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    Would it be worth it to upgrade to a GTX 560 Ti?

    Hey guys, i have been toying with the idea of upgrading my computer for awhile here. Im thinking about just upgrading from 4GB of ram to 8GB, and upgrading my 8800GTS to a GTX 560 Ti. I dont really want to upgrade anything else, just to conserve money and all. I will mostly be playing diablo 3...
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    Power LED and MoBo LED come on for a split second. Then nothing..

    Hey guys, i recently had to buy a new motherboard as my last one died. I bought the same model Gigabyte UD3L, so i could keep all my same setting and not have to reformat. But after reinstalling everything, i try to turn the computer on and nothing. The front power LED will come on for a split...
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    Frustrated. Computer hangs at 'Detecting IDE Drives", HDD's disappear, etc..

    Hey guys, i have been having very frustrating computer problems recently. First heres my specs: CPU: Intel Q6600 MoBo: Abit IP35-Pro PSU: Corsair 620HX Vid: EVGA Geforce8800GTS Memory: Patriot Extreme PC2-6400 DDR2 2x1GB Ive been having alot of problems with my harddrives. I run 1...
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    I want to limit the bandwith on a certain computer on my network. How?

    Hey guys, me and my brother live next door to each other and we share the internet connection. I have the router and modem in my house. Whenever i go to play online games i cannot connect to any games because me brother is downloading way too much. I have just been disconnecting his cable...
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    AMD Fan Finally Going To Go With Q6600. Some Questions Though.

    Hey guys, i havent really been keeping up with any computer news as of late. But i decided it might be time to upgrade from my current computer to a brand new one. Here is my current Setup. PSU: Enermax EG465P-VE 460W Mobo: Asus A7N8X-DLX CPU: AMD 2500+ Barton Memory: 2x512 OCZ PC2700...
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    Arghh! VERY Annoying Problem With 2 Routers.

    Hey guys, heres the situation: I live in a house right now that has 1 DLink router supplying internet to my house plus the neighboring house. There is only 1 LAN port free so i hooked up a cat5 cable from that port into my Linksys routers WAN port, and then supplied all of my...
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    Best DVD Cataloguer App?

    What is the best application that i can keep track of all of my dvd movies with? I used to use allmymovies, but i just formated and forgot to back that up. And i was wondering if there was something better.
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    Help! Samsung 940B + 9800Pro AIW = DVI Connection Problems?

    My CRT monitor just died so im planning on going out today to buy a new LCD monitor. I will be buying the 19" Samsung 940B Monitor. I have a question though. My 9800Pro AIW has a DVI-I output, but i think the Monitor has a DVI-D input... Can i hook these 2 together or am i screwed?
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    Can I have SATA and IDE drives at the same time?

    I own a ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. Right now i have a 80GB, and a 160GB drive in there. I dont have anymore room for another harddrive as the other IDE spots are taken up by my dvd roms. I was wondering if i could just go out and buy a SATA drive and just hook it up. It will be used for...
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    Cat5e Splitter?

    I have one ethernet cable going upstairs, I want to hook up both my xbox and xbox360 to this same cord. Is there a cord available that i can plug the cord into and then it would branch off into 2 or even 3 other cords? Thanks.
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    Recommend Me a Nice 40" HDTV TV

    Hey guys i think im in the market for buying a nice 40"+ HDTV. If you could suggest a good flat panel and a non-flat panel tv that would be awesome. Flat panel would really be a plus, but keep in mind i only have about $2000 CDN ($1700 US). Thanks alot guys. The TV will mostly be used for DVD or...
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    Best Tv Software?

    I have an all in wonder 9800pro. And i loved using the ATI media centre, but for osme unknown reason i can only get audio from all the channels in it now. The video doesnt work at all. What are some other good tv software options? Im hoping they will work for me.
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    Extracting Song Titles From a Mix CD?

    Is there any programs out there that can extract song titles from a mix cd? I hate not knowing what the names of the songs are as they all say "Audio Track 1", etc in winamp if i use Easy CD-DA extractor.
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    Creative Muvo2 Battery Life?

    Does anyone have a creative muvo2? Im thinking of getting one, but i see it uses a built in battery. How often would i have to buy a new battery? I know i can recharge this thing everday or every other day, but how long till the thing actually dies? Thanks.
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    CRT Monitor Flickers and Wobbles...

    its kind of hard to explain, but sometimes my monitor will wobble or shake. sometimes it will also produce rolling lines, which will continue to show up for a certain amount of time, then they will disapear. its noticable if i look at the bottom left at the start menu, before i fixed this...
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    Looking for a program that can download an entire website...

    ok, it might be a big request but..im looking for a good program that could download a full website with all included pages. for example, http://www.b0g.org/ (just a quick example). i would like it so that the whole thing would be saved to my harddrive, so that i could just open the index.html...
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    Memtest86 Freezes..

    it seems everytime i run memtest86 now it freezes at walltime: 6:09, test 5 i think. i just got done ocing my new cpu, would this be a sign that i pushed my ram too far?
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    Overclocking me new 2500+ barton.

    i just got a new barton 2500+ today and i was thinking aobut overclocking it, the only thing that im worried about is my pc2700 ram. Its OCZ pc2700 ram, but cpu-z says its pc3200. would it be best to increase the fsb or multiplier in this case?
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    What are the major drawbacks to a AMD64 system?

    i was thinking about making a new amd64 3000+ system. im just wondering if there are any drawbacks to the 64bit processors now? looking at benchmarks this thing beats the p4 3.2c most of the time. after seeing that i would think these processors would be selling for an arm and a leg, but they...
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    Athlon 64 3000+ and PC3500?

    if i was to make a new rig with a athlon 64 3000+, asus k8v deluxe. would i need pc3500? or is pc3200 the only ram the a64 requires? i wont be doing any overclocking since they dont seem to OC too well anyways..
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    Switching Cpu's Without Formatting?

    right now im running a7n8x-dlx 2100+ XP ocz 2x256 (pc2700, cpu-z says its pc3200 for some reason) and other crap :). i was just wondering if i could pop out my 2100+ and just put in a 2500+ barton. i was thinking about buying a whole new setup (p4 2.8c, 2x512 pc3300, p4p800-dlx), but i...
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    Ram and Cpu-z?

    how accurate is cpu-z in identifying ram thats installed in your mobo? about 14 months ago i bought OCZ 512MB (2x256) PC-2700 Dual EL-DDR Kit. i just downloaded cpu-z today just for fun, and i it listed my ram as : SAMSUNG DDR-SDRAM PC3200 256MB 133.8mhz, 2, 2, 2, 6. these are installed...
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    P4P800 Deluxe vs P4C800 Deluxe

    what would be the difference between these two? im assuming the P4C800 is superior. but is it worth the extra $100? is the only thing different the 865 vs 875? i also thought that PAT was unlocked on the p4p800?
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    Need some help with ram decisions.

    i am planning on building a new comp Pentium 4 2.8c Asus P4C800 DLX ATI 9800pro AIW WD 80gb 8mb cache WD 160gb 8mb cache and dont know which ram to get, 2x SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 DDR400 184PIN OEM ($240) 2x DDR400 PC3200 512MB Kingston ValueRAM ($260) 2x DDR400 PC3200 512MB...
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    Anyone still play planetside?

    i am having a craving to go renew my subscription, but i dont know how well it has advanced since the first couple of months it was out. anyone have any opinions?
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    Weird Picture Saving Thing

    lol, i could really word it right in the topic :D. well anyways heres my problem. whenever i right click and "Save picture as" it always names the file untitled and saves it as a bmp only. before it would always keep the original name and save it as whatever it is, like a .gif or .jpeg. this...
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    Changing Jumpers....

    would i lose any data on a hard drive if i change the jumper? i have one set to cable select, and i just got a new hdd thats set for secondary. i want to chnge the cable select to primary.
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    need help with 2nd hard drive.

    i just installted a second hard drive tonight, and everytime i try to move a file from C: (old hard drive) to my new one (H:) it seems that it copies and pastes the file first. i tried to extact a .rar file and it copied itself to a temp folder on C:, and then pasted it onto H:. is there a way...
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    Wanting To Trade Non-Ladder To Ladder items In Diablo 2

    Im looking for someone i can trade my items from non-ladder for items in ladder. For example, all my good items are in non-ladder and im looking for someone with good items in ladder that they could give to my characters in ladder. Here is that i am selling -6x Soj -Atlantean Sword -blade...
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