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Not sure if this is the right section to post this question- but I received a DOA mobo so I had to remove my hyper 212 plus from my new Haswell 4670k. I looked at the heatpipes and cpu and both have a pretty good spread on em. When my new motherboard arrives do I need to remove and re-apply the...

What I have so far- Case - Silverstone TJ08-E ($40 off craigslist) PSU - PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK III 600W ($56.49 on newegg) Case Fan - COUGAR CF-V12HP Vortex (16.99) 3 X 300GB Seagate Hard Drives (free - might get a 4th, looking for options on stability/backup, possibly RAID 5)...

Description says it all- 1 x SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card 1 x XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Price $180 for the pair.

I just upgraded to a 7970, looking to sell my two 5850s that have been flashed with Sapphires 5870 Vapor-X BIOS to up the Voltage. I will say that one card did not like OCing as much as the other one, so I had them both at 815/1200. They were inside my Fortress 2 case so not much dust got to...

Title says is it all, I am selling my old sound card. found a link to it on newegg.com - it's pretty old. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102189 The only reason I pulled it is because I went crossfire and had no room for it. Works great. I do not know if I can locate...

I just upgraded to a 7970, looking to sell my two 5850s that have been flashed with Sapphires 5870 Vapor-X BIOS to up the Voltage. I will say that one card did not like OCing as much as the other one, so I had them both at 815/1200. They were inside my Fortress 2 case so not much dust got to...

My current PSU that is several years old is starting to growl, figure now would be a good time to replace it before it locked up on me. Requirements- Modular Works well with OCing Can support 2 HD5850's in CrossFire Configuration. Note- I will be adding the second HD5850 Toxic soon...

I am looking to either add to or replace my current hard drive setup. Currently the two WD 74GIG Raptors running RAID 0 that I have are working fine in relation to performance, but now in the world of digital distribution- games are filling it fast. I recently had to RMA one back to the...

I am working on an upgrade build and wanted to put an XFX ATI HD 5850 or 2 in it. I was planning on moving over the PSU that is in my sig, but not sure if it will meet the requirements. I am not familiar with power consumption and/or requirements. here is the PSU on newegg.com-...

I just bought this combo on Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.398184 Total came to 305.99 with rebate. :) good deal? I have all the parts in my Signature still which I will be moving over the following innards- Hard Drives, Optical Drives, and...

Hi Tech Guru's, :) I am in need of your assistance once again... Had this build (see sig) for a while now, and it has served me extremely well, but since I have moved into an apartment with steam heaters, the temps in here get pretty warm, and that small change has caused me some headaches...

I am running my CPU at 250X12 on stock Voltage *3.0Ghz* with a Zalman cooler plopped on top with artic silver 5 applied. My idle temps are 45-46 C and I am right now, as I am writing this- I am currently running Prime95 and the temps show on everest that my CPU temp is 52 C, I know that isn't...

I went shopping for a HDTV this last weekend and brought home one of these http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8251303&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat95100050039&id=1169512521072 I wasnt planning on watching TV at all on it, just game, PS3, XBOX360, Wii. but since I had basic...

so after installing Vista x64 and using Windows Media player and such, I get snap crackle and pop, like pouring milk on rice crispies... Also, I am not sure if its my sound drivers, but I have gotten 2 freezes, where I cant even move my mouse, both times, music was playing... I got the latest...

so I just got a FX-60 and a ASUS A8N32-SLI as well as a big fat zalman cooler ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT 110mm and picked up a Enermax Galaxy 850 WATT PSU as well as a evga 8800GTX ACS, after fighting this thing to install vista, I noticed one RAM timing that was too tight and all my problems went...

okay so I just got a FX-60, a new ASUS AN32-SLI Deluxe *installed latest BIOS*, evga 8800GTX KO, and a Enermax Galaxy 850 Watt PSU... was running windows x64 on older parts, *listed in sig* now I got Vista Ultimate OEM DVD... anyways pulled all old, put new parts in, booted, posted, but one...

Sitting on the forums reading up on making a upgrade myself to dual core. Everyone points u to C2D. Look at the benches they say and the games, with my socket 939 in hand I look at my new ddr500 I just purchased last month for around 300 and then look on newegg and choose all the latest hardware...

I am doing some OCing with some new components added last month and well I cant get it OC past like 225 with my RAM at 1t.... but when I have it set to 2t I have it right now at 250x11 with ram 1:1 timings 3-3-2-8 stock volt on both... I dont get why it wont budge to 1t... my ram was really...

Well recently I posted about an issue with my os giving me freezes, such as when I close my windows media player and try and hit start it takes like 2 seconds to pull up, and when I hit add new hardware and then try accessing another menu it lags... I tried all sorts of things to figure it out...

okay so I just did a fresh install with new RAM and a new sound card and new speakers, which isnt prob giving this problem, but figured might as well check, so I got everything put in, got it booted running fine, stress test going for 24 hours on prime95 and everyhing with OCing, but I am using...

well u can see in my sig what im running, I am thinking about grabing a sound card and some diffrent RAM and was thinking about getting a second 7800GT, but might just guy a 8800GTX instead... anyways with my current setup, the RAM wont let me OC that well, and onboard sound just well you know...

anyone? I mean do you get perfomance increase with it on? I heard if you have it min and max the same so it doesnt tend to bellow down and lag trying to use HD that is being read or something like that, whats the scoop anyone? my setup is in sig. I currenty have it off.

okay so, I decieded I wanted to get the head room I hear so much about in my CPU, saying the AMD 64 3700+ san diego core can get up to FX-55 speeds stable with even stock cooling, now I am not even hoping for that much, but anyways I tried upping it slowly and couldnt even bust an extra 10Mhz...

okay here is the post, any feedback please, dint get much help there... http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=417426

okay so ASUS sent me a new chipset cooler, I am looking at ASUS probe, is the MB temp the same as the chipset temp? if not, whats a good program to check? thanks

looking threw my BIOS, I have no idea what all of it means, even when I read the manual, I am not familiar with all of this, since my last build was prob 5 years ago lol. if anyone knows about this boards BIOS and could walk me threw it. either PM your SN or just pm me. I have too many question...

okay, so anyone with this board, I am not really all that familiar with alot of the new options in my BIOS, If someone could walk me threw it or give me there S/N so I could talk to them about it, cause there is just too many questions to just type up in a forum... any feedback would be...

I just got the BFG 7800GT OC and I tried playing HL2 and when I crank up the AA and AF at the highest res, everything looks pixelated, but when I drop the AA and AF down it looks more clear and smooth edged... what is up with that? cause I read the review on my card and it should do well at high...

okay so I recently posted asking if my ATI X800XL was a decent card, and yah it is, well I went to best buy today and they gave me a credit card *(bad idea)* and so I bought some new equipment, being the graphics card and the 2 new LCDs... now I got it all hooked up, and I definatly noticed a...

looking around I see all the new cards coming flying out, I just bought this card about 3 months ago and it was 299.99 off the shelf, the price has dropped a lil already, and I know its only going to get lower, I am curious, if I should maybe sell this one and go for something new? I mean how...

so I came home one night, and my chipset fan was down to about 300rpms and the threshold warning was going nuts, there was a minor smell, but my computer still smells like new, and so I cant really tell if there was a diffrence in smell... but I was curious with the fan that low sitting idle on...

I am looking for a great headset for playing games such as CS. anyone know any good sites with good reviews or have a recommendation of there own.

I have 2 gigs of DDR400 Kingston HyperX, and I play alot of games and my HD seems to interupt in some, such as FEAR. and when I tell my computer to system manage my PF it cranks it up to 2 gigs of space on my HD, should I just turn it down or turn it off?

is 2 GIGS enough for the latest gaming, and how long will that be suffecient? and with 2 gigs should I turn off page file? cause I played FEAR with the one gig and Page File up to a 1 gig, and it would lag when it would access the HD, now I turned it off, and it doesnt lag, all full settings, I...