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    Newbie advice needed please, buying an Amplifier to PC for home theatre setup

    Currently I’ve got my computer connected to a set of 5.1 Logitech Z5500 and a ASUS Phobus 5.1 soundcard, running analog which I’ve always been told is better than digital??? Now I’m looking to take the next step and buy an Amplifier, this deal below comes with the...
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    5.1 Surround...COAX (Digital vs Analog) for best sound in games/movies, please advise

    Hi Everyone I have a Asus Phobus 5.1 sound card hooked up to logitech z5500 speakers. I use my system purely for games and movies. Currently I have everything connected by 3 analog cables as i read back in the day this creates the best sound but recently i've been reading that digital (spdif)...
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    Outlast - Game keeps freezing - PLEASE HELP

    I've got a new gaming rig, running the game using Windows 8.1, latest drivers and a fresh install of everything. My PC specs: Intel i7 4790 (not overclocked) GTX 780 16GB Memory Asus Z97 Deluxe motherboard SSD Everythign else i play with max setting i.e. Watch Dogs which must be...
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    i7 2600K Please help me overclock (total newbie)

    Wow that looks fairly straight forward, nice find and much appreciated. Looks like i only need to do stage 1 to achieve 4Ghz.
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    i7 2600K Please help me overclock (total newbie)

    Hi There I've got a i7 2600k processor and i'm using a Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Deluxe Motherboard. It's running at standard speed and i want to over clock it to 4GHz. Reason for wanting to over clock it is because i've just bought a Geforce GTX 780 graphics card and i'm concerned my CPU will be...
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    Anyone liking NFS:Rivals?

    It is locked to 30fps, and has no steering wheel support. A racing game without racing wheel support, who at EA was the brains behind that idea, and why on earth would you lock it at 30fps on PC? Do not buy this game, at least until they patch it. Just shows that PC Gamers are at the...
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    New Soundblaster ZXR vs ZX for gaming rig

    Firstly i only use my PC for games, looking at the spec of the ZXR and ZX or just the Z as it's the same as the ZX minus the headphone and microphone gadget it comes with do you think i'd notice any difference at all between the 2 versions (ZXR and ZX)? Only for games remember...
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    GTX Installation quick question

    3DVagabond Bingo I actually just went into my bios settings and made that change so that my card is running from PCI Express 16_2, should be all sweet now right?
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    GTX Installation quick question

    Does it matter if I install this card into my PCI16_1 slot or PCI16_2 slot on my Gigabyte ga-p67a-ud7? I know they are usually both used for SLI but i'm just using a single card, the only reason I want to put it in PCI16_2 slot is because it works better in the sense of space. Is there...
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    Which memory is better, advice please...

    My bad, didn't mean adding 8GB to the ones i have, just mean't having 16GB is 8GB more than what i have which couldn't hurt. Mixing memory is never a good idea.
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    Which memory is better, advice please...

    Well the Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer's will light my PC up like a Christmas tree and i'm assuming it can't hurt to have an extra 8GB on what i already have right. One question on installation, can i simply take the others out and put the new ones in or is it best to do a format of my PC...
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    Which memory is better, advice please...

    I've got a Gigabyte P67A-UD7 motherboard, 2600 i7 3.40GHZ processor. Currently i'm using 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR 1866MHZ memory but thinking of buying the Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 16GB (2x 8Gb) memory 1600Mhz. If i'm honest i like the LED's on the top of the memory but my...
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    NFS Most Wanted: Criterion Style

    Now that I've played this game for over 5 hours it has really grown on me to become my favourite racing game yet. Criterion sure know how to make the best car games hands down.
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    NFS Most Wanted: Criterion Style

    Each to their own i guess but to me it makes the game more fun and immersive although i do agree it's not very NFS like. In fairness though i haven't had chance to play the game for longer than an hour so their is still plenty of time for the game to grow on me and with such high review scores...
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    NFS Most Wanted: Criterion Style

    I'm a big fan of Burnout & especially Hot Pursuit but the one thing that I absolutely love about those games and something that is a trademark of both of them are the really cool video sequences you get when you hit an opponents car off the road and reck their vehicles but for some strange...
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    STALKER COP which mod is better out of...

    Complete or Atomosphere3 or I work alone I've used the Complete mod for the first 2 games COB and Clearskies but now i'm wondering which is better for Call of Pripyat? Basically in terms of graphics, i.e. textures, weather systems, lighting and atmosphere?
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    URGENT HELP with Keyboard PLEASE HELP

    I'm using a Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard 7000. Some of my keys aren't working anymore, i can only assume i've changed a setting accidently. Bascially none of the shift keys work, and also when i hit Ctrl, Alt and Delete it no longer brings up the function where you can close programs etc...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    I just ran the WEI test and got a score of 7.6 for basic score and subscore as below: Processor: 7.6 Memory: 7.6 Graphics: 7.9 Gaming: 7.9 Primary hard drive: 7.9 As the WEI test scores on a scale of 1.0 to 7.9 i'm assuming my computer and SSD is in good shape right?
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    When i freshly installed Windows 7 after installing the SSD i remember that i didn't have eXtremeHD enabled, it was disabled for sure but i did have all the other settings at the time set to AHCI, so i can just leave it as it is right, no need to set eXtrememHD to enabled and then format and...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    The only thing i would say is that the windows loading screen takes a little longer to start up than before but it's now saying that my AHCI BIOS is installed so i'm still smiling. Also tried Max Payne 3 and it loads just as quickly as before. Is there a good programme to use to check the...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    ZXIAN it worked a treat. I restarted it now it detects it. (AHCI BIOS INSTALLED) Thanks so much for everyone's advice. Just one thing, i installed both the SSD and DVD into the 2 white ports, is this a problem? Should i take the DVD cable and plug it into the black port to the left of...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Ok XIAN you were correct, there were 6 in total slots, 2x black then in the middle 2x white sata3_0 and sata3_1, and then another 2 black which i had my ssd and dvd in to the right. I've now moved the red one down to the black slot to the far left, then moved the ssd and dvd to the white slots...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    ZXIAN from what i can see in my side panel window i have 2 black slots currently with my SSD and DVD drive and to the left of them 2 white slots, one is currently being used by a red cable, have no idea where it is coming from. This means i only have 1 white port spare from what i can see...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Ok so i set the GSATA3 Controller option to disabled and then rebooted. I then got a black screen with this writing: Loading Operating System ... DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER i'M SO LOST
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Hi Cerb When you say connect my SSD to of the ports that is an Intel do you mean unplugging the SATA cable from my motherboard and then plugging the cable into another port on the motherboard? Currently my cable is in a black port on the motherboard, it has next to it: SATA3 GSATA3 3_7...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Found something strange and not sure if it's related but in my device manager (windows 7) i have 2 other devices, both unknown devices. When i look at 'devices and printers' it shows: Unspecifed (2) Marvell 91XX Config ATA Device (twice)
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    When i enable the option extreme Hard Drive it comes up below: x PCH SATA Control Mode RAID (XHD) If i then go down to the option: GSATA3 RAID Configuaration (press enter) and then press enter it then goes into the Marvell BIOS Setup, the screen is like this: Topology HBA 0...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Hi Cerb Currently i don't have XtremeHD enabled, as i mentioned it wasn't enabled initially so i left it as disabled but turned every other setting i could find in the bios to AHCI. Should i have EXtreme Hard Drive enabled and what does it do? Here are my bios settings at the moment under...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    I've never tried updating the motherboard bios/firmware bcos I was always told that unless you have a problem with something not working on your motherboard that you shouldn't update it I.e. if its not broken dont fix it. Should I try updating the motherboard bios?
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    Right donuts to do with the motherboard in that case right. Do you hav any idea why it's not detecting the AHCI Bios? Or what I can try to get it resolved please? Would this message indicate that my SSD isn't working to its full potential?
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    ExtremeHD was disabled as default in my bios settings and as I didn't know what this setting did I left it alone but after I kept seeing the message ACIH bios not installed I then enabled the XHD setting and it said RAID etc but when I rebooted the same message came up anyway and although...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    My hardware and os: Windows 7 Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Motherboard Cosair Force GS 360GB SSD Cosair Vengence 8GB Memory INTEL i7 2600K Processor Geforce GTX680 4GB Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Soundcard Think that's about everything. I'm only running the SSD no other hard drives. Before i...
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    Corsair Force GS 360, installed, but what does this message mean please?

    I installed my new SSD today, set everything in my bios settings to AHCI. Everything to my knowledge is working fine however after the bios screen and just before it starts to load Windows 7 i get the following message displaying for a few seconds: Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version iSrc 1.20E...
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    OCZ Vertex 4 256 GIG Advice Please

    Thanks for all your advice, Ended up ordering the Corsair Force GS 360GB. It arrives tomorrow, can't wait!
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    What do i need to change in my bios or in Windows 7 once i've installed the SSD?

    Thanks very much for both of your replies. So as i'm only using an SSD all i basically need to do is check in the bios that it's set to AHCI mode. Then i can simply install Windows and reap the benefits of faster load times, can't wait until tomorrow.
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    What do i need to change in my bios or in Windows 7 once i've installed the SSD?

    As it says in the title really, i've never installed a SSD so i'm just wondering what if anything i need to change in my bios settings or in Windows 7? I'll be only using the SSD no other hard drives will be installed and i'll be doing fresh install of Windows 7, the SSD is brand new...
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    OCZ Vertex 4 256 GIG Advice Please

    I'm questioning myself whether or not to purchase the 256 or 512 version, i know it boils down to how much space i need, well basically i only ever use my computer for gaming, also i've never installed more than 5 games and can't see my computer ever have more than 5 games on it in the future...
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    Which Game Has the Best Graphics of All Time?

    Without doubt the most detailed game is The Witcher 2, for FPS it's obviously Crysis followed by Battlefield 3. Also i'd have to say S.T.A.L.K.E.R. combined with the COMPLETE Mod is also one of the best looking games to date, great environments and attention to detail with an amazing...
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    ARMA X Anniversary Edition Question

    So i'm going to buy this game today, i've always wanted to play Arma 2 and the add on games 'Arrowhead' etc so quite excited about picking it up. Just a quick question, as it was only released mid last year do you think they've added all the patches to Arma 2 or will i still need to download...
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    Should i swap my creative x-fi hd titanium for the newer Recon3D sound card?

    I really only use my sound card for gaming and to watch movies on my 5.1 surround sound speakers however i've heard that the HD Titanium although it being a older sound card is actually more advanced than the Recon3D because it does most things by using it's hardware whereas the Recon3D...