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Hi, I'm looking to get some more RAM for my PC and was looking for some advice on which to purchase. I've performed a system scan and it's recommended me a few options: http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/viewscanbyid.aspx?id=C4EB279A31D926C3# I was looking at the 2Gb kits. Am I better...

I'm planning on buying these parts from newegg -AMD Phenom II X4 965 125w -G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 -Nexus PWM Series 80mm case fan -ENERMAX MAGMA 120MM CASE FAN -CORSAIR H50 push/pull And I already have... -2x Ati Saphire 5850 gpu -Ultra x3 1000w PSU -Thermaltake v3...

I've been wanting to get into SLI gaming for a while now but on a budget. I know the socket 775 is getting long in the tooth but my Q9300 Duo Core Quad still has some miles left on it and I've been looking at a new case and a SLI motherboard with thoughts of transferring my processor and other...

I currently have a gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L motherboard and a transcend 2gb ddr2 667mhz with a core 2 duo e4500, I am thinking of adding a Strontium 800 MHz DDR2 1GB RAM , is this a good idea?

I decided to OC my P4 a little more the other night... Stock clock is 3.0ghz and I usually just leave it on my MSI's D.O.T. setting "private," which up's it to a worthless 3.04ghz, but it seems to run better. Anyways, I started to OC and got it to 3.56ghz, and it seemed stable... then I started...

I want to oc my cpu (Prescott 3.0ghz p4 cpu) to 3.2ghz and maybe 3.4ghz. Is it as simple as changing the speeds in the bios or should I have something else in mind? I have pretty good cooling, with aluminium case, a pair of 120mm fans, a dual fancard and a 530 watt psu, but I'm worried if the...

I have a few questions about the temps on idle and full load on these cards. You prolly get this alot but, im kind of new to all this and wanted some info. Whats a good idle temp for both cards? mines right now.. GPU1= idle 60C and GPU2 = idle 53. The room is rather warm in here too.. Dunno...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?) Hi all, This is a very smooth board. However, one thing: Looking at the CPU temp reported in EasyTune4 - CPU 55C Comparing with Speedfan 4.17 - CPU 43C Could it be that ET4 reports CPU's on-die temp? feedback appreciated...

I couldnt really decide the forum to put this in so I figured here.... Why is it that while previously typing http://www.tomshardware.co.uk took me to the UK site, and .com took me to the main US/International site, now .com is forwarded to the UK site when accessed from a UK IP? I hate...

My windows 7 is not genuine, but that's not the real problem, I got a 64-bit computer, and it stands that i got 4gb ram but only 2 usable? :S Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL-62 2.00 GHz Installed memory (RAM): 4,00 GB (2,00 GB usable) System type: 64-bit Operating System Pen and Touch...

CPU: Q6600 2.4ghz non-oc'd since my rig's an HP Vid card: HD 2600XT 512MB Memory: 2x1gb generic (came with HP) OS: Vista 32 Use: Online gaming It's boxing day and there's some cheapass 2gig memory stick up at futureshop. Should I get it or would the 2x1gb dual channel overpower the extra 1 gig...

I am in a delema .. i need to see if I Can find out if anyone knows what kind of ram i can use with the ASUS A7X333 motherboard... so i can buy more ram for my comp.

Hello,friends iam having intel® Desktop Board D915GAV . but that boards Intel 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6)get burn. further what i do... pls help me

hi i have a pc running xp and the rRUNDL 32 PROGRAM HAS BEEN REMOVED AND the pc is unable to peform corectly,how do i reinstall the program as i dont have recovery back up,regards irish

Seems to me my PCU is shot. I thought it was the mobo but I was wrong. The gist of what I'm getting at is I have the MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 mobo. I had to AMD athalon 64x2 2.8ghz dual core. I was wondering what CPU I can set in with the least amount of other upgrades but will still work with my...

Hello I want to build new PC and I want to make sure that the motherboard work smoothly with cpu,ram and the video card m.b asus h55 ram 2 g ddr3 cpu phenom II x4 955 v.card hd 5770 plz tell me if you have suggestions to improve my combination!

Hello, I am looking to find wehere thw sound connector for DVD player goes on a IBM Motherboard number 5MDTM52 P4 at 3.0 Ghz

Is this memory kit compatible with this motherboard? http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227495 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130249&cm_re=790x-_-13-130-249-_-Product In the reviews of the motherboard people claim that the board can support 1600...

After only a brief time on this forum, researching and gathering info on my new system. I started out looking to get a 64x2 3800 then started to see the possible benefits to get a Opteron 165 instead but I couldn't quite convince myself that the Opteron was faster in oem mode or much faster in...

Ok so im putting together a new 955 AMD system with a ati 5870 video card no overclock running at 1333mhz, and im having trouble finding what type of memory/latency i should buy for the gaming system im planning to build, i originally planning on buying 4gb of...

Well i bumped the CPU up to 2400mhz from 2000mhz to keep it stable i also bumped up the Vcore + 0.1 volt i tried +0.05 but windoze kept locking up on me system specs are as follows (for anyone that really wants to know) Sempron 3400+ Palermo Core (stock cooling) Biostar Geforce 6100-M7...

In selecting memory modules for dual channel memory configuration, should use identical memories or dual channel memory kits. The term of identical memories, does it apply to memory module’s brand too should be the same or just the specifications such as same on Latency, Voltage, depth...

Hi, I'd appreciate it if someone could look over these components and let me know if everything appears to be compatible. CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb G.SKILL Ripjaws Series F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS...

My epox 8ka n3 250 recently went kaput. I put in a sis ecs 760-gx both socket 754. I basically replaced the board and booted it up. No winxp reload, I just loaded so drivers from the ecs disk and reloaded my drivers from my ati 9550 and everything is running fine. Windows went and found stuff...

guys.. i got X2 4200 with A8N32-SLI in my cooler master centurion 5 case... using stock HSF now... and planning t give it light oc... what's the best HSF for it...?

I installed a new formated hard drive in my desktop pc. When I try to install window 7 i get error "BOOTMGR missing" and will not install. My install disk definately has bootmgr on it. I also tried a Win7 recovery disk with the same result, bootmgr missing? This problem happened to me a couple...

Hello, my pc has a 256mb 3200 memory. can i put two 512mb 4200. in the extr slots i have three

Hi all, I'm just wondering if its always best to go with fewer RAM chips. [ie. (2) 4GB chips over (4) 2GB chips] What kind of real world performance difference is experienced? Thanks!

I was installing 2x2Gb of RAM on my Asus P7H55D-M Pro Motherboard but windows shows usable RAM at only 1.97Gb,my OS is win7 Ultimate 64 bit, can anyone help...plz

Hello, I'm looking for the motherboard manual intel 915GV and I can not find, as you have or know where I could download. Thanks!

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?) Hi I have a media server running quite happily with a Duron 1800. Is it worth swapping this out for an Athlon XP 2000+ pulled from another machine? TIA Neil

Ok so I need some major help here. When win7 first came out I got a free copy from school, so I went home and installed it, and it worked great, except that my bios at startup no longer looked the same. I no longer had any of the options to OC, check timings, set boot priority, or any of the...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?) Hello all! In the manual of the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Mainboard (Socket 939, nForce 3 Ultra chipset) it says that if you fill up all banks using four double-sided DDR400 modules, that the Mainboard can only operate in...

Hello my friends, Recently I discovered this very useful site while I was looking on the internet for the right components to build up my new computer. I realized that this is the right place to read and learn everything I wanted to know. I have 2 things to ask but first I would to inform...

I made this thread at overclock.com http://www.overclock.net/ssd/741010-...-boot-ssd.html They weren't able to help me. I've tried EVERYTHING. Nothing's worked. -AHCI enabled (actually made my boot even longer) -Bios settings fiddled with (nothing worked) -Everything updated) I've actually...

I just built a new PC with a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R and it worked fine for about two weeks... Then I noticed a ticking sound coming from the motherboard speaker (not a fan, not a hard drive or dvd drive). After the ticking started the computer would not wake up after it went to sleep, the mobo...