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Hey all, I'm just in the process of building a new workstation and I've become unhealthily obsessed with watercooling, both for temperatures and noise, and epeen factor... Currently I'm running: i7 2600k Quadro Fermi 4000 16gb Corsair Dom Asus p8p67 Deluxe Now, I'm looking to cool all of...

Hey folks, I haven't posted here in a long time, but I thought some of you may be able to help me, I'm looking to buy a certain card (fermi fx4000), but they are both a) hard to find, and b) very very expensive in Australia even though our dollar is the same as yours (go figure). So I...

Hey, few questions. Got myself a Q9450 a while ago + TRUE120 +AS5, maxing it out with Prime95, realtemp (the program I've been told to use by people on hardforum :D) is reporting temps of 38-41 degrees across the cores. Just wondering: a) are these temps ok? b) is realtemp the...

Hey guys, I just got a new pc which is running vista. And with my old one i would like to set it up with linux. I have NEVER used linux before and i know NOTHING about it, but i'd really like to give it a shot, possible run it almost as a server. I have heard there are many different...

Hey guys, Im building a new computer this week: 9800gtx q9450 4gb of ram etc i am having trouble deciding on an operating system. I am weighing up between Vista Home Premium 32 and Vista Home Premium 64. I do alot of heavy photoshop, illustrator, flash, indesign. As well as 3d Studio...

Hey guys im getting a new system, and im wondering if there is any performance reduction if i'm running a card that says its "PCIe 2.0" in a PCIe x16 slot I.E, am i ok to buy a mobo with a PCIe x16 slot and use any GFX card in it?

hey dudez, building a new pc this week, any chance of getting some comments on the build: VID CARD: EVGA 9800 GTX 512MB 675MHz CPU: Q9450 MOBO: Asus P5E3-Deluxe-WIFI Motherboard RAM: Corsair TW3X4G1333C9DHX (2x2GB) PC-10600 (DDR3) Samsung 750GB 7200rpm SATA II 32MB CACHE...

hay peeps so i've got some dvd's backed up on my laptop so i can watch them without having to always carry the disks around when i'm travelling etc, but they are starting to really eat my valuable hdd space was wondering if anyones had any experience with encoding software and if they have...

alright so i fired up a dvd on my new 360 for the first time today, i was AMAZED the colours were so vivid, picture was sharp, just looked amazing its running on the same screen as my pc, so why do dvds look so much better when i play them on the 360 than they do when i play them on the PC...

Is this worth doing, I mean I'm kinda keen for an upgrade and I know I need it, but would i really notice a difference?

Hey there guys, im in need of a bit of help.. im just getting back into the PC game, and im a little lost (ok, very lost these days) im basically looking for a card for aboug AU$300, so about US$200, budget in other words, can anyone point me in the right direction. Will be mainly for games I...

my marksman and acrobatics skills arent progressing getting very angry anyone at all have any idea how to fix?

Hey guys, just wondering how oblivion will perform on my system? XFX 6600gt 1gb G.Skill BH5 80gb WD Sata 3200+ Venice Abit AN8 Fatal1ty Would it look any good or will i be struggling to run it? :( Edit: Sorry, my bad, didn't see the thread right below this one about specs :/...

Hi guys, haven't posted in a while but I've decided to come back to ask for some help... Recently, my secondary rig has been having some issue... First: It doesn't start up unless I reset the CMOS before i boot (i mean wtf). If i dont reset the cmos then it starts up.. the screen flicks...

I'm looking to order some stuff from the US because the selection here in australia is abysmal. Anyway, what somewhere reliable with cheap prices? I had a poke around at frozencpu and it seemed pretty expensiuve...

just wondering what weights setupd you guys use for your g5 mice?

hey guys anyone know where the best place to order an Aspire X-Qpack would be? I live in Australia, and theres no where that sells them here, so it looks like its an import job. I was thinking FrozenCPU, but i know shit all about US sellers anyone recommend a particular one?

hey guys, setting up a third rig as a show case with a big pay that just came in, thinking of getting this case. i used to think it was ugly as,but its really grown on me. Anyone here got one? I've heard thermaltake have improved ALOT and that the new, more expensive cases, are kickass in...

ok guys, id like to set up water cooling in my first rig ive decided to go with the thermaltake Bigwater (this is my decision, u cant change it now). This is my show rig, performance isnt a big issue, ive got my second rig for that. Anyway, So im going to buy, (ignore the prices, AU...

Some of you may have read my inheretince thread.. If you haven't... I inherited alot of money, and I finally did something with it. I invested about half, kept a quater for my own spending and donated another quater to cancer research. So I went on a bit of a shopping spree, in my...

hi guys, do you know of anywhere I can get brand stickers... i was hoping to get some to put on my case with the parts i bought, no such like. I'd be after stuff like OCZ, Abit, XFX etc.. i only got an abit and an amd one so i'd like to complete the collection :D edit: oh and id love a...

Alrighty, to cut a long story short i just inherited alot of money this is a welcome change, as some of you may remember i just had to sell off and downgrade my second system and my main rig, so this is very very very happiness making Heres what im looking at: Asus A8N SLi Deluxe 2x...

Well I got everything, had to sell my secondary system and parts of my primary because I ran into financial problems, but it is very relieving to have them sorted out i must say. So now im running Abit AN8 Fatal1ty (i just couldnt bare to part with this) 3000+ Venice ( had 3000+ winnie...

my friend just got his new comp only to realise that the antec truepower 480w he got only has 20 pins, while his motherboard needs 24.. any way of getting around this?

due to some serious cashflow issues, i have to sell my current build and get something cheaper :( so anyway, heres what im looking at DFI Ultra-D XFX 6600GT AGP G.Skill BH5 (2x512MB) 3000+ Venice

just ordered my razer diamondback chamoeleon (i dont fancy the blue plasma) i also ordered an mx518 so il be able to psot a good comparison for those of you looking at getting either

hey fellas im building a system for a friend tommorow (ordering parts), he already has an agp card, so im wondering - whats the highest performing socket 939 agp board around?

alrighty guys, this weeks project is the building of an sff pc so ive got the following so far Foxconn NF4K8MC-RS S939 nForce4 HT2000 Dual DDR400 PCI-E SATA RAID 10/100 LAN USB2.0 6Ch microATX XF6800GT 2x512mb g.skill bh5 antec aria case 3000+ venice now my main concern here...

hey guys im around at my mates palce and we're ocing his winnie its running at 29 degrees celcius right now, after running prime 95 for 6 hours, and its at 3800+ at 1.45 volts explain132;l4j32'oj5q34 how is this possible?\ its a 3000+ winnie running on an asus av8 (via chipset)...

the 5.6 cats are out homez go and grab em ;) Grab them here Release Notes http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Nzc5

hey guys im juts wondering what i can use to monitor my temps from windows, because mbm5 doesnt support the abit an8 series, and the abit EQ doesnt work with it

hi guys im having a problem when i take the heatsink off on my 3000+ winnie w/ stock cooling i literally cant get it off... if i apply enough force it eventually coems off and the processor is full on stuck to the heatsink, i have to twist it off, its like theres been so much of a vacuum that...

whats the best 6800ultra brand for quality/customer service/performance etc i was leaning towards evga but im not really sure

i just got all my systems up and running thats the two systems in my sig + a 15" titanium powerbook

yo everyone i was just checking temps and stuff on my winchester and its reading 37c idle (in the bios) my mate has exactly the same cpu and his is reading at 26c with a 35% overclock he has some cheapo case, with stock HSF, a 120mm fan blowing air onto the cpu and 1 80mm exhaust fan...

like literally it smells kinda like burning, but not so much as it would smell if it was actually burning it works beautifully specs in my sig>> is it possible that because the build is from entirely new parts and its only like 5 days old that it still has that "new" smell

Hi guys, can someone please run me through what I need to do to drop the timings on my ram? specs in my sig>> i did a search but i couldnt find much on actually doing it... :( well thanks anyway for anyone who can help :)

powercolor x800xl 64 3000+ winchester (stock speeds) abit fatal1ty 1gb of geil pc3200 5ns ram 40gb seagate barracuda 7200rpm 8mb cache is this score normal? no overclocking whatsoever

hey everyone im ordering my new parts in the next day or two my current build is antec neopower 480w leadtek px6600gt tdh (pcie) 2x 512mb corsair xms-3200xl ram 1x western digital 120gb hdd (7200rpm, 8mb cache etc) msi neo4-fi sli mobo (in case i decide to stick another 6600gt in...

is it any good? or would i be better to get the cheaper is7?