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    Is an i7-930 2.8 GHz worth anything?

    Hi and Thank you ahead of time. I have taken apart a friends Dell XPS computer and found the i7-930 chip mentioned above as well as an ati 5770 VC. Are these worth any money these days? He built himself a new system and I have an i5 -4670 K so we have no use for them. Just asking.
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    Bought wrong Kingston HyperX Ram

    I posted earlier about using Kingston HyperX Fury and HyperX DDR3 memory together. I thought I had bought another 2x4GB of identical Kingston HyperX black to match what I have in my computer. I actually bought Kingston HyperX Genesis. Same number except the Genesis model has an X at the end and...
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    Kingston C9 vs C10 Ram combination

    Hello, Got a question about Kingston Ram. I bought 2 x 4G of KHX1600C9D3K2 ram a year ago. I want to increase to 16G by buying another 2 sticks of the same. Unfortunately it has all been B/O and may not be available for a while. Could I use Kingston HX316C10FBK2/8? Would the different C9 vs...
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    GTX 760 SLI or but a new GTX 970?

    I am thinking of putting some more video hp into my system. I was originally going to double up on my GTX 760 at about $250 Canadian, however I have read so many good things about the GTX 970 (about $440) that I am considering purchasing it instead. I have single monitor running at 1900 x 1200...
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    Power Supply or Motherboard Problem?

    Hope you can help. My son's computer won't turn on. I get a green LED light on the motherboard. He said there was a squealing sound from the PS and then it just shut down. Tried to re-start and no luck. Waited over night and computer turn on and worked for a while then shut down again. This...
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    CPU Opt fan always running at 100%

    Hope you can help me. I have ASUS Z87-A motherboard paired with a i5-4670K and a Cooler Master 212 evo cpu cooler. I had just one fan on the cooler and had temps of around 30o C. I decided to put a second fan on the cooler in a push-pull configuration to hel keep temps low from on a 4.2 GHz...
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    Is my Video card failing?

    I have an eVGA 285 that is randomly down-clocking to 400 MHz from 648 MHz as monitored by eVGA Precision. The only way to re-set the clock speed is to re-boot the computer. Sometimes it will go for days without the down-clocking, sometimes only a few hours.I have a life time warrenty with eVGA...
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    7900 GS as a Physics Card?

    Could I use this card as a physics card and would I see any real benefits in my gaming FPS? I play BF2BC and Microsoft flight Sim X (as well other new flight sims when they come out such as SOW:BoB) on a 19 x 12 24" monitor? Thanks ahead of time
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    Random Crashes to Black Screen problem

    Well I hope this is the right place to post this. First some history: I bouight my system last year and it ran flawlessly for 10 months. Then the computer statrting crashing to a multi-pixel screen upon playing CODWAW and COD4. After one such crash the computer would not re-boot. I RMA the...
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    EVGA is a good Company to Deal with!

    Just a quick note to say that EVGA is a great company to deal with. My GTX280 went bad after about a year of use. RMA to EVGA and got a brand new GTX285 as a replacement an another life-time warranty. Total turn around time from them receiving my card to return to me was 4 days. I often hear...
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    Is my video card dying? (long read)

    I have the rig stated in my signature for about a year now. I use my machine to surf internet, do lots of word processing, and play a lot of FPS including COWWAW. About two months ago while I was playing on line on CODWAW my computer froze and the screen showed nothing but static multiple pixels...
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    Another New Build Question

    Hi, I have been doing a lot of reading on this forum and I about to pull the trigger on a new machine. I am concern about buying the current CPU's when a new chip is coming that will require a new MB and DDR3 to run. This will be my first build in a very long time. I mostly game with FPS...
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