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Specifically, one of their Entra Home series: http://www.ncix.com/article/Entra-PC-Home-Series-rev2.htm My mother asked me to buy her a PC and I'd like to buy her something with decent quality parts but without going through the hassle of doing research and choosing everything. The web...

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Sure, I just want her to have the best PC her budget can get her, and I don't mind a little extra work. Need? No. But everyone likes nicer graphics. That depends when Civ VI comes out (or similar game), I guess. Low noise.

So you're saying it's not possible to build a better system than a Dell prebuilt for the same money?

The most recent and demanding game she plays is Civilization 5. The rest are games from the 1990's and early 2000's. I've read a lot of prebuilt system reviews and I haven't been able to find a really positive one for this budget. It seems they all have glaring flaws, like a tendency to...

Hello! 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc No photoshop, just web browsing (with many, many tabs opened simultaneously), a little gaming but no recent games that require a beastly GPU. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700...

If I did go for the IvyBridge bundle http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=72062 should I change anything else in the build? Different RAM, for example?

Well, I haven't ordered yet so I can still make a change. I'll wait for tiraides' counter-argument! Hmm, I have too much stuff on my desk already. :)

After 10 minutes of intense meditation, I've concluded that You Only Live Once, so I'll go with the 770 (Gigabyte since it's a tiny bit faster). Also I'll switch the Bitfenix case for a Fractal Define R4 ATX, since I've read the Bitfenix is a bit flimsy. I'll see if I can save a few...

Thank you so much for the excellent advice! I'll order exactly the parts you've listed, except maybe for the video card : Due to some bad experiences I've promised myself I'd never buy an AMD card again. The GTX 770 is about 130$ more than the 760, which makes me exceed my budget by exactly...

All right, thanks. Well, it's just 30 more dollars so if you think it's worth it I'll go for it, but... do I really need 750W? I figured it'd be a way to save money without losing much performance, but looking at those prices I guess I was wrong. Thanks! I want to be able to play any...

Gaming. About 1500 CAD with tax and shipping. I mean, if I can spend less that's great, but if I can get something that will make a huge difference for not much more money than that, I'll probably do it. Canada. Everything listed in the OP: MB, CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, HDD, DVDRW, power...

Hello! I don't build new PCs very often so I'm asking for help from the experts here to make sure this build is a good one and I'm not making any mistakes. This PC will be used mostly for gaming; the idea is to buy good parts but nothing really top of the line so it's not too expensive. I'll...

Well, I've tried playing WoW with a 120hz monitor (instead of a HDTV), and my eyes still get a bit tired after half an hour and extremely tired after two hours. Still no problem with other 3D games, including ones with quite a bit of text, like RPGs. I'm not sure what else to try. Are there some...

That's an interesting hypothesis, limitedaccess. What would the solution be if you're right? Going back to a CRT monitor? My TV has a pretty high response time for a LCD.

Hello, I'm not sure where to post this but I figured this was as good a place as any. I've played many 3D games on my HDTV (a Panasonic 32" LCD), but I've never experienced eyestrain until a few days ago when I started playing World of Warcraft. After barely an hour I noticed my eyes were...

This is almost certainly a stupid question, but... if what differentiates a 'fake' 120hz HDTV or monitor from a "true" one is just the input, shouldn't there be a way to turn a fake 120hz screen into a true one? Like, with a kind of adapter or something.

$500 at most. Thanks.

I think it's likely that I have some kind of rundll32.exe worm or virus. I'm trying to figure out which one I have, and how to get rid of it. No luck so far.

CoD4 has started chugging again. I immediately checked Task Manager to see if any process was taking big percentage of CPU time, but no. Thanks, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with these. I mean, I looked at the list of programs given by AutoRuns, and I don't think there's anything...

Update: I've also noticed that a window appears for a split second after my wallpaper shows up. That's something that didn't happen before the problem began. Unfortunately the window vanishes too quickly for me to see what it is or to take a screenshot of it.

Well, not really, but that's what it feels like for several seconds or minutes after startup. I purchased this PC (with Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit) a few weeks ago, and everything has been running perfectly until yesterday evening. I started playing Call of Duty 4, and I immediately...

I wish people would stop saying Nehalem is "right around the corner". The soonest the affordable Nehalem CPUs will be released is Q1 2009, and if the Penryns are any guide there will be an additional delay caused by lack of competition. I wouldn't be surprised if we have to wait almost a year.

:eek: She does the kind of stuff you'd expect of a 60-year-old woman: Internet browsing, Word, watching a movie every once in a while, no gaming. She doesn't want to pay too much, less than 250$ if possible. 20 or 22 inches. What do you recommend?

Oh, ok. All right. Yes, it's the max temp I get when when I click ATITool's "Find Max Core" button. Oh, ok. Oh, ok. Hahaha, you're right, I need to calm down. You see, I've had some problems with previous PCs: I only found out that one of the parts was defective a few...

All right, thanks a lot. I'm just following the Coding Horror guide ( http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000907.html ). The guide says to put your finger on various parts including the video card, to see if anything is too hot. Everything seems fine, but the metal part of the video...

No I haven't. Is there a version of ATITool that works with Vista 64? EDIT: To answer my own question: Yes, the newest beta does: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=45596

Hello. I'm not doing any overclocking just yet, just trying to test my new PC (Q6600 with Vista 64). I tried running 4 threads with Prime95 v25.6 for about two hours so far, and everything seems to work fine. The problem appears when I try to run RTHDRIBL at the same time. If I do, thread...

Hey guys, this is the first post I'm making from my new PC, and it is awesome (I'm watching 5 HD trailers simultaneously, bwahahahahahaha!!!!). Everything seems to run smoothly, although I'm going to have to test the DVDRW more thoroughly. Thanks for you help, everyone.

Since no one seems surprised by that, I take it the long pauses during Vista installation are normal?

Well, I figured installing the drivers on the DVD would make the rest of the driver/software installation process less sluggish, and I could always update them afterwards.

New problem, this time with Vista (or at least I hope the problem is with Vista). First of all, the installation was extremely weird. There were these extremely long periods when absolutely nothing would happen, for example after I entered the product key. My impression is that there's something...

Nice. Thank you.

I see, that's why the fans aren't turning then. I'll plug the molex thingies as well. But this doesn't explain why the PSU fan isn't turning. Anyone have any ideas?

Another question: The PC boots, but some of the fans aren't turning. The CPU fan turns, as does the case fan at the back of the HDD, but the power supply fan and the two other case fans (exhaust for the CPU and intake) aren't moving at all. IIRC, the HDD fan is the only case fan that is...

I thought so, since the CPU fan doesn't even have a cable to be plugged into the PSU. Not to mention those cables are fugly. Thanks :)

Hi. First time I have to build a PC by myself, so I'm scared and confused. I have a Corsair 620HX and a Thermaltake Armor VA8000, which includes three fans. Two of these three fans are already plugged into the mother board (gigabyte p35 ds3l), but I'm wondering if I also have to plug them...

Okay, I ordered everything. The final list is in my previous post (switched in a Sunbeam Tuniq Tower, a Samsung SATA DVD burner, and a Thermaltake VA8000). I hope a) It gets here soon. b) I don't screw up when the time comes to put everything together. Thanks for the help...

Hello. I said in my OP I'd order everything after my exams were over, and they are, so I will. Only problem is that I have a lot less money than expected, so I can't afford to buy the most expensive stuff. The bolded parts below are the parts I had to change. Evga E-GEFORCE 8800GT 600MHZ...

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