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I'm on my 2nd card (one from Amazon, one from Newegg) and my machine does not post with it in any PCIe slot. Motherboard: ASUS p8z68-v/gen 3 At first I thought my PSU was not enough, a 520 bronze Seasonic so I bought a Corsair CX750M to test with, a 750 watt bronze and still no luck...

I currently have a Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 64gb that I'm looking to move to a different machine and for lack of better knowledge I've narrowed down what I'm looking at to the following 3, mostly because the price points are very similar and the storage is where I'd like :confused: Samsung 840...

Looking for new or used, with or without DD-WRT. Need all the ports and wireless to be working. Offering ~$20 or so. Heatware stats: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=50238

A few weeks back my car was robbed and my fiance's purse was stolen. This was one of the items she had which she really loved. Looking for a pink one again, but would be open to other models too. The one she had was a pink 8gb version which did not exist. I had bought a black 8gb and...

Not sure if this even the right forum but... Been looking at some e-readers lately and from what I gather PDF viewing is best on the Kindle, but there is(or was until an update) a huge difference in how the newer Kindles (touch and Kindle 4) display PDFs compared to the Kindle 3 (keyboard)...

I cannot find any details on whether or not the micro-arc oxidized black/red one will be coming to T-Mobile. Has anyone else found concrete proof one way or another?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036 $20 off now with a NewEgg deal. Seems to have good specs from my understanding of PSUs. It'll be powering an OC'd i5-2500k (4.6) and on1 Radeon 6850, 1 SSD and two 2.5 7200 drives.

Was planning on getting this for 16gb now, and then another pair in the future to max out at 32gb but after reading some reviews it looks like the two kits could have issues with each other. Is this MFG derp or is this a good possibility...

I've been able to OC my i5-2500k to 4.5 stable but I'm wondering if my full load voltage is too high. My motherboard doesn't allow me to set the vcore directly, only by offset. Right now I have it at -.025. Full load vcore 1.336v Idle: .920-.936v Idle temps are jumpy from 31-35 Full...

I probably know the answer but.. Years ago I know if you upgrades your cpu/mobo you had to re-install Windows to totally avoid any instability issues. I read recently that is no longer the case with Win 7. Is this true? I ask because I did upgrade my entire system but kept the OS...

Today I added a gigabit switch (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156251) to my network. Originally I had all the computers connected to the 5 port switch built into my wireless router and I could expect sustained file transfer speeds from PC to PC a around 10...

I'm in the process of planning an upgrade to either an i5-2500k or i7-2600k which I plan to overclock. I just bought this cooler last month for my Phenom II x4 955 and assume I can carry this over to the Intel build but I haven't bothered to check what kind of cooling I can expect on the new...

I've seen quite a bit of debate on the value/cost between these two processors but mostly from gaming angle. The majority of the response is that gaming isn't going to see much benefit from the HT that the i7 has. I'm not looking at the i7 strictly to maximize gaming benefits, far from. I'm...

Crucial M4 64gb running Windows 7 64 bit, AHCI enabled, SATA II. Updated to the latest 0309 firmware. Do these speeds look about right?

I've been reading up on SSDs here and it looks like this one is what I want to get. I think the consensus here is it's a reliable, decently priced drive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441 I plan to re-install Windows when I get this and leave it for the OS...

I'll admit up front that I'm not nearly as educated with the latest technology as I have been in the past. That being said I've been tossing around the idea of upgrading my system that's almost 2 years old, however I'm not sure if I really need to, or not. I just upgraded my video card from a...

I have this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102816, Radeon 4670 512. Looking to spend around $100 or so for an upgrade, doesn't need to be passive. What's going to give me the best bang for my buck? System: Phenom II x4 @ 3.6ghz 8gb DDR2 @ 900 Dual monitors...

Here's the problem. I have Windows 7 installed on an older IDE drive in my system. I put a SATA drive in there (which works fine, no driver issues) and did a drive copy through Norton Ghost with the hopes of getting rid of the IDE drive. Drive copy is successful. I remove the IDE...

I had a customer call yesterday saying that her computer was infected with a virus or worm through a cheap MP3 player from China. I said I'd take a look at it and didn't think too much of the problem, but now I'm in bizzaroland with this machine and I'm half stumped. Here's what I did (I...

Looking for something cheap, used is ok, as long as it works. The one I have now began the click of death.

Not PCI Express. Scenario: I have an mATX board running a Intel Core Duo 1.83ghz that has onboard video (intel) I want to turn this into my HTPC with the addition of a video card. The board only has.. 1 PCIE x1 slot, and 2 PCI. Newegg has a fairly cheap PCI card, a nVidia 8400 GS, so I...

I'm looking for a 2nd set of opinions for my CarPC. I've been using the onboard Realtek audio and virtually everyone has stated at mp3car.com to switch to a PCI solution, however as for recommending a good replacement they're kind of silent on that. CarPC Specs: 2x Infinity Kappa...

For whatever reason I bought an Abit IL-90mv last year and stopped using it almost immediately. Now, with the goal of saving as much money as possible, I need to use this board. It sports the Intel 945GT chipset which supposedly can handle high def video. It has HDMI out too. Sounds like a...

I set up an HTPC near the end of 2008 running Vista and for the most part it worked great, but there were random crashes (BSOD + memory dump) mostly when watching blu-ray movies. Vista logs didn't tell me anything useful. The crashes then became more likely to happen when I tried to game on it...

I ought to know this, but I don't. Anyway, Some of the PCs that I have in the house have gigabit NICs in them. I was pondering getting a gigabit switch to connect them to for the faster file transfer speed. My question is, will they still have the top speed between each other if the switch is...

I'm looking to get some older various forms of working RAM to use in my PC repair toolkit. Looking for PC100 SDRAM up to PC3200 DDR ram. I think that covers most of what I'd see in the field. Looking for both desktop and laptop, small memory sizes, 128-256MB. Price offering depends on what...

This video card is for my HTPC which currently has integrated Radeon HD 3200. CPU is AMD64 X2 @ 3ghz. I can play Blu-Ray with no problems right now, games not so much. This is connected to my 50" 720p Plasma tv. The case is a Antec Fusion 430 (430 watt). Sound is using the onboard optical...

In my quest to be a cheap bastard and upgrade my video card I had been looking at cards that had HDMI out. But now I'm looking at a card that only has DVI. I already have a dvi->hdmi cable from the motherboard I purchased. The question is, aside from the audio, is there a difference between...

I picked up a Panasonic TH-50PX80U before Christmas, it's sold as a 720p tv that accepts up to 1080p input. That means it would downscale, right? It's probably just my ignorance here about HD stuff, but I have an odd question. I have this TV hooked up to my HTPC via HDMI at 720p res...

i decided to start playing some games on my HTPC which is connected to my 50inch 720p plasma TV. The only game I'm playing right now is Lord of the Rings online which seems fairly graphic intensive on max settings with DX10. The video card I have is onboard Radeon HD 3200 (780G chipset) and I...

I didn't find anything through searching, but it's a hard thing to search for. I have a Harmony 880 and... Here's what I want to do. I want my "Watch Movies" activity to turn on the TV, change input modes to HDMI 2, THEN turn the other devices on, including the PC. Right now it...

I have Vista 64 installed right now and I'd be lying if I said it's been a 100% great experience in trying to perfect my VMC experience with codecs and bluray and other things. So I'm thinking that a switch to 32 might make things come together a little more smoothly. Am I deluding myself? If...

I just put a new system together: ASUS M3A78-EM AMD 780G w/ HDMI AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz Socket AM2 2 gigs of ram PC26400 LG Bluray drive Media Center XP Tv: Panasonic TH-50PX80U 720P /edit Radeon 3200 HD onboard video. I have the system outputting 1080P which...

I just snagged a 50 inch plasma tv and now on step#2. My current HTPC is based on the Abit IL-90MV board which has built in HDMI out. I'm debating whether I should invest in a blu-ray drive for this for my main movie experience, or should I get a standalone player. Additionally I'd like...

My old system has two PVR-150s running under XP MCE. I'm thinking about upgrading all my hardware based around a Core Duo 1.83ghz (T2400) processor that I have gathering dust. The quality on these tuners aren't that great, and I think they're really old. So what are more recent good...

My old HTPC has the Athlon processor, but I have spare mobile Core Duo sitting around (t2400) that I was considering using for a new build. Good idea to go with the Core Duo?

I'm confusing myself. I have an Intel T2400 Core Duo processor which I believe is considered Socket M. I pulled it from my Inspirion and replaced it with a T7400 which is a C2D processor. I see that the T7400 is Socket 478 or Socket M sometimes. Which is correct? I want to use the old...

Looking for an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7400 (2.16GHz), socket M, or T7600, socket M. PM me with your offers, please.

Not sure of the correct forum for this... but here goes. Problem: SATA drive not being detected at boot up. Used to work fine. Background: Booting up worked fine originally. The motherboard was powered by a normal ATX PS. All was well. I then wired up my Opus 90 watt to the...