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    Energy problem with 560Ti?

    About 8 months ago I put together the following setup: Core i7 2600 (no overclock) 3x2Gb DDR3 MSI GTX 560Ti Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 motherboard At the time I used a Corsair VX 550W PSU to power it. The reviews on this PSU were very good, and a lot of people suggested it was more than...
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    Is a Corsair 550VX enough for this?

    These are the parts: Core i7 2600 Sandy Bridge 3x2GB RAM 1600Mhz MSI Geforce 560Ti 1 hard drive, 1 optical drive No overclock (other than the small OC that comes with the video card) Is a Corsair 550VX enough to run this? The video card says it only requires 500w, but I want to make sure.
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    Flash player stopped working

    My flash player suddenly stopped working. Where it's supposed to be a flash thingy on a website, I only see a white box. If I right click this white box, I still get the Flash menu, and can even change some settings, but I can't get it to work. This is happening in all browsers I tried...
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    Sapphire 4850 512MB stuck at PCI-e 1x

    Ok, I've been having some performance issues at games, and now I noticed that my video card is stuck at PCI-e 1x, when it is supposed to be 16x. I checked both in GPU-Z and ATI Catalyst, and they both show it as 1x. I never checked this before, so I don't know if it was already like this when I...
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    HD 4850 - slow 2D performance?

    My 8800GT recently died and I got a 4850 to replace it. I removed the nVidia drivers and ran Driver Sweeper before installing the ATI drivers. While performance in games seems fine, my 2D performance in regular desktop is terribly slow. Things like scrolling a web page, dragging a window and...
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    Closing torrent programs kills my internet

    I've had this issue with 2 different computers (same router, though), and 3 different torrent programs (Azureus, Bit Comet and uTorrent). Whenever I close the program, my internet stops working and only comes back when I reset my router (which takes about a minute). Anyone had a similar issue...
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    Lightweight cooler for E8400?

    Hi, I just got a E8400 and the stock cooler is tiny (not to mention hard to install.. I'm still not sure it's installed correctly after fighting with the push pins for hours).. I'd like to overclock it a bit, so I'm looking for an aftermarket solution. However, most coolers I've seen are huge...
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    Asus K8N not compatible with BFG 7800GS?

    I've tried everything I know, but I just can't get these two to work together. The video card works normally when put on another motherboard, and the motherboard works normally when I put another video card.. I tried reseating the card hundreds of times, updated BIOS and chipset drivers...
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    Will 1 more gig be a good upgrade for me?

    My PC is this: Asus K8V SE Deluxe Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 754) 1 Gig of RAM (2x512, DDR333) BFG GeForce 7800GS (AGP) As you can see, I don't have many upgrade options with AGP and socket 754. Right now I have the opportunity to replace those memories with 2x1GB DDR400 from G.Skill...
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    What makes a video card die?

    I had a Prolink 6600GT, which died after 9 months of use.. Now I have a BFG 7800GS on the way, and I was wondering: why did my 6600GT die? Was it bad luck? Bad brand? Or is something wrong with my system? I want to make sure my 7800GS doesn't die too.. I know it has lifetime warranty...