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    Operating system not found if UEFI is activated

    Hi Last November my sister bought a Sony Vaio Laptop (model SVE14126CXP). It came with Windows 8 prei-nstalled (but no media). She didn't make the recovery disks. A couple of months ago the hard drive broke. We don't live in USA, so the cost of sending the laptop to Sony and then back...
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    Motherboard and CPU upgrade

    Hi I want to make a partial upgrade: only motherboard and CPU. Using mfenn post as a reference I'd buy: * i5 3570K ($209.99) * ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($134.99) * Cooler Master Hyper 212 (RR-212E-20PK-R2). ($32.99). I have an Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, but I suppose it won't fit the new...
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    Advice on a little upgrade

    Hi I want to buy a SSD, but I still use Windows XP (my machine is a i7 920). So I thought that I may need a little more memory and upgrade to Windows 7, and later next year buy a new motherboard, memory and processor. Now I have two options: Buy a Samsung 840 and 16GB Corsair Vengeance...
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    Need help with air cooling

    Hi I bought my new pc last year. Everything was working fine, until the fan of my video card died. For now I'm using and old EVGA 7800GT. PC Probe shows that my cpu temperature is 47C, motherboard 39C and EVGA Precision tells me my 7800GT is around 60C (iddle). I live in a tropical...
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    New build

    Hi. I want to buy a new system. I think I've all figured out, except for the graphic card. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming, general use. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a...