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TLDR: Could use a bit of advice or monitor suggestions. What im looking for seems to be VRR/Freesync/Gsync/AdaptiveSync 24-27" 1080p (probably) TN panel monitor with ~100% sRGB color spectrum thats good for Dark-mode web browsing, Movie watching in a very dark room, retro, 2D Indie, and Modern...

It may or may not be related but I seem to recall having a similar sort of problem with an old AMD XP2500. Machine would post once and then fail to either post or boot (forget which) after that point without resetting the CMOS. I believe the culprit was that the bios was defaulting to giving the...

Those who berate others for being on welfare typically have not experienced any kind of financial hardship in their lives or had a dead-end job with no available opportunities and a family or sick relative to support. I find it disheartening that people rag on those who need assistance as if the...

Unfortunately thats pretty much the exact same information available from XFX themselves, which is to say not all that much. (They literally just grabbed the manufacturer's marketing info pic and reposted it.)...

Are these fans dual ball bearing? Checked all around but theres no product information with regards to the bearing type on any store page, or even the XFX product page. What about any non-LED variants such as warranty replacements for on-card versions which develop issues? (Assuming that stock...

Thought i should report back now that i've got the new 2x8gb modules installed alongside the old 2x4gb ones. The system reports 24 gigs of ram and the POST screen mentions dual channel mode. CPU-Z also appears to confirm this in the memory tab. Have not verified with any other sources or through...

Thanks for everyone's responses, appreciate all the help so far. Been struggling with only 8 gigs for awhile so even if it turns out not to be perfect, any upgrade in capacity at this point seems like it'd be beneficial, regardless of timings or speed. Thats not to say that i dont want things...

I appreciate the assistance and clarification. I opted to (gamble?) and grab 16gb instead of the 8gb set since it has the best upgrade path if it turns out that i do need the additional ram in the future. Its the more expensive option, but it gives me options. Going with the 16gb set allows...

Currently I have an 8gb (4+4) set of G.Skill DDR 1600 - 1.5v - 9-9-9-24 and im looking to upgrade. Newegg has a set of G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) on sale at the moment for $65 versus the set at $80 which matches my current ram/timings in all but capacity.) Does...

Thanks for the reply, may i ask you to clarify one issue however: With regards to dual channel loss, can you confirm that you lose dual channel mode when running 4+4 in 1 channel, and 8+8 in another? (Or perhaps 4+8 in one channel and 4+8 in the other?) Theres all sorts of conflicting...

I will likely keep this computer for the next 4-5 years unless my usage needs change dramatically. Im not an early adopter of new tech as typically the budget does not allow for it and id rather let other people beta-test new hardware most of the time. Usage needs include running 2-3 virtual...

I built my last computer back in early February 2014 and am looking for a bit of advice regarding a ram upgrade. Currently I have 8 gigs (2x4gb) and believe that 16 gigs might not be enough, but 32 is simply too much and out of the budget. I have a few questions if anyone could spare the time to...

Does the 850 EVO drive offer any sort of power loss protection? Been looking to upgrade to an affordable and sizeable SSD for quite some time, but a few years back i got a bit concerned about what power loss will do to an SSD. There seems to be very little to basically no information about...

If they wanted to 'trick' people into thinking they were looking at real images and not 3d ones, they should have done away with that horrible stutter.. Was pretty clear the entire time that it was a capture of a 3d render based on that alone. Dont really have strong thoughts otherwise about...

I could go for a copy of Strategic War in Europe if its still available r00k. EDIT: (Although Limp Gawd status probably does not meet qualification?) I have a copy of PID to give away to someone who could make use of it.

Once the title has been added to your account (by going to the store page and pressing the install button, confirming that you want to open the link with steam) then you're good to go. Steam wont remove it regardless of if you've downloaded it or not once its been associated with and appears on...

Went with the MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate due to pricing, managed to get it for 75 after rebate from microcenter online. If i had a microcenter locally, could have gotten it for free bundled with the same processor i was looking at for cheaper than i purchased the processor elsewhere. Besides that...

Would black, red, or brown switches most likely mimic the feel of (blue, maybe green?) rubber dome caps circa 1996? I have not had the opportunity to test a cherry-outfitted keyboard but am somewhat concerned about increased noise and encountering a vastly different key feel. These rubber domes...

They also shipped me a model with TS all over the box and hardware, the PSU is labeled XPS 550W SEW on the serial tag. The box is labeled with a sticker that says P1-550S-XXB9. The marketing label says XFX TS 550 with a Bronze certified sticker. The graphical design of the PSU matches...

Found another contender with dual PS/2 connections, this time a gigabyte board. Oddly its almost as if the thing does not exist, no one seems to have one for sale. Guess that does not really offer up much in the way of competition if thats the case...

I agree that the dual PS2 is a really horrible constraint which is why i was asking around for advice. Neither of these two boards seem like great solutions when it comes to having a feature-filled motherboard and seems like a step backwards even. Has been highly frustrating trying to find a...

I dont know that i -need- a board with good overclocking options, but having them would be added value incase i decided to in the future. The build really would benefit from long term stability, backwards compatibility, and overclock potential, but the latter is probably not absolutely...

Its time for a new build, but im stuck with PS2 input devices for keyboard and mouse that id prefer not to upgrade. I have looked into different PS2 to USB converters but nothing i can find suggests that they are reliable or can handle multiple keystrokes properly. Id like to put an i5 4670k on...

Theres mention that this unit isnt compatible with haswell processors with C6 and C7 sleep states: http://xfxforce.com/pt-br/Features/haswell-compatibility-with-xfx-power-supplies.aspx Might not be an issue if you disable super low power sleep states in your bios?

Looks like a bag of mixed thoughts so far. nightanole: Thanks for the info and a couple of units to look at, will have to dig into those and see what info i can find about em. What should i be looking for in an affordable power supply? I dont -need- modular cables or wrapped cables, even if...

Im in the market for a new build but am on an incredibly tight budget. Looking to take my current machine and repurpose it as a light gaming / 'family room' machine. Would also like to take my current 550w PSU and use it in the new build to save some money if at all possible. Given its age and...

As someone who has never used a killer NIC of any sort, are there any advantages or disadvantages to using it over say something like the onboard realtek lan (8111C) that comes with a GA-EP45-UD3R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359)? Is the killer software at all...

Its possible, but thats pretty close to rebooting. Would have to close/save all my open programs in order to do that. Though i would obviously test forcing the graphics driver to reset in a safe environment before doing it when there was anything at risk, assuming i could find a method. This was...

From time to time i get strange artifacts while gaming which as far as i can guess are some sort of memory corruption/addressing/overflow issue. This is possibly due to running a 2gb 7850 XFX on a 32 bit install of Windows XP with 4 gigs of ram, but at the moment i am not capable of testing in a...

Galaxy has been around [H] for some time now sponsoring giveaways and answering questions on the forums. Its nice to see companies get involved in some way or another, makes them feel just a little less like the corporate machine.

The website for the game says the offer expires November 8th. There was a short period of time the other day where the steam site did have a purchase amount on it instead of the free install, but that seemed to be cured by a refresh of the page. Deal appears to still be active.

Currently im using an old 200gb ST3200822a IDE Seagate drive thats not only full, but has some bad sectors on it as my main drive. I believe it was purchased back between 2003 and 2005. With that in mind i am interested in finding a cheap and reliable replacement. Everything ive read says to...

Just a little heads up on the X1900. Keep in mind that driver support ended for the Radeon x1xxx series of cards almost 3-4 years ago. Its still a fairly functional card all things considered, but with that said there are multiple games out there that it has issue with, both old and new, some...

Looked like CGI to me when i watched it, the movements of the persons body at 34-38 seconds, specifically, the body bobbing up and down, didnt look natural, movements were much too stiff, the forces acting on the body would have induced a lot more organic movements too one would think. Also...

Have to disagree here. The dealer and the factory are not (usually) the same company. The factory sells to the dealers (or in many cases forces the dealers to buy a certain number of units yearly if they want to remain dealers.) often regardless of dealer size, so if they have to pay interest on...

Qwest did this for two months, and there was a massive backlash, and then the third month, no more fee for paying your bill online. Not to mention you could get around it by saying your creditcard was a qwest card, even if it wasnt, they would still process the payment and not charge you the fee.

Have Corsair ram and a power supply in my current machine, and have owned other Corsair ram before that. Prices were quite reasonable and for the most part they've shown to be quite a reputable company with mostly quality products as far as Im aware. Had one encounter with their support team on...

Everyone should have a good videocard, its simply tragic and a detriment to the enjoyment of the medium to play on sub-par hardware.

New computer needs a new videocard and not the old hand-me-down that got thrown in there. Did a pretty good job and served its purpose but maybe it can go to a new home now if something bright and shiny shows up on the doorstep.

Would be nice to replace current videocard with, or might make a nice gift this holiday season. Hmm, does it still count as a gift if you give it to yourself? :)