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    CPU Bottleneck i7 930

    Hey Everybody, I wanna start by saying thanks for the I've received over the years from people here at this forum, I appreciate your time and effort. I believe I have a serious CPU bottleneck, as I have been struggling to achieve *stable* frames in GTAV and Fallout4. Current Specs...
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    Card Upgrade Advice: 5850x2 to?

    I just need some simple advice. I currently have two 5850s in Crossfire. They have served me well but lately I have been a little disappointed. Crossfire in my opinion, is completely useless. Seems like almost every game has some sort of driver issue where it simply 'doesn't work' and needs...
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    HD 5850 Crossfire Fan Profile for MSI AB

    Im not sure if there is a place to post this type of thing, but I couldn't find anything myself. I wanted to share my Fan Profile that I use for MSI Afterburner. I don't claim to be good at this, so advice is welcome. I just wish I could of found something to help me when I started. Ive got a...
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    Will these power adapters work for Crossfire?

    Alright im stretching things a bit.. I have my new system built and im loving.. except now I want to go Crossfire. I7 930. ATI HD 5850 Cooler Master GX 650w The problem is the power supply only has 2 PCIE cables. To get more PCIE I must convert MOLEX. Well I only have 2 Molex, and you...
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    New Build, Advice most Apreciated!

    Alright last build I did several years ago I got advice here at Hard Forum, it was great. Im back again and need more advice! Il try to keep this simple! What I am after: Decent Gaming Rig, Red LEDs. Brand new to water cooling so want to learn simple setup. Case: Cooler Master Storm...
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    Make GigE network with switch and router?

    K this is real simple, im just not sure if its possible. I have 3 workstations all with Gigabyte nics, im getting a gigabyte switch but I have a 10/100 mbps wireless router that hands out DHCP. I want to get the workstations on the gigabyte connection but not have to replace my router...
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    Starting to think my power souce is going, please help

    Alright il make this quick, starting to think that my PSU is either not giving enough juice or is going bad (It wont wake up sometimes and other weird things). Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express G.Skill F2-6400CL5S-1GBNQ 2GB (4x 512MB) DDR2 800...
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    WTB Amd Athlon X2

    Anything AMD Athlon X2, please email me at Rycon99 AT hotmail.com
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    Best Way to Access PC Remotly

    Alright I want to access my machine remotely, from anywhere. I usually like tightVNC to do all my remote, or even microsofts RDP, but I want to access from anywhere without any port forwarding or IP difficulty since I have Dynamic IP. I have looked into Logmein as they have a free service which...
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    WTB: Amd Athlon 64 3800+ (Or simular) CPU

    Simular as in the AMD 64 family, I dont think my mbo can support X2 but if you care to do the research for me Im interested. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF25a/12454-12454-64287-321860-3328896-3253421.html Pretty sure my particular one came with the 3800.
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    PCIE Freq past 100.. oh no?

    Well my boss was messin around with the custom machine we built for him.. messing with overclock settings.. and he put the PCIE freq as high as it would go, he saw it had no display when he tried to boot so he shut it down (Probly didnt leave it runnin for more then 30 seconds) and now we have...
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    Why you should never buy a Toshiba.

    http://bayimg.com/baIDIAaBe <-- copy and paste into browser Well im at work and we have this peice of crap toshiba (Laptop) overheating. To make a long story short we hate toshiba and cant find any drivers for it ANYWHERE, but it doesnt really matter anyway because the thing runs so hot under...
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    Has anyone doubled up fans together?

    I know this is an odd question but its been on my mind quite a while, has anyone ever stuck 2 fans together blowing the same direction? I would LIKE to think that it would create alot more air but I guess on the other hand it could just screw the whole flow up. I dont have any plans to try...
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    Can I exceed fan controller fan limit?

    My inbult fan controller says 5 fans max, and im wondering what would happen if I added another fan on there? Is it simply because there is not enough power? Im daisy chaining all my fans together, and on the fan controller plug it says 5 fans max. The DC input for it has a dedicated power from...
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    Are my case fans correct? (Pics)

    I am concerned that I have no setup my case fans to optimal airflow, I just wanted to get some other opinions. Setup is C2D E4400 1.8 overclocked to 2.7 MBO GA-965P-S3, 2 gig GSKILL, EVGA 7600GT My core is running well (I think) for the overclock, idleing at around 48 and is around 61...
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    Couple noob questions..

    PC builder noob here again My ram timings, do I set them to the ones specified by my ram (Which is 5-5-5-15) or do I tweak that? I did what seemed to be a succesfull overclock (Right under 3GHZ) but I was worried about my temps, BIOS was saying i was idling about 60c and speedfan said I...
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    Rofl im a noob

    Well this is my first build and I didnt read the manual and stuck my ram right next to eachother and then kept wondering what the 'Memory runs in single channel mode' thing was on startup.. so i smacked myself and put them in the same colored slots and now im dual channel mode biotches...
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    Drivers that kill your system.

    Well for those of you who are familuar with the Gigabyte MBO's, you may of heard the drivers they ship with are crap.. well so are the ones on the website. Let me start by saying ive formated my brand new HD about 20 times (No lie). I hope thats not bad for it. The drivers off the CD will...
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    A few easy questions about my build.

    Alright Il lay out a few questions Ive had from my first seemingly succesfull build. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 There is a few different ports for my HD on my motherboard, SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATA II3 (All controled by Intel ICH8) and then there is one more port that is...
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    Need help C2D overclocking

    Alright, Im very computer savy but a bit new to overclocking (Expecialy a CPU). I just built my first custom computer, heres what I got Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express G.Skill F2-6400CL5S-1GBNQ 1GB (2x 512MB) DDR2 800 RAM Seagate Barracuda...
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    Yet another noob seeking advice..

    Alright lets get to the point.. Im very computer savy, but it has been a long time since ive upgrade my peice of crap, HP P3 900 mhz gforce 4 mx <-- lol. It is now time to upgrade, i have saved a bit of money but I am on a tight budget since I did just recently get married. I have been...
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