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Hi, As you have guessed I'm looking to build a new PC. But would like some help/advice on the parts I have chosen so far. To help give you an understanding of what I'm trying to achieve let me give you the following info: What am I using my rig for? Gaming Budget (including tax and shipping)...

Hi, I have just setup a brand new Windows XP Pro PC. it has two accounts on it. On admin and one limited. The admin account plays sound. The limited account does not play sound. I can't see any hardware conflicts or errors. Does anyone have any ideas why this might happen...

Hi peeps, I'm looking to setup a Gigabit network in my house and I wanted to check a few things so. I'm looking to have an outlets in the following rooms: Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Study Living Room Kitchen (6 Outlets) Each room requires Cat6 cabling to its outlet to...

Hi peeps, I'm looking to buy a new PC and i've set myself a budget of £1300... Which I have gone over by £30 :P So, my question to you is, can you improve my spec without incresing the price? Is there another product I should look at instead of the one I have choosen. Here is the...

Hi, I did post this in another thread but as no one seemed to have an answer I thought I'd stick it in here to... Does anyone know of any decent Benchmark software that: - Test an entitre rig, CPU, GPU and all and gives a final score. - Is free to use. - Is not FutureMark as I'm using...

Hi, Does anyone know of any decent Benchmark software that: - Test an entitre rig, CPU, GPU and all and gives a final score. - Is free to use. - Is not FutureMark as I'm using the software in a commerical environment Cheers

Hi, I'm looking to buy the Asus Vintage V2-P5945G Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo I want to know what else I need to buy. I'm not sure what it comes with in terms of processor if at all etc. Is there like generic stuff you get with a barebones system? Cheers, EL

Hi, I was wondering how do i know if my motherboard came with Firewire 400 or 800. Is there a method of finding out? Cheers EL

Hi, I'm looking for the best Graphics Card I can buy for less than £100. I'm basically then going to go and by it cheap off Ebay as I'm building a cheap system hoping i can get it off there for like £50. But Anyways £100 new best graphics card?? Let the flood begin of opinions hehe

Hi guys, I was wondering does anyone else get random malfuctions on there usb sockets be it the ones extended to the front of your PC or the built in motherboard ones. It's odd cause sometimes I plug in my camcorder or phone and it works fine and then other times it says malfuction or...

Hi, Silly question I expect but are all the Intel Core Duo's 64 bit Processors? If so I gather they would require Windows XP 64 bit version. Not installing that Vista piece of poo if i were to get one LOL :)

Hi, I found this awesome website Vadim Computers . It has these amazingly powerful PC's on there for example 10.4GHz Xeon Processor with 32 GB RAM. Has anyone ever bought something this powerful before and if so how much of a difference have you noticed? Gaming aside I imagine...

Hi All, I want a new PC soon but I'm unsure if I should wait and buy one because I feel hardware is at a weird stage at the moment especialy with Vista around the corner. What do you guys think? Cheers, EL

Hi, I have no doubt this question gets asked all the time but if you had £3500 to spend on a machine and the Mainframe only not worrying about the montior or anything. Would you custom build or go to someone? And if you were to custom build what spec could you get for that money. also...

Will the following PSU be able to run my system or will I need one more powerful? PCP&C 510 Deluxe SLI Click Here Product Description Quantity Case : Akasa Eclipse-62...

Wana buy a 510W SLI PCP&C's PSU, but I can't find a UK shop on the internet that sells em? Anyone know any??

Hi all, I'm thinking of building a new system soon and thought the following would be good, what do you guys reckon: Case Akasa Eclipse-62 £88.07 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ £692.64 Motherboard Gigabyte K8NXP-SLi nForce4 SLi (S939) £106.99 RAM Corsair (TWINXP1024-3200XL)...

I'm think about getting a new PC soonish but unsure if Xeon is the way?? Basicly would it be better for me to get 2x 3.6GHz xeon processors (7.2GHZ) or a single processor like the new pentium D. Would I notice the different. I currently use apps like 3D Studio Max aswell as a major PC Gamer...

I'm think about getting a new PC soonish but unsure if Xeon is the way?? Basicly would it be better for me to get 2x 3.6GHz xeon processors (7.2GHZ) or a single processor like the new pentium D. Would I notice the different. I currently use apps like 3D Studio Max aswell as a major PC Gamer...

How long till we see more powerful fanless PSU's? I see all these PSU's out there claiming to be silent and they have fans, when really there not silent at all and are gona make a noise when pushed. How about introducing some Water cooler PSU's, that would be cool. I'm dying for one...

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How accurate is Gigabyte's Easy Tune 4 with it's CPU temp?

Finaly got everything I wanted in my case here is the spec and some pictures: CPU: 3.06GHz Overclocked to 3.60 RAM: 1GB 400MHz Kingston HyperX got another 1GB coming in a week though Motherboard: Gigabyte 8I875 Graphics Card: BFG 6800 Ultra OC Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 74GB 10,000 RPM...

The LG L1811S Monitor doesn't work with any 6800's. Well Ultras anyway. How shit is that.

Where can you buy a VIVO Cable in the UK. I need to to be S-Video into 3 Pong Reg White and Yellow

I bought the 6800 Ultra OC today but is it better than the XFX card. I hear that these 2 cards are the best on the market. Is this true?

Just got my Gainward 6800 Ultra and it doesn't seem to like my monitor which is a : LG L1811S But the card seems to work fine with my 5 year old CFT Packard Bell monitor LOL. Anyone else having any problems with LCD or TFT screens

Hi, Basicly When I install the Nvidia 61.77 Driver and windows boots I get no screen, i can hear windows load but I can't see anything. So I installed driver 52.16 and now it works but I want to get the newer driver to work for many reasons. Anyone Know whats going on or had the same...

A8V Deluxe Vs GA-K8NSNXP-939 Who wins? Well I'd love to know, anyone know the pro's and con's of both of these boards and why I should side with one rather than the other?

Hi, I'm all abit new to AMD so i'll take a step back here and ask for your help on 2 things. I want to build a 64bit MONSTER! But I am unsure of what is the best Motherboard for the AMD 64? Does anyone know. I was looking at either the Asus SK8N or A8V Deluxe. Also I'm unsure of what...

Hi, I've got 2 512 MB Sticks of Kingston KHX3200AK2 and 2 512MB sticks of Kingston KHX3200. But when I use them together my PC always crashes but the 2 kits are fine on there own. I found out that the kits timings are different, would this cause my PC to crash? KHX3200/xxx is a PC3200...

Hi, I've got 2 512 MB Sticks of Kingston KHX3200AK2 and 2 512MB sticks of Kingston KHX3200. But when I use them together my PC always crashes but the 2 kits are fine on there own. I found out that the kits timings are different, would this cause my PC to crash? KHX3200/xxx is a PC3200...

Does anyone know when the ATI x800 XT is being released in the UK I mean the one by Sapphire, The: Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI - Full Retail Cause no one seems to have a date yet I thought it was meant to be out like now basicly, what is taking so long?