Recent content by o2taku

Alright. I've finally had the opportunity to do the research and piece together a build. Intel Pentium G3258 - $70.99 ASRock H97M PRO4 - $109.99 with $25 MIR Corsair CX430W - $39.98 with $20 MIR Radeon R7 260X - $129.99 with $10 MIR Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM - $54.99 Kingston...

He's actually using a 22" 1680x1050 monitor. He's not planning to upgrade it any time soon, as it does the job for him. The games he plays tend to be all over the place. FF14, CS:GO and DOTA 2 are titles I know he has played more recently. I would not be surprised if he plays a game like BF4...

I've typically stuck with NCIX in the past. He tends to play quite a different array of games (DOTA, MMOs, different FPS). I'm very certain he will be using 1600x900 for this build.

My cousin recently had a laptop die and was looking to get a PC. I told him I'd help him with it, but I've been out of the loop on hardware for a while. I looked at a cheap pre-built with the intention of adding a low-mid end GPU. However, it had a Pentium J2900 which didn't look very promising...

Does anyone know if the Accelero would fit on a non-reference XFX card? I had one on a reference card, but had to RMA it. I've tried looking online, but haven't been able to find a clear answer. Thanks.

I've tried reseating the card, as well as putting it in another PCI-E slot to no avail. It does make me think something went wrong with the card, but maybe I missed something obvious.

I was using my 7970 with an Accelero Xtreme for about a week after I installed it. However, it started to overheat, so I took a look at it. A screw on the backplate seemed to be loose, so I tightened all 4 of the screws. However, after putting it back in, I get no picture, though the PC seems to...

I recently installed an Accelero Extreme on my reference 7970, which went pretty smoothly. The temps looked fine, and I left it as it was. However, I noticed the temperatures got higher about a week or so later. I realized this when the PC would shut down during gaming quickly. I took the...

Seasonic is easily one of the most trusted and high quality power supply makers. That is why I like them.

I've been running an XFX 7970 Core Edition for a little over a month. This is coming from crossfire 6950s @ 1536 shaders. I've noticed it seems noticeably louder than the crossfire setup. There is also random major screen tearing in games, which requires a restart to fix. Are these...

I'm trying to connect my U2311h to my PS3 and XBOX 360 using a DVI to HDMI cable. Whenever I turn on the console, the monitor goes into power saving mode. I've tried resetting the video settings on the console as well as a different cable and neither did anything. I used to use DVI for my PC...

I'd love to have the a high end Galaxy card.

I wouldn't mind trying a Galaxy product for once. Thanks.

Alright, I managed to figure it out. I could not access the drive to change the RAID settings on it, as it would not POST with the drive connected. However, I swapped it with the SATA cable from the other drive that was in the array. This let it boot up. I formatted it within Windows and...

I upgraded a PC of mine recently which was running RAID 0 from the motherboard. I forgot to format the driver before moving them to the new motherboard. I was able to format one of the drivers. However, the other one is detected but will not get past the splash screen when booting up. If I...