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I am going to order a 6950 1gb video card sometime today, but I want to choose one that has a very good stock cooler on it. Can someone please recommend the best 6950 that comes with a really good cooler. I am buying it thru amazon to recieve it monday with free overnight shipping. I'm only...

I need to what the best setup for this card is when gaming... I have a single audio technica ATH-AD700 headset connected to the back of my XFI sound card. Now my question what is the best way to use this headset since they are stereo headphones? Do I the set the speakers on 5.1 in the creative...

3 Days ago I was using a Q6600 G0 and 1680x1050 Samsung 226BW I never had this problem. Now with my new i5 2500K and ASUS VW246H 1920x1080 my system is so slow on flash 11, that there is noticable lag to the way the operating system runs. Now here is where it gets weird. Its only slow until I...

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So I ran Prime95 small fft for 1 hour just to see where it stays at under full load. Its max was 62c accoring to coretemp. Is this a safe temperature for use with coolermaster hyper 212 plus and a antec 300 case? I should note that the internal room temperature is normall 73-76 degrees. I'm...

With my new build I am running 35c idle with a overlock from 3.3Ghz to 4.3Ghz For the overclock is this a relatively safe temperature? My temps read 34 28 28 21 as of right now, but thats on idle.

I pulled the ram to verify and sure enough they say PC12800-8GBRL on the sticker. Both dimm's say it, so I am going to call gigabyte on monday and get to the bottom of this asap.

After reading more indepth on using two cards I came to the conclusion that I am going to buy a spdif cable and run it from my xfi titanium into my gtx 260. Doing this will make the 260 GTX send out audio also. By default only HDMI video is transferred out of nvidia graphics. You need an...

Its been my experience that sound won't transfer when a DVI-HDMI adapter is added into the mix. Only a straight HDMI connection will transfer sound.

My new antec 300 case has the option to hookup HDA or RA 97 audio on one port to the motherboard. Which option is better? thanks

So I just built a new system today. (See specs below) I am trying to use the onboard HDMI for when I stream movies since it outputs to tv speakers and I have a RCA to 3.5mm going to a 5.1 setup on a yamaha 6130 reciever. The problem is, when I plug in my VW246H monitor to a GTX260 DVI port it...

Windows 7 64-Bit Home Premium This what I put together tonight, but for some reason the memory is off even with the latest bios revision F11. Image with all CPU-Z results doubleclick the image for full size. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I have a Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 Motherboard with F11 Bios Updated Problem: I installed paid for 8 GB of GSkill Ripjaws on amazon, but the system is only seeing 4 GB for some reason. I have looked all thru the manual which mentions enabling dual channel mode, but it doesn't say how or where to do...

57c on idle with a Q6600 @3.2Ghz Its very stable, but it requires a restart every now and then and speedfan says the vcore is all the way up to 1.42v so I am concerned about temperatures. I'm using a watercooling setup with a PA 120.3 radiator with their own yate loon fans in push pull...

What tool is required to fix a problem of missing dvi-d pins that the monitor screws into. When I went to remove the dvi cable from my samsung 226bw to hookup my asus vw246h one screw from the video card came out and its now stuck on the dvi cable. I don't see how you get this back in, being how...

When I say maxed out, what I mean is overall detail. Reguardless of if my game can handle 8xAA I run 4x, because the visual difference is minimal. I also run 8x/16x AF for almost any game. What I am referring to is view distance, shadows, lighting, hdr, effects, and textures shown. The visual...

How would you rate this system for a budget minded gaming system? I just bought all of the components 20 minutes ago. Total cost was $667 shipped overnight. Newegg wanted to charge me $98.65 in shipping just for regular ground Asus VW246H i5 2500K Gigabyte Z68A-DH3-B3 GSkill Ripjaw...

I have a question for driver 290.36 beta What is the proper way to setup a game profile for a game like skyrim. I added the new application located in steamapps/common/skyrim I then set the profile up like this: Ambient Occlusion Not Supported for this application 16xAF Gamma Correction On...

I decided to pickup this monitor tommarrow ASUS VW246H. Now my question is, what video card will I need to run this monitor? I currently have a E-VGA GTX 260 216 896MB Superclocked which ran 90% of my games perfectly fine at 1680x1050. The only games I own that hiccuped and lagged like crazy...

So I had a samsung 226BW that worked beautifully since 2006. The blacks weren't nearly as dark as I would have liked for gaming, but it was still pretty good. The dynamic contrast ratio was 3000:1. The truth is that I ran the monitor at defaults on custom mode or game mode, rarely using the...

Problem: Monitor flickers like crazy for 10-15 minutes when the pc is first turned on. Anytime the monitor shutdown for a second the seuqnce is restarted and flicker returns. Steps taken: New DVI Cable added Additional Details Samsung 226BW C-Panel 1680x1050 16:10 2ms gaming monitor E-VGA GTX...

I am not sure if this is video card related or the monitor itself, but everytime I start the computer or it comes out of sleep mode the screen flickers really fast for about 2-3 minutes, then it is fine. I'm not sure how to fix this. I have a samsung 226bw and a GTX 260 216. What would cause a...

This is the exact problem my GTX 260 216 has.

I own a GTX 260 216 896MB I'm fixing to buy a GTX 560 Ti to upgrade my system. How much improvement will I get with this upgrade? I play games like splinter cell series, rainbow six series, ghost recon series, cod series, dragon age series, mass effect series, and the fallout series. I picked...

Excellent detailed post with lots of info. Thanks sirmonkey I was planning on using a blaster pc case, MX-4 compound, and coolermaster 212 with 2x 120mm fans, and the finishing touch to my combo would be a 6850 1GB...

I have a question for the AMD experts What AMD processor equals the performance of a Q6600 G0? See I am thinking of buying either a 955 BE, 965 BE, or a 1090T CPU along with an ASROCK EXTREME 3 motherboard. I just want to know if I will see any difference at all by buying a new AMD release vs...

Thanks for the info guys. I have decided to go with a laptop, but I want it to have a pretty good intel processor so that it can encode with sony vegas pro 10 and run all of my games such as test drive, test drive 2, assassins creed, need for speed hot pursuit, call of duty black ops, splinter...

Which of these two is better technology for mainly gaming and video encoding? 2500K or i7 940. $757 for a great 940 build sounds good. Does the brand of RAM matter when it comes to overclocking stability? What should I look for when selecting RAM stability for 3.4Ghz edit: Updated...

I need some help with processor selection. I use the PC for web browsing, chat, gaming, and video encoding. I had a Q6600 overclocked to 3.2Ghz solid on an E-VGA 680i motherboard with 4gb of DDR2 1066Mhz RAM. That PC is now history, so I am looking to purchase new components sometime next...

Trying to fix an overscan issue when using my TV to stream videos. Normally half an inch is missing on each side. The start menu is off screen and on the other side the other half of the windows clock is cut off. I read somewhere that inputting the correct edid into an edid override flag in...

I may have spoke too soon about, never buying an nvidia based board again. I was referring to the core temps themselves With my current voltage settings, I idle at 43c and 60c (headroom just incase) 58c actual on full load. Should a watercooled system Idle at 43c when OC to 3.2Ghz? I thought WC...

680i SLI A1 *Purchased within first week of initial release -1.4v core (constant over all QDR for testing) -1.4 fsb -P33 Bios flashed -2.100v on Dominators Unable to boot into system with 1333 QDR (3.0Ghz) *my target Unable to boot into system with 1378 QDR (3.1Ghz) Unable to boot into system...

What is the best way to run 6 fans on a rad and 4 fans for the case. Should I cut the yellow rpm wires out and rewire them all together, then run them into a single 3 pin molex or is the current way I have them fine? 1 splicing of all six 120mm's into 1 3 pin molex 1 splicing of all four...

If I wanted to add gpu block to this loop, would a pa 120.1 be plenty to cool a 460/260? I'm guessing that putting the gtx 260/460 on the main loop would affect the maximium overclock of the cpu.

thank you, I was worried about rust and other particles damaging the blocks and radiator by not using coolant like primochill or some other brands. My system fills with a swiftech reservoir that swings out from the case :)

I'm not exactly sure how much damage was done to the system overall, but if I can fix it that would be great. I used to use primochill 32oz coolant in my system, but when I ran out I started using destilled water, bottled water, and tap water. Its probably been about a year since I had...

I decided on a X4 955/965/970 Since I have finally decided on a 955/965/970 I need to know which one of these will work in a AM2+ MB with my ram. Every review that I have read comparing the 955/965/970 says to save the cash and overclock a 955 to 3.8/3.9Ghz. They also state that the 955 is for...

Thanks I will look into the black editions One more question, does AM3 socket support my current ram and video card or am I still gonna have to make the jump to costly DDR3? Can I plug a GTX 260 into an AM3 board? I would rather not have to add a new video card and DDR3 to the cost for upgrades.

Thank you harpoon | feather I currently run my system bone stock at 2.4Ghz, but 3.2 Ghz to 3.6Ghz has always been my dream overclock. I used to run 3.2Ghz, but my 680i is currently completely unstable to run 3.2Ghz solid even with watercooling and a toughpower 800w PSU. If I run it stable for...

Thank you feather I won't be watercooling, that signature is old. I am planning on using a coolermaster hyper 212 or a Scythe Mugen v2 in my next build. (Toms Hardware review recommends it for x58's and AM3's even over the noctua NH-D14) I just need assurance that an AMD cpu can run my games...