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Prior to deciding on which coolant I was going to use, I had individually ran a distilled water and vinegar mix through all three radiators, my pump/res, and both CPU and GPU blocks, followed by a gallon of distilled to flush. This is what I'd always done in the past, though using Mayhems Pastel...

If you happened to stop by the Microcenter in St. Davids, PA between March 2017 and August 2017 and saw our demo PC, these components are coming from that machine. I was an employee at Microcenter during that time and purchased the used components from the demo in hopes to make use of them...

I have a set of headphones with a 3.5mm plug and a set of desktop speakers using 3.5mm. My computer sits under my desk and am currently having to unplug the speakers to plug the headphones in when ready for use. What I would like to be able to do is use an audio switching device which would...

I'm parting out my liquid cooled gaming system as I am moving to a smaller apartment and will not have the same amount of room I have now. Please utilize the link below for pictures. I still have the system running so I do not have individual component shots but let me know if you would like...

I am selling my liquid-cooled gaming computer that I've built and owned for a year and a half. The video card is the newest addition which was purchased towards the end of 2012 and the SSDs are less than a year old. I've taken very good care of this system and it has been the most stable of all...

I've got a SonicWall 2040 that is refusing to open ports. I've tried opening ports for ArmA III and CS:GO without success. Below are the services I have setup and then the access rules. I have the Windows Firewall disabled on the server. When I go to Open Port Check Tool and use my...

I'm currently running my OS off of my Vertex 3 which is using the onboard controller. Tomorrow I would like to switch from onboard to my RocketRAID 2720 without breaking the OS. I tried it briefly tonight and Windows started to load but then to get the 0x7B BSOD. I've run into this a while ago...

I've owned this mouse pad for five years and LOVED it. Up until last night... I regrettably used my mouse to relieve some Battlefield stress and shattered the thing. I would have thought twice if I would have known how hard they are to find now. I'm really hoping someone can help me find...

Sorry to be of annoyance but wanted to see if anyone here could clarify this rather than me trying to call them which will be hell with this thing just being released... This is what it says on my order "Delivers 9/21 via Standard Shipping". So as you can see I am confused as to whether I...

I have a Dell D620 at work that hooks into a dock and routes to two monitors. Is there any software that would allow the laptop screen to be used as a third monitor? Haven't had much luck researching prior to posting...thanks for any help.

Just picked up the RocketRAID 2720SGL and configured my 2 Vertex 3's in RAID-0. Below are my results... Something isn't right... The controller shipped with v1.0 firmware on it so I upgraded to v1.5 which is the latest. I have not seen any improvement with the upgrade. I'm also using the...

Just got my GTX 680 installed last night and was wondering if it would make sense to use my GTS 250 as a Physx card to take some weight (although not much) off of my 680. I also have a GTX 570 but I believe that would be a bit wasteful for only Physx...opinions?

Helping my friend with what appears to be a DOA Agility 3 SSD. This is a new drive he received last week and failed to appear in the bios for him. He is using a GA-X58-USB3 board and has already loaded the latest BIOS with no avail with AHCI. I took the SSD, plugged it into my system via...

I am highly considering purchasing the ASUS Sabertooth Z77 + i5 3570k however there are a few things I wanted to confirm directly related to the OCZ Vertex 3 SSDs. I have two of these drives that I run in RAID 0 of course and I wanted to know what I can expect for performance with the Intel...

Just ordered this desk and after shopping for something related for quite some time now I figured this was an excellent deal. Most similar setups are $1100.00+ Its also free shipping which isn't bad for a ~400lb desk... Bush Furniture Corsa Series Home Office U-Shape Wood Computer Desk Set with...

I'm using Feser Aqua Ultra Pure Water and I was curious as to what I should be adding into my loop to eliminate any build up of mildew. Do I even need anything with this coolant?

See sig for rig details...I have a GTS 250 laying around and was wondering if I could use it as a Physx card. If so, how do i configure it...Nvidia Control Panel? Thanks...

So, with my first WC build I never inserted a T-line connector at the bottom of my loop for draining (doh). I ordered larger tubing and some other new components that are coming in later this week which I'll be installing this weekend. I've been trying to think of the best way possible to drain...

So I found out first hand experience that the standard 3.5 bracket included with the OCZ Vertex 3 does not line up correctly with the hot swap bays. I later remembered that even if it did fit the board Corsair used would limit my 6Gb/s drive. Since then I've been trying to figure out a good spot...

I currently have my i7 920 @ 1.325V (D0) and it idles ~31C with an ambient room temp of 77F. Under load (prime95 particularly) it may reach 75-77C. All specs are provided in my sig and as you can see I am using a triple rad with a push/pull setup. I'm wondering if anyone out there is running a...

I've got Vista Home Premium 64-Bit SP2 installed on my system with 4GB of RAM. Under properties, it shows that I've got the 4 installed. However, when I open task manager, this is what I get... Any ideas for me? Kinda feel like it's a dumb issue, but yet can't seem to come across any...

Check out the following great deals... First up is the case. Custom painted black interior with a crystallized texture for a little sparkle. The case has been lightly used for one year. I has never been placed on the floor, always up on some sort of table or prop. *Original box included*...

I orignionally started experiencing my computer blue screening after playing COD4 for 30 minutes or more. The blue screen does not give any errors, just tells me the system has halted. Now, I'm starting to experience the same issue in Battlefield 2142. Almost all hardware in my system is within...

When I'm in the middle of playing in a server on BF2142, the sound randomly stops working 30-50 minutes into the game 85% of the time. I thought at first Teamspeak had something to do with it, but I've played the game without it running and the same issue occured. I have the XtremeGamer sound...

I have a desktop PC at home which has an external drive attached with oodles of media. My objective is to be able to access those files from my laptop where I am on the go (of course with internet access). I've installed FileZilla Server on my desktop and when I first ran the program, I...

When I go to install XP onto my older PC, after booting off CD the setup loads but just sits at the final step "Setup is Starting Windows". Specs of the PC are Athlon XP 2500, MSI motherboard, 80GB Seagate Barracuda SATA, and that should be all you need. The RAM all tested out fine, but I have...

I've been using Everest on about three of my builds now and have not had an problem with it's readings until now. With my new build in my sig, I've noticed whenever I go into the overclocked tab, my multiplier switches from the 11x it's supposed to be at down to 6x. It does this for as long as I...

hey...heyyyyy, HEY geniuses...ive BEEN on google and NOTHING faggots. ive been on hardforums almost 4 years now and this pisses me off. i posted under the OS topic about an OS and you kill my thread, thanks. im not an idiot, i always check other places before posting, in this case, none of those...

after os x is finished executing itself, i start the install process. when it comes to the screen where im supposed to select my volume, no drives appear. i know for a fact i have drives in my computer...three of them in fact. i have them plugged into sata 4, 5, and 6 so i switch the one from 4...

alright, heres the rundown... I'm currently running the SLI config in my sig. When I ran the stress test in CS:S with one card, average was 125. Enabled SLI and avereged 174. Now yes thats better, but not much. During gameplay with one card, fps never dropped below 100 on Dust 2. With SLI it...

i overclocked in increments of 2 from 166mhz and by the 2nd day i was at 170. later that day, the pc locked up completely, so i downed the clock to 168. the locking up still occurs now and i am back to the optimized defaults. i am very confused with what is happening inside this chip, any ideas...

I use ATI Tool mainly to monitor the temps of my x1600pro, but I have recently put the overclocking feature to the test. Would I get better results using ATI Tool or directly overclocking through the bios?

i have the asus drw-1608P2 which worked fine when i first bought it a year ago. now, when i put a cd in, it doesnt load. i go into my computer and instead of showing the cd title and logo, it just sayd CD-ROM drive. if i take the cd out, the drive then appears as a dvd-rw which is correct. any...

i have a saphire x1600pro that i decided was running a little warm. i bought this thermaltake schooner fanless vga cooler which seemed pretty good. first of all, it fit fine on the gpu, but it did not fit on the back side of the gpu, the screws werent lined up in order for the heatsink to fit on...

i have a nVidia fx5500 with a gigabyte mobo, 2.40 intel, and gig of ram. the driver i downloaded is 91.28 forceware, a beta driver. the driver comes with its own option for overclocking, but when i move the clock and memory frequency at all and run the test, it tells me to lower the frequencys...