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    Is it worth spending more for Z77 chipset motherboard than stick to budget H77

    Hi, I will be building a budget machine for my brother primarily made for 3D rendering work (Mostly 3DMax,Vray etc.) with no intention for gaming at all. For CPU I have chosen Intel i7 3770K, but confused which ASUS board to go. Is it really beneficial to go for Z77 chipset rather than H77 when...
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    PC restarts instead of Shutdown

    :confused: Hi, Suddenly I am facing with strange issue in my PC. When I try to shutdown my PC with Win XP it restarts instead of shutdown. I have to manually cut off power when pc shuts down, otherwise in 1-2 secs it again restarts. I have used default BIOS, also I formated my PC (C drive with...
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    WIN7 showing 3GB usable memory out of 4GB installed

    Hi, My newly installed WIN7 32 bit OS is showing 3GB usable memory out of 4 GB installed. Also my Graphics card (Ati 4670 1GB) is showing 2 GB memory i.o.1GB which is actual memory of my GPU. I do want to share my RAM, pls advise how to make windows use all 4GB RAM installed and not let it share...
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    DIVX software not working in WIN7

    Hi, I have installed latest Divx Bundle software in my Win7 system. But Videos are still using inbuilt codec for playing videos as they are not showing Divx watermark at the start of playback. Pls advise how to make windows use Divx which I installed instead of inbuilt one. (All videos are...
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    Can a faulty PSU cause RAM to fail memtest86

    Hi, My config for my recently built PC is. AMD Athlon II X4 630 4 GB DDR3 OCZ ram ( I 1st purchased 2 GB stick and then added 2 more GB of same model ram model no. OCZ3G1333LV2G with 9-9-9 @1.65v after some 30+ days.) ASUS M4N68T-M motherboard. Seagate 500 GB harddisk. ASUS 4670(ATI) 1GB DDR3...
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    ATI 4650 or NVIDIA 9500 for Gaming

    Hi, I am looking for budget gpu (60-65 $). Which of the below cards will be better for gaming. (Even though both might not be suitable for high end gaming like crysis, its ok for me. I will be using 19 inch monitor, so resolution will not be that high) Pls help me with ur suggestions, if there...
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    Dual Boot system

    Hi, Will there be any problem if I hv dual boot system of Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit. And do 32 bit applications run smoothly on 64 bit system. Thanks in advance. Regds.........
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    XP not starting

    Hello All, One of my friend swithed off his pc directly from power supply(accidently). And now he is not able start his pc. When he starts his PC, screen comes saying that last time pc was not properly shutdown, with start options in safe mode, safe mode with networking, normal mode etc., but...
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    Cheapest motherboard for unlocking Phenom ii X2 555 BE

    Hello All, With suggestion from u tech guys, I will be getting Phenom ii X2 555 BE processor for my budget rig. As I have came to know that true potential of 555 BE is after unlocking it to quad core, which is a real bargain for a 100$ cpu. Now i am looking for motherboard that can...
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    Has Intel increased price?

    Hello All, Suddenly found Intel core2duo E7500 is now 22$ costlier, has Intel increased price of its processors and why? (Now have to go for AMD phenom ii X2) Regds.........
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    AMD Phenom ii X2 normal and BE what is the difference

    Hello All, I am going to build my budget rig with phenom ii X2 series, what is the difference between normal and black edition one. Is it worth spending little extra on black edition. (I won't be overclocking, as room temp. is always above 32 C and don't want to spend extra cash on cpu...
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    Hear 2 beeps when new Intel motherboard DG41WV boot up, is it normal?

    Hi, I bought a new Intel motherboard DG41WV last week. I have installed everything, then when I boot up, here is what happen: 1. first I hear a beep 2. intel logo show 3. second beep 4. windows logo and start to load as normal, everything work fine :confused: So there isn't any...