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Hi guys, need a little help figuring out what to buy for my father's PC upgrade, since the motherboard on his P4 system went kaput. I would like to get him something noticeably faster that will last him at least a good 4-5 years. This is what I was thinking of getting: $52 Antec NEO ECO 400C...

Hi guys, last year I posted an $850 build thread for a friend and received some great advice. Took him a while, but he finally got his student loan, and is now ready to build his PC, although his budged has changed slightly since then; it's now around $1,100. He wants something fast and snappy...

Hi guys, I'm building a PC for a friend of mine. It's been a while since I've built a PC, so I'd just like to get a some opinions and suggestions from all you experts here. I don't know the exact size of his monitor, but it's not large. However he might upgrade later, but it definitely won't be...

Selling cause I need the money. I have everything except for the little screwdriver to adjust the bass. $250

Hi guys, haven't been browsing hardware pr0n in a while, so I don't know what's hot and what's not. Therefore I'd like to ask you guys for a bit of help with building a system for my brother. He will be using is mostly for gaming. I am leaning towards a cheap AMD build (I have an X3 720 and am...

Could this be sign of a defective mobo, or perhaps a weak PSU? Antec True Power 500W Phenom II X3 720 Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P 2 hard drives in raid + 1 hard drive (total of 3) geforce 7950GT I noticed that fans spin at different speeds depending on what fan connector I plug them into...

Is there a way to lower the maximum volume in windows 7? I'm using earphones with my creative xtrememusic, and well... the volume is just too damn loud. I'm using the lowest possible volume (5%) on the taskbar right now, but higher is too high, and lower is well... mute. If I change settings...

I'm trying to unlock the 4th core of an X3 720 on my GA-MA790X-UD4P, but I'm getting nowhere. I tried messing with ACC, but I'm getting no results, meaning my computer won't even fail to post, it'll just reboot and detect my CPU as an X3. Any suggestions?

I have a Gigabyte MA970X-UD4P with a Phenom II. What do I need to do to get cool & quiet enabled? I'm trying to look for an amd driver, or cool and quiet driver, but can't seem to find one anywhere. Nothing on the mobo's site either. I'm running windows 7 32 bit. Do I just have to enable it...

I currently have a P4 machine and some spare parts which I'd like to upgrade. I currently have: Antec Neo Power 500 Raidmax Scorpio Silver Aluminum Case 2 1GB sticks of DDR2 667 ram (cheapish) 2 sata 2 hard drives creative xfi xtrememusic (pci) 19 inch monitor, 1280x1024 CD/DVD drive...

Got the pair from UE four months ago. They're in very good condition. I just want to sell them in order to be able to afford the new Sennheiser IE-8 earphones. Price: $290 CDN

Hi guys, have another problem with the comp that I built for a friend. Windows XP x64 is booting and defragging very slowly. I've tested this with different defrag software. What's odd is that games run very smoothly, so we can pretty much rule out everything else (like ram), correct? I'm 99%...

ASUS P5Q Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) Sapphire HD 4870 1G Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS Corsair 750 TX I can't give too much info atm, cause the computer is one that I built for my friend, and I don't have access to the computer atm, but I'll try to describe...

Does anyone know if the fan on the PSU should be on the top or the bottom, when it is installed at the bottom of a case? I'm installing a corsair 750W into an antec twelve hundred, and I don't know if I should flip the PSU or not. There's a half an inch gap between the PSU and the bottom of the...

Hey guys, I'm wondering if there's a way of regulating the speed of the CPU fan. My problem is that it's silent, and then suddenly when the CPU load increases, the fan just starts revving up to max for like 2-3 seconds, then goes back to normal. It just keeps doing this for stupid random things...

Ok so I'm building a new gaming PC, and just want to get some opinions from my fellow knowledgeable [H]ers. :) Mobo: ASUS P5Q3 $149.99 CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 $159.99 RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB 1333 Mhz $135.99 Video card: ASUS Radeon HD 4870 1GB $264.99 Hard drive: Western Digital...

I'm building a computer for a friend, and I have a budget of 200 CDN (so around 170 US) for both a case and PSU. Core 2 Duo E8500 4 gigs of ram ATI 4870 1 HD, maybe another later. So I guess a 500 watt PSU should be enough, right? The PSU should be good quality, and the case should...

Always been fine; suddenly I've been getting slower download speeds on Azureus, and I also just noticed that my latency in counter strike blows major c#$%. Now I don't know where to start trouble shooting, but I have a feeling that it could be some windows updates that I've recently installed...

ASUS EN7600GS SILENT (no fan) $25 + shipping

Sun X7136A (NEW) $425.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/Sun-21-Inch-CRT-Flat-Screen-Monitor-X7136A-NEW_W0QQitemZ150201141731QQihZ005QQcategoryZ116350QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem Sony CPD-G520P (used 500 hours) $249.95...

There seems to be a problem with my old Athlon XP system. Windows boots just fine, but the bios always resets the memory frequency to 200MHz instead of 400. When I change it back to 400, hit F10 and Enter, the computer restarts but the the monitor doesn't display anything. Is this a mobo issue...

Ok, so I gave up on trying to find a Mitsubishi/NEC Diamondtron. Recently I've been looking at the LaCie Electron Blue monitors. Has anyone owned one of these? How good are they? I've been looking for reviews on the net, but haven't found much. I'm looking for a monitor that would be as good as...

I'm just wondering how much of a difference do you guys notice with faster memory, for instance 1066 instead of 667. For gaming, is the speed of the memory as important as the amount? What would be better, 4 gigs of slow ram, or 2 gigs of fast ram? Just wondering if I should upgrade my 2 gigs of...

Thinking of buying the game, but I'm not sure because it has vehicles in it, just like BF2, which I hate. Do the vehicles ruin the gameplay in QW? Also how's the gamplay in general? Is it comparable to ET? I bought COD4 not long ago, and even though it's a very well made game, I don't like it...

I have a crapload of MP3 files. I noticed a few months ago that they no longer have a summary (when you right click the files and and click the summary tab). Anyone know what might have happened to them? I can no longer sort them by album title, bitrate etc. when I am in Details view in windows.

I'm having a problem with any mouse that I plug into my computer, which is running Windows XP x64 edition. When I move the mouse around, for instance when I move it in a circle continuously, the cursor always moves more and more towards the top left, as if something was pulling it in that...

Anyone know any programs (preferably free), that can reverse some MP3 files?

I'm gonna reformat my bro's computer pretty soon, and I'm just wondering if installing the 64 bit version of XP is recommended. He has an X2 3800+ with 4 gigs of ram. It's not exactly the most popular OS, so I'm wondering what software/driver compatibility and support is like, or if there are...

My bro just bought COD4. He hates it, and I love it. I want to install it on my PC, but I don't have a DVD player. Would I run into any problems if I torrent the game, and install the game using the CD key that came with the DVD? Also, does anyone know if the game would run fine on a P4 3.2...

Ok guys I need some major help. I have a disk with 2 partitions. I just reinstalled windows on one of them, and have all my stuff on the other. In Disk Management, I added the second partition, but there's no file system (fat32, ntsf, etc...). When I try to access the drive, windows tells me...

Anyone have experience with making the transparency of PNG images work when applied as a background in IE6? Looked everywhere on the net, and it seems like there's no solution.

If I want to install css on my bro's computer so we can play together, do I need to buy the game again?

Hello ppl, I just bought a MultiSync FP2141SB (aka 2070SB) on ebay. Overall it looks nice, and bright, but there's some stuff that I need to improve/fix on it, and I want to know if i can do this on my own. The first problem is the black which is.... well, not really black. It looks like...

I have a pair of speakers, and also a pair of headphones, which I use both 50/50 of the time. My problem is that when I plug my headphones into the speakers, the sound deteriorates quite a bit, so I just unplug my speakers from my PC and directly connect my earphones instead. Is it harmful...

Hey guys, been thinking of ditching wmp lately, and I know that there are a bunch of alternatives, but are there any that can actually play streams of the type of media that WMP does, especially .wmv?

Hi guys, I assembled two of my brothers very similar computers. Same motherboard, CPU, OS... When I put one of the computers into standby mode, it seems to completely shut off. Can't hear any sound coming from it, it appears that even the HD is off, as well as all the fans (PSU as well?)...

Ok, so I just spent 15cdn on a silent antec fan, now another one is humming and wanna get that one replaced, so that's another 15 bucks... i was thinking instead of buying all this shit why not go with an antec 900. It's so tempting, especially since summer is coming and it's gonna heat up...

Hey guys, getting some good help on this forum lately, so I hope you guys can help me with my problem. Everything seems to be working fine on my PC, but when I go into standby mode, I can't resume from it; my monitor remains in standby mode! I tried to resume from standby using my older...

Hey guys, just bought a computer from a friend, and wanted to upgrade the HD to 320 gigs so i went and got myself a WD 320 gig sata 2 drive. I plugged it in, and it seems to be working ok, but windows (XP, SP1) only detects it as a 131 gig drive. Anyone ever run into such a problem? I searched...