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Hello, when I run 3DMark's Time Spy benchmark with a Ryzen 1600 and a GTX 1060 it reports the boost clock as 3700. When I run the same benchmark with a Radeon 480 it reports the boost clock as 3400. Kind of strange. Any ideas as to why this would be?

I'm having issues with a new Ryzen build. Just built a 1600 with a Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 motherbaord. I am having a heck of a time with it. I'm using a fresh install of Windows 10 version 1703, the latest AMD4 chipset drivers, Gigabyte BIOS and Ryzen power profile. I have eVGA 2400 DDR4...

Hello- I'm new to all this RGB stuff and need some help. I just built a Ryzen 1600 system with a Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 motherboard. Here is the link: http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-K5-rev-10#kf I want to get a RGB case fan that would plug into the motherboard and the...

I just did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro. My motherboard is a Asus P8P67pro. Besides the default Intel SATA controller it also has a JMicron and Marvell SATA controller built in. With Windows 8.1 I had separate drivers for all three controllers. With Windows 10 I just have the Standard...

FYI- went to my local Microcenter today and they had refurb GTX 660 Ti's for $159.99. I picked one up and the salesman even gave me a coupon for Watchdogs. Great deal- not sure if he was supposed to give me the Watchdogs code so it may not be the case at every store. The card looks like brand...

My 12 year old daughter has been waiting for Minecraft Realms to officially become available but it looks like it won't be this summer like expected. I am now thinking of getting a server through a hosting company but there are so many I don't know who is a legit company with good service. My...

I have an Asus P8P67 pro using the latest bios 3207. I already had Win 7 installed on a standard hard drive. I bought a new SSD and a Windows 8 pro upgrade from Microcenter. I was under the impression I could just install Windows 8 on the SSD and then I could dual boot from a menu when the...

I got a Win 8 pro upgrade disk from Microcenter and a new ssd. I plan on dual booting Win8 on the new ssd with my existing Win7 install. If I do that will my Win 7 cd key be deactivated?

I picked up a copy of Windows 8 and a new Vertex 3 90gb ssd this weekend. I figred now would be a good time to try a SSD as a boot drive since I would be installing a new OS on my system. Can someone point to a good user/setup guide for SSDs? I can't find a whole lot. FYI- I be will using the...

Picked up a XFX Radeon 7950 Core to replace a GTX 460 SLI setup. This 7950 has a single fan and XFX says it utilizes some ghost thermal technology. I assumed "ghost" meant it would cool the card and be pretty quiet. Boy was I wrong! When playing BF3 at 1080p with it set to Ultra the card gets...

For something fun to do, and cheap, I thought I would play with 2 Radeon 7770's in crossfire. They had them for $117 each at Microcenter. Based on some of the online reviews I figured they would be faster then my current 460's in SLI and cheaper/faster then getting one 7850. Not sure if it was...

Got the preview installed on my laptop. I cannot figure out how to sync my Zune player or HTC Win7 phone. When I connect them Win 8 recognizes them and they are listed under devices but I have no access to them. I can't find any info from Microsoft in regards to syncing their OWN devices in...

I am having issues with my SLI setup and a Titanium HD sound card. When using SLI the only available pci-e slots I have for the soundcard are the very top X1 pci-e (above the first video card) or the bottom X4 pci-e slot. If I use the top slot the card shares an IRQ with the Intel SATA...

I have a Radeon HD 5870 2gb and two eVGA GTX 460 OC 768 video cards. I initially installed BF3 with the Radeon 5870 in my system and everything ran great with BF3. Just for fun I decided last night to take the Radeon out and install the two 460's in SLI to see if things were any different with...

I just got this e-mail: I'm tempted to get one just for a blu-ray player now. Members-Only Exclusive! Purchase a new 160 or 320 GB Sony PlayStation 3 between now and Sunday, May 29, and get $100 off*! This hot deal requires a coupon to receive the discount, but we've got you...

I recently got an Ipod Touch after having Zune players since their debut. I mainly gave in because I wanted a device I can check the internet, email and also listen to music. Plus I anticipate getting a new car soon and it would be nice to just connect the Ipod to a car stereo and have access...

Got my replacement P8P67 Pro today. Apparently it has bios 1305. My current P8P67 Pro has bios 1305 too. Do you think I can just swap the motherboards without uninstalling any drivers in Windows 7? or should I go ahead and uninstall all the drivers?

Hope this means I can walk into the store and do an exchange. News Update: Important Information Micro Center: computers & electronics * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * An Important Announcement regarding Intel(r) Series 6 Chipsets * * * * * *...

I have been a big AMD guy for years and has not had an Intel machine since the Pentium 3 so I have been out of the loop when it comes to Intel spus and mb chipsets. I am really getting tired of the Crossfire/SLI debacle with amd chipsets. I am interested in building a Intel machine with a...

Does anyone have a working socket AM2+ nforce SLI motherboard they want to sell? I want to keep my DDR2 memory and am looking to drop Crossfire and go SLI. Please PM me. Thanks, Scott

I picked up an eVGA 460 GTX today at Microcenter. I exchanged an eVGA GTX 465 which I liked, but was uncomfortable with the high load temps. I also have a crossfire 4850 1 gb setup. I ran a few basic benchmarks to compare the cards- nothing special. 3DMark06 465 15801 6069 2.0 7788...

I know you can't run SLI on a crossfire motherboard but can u run 2 nvidia cards in non-sli- use on for graphics and the other for physx?

I don't see a sticky for GTX 470 stock so I thought I would post this. Was at my local Best Buy in Fairlawn, OH (near Akron) this afternoons and they has 3 PNY GTX 470s in stock. $399.99. It was tempting, but my crossfire 4850 setup is really great for me. I had reward coupons for 10% off...

My local BB has these on clearance but I have read issues about the XFX 4890s. Is there a version to stay away from or they all considered troublesome? They have revision 3.1 and 1.6 in the store. Thanks, Scott

Anyone have this monitor? I want a 23" monitor to use for PC and Xbox 360 gaming. A local warehouse store has a real good price for this monitor. I googled info about this monitor but could not find any reviews that mention if it has any input lag at all- I play mostly fps shooters. Anyone use...

I have a Win 7 upgrade coming from Newegg and also bought a faster SATA drive for my daughter's computer. I want to use the new hard drive for the Win 7 upgrade. Can I install Win 7 on a different drive then what XP is already installed on? or can you only install Win 7 on the same drive XP is...

What would be the best way to convert 6,000 wma (non-DRM) files to MP3? Should I just use iTunes and just convert them? or is there a better program that will do batch conversion? Thanks, Scott

Brand new Depeche Mode album released today and you can download the whole album for $3.99 today from Amazon. Great deal and a good album...

Picked up a LG L227WTG-PF at BB this week. Any recommendations as to what settings are best? I'm using it mostly for PC gaming and Xbox 360 gaming. I'm having a hard time getting colors just right. Is it best to turn off f-engine for gaming or leave it on? Thanks, Scott

Has anyone used this monitor yet? I assume it is a TN panel. I saw it today at BJ Wholesale Club for $199.99. It is a 22 inch native 1080p monitor. It has speakers, hdmi, dvi and vga in and is 5ms.. I am considering this to use for gaming- I can switch between my computer, xbox 360 and...

I have always been a PC guy- I build all my computers. My wife however uses an old XP laptop we have just to surf, use webmail and itunes. She seems to get a lot of spyware and pop ups despite all the security features I have on her pc (we use Microsoft's LiveOnecare). Seems like when she...

I guess since I just got a 9600BE Phenom I may be sensitive about this, but the 2 9950 reviews I just read compare it to the 9600 and it is obvious that they are benching the 9600 on Vista with SP1 installed (hence enabling the TLB fix). All the scores are extremely low. They are showing a 9150...

I jumped on the Newegg deal for a 9600BE and memory for $100.00. I read that Vista automatically applies the TLB bug fix when SP1 is installed. Are you guys using AMD Overdrive to turn the fix off? Is this something I will have to so everytime Vista boots or will Overdrive apply it automatically...

I have a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 (nforce 570 SLI) motherbaord and Gigabyte just updated their cpu list and it looks like my board will support all the current X3/X4 phenoms. I am thinking of a 9850- how much of a performance decrease is running the Phenoms at a lower HT speed?

FYI- my local Best Buy in Canton, OH got one BFG GTX260 in- it's $449.99. I got to hold one- it was tempting :)..... I assume other Best Buys may have them in stock.

I initially took advantage of the $129.99 special for the Visintek 3870 a few weeks ago at Best Buy- it was mainly for my wife's computer but I installed it in my main machine and did a few benchmarks. I then took advantage of the $149.99 special for the new 4850 at Best Buy and took back the...

FS: eVGA 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E video card $235.00 shipped groundSOLD Card is in excellent condition. I have the original box, manual and cables. I will ship it FedEx ground. I bought a second 8800GTX to SLI and realized SLI did not give me the boost I expected so I am selling one. This...

I recently added a fourth hard drive to my system. My specs are below with the addition of 4 SATA hard drives, 1 SATA DVD-RW, 1 IDE DVD-RW and 3 120mm fans. I assumed 850w would be enough for my system. When I added the 4th hard drive everything was fine until I tried to play a game- the game...

Can anyone point to me a 22 inch WS LCD monitor that will support 1:1 pixel mapping that will work with an Xbox 360 when it is set to 720p? It looks like a lot of the newer monitors only support 1:1 mapping with 4:3 resolution. Thanks, Scott

I currently am running Vista Home Premium 32bit- I am considering switching to 64 bit. I know you can order a 64bit dvd using your current 32 bit license but I am not sure if I want to switch or not. I wanted to install the 64bit version, not activate it, and try it for 30 days first to see...