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    Old psu problems?

    I recently upgraded my video card from a 6950 to a R9 290. My power supply is a pc power & cooling silencer 750, which is about 7 years old. It meets the wattage requirements, and has enough amps on the +12V rail. But I have been experiencing some issues. First of all, my old gpu had an...
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    Strange issues

    Whenever I turn my laptop on, or wake it up from sleep, my desktop comes out of sleep as well. At first I thought it might have been caused by crashplan, my backup program. I have it setup to backup files from my laptop to my desktop. So I uninstalled crashplan, but it still happens. At this...
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    z68 motherboard suggestions please

    I'm planning on upgrading to a sandy bridge system, but can't find a motherboard that has all the features I want within my budget. My priorities are: 1. Overclocking. I want a board with great overclocking potential. 2. I want at least two 4-pin fan headers, for a push-pull setup on a...
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    upgrade advice needed

    I'm looking to upgrade from my radeon hd 4890 so I can play upcoming titles without turning down too many settings. I really don't have a brand preference, but 6950s on newegg include a free copy of Deus Ex 3, which I'd really like to take advantage of. My main question is whether to get a 6950...
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    Budget sandy bridge gaming build

    I'm thinking of putting together a sandy bridge gaming build. I've got specific questions about the ram, motherboard, and video card. Here's my info. 1. My pc will be used mostly for gaming, with normal college related tasks mixed in. I want to be able to run Skyrim and Deus Ex 3 without...
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    Intel 320 or Corsair F115?

    I've finally decided to take the plunge on a SSD. I've narrowed down the options to the intel 320 or the corsair force f115. My system doesn't have sata 6gbps, so I'll take the lower price of a sata ii drive. Which one should I go with? Or is there some other drive I'm ignoring that might be...
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    Game installs on 'green' HDD

    I was wondering if there is a noticeable difference between the speed and responsiveness of game installs on a 'green' hard drive vs a normal one. I'm thinking of upgrading to a SSD soon, but because my Steam folder is so large, it would have to be on the secondary hard drive. I'm torn...
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    Psu for hd5750

    A friend of mine is thinking of buying a radeon hd5750. She's got a earthwatts 430 power supply. Would that be enough to power the video card? I know it has a pci-e connector for the card. Ati's recommended minimum is 450 watts, but would the 20 watt difference really matter?
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    3870 vs 4770

    I've got a radeon hd 3870 that I'm gonna upgrade. I want to do gaming at 1920x1080 or 1900x1200 and want to know if the hd 4770 would be a good upgrade. Or should I go for a hd 4870 or 4890?
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    p35 vs x38

    I'm choosing between a p35 and x38 board for my next build. As far as I know, the major difference is that the x38 supports pci-express 2.0 and the p35 doesnt. Will not having pci-e 2.0 affect me now or in the future? For example will my hd3870 run slower without 2.0? And what about future video...
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    Need help choosing chipset/cpu combo

    I am in the process of buying parts for a new pc. I want the motherboard to last as long as possible so i can just upgrade certain parts as i need to. The last pc i built used a socket 939 amd board just as that socket died. I don't want that to happen again. Here's the answers to those sticky...