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Hi, Ive decided to sell my catleap monitor - you can see it in the following youtube vid. As mentioned the only blemish is a stuck pixel that can only be seen when using a deadpixel tester and a all black screen (the stuck pixel looks to be either blue or green) - I have not tried any...

Running a 5770 atm and it is fine for now. But of course I want to upgrade to the new radeon once it comes out ... But I plan on building my mom a pc for christmas and I may need to give her my card. So I can either ... get something simple in the midterm - say a 6850 or 6870 just to last...

Basically I am wondering if its possible to do this and use both of their traffic at the same time? Currently where I am living (uk) the cable providers are not that great ... especially the upload. Which affects voip and gaming. virgin media which I am using has really poor uploads in my...

Id like to purchase some mem for the upcoming bd or if by chance it doesnt perform on par with intel's current offerings something that will be usable for a intel series cpu/mb. Id like to get some decent rated speed stuff. 16 gigs worth. I seen this stuff at the egg - CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2...

Perhaps not an offical statement but these 2 guys work for AMD. Got this vid from another forum ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlwIFFHrNW4 (I couldnt quite hear what he said but it sounded like he said for 'middle east?' oct time release). maybe someone can clairify.

Have a old system (q6600 etc) ... but have a upgrade copy on windows 7 pro and just bought a new ssd ... as soon as I get some solid info on bulldozer (hum de dum). Ill decide if I will buy this or upgrade to a intel i(something). My questions are these: - Id like to test out my ssd (make...

as per kitguru http://www.kitguru.net/site-news/highlights2/jules/amd-fusion-black-edition-apus-will-come-in-2-flavours/ could someone explain this to me what is coming out and what we have to look forward too ... To me the article doesnt make sense - it talks about 2 APU's coming out (I...

To make a long story short (got to hit work) ... - Running a q6600, 5770, 4 gigs ram, xp, 4 WD aaks, 3 fans - all on a 550 neo HE antec test #1 a month and 1/2 ago I bought a 6970 off newegg a powercolor dual fan version. Was unstable with anything that was intensive (crysis) and tested the...

Running: q6600 5770 4 WD aaks 2 case fans including 1 cpu fan. antec neo he 550 w psu Not sure the 'symptoms' of not enough power - recently tried to push my q6600 and I would boot up fine but when I would run intel burn test my system would just shut down. I have it stable at 2.7 (but...

Looking to get a crucial m4 - only have sata 2 atm; plan on upgrading before years end (well depending on on bulldozer works out).

Bought a 6970 off newegg the powercolor pcs+ rated at 940 for the core First time using a stress program to test the gpu so wanted to make sure I am doing it right. I have msi kombostor, latest GPUz, CCC overdrive. - booted up gpuz and checked to make sure of the stats then looked at...

Basically I only installed win7 and some driver programs on a SSD but I prefer to still have it as clean as possible and in as new shape for someone that will buy it (plan to sell on ebay). What is the best way to do this? checked the search function here and it seems to be a bit confusing...

Currently running on a: q6600 OCed to a moderate 2.8 5770 8 gigs ram 4 HDS WD 640 gig 1 120 gig Intel SSD 320 series SB audigy 2 2 case fans + cpu fan Will be going too: Have a powercolor 6970 arriving shortly Want to get a new AMD bulldozer and new mb/ram sometime shortly after it...

Ill be getting a new sapphire 6950 (dual fan); in the next couple of days; not sure what type of TIM there is and how the gpu/hs is ... I know there is a copper base to work with. Has anyone 'messed' with lapping (the heatsink) or using arctic silver on their gpu? If so it is advisable or...

Just purchased a sapphire 6950 2gig dirt 3 Which is best to use? ... trixx or afterburner or other? Dont know much about any of those ... Its been awhile since I OCed a vid card ... and I used ati tool back then.

I never ran a TV off my computer before ... Have a 40" samsung that has a HDMI port and also plan on getting a graphics card that has a HDMI output. TV is about 20 feet away from the computer. So do I just get a long HDMI cable and connect the TV to the computer and away I go? ... I plan...

I have q6600, p35mb, and 2 corsair 2gb xms2 (6400) 240pin dimms ( 5 5 5 18). 4 gigs total If I come across some cheap ram Id like to upgrade in my other 2 sockets do they need to be: 1. 4 gigs again or could I get 2 1gigs 2. Corsair again or a different brand 3. Speed ... so these are...

Last time I formatted my comp was 3 1/2 years ago; and that was with xp. Next couple of days plan to put my new copy of win 7 ultimate on my comp using a new SSD intel 320 120gb. - Is there anything I need to know specifically when installing win 7 (any guides out there)? - I saw the...

Sitting here debating if I should get a SSD for my new clean install of win 7. Been using xp on a machine for 3 years and have many programs installed on it; and have my new win 7 ultimate dvd sitting here waiting to be installed. What I have and what I use my computer for. I have 4 HDs 3...

I decided one of my upgrades should be a new case; going from a antec solo, with 4 HDs, 3 case fans, and a 5770 ATI. (It is a complete cluster %^&* for cable management and to work in the case)... Although it is fairly quite. To something that could fit a 6950 and be easier to work in. (There...

Havn't fully commited in buying a vid card yet ... but if I were to get one and Id want as close to a 6950 performance wise as I could get which card should I go for? Have a antec solo case which can fit 9 inch cards but not really any larger. 6950's tend to run 10-11 inches Have a 5770...

Recently got married; received amazon vouchers and I am looking to upgrade my pc so I can 'comfortably' play in the future: D3, skyrim, and the current witcher 2 Currently I have: win xp q6600 DFI P35 lan party MB 4 gigs of corsair xms2 ram Sapphire 5770 4 WD HDs, three 640aaks's and one 750...

I had one of the first 8800gts 640 meg cards and it died just recently. I've been looking at all the cards and prices and am leaning toward this http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=0001&pid=296 I can pick up one of these for 120pounds I havnt been able to find any...

I want to upgrade from a LG226w monitor ... I really like this monitor but I have a chance to sell this one without much fuss so looking to grab something bigger (but not spend alot). I use my computer for Everything ... surfing, movie watching and game playing (ya some fps like americas...

Occassionally - like once every 2 days. I'll have an infinite number of IEs try to open and they keep doing it I cant shut it down. Only way is to reboot. Doesnt appear to matter which website I go to. Like I said it happens on occasion so not all the time but when it does it is a...

I just bought a antec 550HE PSU and there are 3 non-modular connections coming right out of the PSU. 1 for the mb power 2 a (I think its a 6 or 8 pin to plug also into the mb) 3 a 4pin connector (which I think is used in older amd boards (but I am wondering can I power my graphics card with...

I have a antec 500watt smart power running my system - I used to have 5 HDS and a 8800gts hooked up to my system. Overtime I had to slowly unplug some drives because my system would not boot up; ie the fans would spin for 2 seconds then power down and keep doing this. So now I have 3 hds...

atm I have a WD 750aaks as my C drive and I just ordered 2 640aaks (faster). I'd rather use my 750 as storage and one of the 640s for my main C drive. What program (free or other) will transfer all info from my current C drive to the new one. And once I do this. What command do I use...

I've been planning on upgrading my HDs ... ATM I'm using a 750 gig WD akss, 2 250 gig hitachi deskstars, and 1 samsung spinpoint sata 1 160 gig. And I was using a IDE 250 gig maxtor. I recently had to reformat and got stuck putting my OS on the 750 WD (not going to fill up this anytime...

CPU/MB and ram Running a 4800+ 1.5 gigs of ram and a asus a8r-mvp mb I need to upgrade I've been eyeing the q6600, I've heard people talk about the 8400 also ... but I like to mutitask like crazy; nothing fancy for graphics programs but I do like to play games and do other things at the...

(reposting because I didnt see this in the forums after I posted this - delete if dbl) Want to upgrade cpu/ram/mb ... need help -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- atm I'm running 4800+x2 not oced; with 1.5gigs of mix matched ram along with...

atm I'm running 4800+x2 not oced; with 1.5gigs of mix matched ram along with a asus a8r-mvp. I also have a 500 watt antec psu and a 8800 gts. I'm running 5 HDs and 2 dvd roms (power is fine). I'm only getting between 5-30 fps in age of conan and would like to improve this; I'm due for...

Ok so atm I am running - 2 hitachi 250 sata II HDs: 1 as my OS (main program HD) and the other as a storage 1 IDE 250 gig maxtor (runs a bit hot) - storage 1 samsung 160 gig sata 1 drive - storage I have a p150 case with 2 HD fans blowing on them (the fans are volt modded to a lower...

I work 1 block away from my home. Instead of paying for service through the cell phone company I am wondering if I can hook something up where I could get a signal at my work. So what router is suggested and is there some type of booster I can put outside my home to give a good signal and do...

It all started so innocently ... There was a program I wanted to use a trial for. So I installed it and tried to run it; I must have tried this program before but never used it because I dont even remember what it looked like. I got the message that my trial period was up etc ... but I...

I just moved to London from the states (didnt take my speakers with). Was using some logitech 4 speaker set up before (with a subwoofer). I'd like to get some speakers but I dont have alot of money to spend (atm). So is there something good I could get that could be expanded say from a 2...

Hi, At the moment I still have my computer back in the states (parts all taken apart). My questions are this: 1. I have a antec 480 or is it 500 watt PSU there; of course it has a american plug. Can I still use this PSU? like can I just buy a british plug and plug it into the PSU and...

I may be moving overseas (the UK) and am wondering about some things in regards to brining my HDs. live in US atm 1. Can xrays hurt my data on the HDs? 2. Whats the best way to bring them over ie carry-on or check in luggage or does it really matter? 3. Is there any reason they would...