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    COX and TP-Link modem and router

    Hi guys. I'm very frustrated with this situation I'm in and I was hoping you guys can help me out I have been using AT&T U-verse and in my area only 6Mbps was offered. With 6Mbps at $59 a month I find it too expensive when my CenturyLink at school runs at 40Mbps to roughly $40. I looked at...
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    mobo for ITX and i5-4460

    Hi guys I have a MSI R9 280 and Thermaltake 750w PSU with i7-920 and a gigabyte mobo i don't remember the model. Right now my CPU fan is dead and I can't remove it from the mobo. The screws are stripped and way too tight. So I am thinking about changing a mobo and a cpu as well as a...
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    CPU/mobo recommendation

    Hi guys I am in the market for a new CPU and motherboard and I was wondering if you guys can give me some recommendations 1. No intense gaming. WoW and Diablo 3/occasional league of legend/small indie games on steam at most 2. I mainly use my PC for school, netflix, crunchyroll, and...
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    3DTV checkerboard

    Hi guys. I know this is not technically a PC related problem but given the vast amount of knowledge you guys possess I have no one to go to but you guys. I have a LG 3DTV (that requires glasses) and whenever I play ps3/4 (destiny, call of duty) I get this really annoying checkerboard looking...
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    R9 280 3x display

    Hi guys I am using R9 280 from MSI and I am connecting to my 27'' monitor through DVI-to-HDMI adapter, to my samsung TV through HDMI. I have a mini displayport to HDMI adapter which I want to use to connect to another samsung 24'' monitor. How do I activate the mini displayport because right...
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    TV and 27'' display on one card

    Hi guys. I have a bit of problem here and I appreciate your help very much. I have a PC with R9 280 that is connecting to my 27'' Samsung monitor through DVI-to-HDMI adapter and direct HDMI to my home theatre system, which connects to my TV My current setting is duplicate desktop onto both...
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    win8 chrome open two windows at startup and default search engine is yahoo

    Hi guys I have a problem with my computer. I bought a new samsung evo 500gb SSD and AMD R9 280 for my old pc that runs on i7-920. I installed win8 and it runs perfectly. But the problem is that every time I open chrome it will open up two separate windows. One would say "previous...
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    MSI R9 270x or 280 (gaming)

    Hi guys I'm in the market for a new video card and as of right now MSI R9 270X and 280 are being sold at the same price (both gaming). I have 8gb of RAM and older generation of i7-920. I don't know which one to choose. Can somebody shed some light? I am currently not playing video games...
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    Looking to build a budget home media server

    hi guys I'm looking for a budget build for a tiny home media server that will connect directly to the TV via HDMI and ethernet cable from a powerline adapter to the system I don't know much about this but here are some features i'd like in this server 1. able to play 1080p files and...
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    S27B350 monitor flicker and blacks

    Hi guys I'm using MSI Radeon 7700 (7790 I think, it was on sale couple months ago) and I'm using that one card with DVI onto a 24' samsung monitor and with HDMI into samsung S27B350 monitor In windows it's recognized as generic PnP monitor for S27B350 My problem is that the power of...
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    NAS noob questions

    Hi guys. I am completely new to the whole NAS scenario and I was wondering if NAS can do the following.... - be the shared storage for all computers who connect to the same router that the NAS is on for reading and/or writing? - connect to my ps3 for streaming? - back up pictures...
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    prime vs air 13

    Hi guys I'm torn between Macbook air 13 and Asus Zenbook prime UX31A-DB51. I like Air's look and its fabulous trackpad+keyboard and overall performance, but I like prime's 1080 IPS display. I don't know enough about either to make a decision, but my budget is $1200 and I plan on using this...
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    D3 crashing and BSOD

    Hi guys my sister's new rig for D3 is like this i5-3570k 8gb 1600 G.skill EVGA 2gb GTX 560 Ti Asus P8Z77-V pro thermaltake TR2 600W. When she plays D3, almost during the first power-on of the day, eventually she'll start seeing lag and then blue screen. Her latency is fine and My...
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    crossfire with 4890 and 6850?

    Hi guys Whenever I run D3 or Wow my graphic card's fan goes berserk. It'll still play the game nicely, but it does get a little inconvenient. Right now on newegg there is this "APPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX " on sale and I was wondering if...
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    TR2 600w good for i5-3570k and GTX 560 Ti?

    Hi guys is TR2 Series 600 Watt ATX Power Supply enough to run i5-3570k with 8gb ram and evga GTX 560 Ti and intel 330 series 180gb SSD? The only peripheral it has is DVD drive. The mobo is asus p8z77-v pro. Reason I ask is that after I built it, it'll power on for like 2 secs and then die...
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    newly built PC turns on and shuts off immediately. repeats

    Hi guys I just built a i5-3570k with 8gb 1600 ram and evga GtX 560 Ti with TR2 Series 600 Watt ATX Power Supply. It will turn on for 2 secs and shut off. and do that again. It makes me wonder if my PSU is not enough to power that card. Could that be the problem? Thx
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    asus g75vw-bbk5 review?

    what do you guys think about the asus g75 with 8gb ram for 1249? nvidia GTX 660M 2gb It's somewhat an immediate issue because my sister is getting super excited with D3 and shes thinking about a gaming laptop. I know it's better with a desktop and a laptop rather than a so-called "gaming...
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    No idea how to buy ram

    Hi guys, I currently run a 750W i7-920 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (dont know which rev) with Sapphire Radeon 4890, ocz agility 60gb SSD and 6gig of ram (forgot brand). There seems to be some problem with my RAM as my computer only picks up 4 gig when there are 6 gigs installed. With Diablo 3 coming...
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    Day 1 of SSD and some interesting...observation

    Hi guys... I installed my OCZ agility 3 60gb SSD just now and I installed win7 and I have noticed something and am wondering if I did anything wrong. 1. during the installation, the COPYING WINDOWS FILE went almost instantaneously, but EXPANDING FILE part it took forever. So the overall...
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    SSD and upgrading motherboard?

    hi guys I'm getting very interested in SSD and I recently bought an OCZ 60gb agility 3 and I was wondering if I upgrading my motherboard to something that supports SATA 6gb/s is feasible (just for the extra 3gb/s) or that is a totally stupid move. I'm a casual user running i7-920 and 6gb ram...
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    aspire one a0722 can't detect harddrive

    hi guys I'm helping a friend fixing his netbook Aspire One A0722 Problem is that sometimes in bios I can see the HDD, sometimes I can't. When it boots it just says no bootable drive (and other stuff related to not bootable) I made a bootable usb flash drive with win7 home and try to...
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    computer won't turn on

    hi guys. I have a i7-920(or 940 i forget) system with ocz 6gb (forgot the speed) along with sapphire radeon 4890 HD. My PSU is silver lake 700w and my MB is gigabyte something. I built this computer with the list that was on one of the anandtech articles on a mid-performance desktop couple years...
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    How to set up RDC in win7 ult 64bit

    Hi guys I was wondering how to set up RDC between 2 computers in my own home? I use U-verse and my desktop is wired to the router while the computer that I want to use to access my desktop (and the other way around) is a laptop connected by wifi. I searched around on google and I had no luck...
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    very weird

    Hi guys I'd like to ask you for your help. I started noticing lag with my keyboard and mouse. It's like it wont move and moves a little. When I'm typing this, it's going like I'm typing, but nothing shows up, and then a second later all the characters are typed out. It is wireless mouse...
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    mouse and keyboard would lag badly.

    Hey guys I have a weird computer condition that I hope you guys can shed some light on. I use Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse and my computer is like 1-2 ft away from them. I started noticing horrible lags from keyboard and mouse during night time while i'm playing wow. You might...
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    startup repair

    Hi Guys My computer recently started acting weird. Suddenly it will not start (not physically, but software-ly). It would freeze before "Starting Windows" come on or just freeze there. I restart and window says i should launch start up repair. Ever since that first this happens really...
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    What Should I do.....

    Hi all, recently out of nowhere, my WoW acct was hacked and I have gotten two notices in gmail that someone accessed my account from china and have their IP listed. I feel like I'm under attack but I don't know how to stop and protect myself from it. Please help.
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    reasons that keep me away from weightlifting

    Hi guys, I have read the fat loss sticky and I have some questions... My BMR is 2362.5107 does that mean my daily calorie intake has to be 2362.5107 and exercise will help go into calorie deficit? Also, I have bad knees and I have no friends to go to gym with. Should I still be doing...
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    home networking through wall plug

    hi guys, i have a question that primarily is networking related but it involves ps3. My house is newly built in 2009 and in my house I have wall plugs that is both ethernet and phone-line capable. I was wondering if it's possible to connect a line to the wall plug in my room and connect a...
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    ps3 media over wifi

    Hi guys, I have a ps3 slim and im using windows 7 pro and I'm having problems with watching .mkv and almost all the other file types. Problems being stuttering, abrupt random stops, and unsynchronized voice and picture. im using i7-920 and 1TB sata. 6gb ram. programs im using are Java PS3...
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    I can't bear with this anymore

    computer info: Gigabyte EX58-U3DR Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 (latest catalyst installed) i7 920 OCZ DDR2-133 6gb 750W PSU Ever since I bough this computer (built it myself according to the midperformance series article on anandtech last year around August i think), it has many unknown...
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    shortness of breath

    I am ashamed to admit that I am fat and I usually don't exercise. I don't exercise mainly because the shortness of breath and nauseous feeling every time I do intense workout. I plan on starting using Insanity but during the FIT TEST disc, i run into problems like mentioned above. How can I...
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    Several Problems regarding booting and unknown crashes

    Hi all, I built this new PC based on an older post of anandtech's article on building a mid-level performance PC. It consists of: i7-920, 6gb OCZ (i forgot the speed) RAM, 750W PSU (i believe), Sapphire Radeon 4890 HD, and gigabyte motherboard. Problems: 1. I formatted my drive and now...
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    with this spec I can't run HD games...any help?

    Hi, Do you guys remember back in June/July Anandtech had an article on building a midrange performance pc and its parts? Yep I followed that and built myself a new computer costing around 1500$ and I'm dead broke now haha. CPU i7 420 RAM 6gb (i forgot what it was) video : Radeon HD 4890...
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    When to hit the gym

    Hi all, like the title asks...What time would be ideal to hit the gym? Morning before/after breakfast, before/after lunch or late at night (9-10pm)? Also I will be living by myself starting in a week and will come back home every weekend. I kinda need some help in putting a healthy diet...
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    my workout plan! plz help

    hi all finally starting today i'm going to 24hr fitness and start working out to lose weight. Shamefully I am around 235lbs. Here is my plan for working out... 1. 30mins of cardio program on this machine that has two pedals and during the course of action it looks like i'm walking briskly...
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    a workout schedule to lose weight

    Hi all, This is my "going-to-be" diet plan Morning: kashi cereal Lunch: Kashi bar + banana/orange/apple Dinner: Brocolli and Cabbage + fruit I have a gym membership at a gym near my school and my home home. Ideally I would like to have some breaks from workout instead of 7 days of...
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    http.sys

    I installed my linksys compact wireless G router (WRT54GC) to my computer. I popped in the cdrom as it said on the manual and followed the step. Everytime i use the CD to change my router settings, i crash. I was trying to set up my home network in control panel, everytime i enter it, i...
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    nvtcp.sys

    I installed wow and used its patch program and it would just crash my computer, and the famous blue screen appears, went by pretty fast and restarted. all i saw was nvtcp.sys also sometimes i use my comp just like normal and shut it off at night, the next time i press PWR to boot, right b4...
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    754 or 939

    i dont plan on ocing should i buy 754 3700+ or 939 3700+ i know that all X2 are 939... i was wondering is it a wise choice to chooose 939 so that when X2 gets cheaper, i can just upgrade to X2 or i should just buy 754 and when upgrade time comes, i buy X2 and compatible mobo. does 754...