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    Top Watercooling i5 Options Under $50?

    In your opinion what are the top 3 bang for your buck watercooling options under $50?
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    Basic Build Help - The Z77A-G41

    Background; coming from a AMD 965BE, and the per processor performance is limiting my 460GTX in some games I play often. As in 20fps when I could be getting 40+ (gpu use is at 45% as the CPU is maxed). I am looking for a very cheap boost into an i5. I think I can get a 2500k for roughly 125-135...
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    Getting 2500K. Z68 or Z77?

    If im getting a 2500K, what advantages will I have going for Z77 rather than Z68? Getting mixed messages via google searches.
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    Dynamic OC Software?

    Ive been a BIOS OCer for years, but recently I've wanted to delve into software overclocking and core/thread management. Being certain things only used a limited number of cores, and I can get a better OC if I OC 2 cores instead of all. I started off using AMD Overdrive, but frankly this...
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    Best i5 3570K Mobo <$100

    Needing some advice/link on sub $100 mobos for a i5 3570K paring. Ive been looking at ASRock Z75 Pro3 for $85. z77 is 10$ more. Anyone have experiences with this board or ones in similar range? Thanks ~~~~~~~edit:~~~~~~~~ So I have the option of a Microcenter in the next month. However the...
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    Best CPU/Mobo combo for Gaming/Vid <$300?

    Wondering what is the current best duo, CPU+Mobo for under 300 shipped for gaming with a side of video editing? 1. Have One GPU (so SLi/CF not required) 2. Have 8 GB DDR3 1066 (so 4x+ ram slots req but im sure thats a given) 3. Will OC the CPU I posted this in motherboards forum but...
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    Best CPU/Mobo combo for Gaming/Vid <$300?

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    Unable To Change The Damn Drive Letter

    1. System has Windows 8 on it 2. Hard drive if failing 3. Get net hard drive -> Use Acronis to do a mirror bootable backup to new drive 4. New drive now has identical contents to old drive. 5. Boots up fine. 6. Windows tries to log in, everything is black Now after short troubleshooting...
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    WD RED 2TB - Partitioning + Burn-in. What Do YOU Do?

    So I got a WD RED coming next week. I'd like some input on what you guys would normally do when getting a new hard drive of this size. I dont have a NAS setup, but this will be on near 24/7 in a desktop system as a general use behind my 64GB SSD. So, how would YOU partition the drive. Not...
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    $100. 2TB. Need Input!

    So, I'm looking for a 2TB hard drive about $100 (no more than $110 shipped). I'm not really after performance, I have my SSD for that, I'm just after reliability, so I don't mind even if its not 7200rpm. I have Newegged and Amazoned, and I have a general idea, but I would like more educated...
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    WD HDDs Dying. Still Under Warranty. Problems..

    So i went to WD site to check if I could replace a couple dying hard drives. So fay one is still covered though to 2014. Great. Now the problems: 1. I try and get more information about this, and it tells me I need to register the device in order to do this. Fine.. 2. In order to register the...
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    Windows 8 Dev UI for Win 8?

    is there a way to make this happen? The Windows 8 Dev UI was the logical evolution of the Windows UI, and instead we got tossed back to Windows 3.1 land. So I ask again; does anyone know of anything apart from using Win8Dev to get the Win8Dev UI into a standard consumer windows 8 edition?
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    Squid3 - Refuses to read txt file for ACL restriction. :( !

    Here is the code: acl ads dstdomain "/etc/squid/ad_block.txt" http_access deny ads Inside the ad_block.txt file is one line for testing ".google.com" no quoats Now ive put inside ad_block.txt a line that i KNOW works if I use it directly like this: acl foo dstdomain .google.com http_access...
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    Proper Squid Setup and Config + ICS?

    So I'll post from another thread i made that began with me trying to find better methods to lower my net use as I have a 20GB cap on my 3G connection (Its either this, Satellite, or Dialup, so Im short on options) (Please note, before doing all this, by myself, I had never previously even used...
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    20GB. My Internet Is Limited, How Do I Control Things That Download In The Background

    I've been using Networx for over a year and its been great for generally seeing how much net ive used in a given period of time. I also use NetLimiter 3, and this helps me limit/stop connections that are downloading too much. My problem is, no matter how much blocking I do its getting...
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    Windows 8 - What Version Does This?

    Greetings attractive members of this forum! I have a question and an example. My question is of what version of Windows 8 has semi-transparent Windows7-like windows? More or less areo. Ive looked online and found many retarded guides that pretend to be, but they are just steps that lead to...
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    GTX460 Very Hot When Idle. Driven me Crazy

    You clicked here rolling your eyes ready to tell me the thermal paste or fan has gone bad, didnt you? HA! Well sadly its not that simple :( When I open Chrome, the GPU goes from min p-state to mac p-state. So im idling on full throttle so to speak. the load is at 0%, and it hovers around 71c...
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    Strange Static/Crackle Sound at Random Times

    So I dont know a better place to put this, thought it would be best to ask here. Ive reinstalled win7.64 recently on my desktop and Ive been getting a new strange sound coming though my speakers every 1-20min. It is *not* from a cell phone, its not nearly as loud as that or remotely like that...
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    Would this PSU be ok for this system?

    Looking for a PSU at about 50$. Does anyone know if there are better options or is this good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153165&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3332167&SID=u00000687 System specs: mobo: AM3...
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    $150 Need Upgrade Advice

    I have a budget of around 150-170 and I need two things; PSU and a better CPU. System specs: mobo: AM3 http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3257#sp cpu: Athlon II X2 240 OC 3.5Ghz gpu: GTX 460 1gb ram: 8GB DDR3 What i usually do is basically gaming, web surfing. Games...
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    460GTX Being Bottlenecked

    I wasn't sure to post this in CPU or GPU, so I choose here because you guys are cooler. ;) I have an AMD mobo that can handle AM3. Right now its got a Athlon II x2 240 OC@3.5. Its bottlnecking the GPU pretty bad. I was wondering what the cheapest CPU upgrade I could make so the CPU inst the...
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    Computer Restarting When In Game; PSU Issue?

    Computer is stable until I load a game. Game being a 3D game, Skyrim, Crysis, GW2, Wow, etc. Sometimes it plays a few min, sometime it will restart upon the first second of rendering. CPU is Athlon II 240 not overclocked. GPU is a 460GTX (came slightly overclocked by manufacturer, but I...
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    Win7 Wont Install to my m4! D:

    Oh, is that all?! :| INFO! MOBO: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3257#sp SSD : M4 64GB 0309 firmware (by the way a new firmware update is out today for all us M4 owners) Yes, I am in AHCI mode. There are no other drives connected to the system expect the flash or the DVD...
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    LCD Upgrade: Old S-PVA vs. New TN?

    So doing LCD reserch and I need actual people yelling at me as to what is what in 2010. My budget is about 220$. What is absolutely needed: - 1920 x 1080 or 1200 What I have found thus far I am having issues between, because I dont know how far TN 6-bit has come in the last 4 years...