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Hello everyone, I am looking to assemble a cost efficient gaming build, should be around $600, the goal is to get best performance/price available. CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 $95 Motherboard MSI B550-A Pro $115 RAM 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16 $90 GPU GTX 1650 Super $130 Storage...

I am planning a build that can theoretically handle 1Gbit/s VPN encryption/decryption. The goal was to get a CPU with AES-NI, iGPU, good single thread performance (OpenVPN is only single threaded), perhaps some extra cores for Wireguard use in the future. A Mobo with dual Intel NICs (for...

I have been holding out for the new Lenovo Legion 5 laptop however I am quite disappointment to see that only the Intel variant comes with an RTX 2060. See Lenovo: AMD: https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5-series/Lenovo-Legion-5-15ARH05/p/88GMY501444 Intel...

Is it possible to buy a desktop version of the RX 5500? (non XT version) https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/amd-radeon-rx-5500 This seems like it would be the ideal entry level gaming card however I can only find the more expensive RX 5500 XT for sale.

Hello everyone, I am looking to assemble a budget gaming build (~$500) and I am looking for your opinions on my part list. I will be building this end of June, so I am assuming for now that the B550 board will be available and that prices/availability will have returned to normal... CPU AMD...

Hello everyone, I have an old motherboard which I replaced some dead capacitors on and I would like to run some tests on the board to determine if it is stable or not. What is the best way to test motherboard stability? I assume the approach is to use a CPU and RAM which is proven to be...

Hey Everyone, I am searching for a socket 939 DFI Lanparty nF4 motherboard, could be the Ultra-D or the SLI-DR Here is a picture of the Ultra-D to stir up some memories: Let me know if you have one kicking around! Thanks for looking :)

Hi Everyone, So I am in the process of putting together a parts list for a new HTPC. The goal is to make a future proof HTPC which can do the following: 4k @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.0 needed) HDCP 2.2 compatible (netflix 4k streaming) HDR Onboard graphics Quiet mITX form factor (small) Budget $500-600...

Goal is to build a 4k/60Hz ready HTPC with hdmi 2.0 and hdcp 2.2, budget was ~$500 so this is over, not sure where to cut. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock - B450 GAMING-ITX/AC Mini...

Hey everyone, I have an old DFI Lanparty nF4 Ultra-D which I am in the process of re-capping and reviving which has a bad NB fan. Does anyone have a cooler which would fit in that spot for sale? I think the Evercool VC-RE was the go-to replacement way back when. Also heard the Thermalright...

As stated looking to buy a complete Lian-Li PC-61 case as seen below: Also interested in buying just a side panel from one of these in the off chance someone has one lying around (no idea why you would but hey...)

Hey Everyone, I am looking for a PSU for my HTPC, this will be going in a Fractal Design Core 500 Case. Requirements: Cost: $50-80 Wattage: ~500 Length: 160mm maximum Certification: 80 Bronze minimum Noise: As silent as possible Cables: Full or Semi modular Potentials: Seasonic G550...

Hey Everyone, I have been searching for a Mini ITX board which has HDMI 2.0 for an HTPC I am building but have not been having much success... From what I can tell the ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 ITX is the only Mini ITX board with HDMI 2.0? From the specs: Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to...

Hey everyone, Looking for an old socket 939 motherboard. If anyone has a DFI Lanparty nf4 Ultra-D (seen below) I would love you. PM me if you have one!

Hi Everyone, I have been contemplating building an HTPC for a while now and with the Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Boxing Day season upon us I figured now was time to snag some deals and build one. All my media is stored on a local server so I don't need any storage in the HTPC, I am planning on...

Ok so my friend is looking for a gaming laptop, plans to play starcraft 2 and diablo 3 when it comes out. He has a max price of 1500$, looking for something around 15 inches. So far I am looking at the Lenovo W520, Dell XPS 15z and the Alienware M14x. Do any of those choices have dynamic gpu...

I apologize if this question has already been asked a million times. I just set up a Dlink DIR-825 in our new house and I'm trying to decide which frequency to use for our laptops. I used a wifi strength meter to survey the house and it seems that the 5ghz band gets about 10% less signal...

My family and I are moving into a new house and I want to make sure the wireless network is going to reach everywhere (the house is big). I'll be getting an N router but I'm not sure that will cover it all, could I get some sort of access point that I can place somewhere in the house to boost...

I need an 8gb kit for my new MBP, it comes stock with 4gb of ddr3 1333 so I figured I should get the 8gb kit also in 1333... I was looking at this mushkin kit: http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Apple/976647A.aspx Does anyone have any experience with this ram? Any alternatives I should look...

I just ordered a 15 inch MBP and I want to change the 4gb of ram to 8gb. ++++ has 8gb of mushkin 1333 9-9-9-24 for 54$ after rebate, here is the link Will this work properly in my 2011 15" MBP? Does anyone have any experience with this ram? Is it a good choice? Thanks

I'm getting the high-res that isn't a question, I'm just not sure about glossy or antiglare. The colors seem more vivid on the glossy but the antiglare is well...antiglare, which could be usefull in classrooms sitting near a window or outside... What do you all think?

I'm buying a 15" Macbook Pro in the next few days and I wanted to know what the battery life is like while in linux? (scientific linux). I know that in Win7 under bootcamp it isnt great due to the use of only the dedicated gpu and not switching to the intel one, is it the same thing in linux...

What's the latest on this? Is there any way to get win7 off of the dedicated gpu while bootcamped?

Hey guys, So I am going to be buying a laptop for school in the next few days and I wanted a 2nd opinion on my choice. I need a laptop with good battery life and a decent gpu to handle 3d stuff such as catia, solidworks, autocad and any other 3d modeling software I throw at it. I am...

I have 2GB (4x512mb) of crucial ballistix ddr 400 ram and I can't get it to run stable. I have tried all the settings I can think of but it wont even run at stock speed and stock timings (200hz @ 2-2-2-6). The problem is there are so many settings on this DFI I'm sure one of them is messing it...

2x 1GB OCZ Platinum XTC Rev.2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Timings 4-4-4-x Used but will be sold in original case, 100% working just pulled from rig. 30$ shipped. Also 1GB DDR 400 PC3200 ram, cl=3, 2.6v Here is a link to the exact part on the crucial site: link Price: 20$ shipped. More...

2x 1GB OCZ Platinum XTC Rev.2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Timings 4-4-4-x Used but will be sold in original case, 100% working just pulled from rig. 30$ shipped. Also 1GB DDR 400 PC3200 ram, cl=3, 2.6v Here is a link to the exact part on the crucial site: link Price: 20$ shipped. More...

Hey guys, I'm selling my 1GB DDR 400 PC3200 ram, cl=3, 2.6v Here is a link to the exact part on the crucial site: link Price: 25$ shipped. Pictures on request. Thanks

Hey everyone, So I have always used 2 sticks of ram in dual channel. I would always use 1T command rate and then mess around with timings, multiplier etc. Now I have purchased a set of 4 memory sticks (4x512mb) and I have them set up in dual channel. Now I started trying to overclock them...

2x 1GB OCZ Platinum XTC Rev.2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Timings 4-4-4-x Used but will be sold in original case, 100% working just pulled from rig. 45$ shipped.

Like the title says, I need an opteron 165 (yes s939), preferably with the stock HS. Post what you have with stepping and price shipped. Thank you.

Hey everyone, So I am in search of some crucial ballistix ddr400 pc3200 ram, it came in packs of 2x512mb. The kind I am looking for was like this: I am in search of 2, 1gb (2x512mb) kits. Let me know, Thanks!

Hey, I am considering getting a macbook and I wanted to know if I can triple boot os x, windows and linux? I know that in os x you can use bootcamp to install windows but I was wondering if you can do the same for linux, be it SL or Ubuntu. I want it set up so that when I boot I have a choice...

Hey, I am searching for a dual core socket 939 cpu, preferably an opteron 185. I also need either 1gb of crucial pc3200 or a 2gb kit of ddr1 ram. Let me know what you guys have, Thanks

Hey, This had just started hapenning to me... Every time I close a game like WoW or CS:S the game will close and my desktop will come up but I wont be able to do anything... If I click an icon to launch something nothing happens, if I try to opent the start menu nothing happens. I can't do...

Hey, The PC I am on right now is an old compaq... It has 1 700Mhz AMD Duron, 256mb+128mb or PC100 Ram, upgraded video card to a MSI FX5200... I use it to play WoW when I am at this house, i can play on all lowest settings and resolution resonably well and lag fre most of the time unless...

Yeh... That looks like its slower than pc2100 (133Mhz)...What is it? It's in my mom's old computer.

Hey, My friends Dell: http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...cs.htm#1103387 says it has a 2x/4x AGP slot, correct? would a 8x/4x card like an x1300Pro work in there? or would he have to get a 2x/4x card like this have to do it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=48...

Hey, I had my opty 146 at 2.8Ghz (this is a stable oc) and my ram ay 280 3-3-3-6 (also stable) and I wanted to bench my new 7900GT CO. I found the max core (555Mhz) and I just put the ram to 1600Mhz and ran 05. Everything worked perfectly, I scored about 9.5k. Now I decided that the...