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Hi guys, i decided to create my own thread about issues i have with my Eyefinity build. Hi guys. My build is finally done! Here is an update of my quest for eyefinity gaming at 5760x1200. Here is a reminder of the PC parts: I now have my 3 dell monitors: 2407fpw, 2407fpw-hc, 2408wfp...

Hello, my name is Olivier and ive been lurking these forums for a long time. Where it all started I just had a pretty bad snowboard accident last week. I fell during a high speed off track escapade and a broken tree impaled my left leg, about 4 inches deep. It barely missed my vital veins...

Hi, I just purchased 2gb Corsair DDR2-800mhz 4-4-4-12 2.1v and a radeon 5850 to upgrade my current PC. Unfortunatly, after plugging all in, i got no boot. I struggled for about 3 hours, and so far, it looks i was only able to get to boot with 4x1gb running at DDR600mhz 5-5-5-14 2.0v which is not...

You can get it there: http://194.97.143.161/media/download/Avatar_The_Game_Demo.exe During install it will probably say that some data.cab does not match with UK language.. just ignore it will work. Here's a YouTube video of the actual demo...

Hi, I am doing a little research about the performance impact while using AA and AF versus screen resolution. I am looking at some of the benchmarks and re-arranging some of the numbers so that I can actually see the difference in % between 0x, 2x, 4x and 8x at any given resolutions. From...

HI, im intersting in building a home theater pc with one of those 2 cases but im a bit worried a 8800GTX will touch the hard drive cage. its also gonna be paired with a Q6600 quadcore so heat output is maybe an issue too. no overclocking. anyone have some tips?: ZALMAN HD160B...

Heres the first video of Splinter Cell ConViction taken at the Ubidays Event. Sorry for the image quality, this isnt an official trailer. In Game Video Washington Park DC Washington DC Fly By Source Alternative links: IN GAME FLYBY

Hi, i have 8 seagate barracuda divided in two raid 0 array (4 each). the hard disk comes with the jumper default to : limmit 1.5gb/s rate.... Is there a reason why i should take the time to remove all hard drive and remove the jumper for a "3gb/s rate" ? Just wondereing. I tought there was...

Ok, i own a core 2 duo, core 2 quad... i know alot about LGA 775, but now, i need to build a workstation, for compositing, rendering, 3d... THE ultimate workstation.... Knowing alot about 775, i was thinking, get a quad core QX6700, 4gb of non-ecc ram, a intel 975x badaxe2 board, not really...

Hi well my brother has a xp2800+ on a msi via motherboard. 2x1gb kingston PC3200 cl3 ram. everything run fine for 1.5year but suddently it cannot load winXP, it POST but while loading winxp a bluescreen pops up but cannot read info because it restarts too fast. Hard disk is maxtor 60gb sata...

Hi well this is a new rig im building for a friend, i dont have experiece with p5b deluxe, only tried p5wdh and 6400, just want to know if anything look wrong from your experience with this hardware together. c2d 6600 p5b deluxe wifi tunic tower 2gb teamgroup 667 3-3-3-8 ati x1950xtx...

Hi, So i just bought a conroe rig for my girlfriend, she is starting her studies in photography and she always used crappy 17inc TN panel LCD monitor to work on her photos. Now We have some money to spend on good gear and i wanted to have your advices. I also bought a 7900GT so that she can...

Hi, I always built Amd rigs during the past years, mostly s754 and s939. And now i want to try Conroe. This computer will be used for intensive photoshop CS2, but will also be in the bedroom, to watch movies or listen music. Budget is 2500$ with monitor. I will be gaming on this computer too...

Hi, my girlfriend is now going in a private graphic desing school, and she is mostly using the computer for retouching her high resolution photographs that she takes with her professional Nikon. Basically she needs a 19inch lcd with good color reproduction, high contrast ratio, and not too...

Ok i have a bit of free time now so im back on trying to figure out whats the weak point in my overclocking I am using the new 706 bios for dfi ultra-d. I am using the recommanded settings from gskill rep : voltate 2.6v CPC: enabled TCL: 3 TRCD: 4 TRAS: 8 TRP: 4 TRC: 7 TRFC: 14...

Hi fellow diy builders. I have a question for you. I am starting to build computers more often (approx 1 every 2 weeks). Most of the comp i build are for random people that wants gaming pcs but doesnt know alot about pcs and want a "custom" pc for less $. I wanted to know how much you guys...

Ok so im building another computer, the person wants to play games but also does some image editing in photoshop so dual core is the choice. Budget 2000$ canadian I only have 2 days to have it built and stable overclock, so im not raising the bar too high but im hoping around 2.4ghz, this...

Ok, for the past 2 months, i have a tendecy to go on head-fi forums and prompt headphone.com and ebay for new headphones. Currently i have a X-FI xtrememusic soundcard, logitech z-2300 speakers and Sony-MDR-V700 plugged in the little Remote included with speakers. I am gaming alot, and...

Hi, just built this pc for a friend, i wanted to have a small OC, stable. Specs: 3800x2 Asus A8R-MVP crossfire 200 OCZ EL Gold GX XTC PC4000 2GB 3-4-3-8 raptor 75gb Antec True Power 480 Ati X1900XT ---- I manually set the ram timing to 3-4-3-8, but for the other timings such as...

Hi, after updating to the last drivers 84.21, i am playing cs source, 150fps im happy, but i discovered that there is some white dots appearing sometimes, its only one pixel, scattered on the screen, only one or 2 pixel at a time. the card is running hot, 75c on load. i still have a good...

Hi! I am starting to build more and more computers everymonths for friends/clients and today i have a nice request from a guy who works in the CG industry who wants to do occasional gaming and basic 3d rendering/photoshoping. He wants a dual cpu rig, less then 1000$CND. It would be my first...

Hi! I am starting to build more and more computers everymonths for friends/clients and today i have a nice request from a guy who works in the CG industry who wants to do occasional gaming and basic 3d rendering/photoshoping. He wants a dual cpu rig, less then 1000$CND. It would be my first...

Hello guys and girls. system specs: 3400+ s754 msi NF3 k8t deluxe 1gb corsair value select cl3 radeon 9700 aiw maxtor 80gb Shittyest powersupply ever named: the best power supply, 400w, 15A on +12v. Some guy built a pc like this, with this shitty power supply. it worked for 1...

Building a comp for my collegue. Will be working on 3Dsmax and photoshop, so need good colors and good contrast ration, but also need good respond time for gaming. Price range, between 450 and 600$ cnd. my choices Hesitating between Viewsonic VX924 19IN TFT LCD SILVER-BLACK 3MS...

Everything is bought in Canada, all canadian price. Budget 2500$ with 19in lcd monitor incl taxes and shipping. Taxes are 7.5% because im not buying in the same Province. This rig is for a friend, for Gaming AND 3dstudio max rendering. Will replace stock heatsink by my 4400 x2 stock heatsink...

17A on +12v1, 19A on +12v2 . 19+17 = 36A ATI x1900XT recommends a 30A +12v it is +-5% , truepower 480 is 18A, 18A and +-3% Safe?

hi, i am building a computer for a friend. Budget 2000$ CND Goal: Gaming (css, battlefield2, etc)- 3dsmaxing Overclock: Because this guy doesnt really know alot about computers, i dont want to be his tech support if he has trouble with instability or problems like that caused by overclock...

Hi, i want to purchase one of those 2 cases. Each come with a power supply Antec TX1088AMG Tac SOHO File Servr Case Metallic Gray ATX12V 2.0 480W 4X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5INT http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=14466&vpn=TX1088AMG&manufacture=ANTEC OUTPUT +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2...

Hi this is for my friend, the goal of this is to be able to game with the best quality of graphic and FPS he can. He is downloading alot of things also thats why 250gb is good for him. the game he prefers is day of defeat source. He already have a 19in lcd. His budjet is 2000$ All stuff is...

Hi, i am building a computer for a friend, it will be used mostly for gaming (dod source, and other fps shooters), internet browsing, music, I was aiming for an AMD X2 3800+ with 2gb of ocz "performance" ram PC3200 (3-4-4-8) *not really performance to me but good deal*. for the GPU we were...

hi well i have made a "gettho" mod to my pc, and my hard disk is hidden behind the pannel of my lian-li v1000. Because hard disk are rotating and has alot of mechanical pieces, is it bad for the hard disk to run this way? here is a picture:

Hi, i have a lian li v1000b , and the stock fans and airflow is not good enough for what i need. I just purchased 3x120mm fan, and im willing to tiewrap an additional front intake in the cd enclosure, and change the closed front bezel to ones with little rounded holes in it. i saw a link on...

Hi, well being an fanATIc for the past years, i just switched to nvidia, i dont know alot about ocing and fan monitoring on nvidia. Right now i have an evga 7800GT Co edition wich is 470/1100 at stock. The only problem is its noisy. Can i scale down the fan speed like i used to do in ATItool...

Hi i just built my new computer and i would like to see the inside of the case to enjoy. eheh I would be interested by this one but including shipping to canada, price is 78.39$ USD... is there a place where i can get this kind of stuff here in canada to avoid crazy brokerage fees? Or is...

Why and what is the component making default, this ismy question ehe. Actually ive build a computer for my girlfriend one year ago ( amd 64 754 3000+ newcastle, Msi k8t neo fsr, stock heatsink, ati x800pro agp, 1gb corsair value selec pc3200, wd 80gb hard drive now the computer...

Hi well i just recieved my x2 4400 retail today, and on it its written: ada4400aa6cd CCBWE 0534SPMW I remember that there was something on a website that you could enter these code and it will tell you all the information about the cpu. Can someone help me with that? thank you!

Haha ok well 1 year ago, ive built a complete rig for my girlfriend, it was an a64 3000+ , msi neo fsr s754,1gb corsair value select pc3200, enermax PSU 350w, 9800XT, 120gb Maxtor ide drive. OK so it was my first build, the cpu was retail so it came with the stock heatsink. Im playing with...

Hi ill make it simple: Parts already purchased and being on its way to be shipped: Amd64 4400+ Toledo 2.2ghz 1mb cache DFI lanparty nf4 ULTRA-D Lian-Li v1000B Plus OCZ Powerstream 520w 2x120mm Aliminum air filters cromed LG16x black dvd rom 48xcdrom LG DVD writer 4x (from old pc)...

Whats your OC on that? what cooler, and what ram. Im building a new comp (thread in AMD cpu forum) Want 2gb of ram, and nice ram to reach highest OC possible on AIR. considering: OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 2x 1024MB Gold Edition Dual Channel (2x 1024MB DDR500 Matched Pair, CAS 3-4-4-8)...