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Well, my abit IP 35 pro is failing and I need a replacement. I am not sure which way to go as I am on outdated hardware and there is not a lot in stock for these 775 socket mobos. Can someone please recommend a good replacement? See sig for specs.

I ordered a 2GB HD 6950 off the egg yesterday and just stumbled across something I was completely unaware of. I am still on XP and according to this http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91260 the 2 GB of Vram is going use up all my address space leaving me with no system memory...

I am having some problems with EVGA and I was wondering if someone might provide any insight. I have been through 5 RMA's with EVGA to date. The first 4 were for an 8800gtx, and of those 4, the first 3 were bad right out of the box - got blue artifacts on the screen in windows and could not...

Was wondering if anyone could tell if this will work well before I try. I currently have 2 gigs of corsair pc8500, and I'm playing a stalker mod that chews up memory. I happen to have a spare stick of cruicial ballistix pc6400 and thinking putting it in to help ease the burden. Will this work...

Have any one had trouble with the Asus Beta bios 1409

Was wondering if anyone can give any advice here. My phone was just stolen along with my ipod so i need to get something to replace them. What i need is a phone that can serve as my ipod/mp3 player as well. My biggest concern is cost. I am currently with sprint /nextel, and my plan is about...

Well any games I play are causing lock ups and ati tool causes them as well. My gpu and cpu temps are fine. No OC on gpu, and did an orthos stress test on RAM for 10 minutes no prob. My GPU drivers were installed twice in safe mode w/ driver cleaner. Any ideas as to what gives? PS this...

Was wondering if somone here can help. Have a gamer friend who's rig is way too old and he does not have the cash to upgrade to anything decent. I suggested he give in and get a 360 but he would have to hook it up to his dell 24 inch monitor. The monitor was one of the first 24' dells to be...

Well I have just ordered the last of my upgrades (new ram/mobo/q6600) and I am faced with one last dilemma. I have been chomping at the bit waiting for Bioshock & Crysis (1&2 months left till release) and wondering if I should make the jump to VIsta for these 2. Something tells me although I...

I have the stacker 830 and I am have been having trouble with the side fan mounting clips. It seems like the mounting brackets are squeezing the fans when they are put in and casing the fan blades to hit their own casing making a grazing sound. Anyone have this problem or know if anything can...

I will be going q6600 after the price cuts and I was wondering if I should give my SI-128 a try or go for a stronger cooler. Will OC as high as I can. BTW if there is anyone on a quad with a SI-128 would like to hear feedback. thnx.

My girlfriend has an inspiron 1000 laptop and it runs pretty slow. My thinking is that she only has 226mb of ram and if I could get her up to 512mb it might help speed things up. However when I opened up her case I was not sure what i was looking at as it did not have a conventional layout...

Well, after a bit of consideration I am thinking of ditching my next PC upgrade in favor of a 360. Problem is I would need a TV to hook it up to. I have heard the westy 37 is good and has 1080i and is relatively cheap but I want to know if there is anything better out there at a reasonable...

Plan on picking up a q6600 in july and I am scoping out ram. I plan on clocking the piss out of it when I get it, and was wondering if it is worth it to spend a bit more and get pc2-8500 sticks. Right now there are some sweet deals on OCZ and Ballistics for under $100 in the hot deals section...

I am hurting for a new game and thinking of picking R6 Vegas but given the nature of the game I am worried that it will cater to my 2 biggest pet peeves in FPS. 1st is timed missions - hate em - like to do what I want in the amount of time that I want. 2nd is getting "mission failure" because a...

Just wondering if anyone with 8800 were getting higher OC's with the newer drivers. I have had my GTX since Jan. and could never push it higher than 615 on the core without it failing or giving artifacts. Last night however using forceware 158.19 I clocked it at 650 on the core, 1ghz memory...

Well I have really run the gambit on the FPS games and I am looking for another to hold me up until Bioshock comes out. Dont really know what to get. I want a good single player FPS not much into multi. The creepier or cryptic the better. BTW please no WWII games or games that older than 3 or...

Donating an old mobo to a friend, he has $200 to spend and would like to get the best cpu for his buck (939). Can someone make a couple of recommendations? He will oc it so leaning toward opteron, I dont know much about them though (just heard they were good OCers).

Just installed new motherboard w/ 8800GTX and I noticed that my temps have shot up about 8 to 10 degrees (at idle) higher than what I had on my old mobo. I havd a friend tell me that is because the PCIe bus is now running at 16X as opposed to 8X on my old mobo. Can anyone tell me if this would...

Had to replace mobo and it arrives tomorrow (a8n32 sli-deluxe). Was wondering if I need to reformat/reinstall windows and chipset drivers or can I just pop it in and go (current chipset drivers would be the same for old and new mobo - see sig).

1st timer at buying a case but I need one fast - MOBO is fried - ordering new one tonight. I decided to ditch my POS case as well and I want to order these together. Need suggestions please. I want a full sized case that can fit any ATX mobo. Good airflow and and solid construction with...

Right now cpuz tell me I am using 8X pcie link and 16X max supported. Is there a way to force the mobo into 16X mode (see sig). I know right now most people say that there is no difference but with the 8800gtx is it possible to saturate 8X bandwidth?. Would like to test performance myself...

Just installed new raptor and I am searching for a way to disable native command queing (NCQ). I have read lots of threads both here and elsewhere asking the same question but none of the answers seem to work. I have tried looking in the bios and found nothing close to it, and looked in the...

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Just purchased a AHFD 150GB Raptor. This is my first HD upgrade. Is there anything extra that is needed to download or purchase. I am assuming that when I get it I can just use the same cable as my current HD (WD 1600JS), and just plunk it in and install windows after I remove current HD...

I am having alot of stuttering in oblivion and cant seem to pinpoint the cause. I have a thread in general gaming about what I have done so far. Some searching has pointed to a possible cause which I am thinking may be my HD. I have heard that because Oblivion is such a big game a fast HD is...

I have been playing oblivion and generally doing well but I have noticed that stuttering is rampant whenever my frame rate dips below 50 (so long as I stay above it all is smooth). The odd thing is that in other games like FEAR when my FPS dips below 50 stuttering is generally not noticeable...

Was wondering if anyone has been playing Oblivion and has weird giant yellow blob textures surrounding some of the characters. It really annoys the piss out out of me when I have to fight some of them. Cant see what they are doing inside their yellow blob sphere. Also there is a big...

Just picked up a copy and would like to know what mod or mods is the best one to use for refining the textures and graphics. I downloaded the OOO mod but it seems that is for character balance. Want to make it look good and run as smooth as possible.

I am not really into RPG's but I watched a few videos of oblivion because I have heard so much about it. It looks to me like a first person action game sort of like dark messiah which I thought was pretty good. Can anyone tell me if this game is like dark messiah? The thing about RPG's I dont...

I am trying to get my X2 up to 2.8 ghz but I have a feeling I cant get there because of the cpu volts. The mobo only offers up to 1.45 volts max. Was wondering if anyone here has that same problem or has this board and can reach 1.5v or higher. If so what bios version? thnx

Right now I am stable at 2.6 but I can't seem to get any higher. If I set the fsb any higher than 224 I cant boot. Tried divider and max volts to cpu (1.45 on my board) but no luck. Any suggestions? Would like to hit 2.8 if there is a way.

Having trouble on the install - trhis is turning out to be a disaster. The mounting clip on this thing is a bitch to get on the mounting bracket. There is no way I can mount this thing with thermal paste and not move the heatsink at all. Even the slightest movement after I mount it causes the...

I have read the AS-5 directions and I was going to use the rice bead method and just let the sink do the spreading, however on the SI-128 install guide it says to apply to heatsink base and cpu die. Any SI-128 users do it that way or should I just stick w/ the failsafe method. I would really...

Right now I have 90mm fan on rear exahust and 90 mm fan on top blowhole. I want to slap 120mm on the rear. Would it make much of a difference, or better to have equal strength fans to pull air out of top and rear (cannot put 120mm on top blowhole - its custom hole for a 90mm).

I am not sure which way to go on this upgrade. Would like to slap on a scythe ninja but it would change orientation of airflow on the case. My current rig has a custom hole (for 90mm fan) on the side panel for intake to heatsink (fan mounted on top of heatsink). I also have one exhaust fan on...

I am getting slow downs during long gaming sessions and I am pretty sure it has to do with temps (stock speed stock crappy cooler). I checked and I am in the 60s under long load. After I quit for a few minutes everything speeds back up. I would like to upgrade my cooler and heatsink and maybe...

Like title says, Dont know why this happened all the sudden but now alot of my files are showing up labeled in blue font for some reason. Ran spyware and virus check and I am clean. Same thing has happend on my work computer as well. Some names are normal black & others are blue font...

Thinking of getting a the dell 3007 but the native resolution - 2500x1600 seems a tad high. Right now there are only a few decent games (recent) that can be played at that res. My question is do you think new games will be able to be played at that resolution when the DX10 cards and vista...

Any one seen or heard of this one? It is actually a CRT and you can get one for about $500. It is 1080i/480p and looks promising but I cant find what resoultions this thing is capable of hitting. I am looking to game at 1600x1200 or higher on a big screen but looking for alternative to dell...