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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc This will be for gaming (all new gen games, Shadows of Mordor, Dragon Age etc) and casual web surfing, word etc. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $2,000 3) Which country do you live...

Hey - Wanted to get some ideas for a new gaming rig, roughly 2-3 k in cost. I would like to get a case/setup that is as quiet as possible. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 2000-3000 3) Which country do you live...

Hi Guys, Going to be building a new gaming rig and wanted to get some advice. Things I am looking for, great gaming performance, subtle style (I'm 30 for goodness sake, no need for glowing bright lights), and relative quietness (again reference the 30). 1) What will you be doing with...

Hey Guys - Just installed a new mobo/processor tonight (asus maximus IV gene-z and I5 2500K). Got everything in and reinstalled windows, I have an SSD and a bigger HD so I put the to raid, installed the OS on it and started windows. Everything went fine. I installed the drivers for the...

Hey Guys - Doing some upgrades, plan to grab a i52500K as well as looking for a microATX board. Other components include a HD5300 video card, 2 x 4 gigs DDR 3 1600. My rig is for gaming mostly. Earlier I had asked for suggestions for a good microATX board and got this suggestion ASUS...

Hi guys - Wanted to see your thoughts, I currently have a MSI R5830 Twin Frozr II Radeon HD 5830 1 GB. Its actually running things fairly well, my only complaint is that it is somewhat loud and I am a noise phobe. Two questions, do you think its worth it to try to get an aftermarket...

Hey Guys - As part of a mini upgrade I want to change out my motherboard and processor. I need a micoATX board to fit in my case and it should be compatible with DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 RAM. Not too picky on the extra bells and whistles for the board (I do not intend to crossfire/SLI)...

Hey Guys - I just switched over my mother board to the MSI G41M-P34 to fit a smaller case of mine. I previously had a dual core process OC from 2.8 to 3.6. When I try to overclock on the new board, despite changing the frequencies and it booting when it loads up it remains un overclocked...

Hey guys - I am planning on buying a solid state drive for my current (and plans to build new rig) system. I use my system mostly for gaming. The SSD would be for the operative system and maybe a couple games. From my initial search I was thinking about a couple of these drives but I am...

After some great help from various posters and some discussions with friends as to what I really want from a system I have a new set of build advice questions. I think I want to build more of a budget/bridge gaming system. I have a 20% discount on AMD processors so want to go with an AMD...

Hi guys my tax return just got in and I need stimulate the economy by building a new computer! I want to use the computer for gaming but also hopefully aiming for a smaller, quiet case, I would rather avoid overclocking. I have a ati 5850 which has been doing pretty well, maybe a build that...

Hi! I posted help for a build a bit back, but now with black friday rolling in I wanted to see if anyone had any new suggestions. I want to put together a small system to use to play videos/music on my television that would be able to do 1080 videos. 1) Home entertainment center for...

Hey Guys - I just wanted to see what I would need to put together a small system to use to play videos/music on my television, I would ideally like to play 1080, but 720 would be ok as well. 1) Home entertainment center for watching videos 2) Cheaper the better 3) Los Angeles, CA 4)...

Hi guys, hoping to put together a new system over the coming holidays and wanted to start getting some ideas on parts now so I can keep my eyes peeled during all the holiday deals. Also curious if generally people go for AMD vs Intel for these mid range gaming rigs. Thanks for the...

Hey Guys - Not sure if anyone knows anything about laptops but I figure I'd give it a shot. I have an averatec 2300 which was working completely fine, I went and restarted it and after that the screen no longer displays anything. When I try to power it on I can hear the computer start up...

So all I have left to try to figure out is a new motherboard for my build: So basic background info, going to put a core 2 duo processor in for now, maybe switch to a quad core later. Don't need firewire, or raid, or SLI (though if they have them and for only a slight price increase why...

Hey guys, My mother board currently is faulty and isn't reading my ram in two slots so I am just planning on getting a new one. My computer is for gaming mostly, I have a core 2 duo pentium processor (thinking of upgrading to a quad core in the future so I need a mb that will support...

Hey Guys- This might be a silly question but I am still learning the basics here. So looking at the new 8800gt cards, some retail for different prices based on their core clock speed. Now im considering getting one of these cards and I was wondering if its worth it to shell out for the extra...

Hey Guys - So I am planning on putting together a new computer. I have left over a hard drive, cd drive, monitor and this ram: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) I was wondering if people had any suggestions, for a mother board, case, processor etc. I am...

Ok here is the situation. I was using my computer just fine the other day, and then I shut it down. When I try to start it back up it wont boot at all. I thought maybe it overheated or something, so I open the case and let it cool down and tried again. What happens now is that it starts to...

Hey Guys - Having some problems. My old MB stopped working and newegg replaced it with the GA-965P-S3. Got everything hooked up and my computer starts fine, reads the processor and the RAM but the weird thing is the computer seems to be running rather sluggish. It is taking forever to move...

Hey guys - In a bind, just got this GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard and this Corsair 520W SLI Certified Modular ATX Power Supply - CMPSU-520HX power supply. For some reason the 24 pin power supply wont connect to the mother board spot. No idea what I'm doing...

Hey Guys - I'm planning to buy this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102067 and using this power supply: http://www.buy.com/prod/Corsair_HX_CMPSU_520HX_ATX12V_v2_2_and_EPS12V_2_91_AC_Power_Supply_520/q/loc/101/203270716.html the power supply has the...

Hey Guys! So I was thinking of putting a new system together and needed some help/suggestions on parts. I was wanting to put together a E6300/6400 system using this video card : SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card Any...