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1. What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming, Photoshop (or other intensive programs), Overclocking, Web browsing, strictly HTPC/Playback, etc. (If you have multiple things you want to do with the system, make sure you rank them from most important to least important). This pc will be for my...

as title states my computer has started having a strange issue where it will freeze up and upon reboot i will receive a message asking me to please connect a bootable device. if i go into bios my crucial m4 is not listed. i can get it to boot by either disconnecting the power and sata cables...

first it was league of legends, the game just wouldnt start at all on my normal (only at the time) windows user profile. i tried to reinstall, run as administrator and every other trick i could think of, but nothing worked. google search came up with a thread where others were experiencing...

i started getting artifacts a month or so ago. it was really only in bf3 and only every once in a while so i ignored it. well its to the point now that i had to downclock the card back to stock clocks (675mhz) just to be able to read the text on the LoL launcher. even then im only getting...

not sure whether to post this here or in the gaming section. im having an issue with swtor and mouse keybinds. basically ive remapped my mouse thumb buttons to keys on the keyboard to make things easier when binding in swtor. the problem that i am having is although the keys are successfully...

upon startup of my pc i see the asus mobo splash for a second (at which point pressing del to access bios does nothing) and then it goes to a check for the some sort of asmedia device controller. i think its called the pci1066x or something like that. it checks for a device, says no device...

i havent seen much on here since those corsair videos were posted a while back. now that they are available, how are people liking them? i ordered one the other night because i thought the thumb button configuration looked a lot more natural than the naga's. should be here on thursday, i...

as title says. 2.1 would be preferable. ill be using them with the onboard sound card on my asus z68-m pro. they should be relatively small as desk space is at a premium. these will mostly be used for single player gaming, movies and general web browsing. i would like to purchase from...

really dont want to wait for the stupid 24gb download again. can i just drag and drop the game from my old hdd to my new ssd? im guessing probably no, but is there some way to transfer the installation file to a disk so i can reinstall manually?

alright i think im gonna bite the bullet and get a modular psu, my TJ08-e just doesnt have that much space to work in and id really like to improve the cable management and possibly get some sleeving on the cables. i plan on sticking wish a single GPU configuration in this setup as my desk...

gonna do a case window mod on my tj08-e. id like to go with smoked or tinted plastic. ive been too a few sites and no one seems to have very good pictures or descriptions of the colors and tints. i want to make sure i will be able to see the components inside. anyone have experience with...

ok so i picked up this western digital caviar green 500gb off a guy at work for like $30. i figured what the hell, hard drives are so expensive right now and i could use a porn drive, but i digress. the issue at hand is that i cant seem to get the damn thing to work properly. now he told me...

cant seem to find any good info on this, but im curious what standard range for stock temps are at idle and under load. ive been having some temp issues with my new i5 2500k. ive reapplied the compound and heatsink 4 times so far. right now im sitting at the lowest idle temps ive been able to...

trying to find more mATX cases along the lines of the tj08 and the fractal define mini. i was really hoping to find one that had a nice window in the side panel and that was full aluminum. any ideas?

the other day i bought skyrim. i thought it would be a nice game to test out my new SB build. now i havent picked up an elderscrolls title since morrowwind. i just never really understood the games at all. the complete lack of direction makes it difficult to know what you should be doing in...

prepping for a new build in which i will be temporarily reusing my current HDD until i pick up a new one. i would really prefer to not have to format and reinstall windows since this will be a short term setup (about a month) until i get the rest of the build. ill be installing a new cpu...

well the time has finally come to upgrade the old c2q. thanks for the help. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc gaming and schoolwork. i would like to be able to play the newest and most high end games. bf3, swtor, lol, and anything else that comes...

recently my computer has been exhibiting some odd behavior. lately when i plug my phone into my computers front usb port the volume will be reduced to a dramatically lower level. its not actually lowering the volume slider in windows or anything like that, its like the power output is just not...

Based on recommendations from this forum i bought an Artisan Hien Hard mouse mat in red. i love it, its HUGE, and the tracking is wonderful, but its getting a bit dirty in spots and im wondering how i should go about cleaning it. im hesitant to get it wet since i dont know what the cloth...

right now ive got the razer trifecta: a black widow, deathadder, and a razer sphex. i love the mouse and keyboard, but the sphex has always been a bit of a regret for me. i love it in concept, but the fact of the matter is that it does not live up to razer's claims of reusability. i noticed...

My current mobo is crapping out, ps2 ports take 15 minutes to get working everytime i unplug my keyboard and the onboard audio ports are dying too. i do not have the funds to upgrade to sandy bridge sadly so i want to keep my current system going a while longer as cheaply as possible. current...

well, i just received my brand new mechanical keyboard from amazon.com. i noticed that there isnt a lot of info on here about cherry ML switches so i thought i would post a mini review of this keyboard. \ you may have noticed something odd in the title of my thread. this is because my...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HJF5XO cherry g84 5200 mechanical keyboard. $50 shipped. since i ordered around noon i have seen the price jump to 69.99 and now to 82.73 so i am pretty happy with the deal that i got. i think its like $84 on newegg also. does anyone have any...

well ive been sitting on an upgrade with AT&T for about a year and a half now and just using a POS burner handset that cost me $10. finally decided enough was enough when i saw the HTC inspire 4g was free with 2 year upgrade contract from bestbuy.com. this is my first smartphone and i...

i put this in the general hardware sections because it pertains to general hardware, or more accurately the purchase of general hardware. recently i was searching for a cheap laptop hdd to replace a broken one in my old dell latitude d620. i have some gift cards for amazon.com so my first...

ok so i just pulled my old Dell latitude d620 out of the closet and ive decided to try and fix it. the laptop has been sitting on a shelf for 2 years ever since the problem started happening. basically one day it just stopped working. it powers on, the dell logo and loading bar appear and...

my parents are fed up with U-verse and since the dallas stars didnt make the playoffs they have decided there is no reason to have a TV service again until next season. they would like to replace it with some sort of digital media player, they have netflix and would like to get hulu plus. the...

i am about to make the jump from AT&T to Verizon and with it will come a new phone. im currently using a samsung c415 i think is what its called, its a flip phone and it doesnt even have 3g. since im still stuck in the stone age i know next to nothing about what is available apart from fact...

If you're gonna ask us to build/list a PC for you or seek advice about a build, please answer all of the following questions: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, web browsing, school work 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700...

ok so i need to make some upgrades, really starting to feel the age of my c2q q8200 in games like black ops. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc gaming, school work. call of duty black ops and world of warcraft primarily. 2) What's your budget? Are...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc gaming, exclusively. wow, cod black ops. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 700 taxes and shipping included. 3) Where do you live? dfw, microcenter is not an option as he doesnt have a car...

not sure if this is the right section, but i didnt see anything for mobile audio on here so i figured what the hell. so a few days ago my car got broken in to and my head unit was stolen. today i went out and got a new one. this one to be specific...

I have had this card for a little over a month now, its an EVGA gtx460 1gb SC EE. everything has been running smoothly at factory overclocks with occasional pushes to 790 core. a few minutes ago i was playing wow and the screen turned black and the noise from the gpu fan went away. about...

I am having a bit of an issue with my brand new eVGA gtx460 1gb SC EE. when i first installed the card i decided to just slap on a 800/1600/1900 oc and be done with it, i ran occt for an hour no artifacts and i figured since most people were hitting 850 i could be relatively sure of the...

i was browsing steam today and i sorted games by metascore 90+. well low and behold up comes crysis. i have never really thought much about this game. it was always out of my computers league, but its been out for a few years and my new gtx 460 shouldnt have much trouble playing it at my...

so i just got my new 460 last week and i love it. since i bought it from evga i got a free copy of metro 2033 and i couldnt be happier, that is until today. today i tried to register the free starcraft 2 trial that came with the card. this promotion has been advertised and offered for...

i have read that the smp client is supposed to take idle cpu cycles and that i should be able to leave it on when running a game, but for some reason any game i turn on while running the smp client will be laggy as hell. the games i play are mw2, bioshock 2, metro2033, mass effect 2. is there...

i recently got an EVGA gtx460 1gb SC EE card and wow, what an upgrade over my 9500gt (obvious i know). most of my games run flawlessly fully maxed out. metro 2033 is however one game that is giving me some trouble. i got a free copy with my card and i am having trouble finding settings that...

ok so i just finished my first WU on the SMP client, but something is clearly wrong trying to obtain a second WU. everything appears to be running correctly, but then i get completed 0 out of 500000 steps <0%> Gromacs cannot continue further. Going to send back what have done --...

ok so i just started folding yesterday and have completed 1 WU, (yay?). im trying to find myself on the statistics page of the folding at home site but i dont seem to be showing up. is there some minimum number of wus required to show up? folding for team 33 under my forum name if that helps...