130967...

Asus X401U restored to windows 7 factory settings from windows 8, now laptop wont boot after loading updates Keeps rebooting and will not go past bios screen. Is he windows boot loader corrupt?

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I had an Acer 5500 laptop of 4 years now. It was working good but then suddenly the display is gone totally. I went to see 2 service centers and I was told of the same fault as the motherboard. Can it be repaired? where and how? It would be at least cheaper than buying a new one or it may be...

I'm looking to modify my current machine running 32-bit XP so it can also dual boot into 64-bit Windows 7. I'm using a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P MB with a Core i7 965 and have two questions: The first thing I want to do is switch out the 3x1GB sticks of memory with 6x2GB. I realize if I boot into...

Just bought the dp45sg and i have heard lots of people having problems installing it. With that being said if anyone can tell me how to properly install it without getting boot errors and whatnot. It would be awesome if you can give me steps , please someone with a working dp45sg respond. I...

Somebody help me please? Driver is properly installed and i'm sure the speakers are working properly. Settings on Bios has been turned-on. However, i dont hear any sound coming our of my speaker system. Somebody says i should put a jumper on the audio section of the board. My propblem is...