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Thanks for the responses everyone! Looks like the best bang for a buck would be a 970 so I'll start hunting for deals.

Hello all, Specs for my system are in my sig. It's a 4 year old computer, i5 2500k, 8gb ram, and a radeon hd 6950 video card. Obviously the video card is the biggest bottleneck, at the same time I obviously don't want to buy something crazy because it would be pointless. Also I'm not in a...

Hey guys, Long story short, my parents have a new-ish premade lenovo. It didnt come with DVI, just one onboard VGA, which is annoying. Unfortunately, the PSU is only 270 watts so I'm not sure if it can even take a video card really. Is there something that's ultra low power that will run on...

For some background, I've been attempting to troubleshoot via TightVNC. The windows error log has no information other than "Event ID 41: The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power...

Yeah I was looking into this. It's still fast, but I think my performance issues are due to things like ground clutter and whatnot. IIRC that's a CPU issue. Thanks to everyone for the info, much appreciated! Edit: Also I'm seeing a lot of AMD recommendations in this thread. I thought...

Specs are in my sig. I would be replacing it with a "mid range" nvidia card. Something around the 200-250 range. Primarily I play WoW, Skyrim, Crysis 2. Modern games are still playable on my system.

All we're looking for really is a monitor that allows for custom scaling while running in full (native) resolution. In this case, that would be 1080p.

Hey guys, I work retail and I have a customer who purchased a monitor (1920x1080). Its an HP Pavillion 23xi. He's trying to display an ipad mini and it always truncates the screen with black bars on either side. This wouldn't be a problem if custom scaling was enabled, but in full HD, it's...

Hey guys. I have a 2gb Radeon 6950 that I'd like to attempt flashing to 6970/overclocking. The brand is HIS. Although there is definitely not guarantee that it will work, the card may, in fact, meet the criteria. Is there any way to attempt this and have it be reversible, should the mod...

Looks like all that happened was my computer went into sleep mode. It's just shutting down for some reason. I think it's my video card drivers as I recently updated to the 12.10.

I don't think it's this but I'll check. PSU is a Corsair TX650w. Ram is only a year old. Going to check the event viewer. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Hey guys, Something strange is happening with my comp. It seems that at night, rather than go into standby, my computer will just shut off. I'll come back to it in the morning and it's as if we lost power...but we didn't. It never turns off when I'm using it. I've never actually seen it...

Here's the story... My friend bought a new PSU. His old mobo has an atx12v connector but the PSU only has the 8pin connector (looks like its set up as 2x 4). What happens if you just plug in half of it. Is this safe/will it work? Edit: Just plugged half of the 8pin connector (4+4) into...

Ah, so I guess my next question would be...what's the nVidia equivalent of an HD6950

So I'm not understanding why nVidia cards can have driver level AO for games like skyrim (as well as framerate increases) but ATI cannot. It's not like the cards arent capable of it.

Absolutely everything is up to date. I'm using Windows 7 pro.

Hi guys, When I alt tab WoW, or when I'm just watching netflix, Windows determines I don't have enough available resources and reduces my "color scheme" thus disabling aero and nice things like Vsync. Specs in sig, there is no reason this should be happening, my computer can handle any...

Hey guys, I have Windows 7 professional. I know the OS itself doesn't support Japanese language/fonts but I would like to at least have them displayed properly in firefox, or IE for that matter. This has been possible since windows 98, can I do it on Windows 7? Thanks

Thanks for the input guys, truly appreciated! What are the best bands for prebuilt now? Or should I just shop retail.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web browsing, online videos, Word, Aero themes 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Preferably not over $300 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if...

I won't bore you with the details aside from the fact that I have thoracic scoliosis. I need a very comfortable computer chair that can accommodate people with back issues. I was thinking about one of the ergonomic kneeling chairs with a back but honestly I have no idea where to start. Does...

Wow, great info, thanks!

Hey guys, I just built a new comp, specs are in my sig. It's running beautifully but I have one issue. When playing oblivion, the invisibility effect just makes my character translucent. It doesn't look all shiny and reflective the way it's supposed to. Any thoughts as to why this would...

I'll give that a shot, thanks!

Hey guys, Specs are in my sig. Every time I change the ram from 1333 to its rated speed of 1600, the save will not take. Once I get into windows it's back at the lower speed. Bios is the latest, any ideas?

Hey guys, Just installed this board. Looks like bios version 1.D is available, I have 1.B. Are there any significant performance gains that MSI doesnt list on their site? Thanks!

3dmark was telling me I had a low score compared to other systems. Perhaps they don't take into account overclocking...

Hey guys, New comp has been built, following specs: i5 2500k @ stock (will likely change this soon) MSI P67A-GD65 Mobo HIS Radeon HD6950 2gb 8GB (2x4gb) kingston hyperx, PC1600 but for some reason is running at 1333 Samsung spinpoint 1TB hd Windows 7 Professional 64bit It's the...

If you have time, that'd be fantastic, thank you! I'm going to probably risk it though. I think worst case scenario (no pun intended) I have to remove the drive bay.

Yeah, seems so...When I measured it actually seemed to be slightly under 10. I may have to remove the drive bay though....

I just purchased this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161368 and this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 I had to RMA the case because the front panel arrived damaged, however, after taking a look at the card I got to...

Oops, sorry about that, here is the link! http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=11683949

Hey all, First off, I just want to say thanks to everyone who's given my advice thus far. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Mostly gaming @ 1920x1200 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Under 1k, tax shipping included 3)...

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming primarily, streaming video, everything else 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Trying to stay under 1k tax/shipping included 3) Where do you live? Boston, MA 4) What exact parts...

Hey guys, this is what I'm thinking of purchasing, please tell me what you think! http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=11683949 I'm going with the stock cooling because apparently the 2500k stock cooling is actually kind of good. Radeon 6950 because I'm...

So I found a computer on the street...it has a broken 9800SE, screen all garbled and shit. Need a new one! Willing to travel almost anywhere T accessible to get it. Ill pay about 20 bucks!

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So I found a computer on the street...it has a broken 9800SE, screen all garbled and shit. Need a new one! Willing to travel almost anywhere T accessible to get it. Ill pay about 20 bucks!

Here's my situation...My old laptop died but I was able to salvage some parts: Pentium M 1.7 (dothan) 80gb 7200rpm hdd 512mb ram (one stick) LCD screen (this probably won't apply) Intel 2200b/g wireless card Basically what I'd need is a laptop compatible with my spare parts that has an...