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I have been having BSOD’s for the last ten days. Up to that time my rig has been totally stable. I did not load new software or add new hardware when this started. I have done all the normal troubleshooting. All drivers are the latest. I have disabled my RAID and done the WD torture test and HD...

First of all, let me say that so far I really like Napoleon Total War. It is adictive and it seems to be a welcome next step in the excellent T W series. The gameplay is quite good and the graphics are also good, not excellent but good. I was disapointed when I had to use Steam to linstall the...

I have decided to not install iTunes on my new i7 Windows 7 build (I hate Bonjour and the Qtask and auto updates Etc). I have hundreds of apple format songs with DRM that I bought. I want to convert them all to MP3. What is the prefered software for use in WIndows 7 to convert from Apple DRM...

I have a new Xonar D2X running with Win 7 Ult, the full comercial version. I am using the latest beta drivers from Asus. I can only get 2.1 sound from any sorce. When using the speaker test in the Xonar D2X audio center I can hear all six (5.1) speakers but not when playing music or DVD's. Is...

I am building into a Tt Armor + case. This case (great case BTW) has no tiny speaker for hearing post beeps. My Motherboard is an ASUS Rampage II Extreme. It has an LCD poster so I am wondering if I even need a beep speaker. Have any of you run into this? Do most of you do without the speaker...

I am trying to decide on my main storage drive for my new rig. The size shouild be about 1 Tb. The key factors are in this order: 1. Reliability 2. Performance 3. Reliability (yes I know it is in here twice) 4. Heat and Noise Price is not a factor for this componnent. My boot drive will be...

What do you guys recommend? I have 6 SATA slots on my Mobo and I will be installing three HDDs initially. I may insrtall a SSD drive later so that would be 4. I am trying to decide if I want to use IDE and save my two additional SATA slots. I am going to install two optical drives. I am not very...

Greetings all, I am building a new i7 rig, all high end componnents. For example I will use either the 940 or probibally the 965 extreme. Yes I will OC but reliability and stability are key issues for this rig, price is not the main factor (for example, this rig will have an SSD for boot Etc)...

What is the difference between the VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB and the VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB? They are prices the same but they seem to have a slightly different case configuration.

I am building a new rig, It will be an i7 extreme but I have not decided on the Mobo as yet. I have been building high end OCed computers for years but I have never liquid cooled. I am thinking of liquic cooling the i7 chip. The liquid cooling unit that is built for the Armor + is the 760i LCS...

I am a NooB to OCing I have been playing with the Bios settings (Commando BIOS 0702) tryting to get my QX6700 to 2,93 Ghz. I have played with various memory settings ( Corsair Twin2X2048 8500C5D) and that seems to be going OK. I have set the memory to 1067 (5-5-5-15 2T) I have changed the CPU...