Desktop Computers
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What you reckon about these parts for gaming pc?
Hey, I picked out these parts and did a little research on building a gaming pc, could you tell me if this build is good. Thanks. Btw, its for my cousin and he wants to play crysis full graphics on it.
Intel Quad Core2 Q6700
Corair 2GB C5d ...
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CPU-Z Screenshot... help?
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...rich51/CPU.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...untitled-1.jpg
Everything look ok? I can't play video games for some reason. Someone suggested ram issues. Also... I am overclocked to 3.06ghz...
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differences AGP and PCI cards
What is the distingush between AGP and PCI card, can i use on the older pc
( p3-733mhz), if ok do i need a driver? Thank you.
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screensaver problem?????
I recently had to put in a new hard drive and reformat my desktop computer. In the process of getting things reloaded and put back to "normal" I am having a problem with my screensaver program. I dont remember my computer doing this b...
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Pc Build Guides
Im going to receive the new parts for my build on Friday, and I was wondering, if anyone knew any good building guides with pictures, that could help me out?
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Serious Computer Problem!!! :(
Hi,
I was on my computer last night and switched it off, I came back on it today and I got a buggerred up screen. Here are some pictures of what it looks like now.
If anyone can help me it would be great! By the way - its not the monitor,...
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ram for vista
If i purchase a 64 bit operating system, will it recognize under 4 GB of RAM or is the minimum 4?
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Dell - Install Hard Drive
I have a Dell OptiPlex GX1 500MBr+ Bios Revision A07
I installed new hard drive it tells me that it cannot detect Primary or Secondary drives. Please Help. Im trying to load XP Pro.
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Computer problem that's driving me insane - please HELP
For a few weeks now I have this annoying problem:
When I turn my computer on it sounds like its working, but the monitor stays in sleep mode, and the mouse and keyboard don't seem to work.
When it started I just unplugged everything and power...
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What do you think?
I would like to purchase a computer for under $1200 with monitor if possible. Don't really have much idea what I should get. I will use for gaming video and photo editing and intense multitasking. AMD fan....
Processor:
Case:
Monitor:
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Defragment
What does this really do? Is it really worth to keep doing it once ever 2-3 weeks?
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My Final Build:
HI I WAS WONDERING IF MY BUILD IS OK
(note:this is my final build that I would like to put together)
Case:
COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Original Price: $199.99
You ...
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Built my PC, 1 RAM DOA
I have 4 gb of ram, and it is showing up as 3, what can I use to test it and see which one is DOA?
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Blinking cursor on startup! Please HELP!
I just built a new computer and now Im trying to install Windows XP. When I turned my computer on I forgot to plug in the keyboard. The computer booted up the cd and the initial windows setup said push enter to start setup of windows xp. I grab...
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Vote: Which 1 should I do?
Ok, now I am deciding my new gaming/top rig, so I need your opinions.
Should I either
- Get Yorkfield 45nm Q9450 in January, and wait for x48 and ddr3's later in the year (possibly around March)
- Get Yorkfield 45nm Q9450 in January and get p...
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What do you guys think about this..
I'm lookin to get a new pc and i think I've found the one. I'm only going to be using it for basic stuff and a little video editing and gaming here and there.Tell me what you guys think, any comments are appreciated. Its about $440 shipped with...
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i was woundering?
I am about a buy a computer worth about 1,000$ and I was wondering what is better Intel duo or the athlon processor?? also I wanted to know what is the difference between windows xp and vista?? and which one is better? could someone help me wit...
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RAID setup question
I'm building my first pc and want to set up 3 HDD's in a raid array - very much a newbie with this, here's my idea. I bought:
Two - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KSRTL 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail
One - Western...
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Please help, computer shuts off...
At random times my computer just shuts down and restarts, sometimes it can be within minutes of it being on and sometimes it can be on all day. Even if im doing same stuff it still varies. I can just be on the web, working on some files and it ...
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32/64 Bit Confusion?
Many of the programs that I use in media production trumpet the fact that they are now written to support 64bit processing.
I currently have a 32 bit processor and as a result, have been told that I can't recieve any of the benefits of my 6...
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Building a PC Vrs Buying one $$$$
so which is better building a pc or buying one.. I recently had a discussion with my neighbor who said that the pc i built which is in my profile excluding a few little things like hardrive 300gig and power supply blah blah would it be cheaper...
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PC for gaming and TV
Greetings,
Looking for an all round PC for gaming and watching TV for around 1K.
Currently have a piece of crap DELL Dimension 2400.
Any suggestions?
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Final Spec
After a couple weeks of changing my upcoming build i think im finished. The only problem is that i am a little bit over budget and want to know if im spending too much money on certain things. Here are my specs:
Processor: Q9450 or Q9300 com...
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Help please..
My computer likes to crash sometimes. For somereason I don't know it just crashes it happens maybe 7 times a week so maybe once a day. The message that microsoft says when it says problem details is this.
Problem signature:
Problem Event N...
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Help!!!!
I Just Spilled Water On The Side Of My Desktop!!!! It Has These Little Slots On It And Some Water Went Through!!!!! Now It Won't Turn Back On!!!! I Tried To Drain The Water But It Still Won't Turn On!!!! What Do I Do Plz Tell Me Quick!!!!!!
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RAID question...plz help
So I got 4 hard drives total: 1x 74gb raptor for my operating system, then I got 2 x 320gb seagates and 1 500gb seagate... my question is can I setup RAID 1 on my 3 seagate drives? leaving raptor by itself ? I just want all 3 seagate hard drive...
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test...
*Mods please delete as soon as possible*
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Bad sticks of RAM causing a HDD Seagate Diagnostic failure...
Is it possible? My Seagate Drive has failed to partition already 5 times, and has gotten the BSOD 0x00000024 (HDD NTFS failure) 2 times... Should I go and ask for a replacement?
And the RAM... it won't complete Memtest86. The top half will g...
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