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I'm having real problems narrowing this down. At some times, the PC passes memtest, furmark, orthos and IBT fine for hours, it seems especially when I leave it for a period of time (few days) without use, then come back and use it, its completely unstable and continuously crashes after...

I reset the BIOS to stock and it seemed ok for a while. I left for the weekend and on returning - same problem again. Reset the CMOS from the back of the motherboard and the problem has disappeared again - do you think this makes it more likely to be the motherboard? I am going to try a...

Hello About 6 or 7 months ago I built a system with i7 920 @ 4ghz patriot viper 6gb ddr3 ram gigabyte x58a-ud3r intel 80gb ssd asus 5870 corsair 750hx windows 7 64 pro the system has been fine up till now, i was away for 1 month and upon returning there were random lockups in...

Hello, My knowledge of web programming etc is very basic so apologies in advance. Is there any way for me to have some free webspace (so I would assume not have full web server access), and then discover the IP address of someone accessing a file on my site? Lets assume this is an image or...

I recently made a new build with an i7 w/ venomous X & push-pull fans with a 5870 in a ATCS 840 case. At 4Ghz stable, it seems to idle at low 40s and in Prime/Linx at 69-70, but this is with HT off and in a relatively cool room. With HT on Linx gets to high 70s :( When the rig was being built...

Hi I turned off the BIOS control of the CPU fan and now one fan spins up at full speed. The other one connected to the SYSFAN power socket, doesnt move at all still.

Hello, I am in the process of building a new rig with i7 930 w/ Venonous X & 2 Akasa Apaches in push/pull GA-EX58A-UD3R 6GB Patriot RAM Corsair 750W I have started with the bare basics to see if the system boots, and it does, but the CPU fans spin up slowly when I start the PC...

Hello, I am looking to get a cooler for a Q9550 in a old coolermaster ATC-201 case. Currently I have a Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7, which is apparently 126.5mm tall. I have *exactly* 300mm more clearance above the fan before it hits the wall of the case. The Titan Fenrir says it is...

I was about to order a Q9550 with a Xigmatech S1284 (achilles) and I found that it is too tall for my case :( I have been told an AC Freezer Pro 7 probably isnt up to the job . Any other slightly shorter coolers that have pushpin design/ don't require you to remove the motherboard to fit?

OK, so I am thinking of getting a Q9550 now. The only problem is I have pretty old Crucial Ballistix 800mhz RAM. If I wanted to OC the Q9550 to around 4GHz, I am assuming the FSB is going to need to be around 470, which means the RAM will be running at 940mhz. I dont want to overvolt the RAM...

$169 for a Q9550? Here in UK, the best price you will find is £165 which is about $270 :( Thanks for the advice though guys.

Hello, I currently have an E6600 @3.3GHz on a P45 Gigabyte motherboard (this was only bought last year as a replacement for a broken ASUS one). I am looking to upgrade my 260GTX for when Fermi comes out next year to a DX11 card, and assume that I would probably need a new CPU to replace...

Hello I currently have two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drives at 250gb each and wanted a little more space and something a little bit faster for gaming & OS. I'm a little put off SSD drives at the moment since they have a life expectancy & seem to be rather expensive for the storage amount...

Hello, Thanks everyone for all the replies. I forgot to mention the resolution - it is 1080p (1920x1080) so relatively high res i guess. Most other games run fine maxed out other than when i start cranking up the AA. I am going to try and OC the cpu some more, its currently only at...

Hi I have a E6600 @ 3.3ghz GTX 260 OC @ 666mhz core/1107 memory 4gb 800mhz ram Is my GPU or CPU a bottleneck for crysis etc?