OK, So my PC is like a mini radiator. Although summer is basically over... I'm still curious if anyone does anything special to get the heat out that is generated by a desktop PC.
Sometimes I wonder if should drill a hole in the wall and possibly vent the heat from the desktop PC with some...
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So I finally got my Intel SSD 160gb and I'm currently installing OS. I'm wondering what to do with my old hard drive (150GB Western Digital 10K RPM).
I currently use a Maxtor external hard drive to back up all my data just in case something goes wrong...
I'm thinking maybe I should...
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I've been waiting to buy an Intel SSD for some time and since I'll be doing a fresh install I have my doubts about whether I should wait till October when Windows 7 comes out.
The only thing is... I have doubts about whether I really want Windows 7 right away or how much better it...
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I recently bought D-LINK DIR-855 and USB Adapter DWA-160. The problem is that i have router on first floor and my PC Desktop is on second floor. I bought the USB DWA-160 thinking I would take advantage of 5GHz signal... The USB adapter DWA-160 is showing the following signal...
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I was having a problem with a game (COH) and EVGA asked me to check the BIOS reading for 12V. According to EVGA, 12V should show 11.98V or higher.
My BIOS hardare monitor is showing 11.64v for 12V.... Is this normal ?
Checking Thermaltake website it states the following...
I normally play at 1920x1200 and I currently have a 8800 ultra.
I'm planning on buy a new video card next month but I want to stay away from SLI or CF. My understanding is that there are some games don't scale well with 2 video cards so I prefer to stick with a single video card.
I'm...
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I have a QX6850 and I previously had my CPU OC'd from 3GHz to 3.66GHz. I mainly play 2 games, AOE III & COH. When ever I play COH, about 40% of the time I get BSOD or game crashes.
I don't have any issues with playing AOE III or doing anything else... only when I play COH.
I have...
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I was thinking about buying a VGA cooler for my 8800 Ultra but was holding back to see what GTX 280 was made of... The only reason for me to upgrade is to be able to play Crysis at very high settings... but looks like this is still not possible at 1920x1200 unless if I go SLI. I prefer...
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When taking idle/load CPU temp... I normally place my PC on its side and take side panel off. When I retake my idle/load CPU with PC upright and side panel closed... my idle/load temp increases by 7C as shown below.
Open case - PC laying on side
QX6850 @ 3.66GHz vcore 1.4125 Room...
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I have overclocked my QX6850 to 3.66GHz. Running everest ultimate for stress testing I had found my PC stable with 1.4875v. After stress testing for 8 hours... I thought it was good enough.
Recently I had RMA'd my MOBO (Sriker Extreme) and wanted to re-attempt to lower voltage at...
I have a 2-3 Month old PC. I really have not had problems with adware, spyware, virsus etc but decided that I wanted to get some type of internet security.
I first tried Norton 360. For some reason I was unable to install Norton 360. Working with Noron representative they said something...
Need some help in OC'ing. I have changed multiplier from 9 to 11 and change vcore to get stability.
Below is my result when OC'ing with vcore at 1.425
QX6850 @ 3.66 vcore 1.425 Room Temp 26C
High fan cpu 17 idle, 46 load. Increase of 29C
High fan core#1 25 idle, 59 load...
OK, I'm starting to look at what security I need for my VISTA 64BIT.
I do need an antivirus but what about firewall & spyware/malware ... Is Windows defender and windows firewall already included good enough ?
I've read that Kaspersky maybe the best for antivirus...
If I need to get...
When playing Company of Heroes, 80% of the time game freezes/crashes on me when playing online.
I have installed/unistalled video drivers with no luck... I even went as far as formatting PC over the weekend but no luck. When I formated PC I only installed basic stuff... I had not intalled...
I just got CoolIT Freezone Elite and wanted to share my results....
My PC:
OS: VISTA 64BIT
CPU: QX6850
MOBO: Asus Striker Extreme
MEM: 4GB
CASE: CM STACKER 830
PSU: 850 Watts
GPU: EVGA 8800 ULTRA
Monitor SOFTWARE: Everest Ultimate
ROOM TEMP: 25C
Below testing was done with an open...
Recently I purchased a PC with VISTA 32bit and 2Gb of Memory. I had some hardware problem and I returned PC.... But while I had PC, I usually played Company of Heroes and 30% of the time it crashed... Looks like a nvidia driver problem... I also play Age of Empires but had no problems at...
OK, So I just got this new rig... Below are my setting...
OS: Vista 32-Bit
CPU: QX6850 with Factory OC to 3.66GHz
MOBO: Asus Striker Extreme
PSU: Thermaltake 1,000 Watts
Cooling Fan: Vigor Monsoon II Lite
Memory: 2 Gigs DDR2 800 - Mushkin Xtreme
Video: EVGA 8800 Ultra
Because I am a...
I want to buy a 24" monitor for mostly PC gaming.
I was pretty much set on DELL 24" but I noticed some good reviews for BenQ 24".
I know that the BenQ has HDMI, but i really don't think I'm gonna use HDMI.
I also liked DELL's sound bar speaker that is attached at the bottom of the...
I don't know if having 2 8800 GTX will make a difference... can you help me decide...
I am planning to buy a PC in September and this is what more or less what I will buy:
OS: Vista Home 32-bit
CPU: QX6850 @ 3.6
GPU: 8800 GTX
Monitor: DELL 24" 1920 x 1200
Games: Company of Heroes, BF2...
I hope this is not too long... but here goes...
I'm a gamer ready to buy the ultimate gaming rig...
Due to space, I've always had a notebook to play games but I'm tired of my cpu always running at 100% when playing (2.1GHz)... I'm always playing at a disadvantage... My PC is not able...
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