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Well I got bit by the black friday/cyber monday bug and bought a gigabyte z97 board and an i5 4690k processor setting me back about 300 bucks. If i decide to keep it it will be upgrading an amd PhenomII x6 (never been OC) and biostar TA890FXE My question is, will i see an appreciable...

Hi there folks, Looking to pick up a couple things here, WTB Need a low end video card, hoping not to spend too much here as the machine will not be used for gaming... This card must be a PCIExpress card. Not interested in AGP sorry :( (NOTE: Will also consider a socket 775 board with...

I need a tool to cap video from my game console that i have hooked up to my 7800GT w/ vivo. I've tried a few and they do an ok job, but the software is bulky and not all that hot. Any recommendations on something clean and easy to try?

Hello, i'm going to be moving to pci-e platform with the amd tech bundle so i will need a new video card. I'm looking to spend anywhere from 200-270 including shipping and am considering anything from the x800 series -prefer x800xl- and from the geforce 6800 series. Please let me know what you got.

I am unsure about this subject but thought i would toss it into the ring here as this community of hardocp has been the best as far as hardware knowlege goes. My question is this, what is this that i hear of teir 1, 2 etc. memory providers? Does this only apply to oem systems (this is an...

Hello mac-heads, I'm a pc user but am looking to expand my horizons with a mac, and i have a question or two. My first one is what is the difference between mac os 9 and mac osX ? I currently want to procure a mac so i can teach myself to know the os ins and outs, so that i can become a mac...

I'm new to the world of tv tuner cards and htpc stuff, and i would like to get a hdtv tuner card for my pc (it's a desktop ). Well here is my question though. Which do i go with? I at work can get a ati HDTV wonder for ~120$ plus Uncle Sam. But it seems that this card cannot recieve...

I have a dvd drive that won't open. Here is what happens when you press the eject button: The drive tries to open, you can see the tray physically move, but then the drive succumbs to the inability to push the tray open and gives up. So, what does this mean? Get a new drive? (would rather not as...

Hello, thanks for looking. I've got quite a bit of old stuff as well as some newer stuff that i really want to get rid of and hopefully get something that i could use out of it. GAME PRICES LOWERED!!! $$$ Non-free email: [email protected] Heatware under: SupaDupaNerd Some...

How do i disable windows messenger ie. get it to NOT run in the background on startup or otherwise get rid of it entirely (the built in MSN client for XP) Apparently it's running even though i don't have the icon in my system tray :eek:

I'm running a XP2500+ on a gigabyte 7n-400pro2 motherboard so no mounting holes for me. :( Anyhow I need a recomendation for a good HSF unit or A good heatsink. The HSF that i'm running right now is the standard one that came with the cpu. I'd like to at least get this thing running at...

I have a netgear wireless card (WG311v2)that is intermittently NOT shown in the device manager in windows. Any help??? :confused: Specs are: classic athlon 950, 256MB pc-100, nvidia tnt pci, (wireless card), ISA sound card, netgear 10/100 NIC

Noobish question... I don't know how 'banding' is defined but i might be experiencing it... Is it say when you see ghosting of lines across the screen and those ghostings travel along when you move a window around???! What would cause this? Improper cooling?, unremoved stuff from moving the...

Anyone know where i could buy the dvd version of Far Cry? I still do not have this game but would want it on dvd.

I've got my sisters digital camera here and do not have any batteries for it :( I really want to use this so i can grab some photos from it, but i'm wondering if i can use one of my spare a/c adaptors that i have lying around on it. The port says DC 6v in, and i have an adaptor with a 6v...

Well my lil'l sister is needing a machine to do her school work on, and i'm trying to help her save some $$ and get 'er done cheapa cheapa. :) So out there, help a brotha out and lemme know what you have. Here's what i'm looking for: Flatscreen LCD monitor: Something smaller...

Well i just fixed my northbridge fan, (stopped running so i unscrewed it and then took the back label off and dropped a bit of motor oil in the hole) and it runs fine now. But while installing it i noticed the fan on my video card stopped to. Anyone have some input why this would happen to 2...

Hello, my system is as follows, Gigabyte 7n400 pro2 2500+ corsair twinx 3700 (512 kit) Tyan radeon 9700pro SB live 5.1 I want to upgrade my ram. My motherboard has 4 dimm slots. Should i just add another stick or is there history of either stability or performance issues when using...

I don't know if this would be the correct forum but found it to be the most applicable... I am curious as to what the best alternative to dvd x copy would be for copying movies and dvd's. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, i'm looking to buy a 5.1 or 6.1 sound system. I'm looking for a middle of the road sort of system not too pricey, but with enough bang for the buck (read: no cheap stuff either). Lets hear your offers and lets talk :D BTW: the range i'm looking to spend is from 60-130$$