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I just a built a new machine with an ASRock H67-MITX motherboard and I'm having a lot of trouble with my network connection. I've got a Linksys AE1000 802.11n adapter hooked up via USB to the machine. I can connect to the network, but speeds are abysmally low (speedtest.net showed less than...

I just did a new build in a PC-Q08, and so far I love it. My one problem though is that I reused a Corsair HX620 PSU for the build and the inside of my case is crazy crowded right now. Does anyone know where might be able to find some shorter modular cables that would be compatible with that...

Downloaded The Witcher 2 yesterday, only to find out that my current rig can only run it at min settings. Looks like I'm a bit overdue for an upgrade. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included...

About a month ago, my brother and I bought my Dad a 4GB 360 for his B-Day so we could play some Halo Reach co-op together. Shortly thereafter I found out about the co-op limitations if you don't have a hard drive. At the time, it was said that Microsoft was "quickly working to resolve it"...

I was browsing through the Civ 5 reviews on Amazon this morning and I was a little bit shocked to see how low the ratings were. In most instances, the low reviews were not because of the gameplay, but because it requires STEAM. As someone who's almost completely abandoned buying physical copies...

Watching the trailers for AC: Brotherhood, I'm getting the itch to play AC2. I remember reading somewhere that Ubisoft is loosening some of their DRM on new games, but I was wondering if they'd made any changes to the AC2 DRM. Thanks.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, Web Browsing, and some Photo Editing 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Around $1,000, though I could go up to $1,300 if necessary. That's including tax & shipping. 3) Where do you...

Hooray! My Envy 17 finally arrived! I'll update with a post after I get a chance to play with it a bit on my lunch break, but here are some of my initial impressions. It's huge. I've never had a 17" laptop, this dwarfs what I was expecting. It's surprisingly light for its size...

Ok, so I played about 5 hours into GTA IV before I simply got bored and abandoned the game. In contrast, I've been completely enthralled with RDR for about 25 hours now. Part of that is almost certainly the setting, but I think that the gameplay is a factor as well. RDR just feels much more...

Ok, so I sold my laptop. Can anyone help me with a way to delete all my personal information without having to reinstall the OS? The laptop doesn't have a disk drive and I simply don't have the time to go through that process. I'm not super concerned about anything important being on this...

So here's the deal. My wife has a 13" unibody Macbook Pro, and I absolutely love the build quality, the specs, just about everything about it. But I really need something that will run Windows. I know I could do Bootcamp, but I'm not too fond of paying the Apple tax, plus another $100 for a...

Ok, so here's the scenario. Last night I did a build with the following components: DFI Lanparty Jr P45 Motherboard Intel Q6600 Visiontek HD4870 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 800 G.Skill RAM WD 640GB HDD Antec P180mini Corsair hx620w PSU After I got everything assembled I tried booting up the...

Does anyone know if current P55 boards will support 32nm come in Jan?

I've got an old HP DV5000 laptop that I'm thinking about selling for some extra cash. The problem is that under heavy load, generally video or gaming related, it will get crazy hot and abruptly shut down. I'm not really comfortable foisting it on some unsuspecting Craigslist person, so I'd...

I'm looking at doing my first SFF build in the new SG04 which has the PSU mounted above the CPU/HSF and I'm concerned about clearances. A low profile HSF would usually do the trick, however I'm also planning to reuse my Q6600 and need a motherboard with PCIE 2.0 X16 since this will primarily be...

I was running iTunes on Win7RC with no problems until yesterday. I updated iTunes to 8.2 and now all the sudden my PC doesn't recognize my iPhone. Anybody else having this problem or know a fix?

For Sale: EVGA 8800GTS 640MB (G80) with Thermaltake DuOrb HSF. - $80 shipped Paypal to confirmed addresses only. FedEx ground shipping. Prefer to ship to USA 48 only. Feedback on Amazon under mnikkel55. Feel free to email through them to verify me. Serious offers only please.

For Sale: EVGA 8800GTS 640MB (G80) with Thermaltake DuOrb HSF. - $120 shipped Paypal to confirmed addresses only. FedEx ground shipping. Prefer to ship to USA 48 only. Feedback on Amazon under mnikkel55. Feel free to email through them to verify me. Serious offers only please.

Sorry if this is a bit noobish, but I'm upgrading from an 8800GTS to a 4870 and I'm having some issues with the drivers. The short version is that if I use driver cleaner to remove the Nvidia files I get error messages about missing .dll files when I boot up. Performance-wise everything is...

While I've been very tempted to pick up one of the new 4870's, I'm thinking about seeing if I can eek a bit more performance out of my existing card for the time being instead. Would it be worth it to pick up a 3rd party cooler, or am I better off saving my money for an upgrade? Also, what's a...

I'm looking to upgrade from my current e4300 but I don't want to have to replace my P965 motherboard due to the WGA issues it would probably cause. Where are prices on the current 65nm CPU's going in the near future, specifically the Q6600 and the E6850? Also, at current/near term prices...

I'm building a SFF rig for my dad and am concerned about whether or not the little 250W PSU in this Shuttle barebones can support what I plan to put in it. Here are the parts I'm looking at. 500gb 7200RPM HDD IDE 22X DVD Burner C2D e7200 8600GT 2 GB DDR2 800 I've seen some people...

I'm doing a build for my dad and need to get a budget video card for him. I'm thinking in the $50 range. Problem is, I know almost nothing about cards in the sub-$150 range. He'll probably doing some photo editing with it, and it needs to run Aero without any hiccups. He'll be hooking it up...

I'm considering upgrading from my aging e4300 to an e7200 when they finally come out. However, the problem is that my current motherboard is a P965 board (GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3) that does not currently support 45nm processors (note I'd like to avoid replacing my board since I'm using OEM Vista...

So I picked up Crysis yesterday, brought it home, put it in my disk drive and all of the sudden it started making these weird clicking noises. I checked some other disks that I had and they all ran fine. Thinking it must be a bad disk, I took it back to the store and exchanged it for another one...

So I'm building a budget gaming PC (around $500-$600), and I'm stuck between the 8800gs and the 9600gt for my video card. After rebates the 8800gs tends to go for about $30 less than the 9600gt, but I haven't really read too much about the 8800gs. How do these two cards stack up against each...

Ok, so I just picked up a Q6700, a G33 motherboard, and an OEM copy of Vista Home Premium (all factory sealed) off Craigslist for $450. All in all, I was pretty pleased with myself. But then I realized that the Intel pricing schedules floating around out there have the Q6700 slated to drop to...

Sorry if this is a bit of a noobish question. I currently have a P965 mobo with an E4300. I'm not quite ready to upgrade, but I'm concerned that If I wait too much longer Intel will phase out any compatible chips that are still on the market. Gigabyte's site says that it's compatible with...

Looking to upgrade from my P965 and can't decide between an X38 and a P35 board. Is X38 worth the price difference?

Ok, so I downloaded Civ 4: Beyond the Sword the other day from STEAM. Big mistake. After struggling with it for 5 days, I still can't get it to work. I've submitted comments through STEAM's abysmal support service but have not received any kind of response. Is there any other way to contact...

I'm in the middle of overclocking an E4300 on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. The problem I'm running into is that 3/4 of the time my BIOS is turning off my changes. I'll make my FSB and voltage changes, choose the save & exit option from the menu and restart. I'll load up windows and it will be...