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Hi all - I'm looking for some build suggestions... I haven't built a computer in over 10 years. The laptop I am using is from university - over 8 years ago! Any help is greatly appreciated as I've been out of the game for some time. Anyways, I've got a budget of about $2,000 CAD and I'm from...

Hi all, I'm trying to use a range extender to improve my office connection and have encountered a couple issues that I can't explain. Equipment: HP Elitebook with Intel dual band wireless AC 8265 Samsung Galaxy S9 New Shaw router with 300mbps connection Before we get to the range extender, our...

Hi all - looking for help in assessing my options for a better network speed now that my fiance and I are working from home full-time due to COVID-19. Situation: We live in Alberta, Canada and subscribe to Shaw Internet 300mbps. Her office is on the main floor of the house where the Shaw...

Hi everyone. I've been out of the build game for awhile as my last purchase was a laptop about 4 years ago. So I'm guessing my last PC build was around 8 years ago! I'm hoping some of you geniuses could help me build a mid range PC that will perform well for games like Battlefield 5 and new...

Hi all - I have a GE70 laptop that's 2 years old now. I'm looking to find the best video card upgrade I can find for $200-300. It currently has a Geforce GTX 765M in it.

Hey guys, I just bought a new MSI gaming laptop (in sig) and I'm currently playing BF4 on medium graphic settings (not customized). The frame rate is very good right now, but when I turn it on high I notice it begins to slow down. Does anyone have any recommendations on which settings I...

Hey guys. I'm a student so I need to buy a laptop for school purposes. I also have a desktop system (in my sig) that I love playing BF3 with, with maxed settings. I was hoping that with my laptop purchase, I could spend in the range of $1000-$1400 and get one with a good enough video card to...

Hey everyone. I'm just wondering how the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX stacks up against equivalent PC video cards. I'm thinking of buying an ASUS gaming laptop and want to know how it would run BF4. :) I can't afford anything better so I hope the 670MX is good enough?

Hey everyone, I built my PC (in sig) 2 years ago for Battlefield 3 with the advice of everyone on these forums. Awesome build, and allowed me to max out BF3 graphics while still functioning very well for lots of software I use for school. It still functions very well for what I need for...

I originally bought the PC (in my sig) for BF3. Mint purchase. I have everyone on HF to thank for my last 2 PC purchases over the previous 5 years. I'm in need of a laptop now, and I'm looking at purchasing it in January, or possibly as soon as boxing day if deals come up. With my experience...

I've installed a program called WAMP that installs apache, php 5, mysql on windows 7. Everything is working fine and I can see my website working when I type in http://localhost/. Now I go to wamp and put my server online, type in my router ip and nothing happens. So I go into my router...

As the title says - is it possible? Gmail is all web based so it's not really an application. I know I could download outlook and direct my gmail through there, but is there any other way?

I'm looking for a well rounded laptop that I can use away from my desktop at home. I'm a finance major that uses lots of math/stat/econ apps, data software, photoshop, vb programming and often need many apps open at once. I also like to game with the spare time that I have (battlefield 3)...

How do I set up my background to show continually through to my next monitor? Right now all of the options in windows 7 seem to only let me fit/stretch/tile etc to my main display, and it just duplicates the pattern to my secondary monitor. ps. I am using a dual monitor desktop image as my...

I have a 42" 1080p TV that I'm trying to connect to my PC with a dual monitor config so that I can watch movies on my TV. All of my HDMI inputs are being used so I bought a DVI to Component cable. I connected the DVI to my PC (560ti vcard) and the component to the TV, went into my monitor...

I'm regretting not spending a little more on my recent build. I get about 55-65fps in bf3 on high settings, and sub 40 on ultra. Id ideally like 55+fps on ultra, so what are my options? My build is in my sig. My immediate thoughts are dual 560ti, which probably means an upgraded PSU from my...

Phenom X4 9650 Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Kingston 2x2GB DDR2 800 Radeon HD4850 512MB WD 500GB 7200RPM BFG LS-680 680W MS Vista 64-Bit ANTEC 300 case DVD writer Edit: SOLD

I'm just wondering what goes into creating a dedicated game server for a game like BF3. Websites like Multiplay offer 64 player servers for around $70/month which seems pretty cheap. Is it possible to make your own desktop server build for around $1000, upgrade your line to a 100MB connection...

I'm wondering what the top providers are for dedicated game servers. I'm thinking about renting one for my friends to screw around on with BF3

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1200 max after tax 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Vancouver, Canada 4) What exact...

I've slapped something together, looking for some criticism. Planning on spending $1500 after taxes, and I'm only willing to shop at http://www.a-power.com because its right outside my house and they don't have horrible prices. Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 ICH10R LGA1366 6xDDR3 SLI Motherboard Intel...

I'm thinking of building a new system or upgrading the one I currently have (which is now approaching 3 years old). My current system specs are located in my sig. To be honest, my current setup does everything that I want it to, except it can't keep up with the newer games. I've tried the BF3...

What is the difference in performance between running a game on a SSD as opposed to a HDD? Obviously the game will load faster from windows, but is there any in-game performance difference?

Description of the tower is in my sig. I'm planning on giving the tower to my brother (with some upgrades) for his birthday. I'd like to spend no more than 500 after tax. Does the GA-MA790GP support AM3 chipsets? I'm hearing conflicting information regarding this. Will this mobo take DDR5...

I'm planning on buying a new rig (tower only) in around 4 weeks (depending on the buy now or wait clause) with a budget of around ~$1350 +/- $100 (pre-tax). The computer will be geared towards gaming, with a flavor towards using it for my job which requires 2-3 monitor support side-by-side. I...

I tried hooking up an old HDD to my newer computer. Long story short, I forgot to turn off my computer before hooking it up lol. I saw a spark ignite and I'm basically like, ah shit, its toast. Is there any way to retrieve the data from the HDD if I shorted it?

I'm planning on shelling out around 1400-1500 (after taxes) on a new system, primarily geared towards gaming. Obviously the choice is clear, get a desktop computer because its cheaper (especially when I already have Windows/Monitor/KB/Mouse). However, I'm also transferring to university and I...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming... *cough* bf3 *cough* 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1200-1350 NOT including tax or shipping 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming ie. BF3 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1400-1600 tax included 3) Where do you live? Vancouver, BC 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming (BF3 baby) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? around $1200-1400 not including tax 3) Where do you live? Vancouver, BC, Canada 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM...

I always made fun of my friends that send me e-mails regarding penis growth enlargement, tit jobs, and million dollar offers - mainly because these are worms on their computer sending out these e-mails to all of their MSN (etc) contacts and they are too stupid to have prevented this from...

I've been absent from the whole hardware scene for awhile now :eek: ...mainly due to university. So I'm thinking about either buying a laptop, which would be useful for school as well, vs buying a PC that has obvious cost benefits. My question is; if I am willing to buy a PC for around...

Every time I transfer videos to another PC via TVersity my mouse on the root PC begins to lag terribly. It boggles my mind as to how this is even possible that a network can effect the movement of the mouse. Anyone ever experience something like this?

My PC auto connects to my wireless router even though its hard wired directly from my PC to the router. When I disable my wireless adapter on my PC via device manager, and begin to search for another network, it cannot find anything. My PC does not recognize the hard wired connection. Other...

I just formatted my computer and upon completion my PC connects to my wireless router automatically with the wireless connection. It is hardwired to the router and that's the connection I would prefer. Where do I find the options to change this? I feel like I've looked everywhere.

What type of video card 'family' will fit in my motherboard? - Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Specifically I'm looking at the Sapphire Radeon brands.... will the board fit any one of these whether its a $100 or $600 card? What should I look for when selecting which one to go with? Keep in mind...

My computer is about 2 1/2 years old - I can barely run Starcraft 2 =( I'm looking forward to a Battlefield 3 post-summer, so I'm going to upgrade it now and hopefully I don't need to buy a complete system after I figure out my upgrades weren't enough. Any help you guys can give me is...

I recently formatted my HD because of a system error. A relief because my once cluttered desktop is now clean and everything useless vanished into thin air. As you can see from my specs below (sig), I dont have the fastest computer, but before I could still max out the settings in Starcraft...

When I click on a Panoramio photo located in Google Earth, the image is always cut off on the top. Any suggestions on how to fix this?