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    New-ish i7 build dying after 6 months!

    Hello About 6 or 7 months ago I built a system with i7 920 @ 4ghz patriot viper 6gb ddr3 ram gigabyte x58a-ud3r intel 80gb ssd asus 5870 corsair 750hx windows 7 64 pro the system has been fine up till now, i was away for 1 month and upon returning there were random lockups in...
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    Noob question - track IP address on free webspace?

    Hello, My knowledge of web programming etc is very basic so apologies in advance. Is there any way for me to have some free webspace (so I would assume not have full web server access), and then discover the IP address of someone accessing a file on my site? Lets assume this is an image or...
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    Question for ATCS 840 owners on improving airflow

    I recently made a new build with an i7 w/ venomous X & push-pull fans with a 5870 in a ATCS 840 case. At 4Ghz stable, it seems to idle at low 40s and in Prime/Linx at 69-70, but this is with HT off and in a relatively cool room. With HT on Linx gets to high 70s :( When the rig was being built...
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    New Build - CPU fans turn on at boot then turn off!

    Hello, I am in the process of building a new rig with i7 930 w/ Venonous X & 2 Akasa Apaches in push/pull GA-EX58A-UD3R 6GB Patriot RAM Corsair 750W I have started with the bare basics to see if the system boots, and it does, but the CPU fans spin up slowly when I start the PC...
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    Titan Fenrir question - in a ATC-201 case

    Hello, I am looking to get a cooler for a Q9550 in a old coolermaster ATC-201 case. Currently I have a Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7, which is apparently 126.5mm tall. I have *exactly* 300mm more clearance above the fan before it hits the wall of the case. The Titan Fenrir says it is...
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    Q9550 now vs i7 in a few months?

    Hello, I currently have an E6600 @3.3GHz on a P45 Gigabyte motherboard (this was only bought last year as a replacement for a broken ASUS one). I am looking to upgrade my 260GTX for when Fermi comes out next year to a DX11 card, and assume that I would probably need a new CPU to replace...
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    RAID & non-RAID together???

    Hello I currently have two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drives at 250gb each and wanted a little more space and something a little bit faster for gaming & OS. I'm a little put off SSD drives at the moment since they have a life expectancy & seem to be rather expensive for the storage amount...
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    Which is the bottleneck here - gpu or cpu?

    Hi I have a E6600 @ 3.3ghz GTX 260 OC @ 666mhz core/1107 memory 4gb 800mhz ram Is my GPU or CPU a bottleneck for crysis etc?
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    Case airflow questions

    Hello, In my case there are now 2 92mm fans at the bottom front of the case, with HDD mounting bays infront of them, with 2 92mm fans exhausting, one at the top of the case and one at the back. My 2 questions are - My 260GTX is directly behind the hard drives. Should I mount the 2 HDDs...
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    Improving airflow on my old Coolermaster ATCS Case?

    Hello, I have a coolermaster atc-201 ATCS case currently housing a e6600@3ghz, GTX260OC rig. The case is pretty old but I dont really want to change it because it is very well made and looks better than any other case around today. It has 2 80mm intake fans at the front near the...
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    Help - PSU died, has it fried the motherboard or CPU?!

    Hello, My Corsair PSU recently died and it is sent off for RMA. In the mean time I have connected up a spare PSU. I stripped the PC down to RAM, GPU and CPU. Out of the case, onto cardboard to avoid shorts. With the old dead PSU, on powering up the PC, no video output, no post beeps...
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