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Title kind of sums it up been using a AMD Radeon VII, trying to decide if it is time to upgrade to a newer card or should I wait a bit longer for the next gen cards and processors and just do a whole new build when that comes out? Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hi I have got some of my previous Apple products just sitting around the house, figured it was time to sell them. I currently have the following iPhone 7+ ATT Model A1784 32gb - Good condition small scuff/ scratch in lower right corner of case 250.00 obo iPad Air T-Mobile A1475 32gig includes...

I have always wondered this, but how much of a performance difference does the faster memory make? For example if I have DDR4 2666 vs DDR4 3200 (assume the case is the lowest you can get for each speed). How much of a performance improvement would I see. More importantly would it be a noticeable...

Due to Neweggs Mobo combo policy I ended up with an Extra motherboard, and some spare DDR4 memory, they are new and in the box. Motherboard box lid opened just to look, memory has not been opened or removed from the box. MSI Z170 Gaming M5 motherboard-------------------------> looking for...

I am currently running a Asus R9 290X video card in my rig, I have an option to grade it to the Nvidia 980, for a real good price. Trying to decide if I should wait until the next update in video cards and hold onto what I have or take the plunge. My system specs are a little long in the tooth...

How much luck have people had at undervolting the 8320 and keeping it at the stock speeds?

Anyone have a good and reliable temp monitor for an AMD 8320? I grabbed open hardware monitor and it doesn't seem to be reading correctly. showing pretty much less then 32 Celsius under a light load with a corsair H100. I want t OC the chip but not with out a reliable temp monitor.

Can anyone give me an idea of what temps I should expect on the an AMD 8320 running stock with a corsair H100 with one set of fans (not enough room to do a push/ pull config in the case)? Whats the best way to check the temp for this processor. Just want to know a good baseline before I try...

Ok I have a decent Motherboard Asus Formula VI for the AMD platform. currently running a 965 BE in it. Trying to decide if I should go ahead and get the 8350 (new egg has them on sale for 160.00) or get a new motherboard (Z97 chipset) and a new devil canyon processor when they come out in June...

Real torn trying to decide which card to upgrade to be it nvidia or AMD. Currently running and 5870 from AMD. Definitely time to upgrade. I do almost all my gaming on a single monitor running at 1920 x 1080 res. Any suggestions? Lots of good cards to choose from, looking to get somethign I will...

So the question of the day, I am still running a 5870 video card (my system specs are at end) should I hold of on upgrading to a 7950 or 7970 or jump on one of these cards. For that matter which one is the better bang for the buck? I run my desktop and games (when possible) at 1920x1080, and try...

Looking for a AMD 8350 or 8320, have around 120-140 to spend

Well I am about to rebuild my system with a Corsair H100 in a NZXT Phantom (original). I want to do a push pull configuration. Anyone know if there is a way to get around the clearance issue on the memory slots? I have some corair vengeance memory I will be using and the heat sinks are pretty...

Well just ordered my first SSD got a Samsung 840 250gb drive, I plan on using it for my OS. I do a lot of gaming on my computer is it a good or bad idea to install some of those games to this drive? Any suggestions on what items to not install to this drive? Thanks looking forward to trying out...

Ok based on other advice I am upgrading some pieces of my system currently using MSI 790FX-GD 965BE 2 Gb 1333 DDR3 5870 Video card 1Tb WD Black Edition HD new system with upgraded components Asus CrossHair V Formula MB 965BE Processor (Keeping this processor for now) 16 Gb...

Stuck Trying to figure how much and what to upgrade. I use the system for internet browsing, gaming (MechWarrior Online, World of Tanks, WoW assorted first person shooters and flight sims). I don't do any video encoding or other types of tasks. My Current System MSI 790FX GD85 Motherboard...

Currently running an MSI Motherboard with the 790FX chipset and a 965 BE cpu. I am looking at upgrading to a newer motherboard and possibly processor. I would like to stick with AMD. is it worth it to get a new AM3+ board and a 8320 or 8350 cpu or is AMD about to change sockets again in 2013...

Title says it all, I have a 965 BE Phenom II for the core of the system all running on a MSI 880FX chipset motherboard. Trying to decide if I should up date and to what. Ivy bridge looks interesting, but I keep getting told it is a dead end socket wise and to go with the 2011 boards as that...

I have an older Dell Mini 10 runnign windows 7 starter, I have heard about some people putting the mac os on these netbooks. Anyone have any experience doing that? I assume you would need to purchase a full install of the OS from Apple, but beyond that what version of the os do I need to use...

I have read the review on the corsair power supply, and it looks good I like it being full modular but I was also looking at the NZXT power supply, a little less power, and not fully moduler but less expensive. Corsair has a pretty good reputation but I havent hear anything about NZXT power...

Ok I have narrowed down my new case for my next build to either the NZT Phantom or the 800D Obsidian. I dont plan on watercooling to star but want a case thats easy to add it to. I am also looking for a case that is easy to do wire managemet on (my weakpoint on system builds). Anyone have...

Ok so down to the last part of my computer overhall. Just finished upgrading the cpu to a AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor an MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard and 8gb of Kingston DDR3 1600 memory, and an Antec True Power 1000watPSU. Al thats left is the video card, I am tryign to decide between the 5850...

hi I just put together an AMD Phenom II X4 965 System I am trying to find a tool that is good at reporting cpu temps and also what a nornal range of temps I can expect to see the cpu at. Thanks for any info yuo can send my way

Ok getting ready to build my new system on the bones of my old one, the old system is using an Antec TP 650 I am adding and MSI FX motherboard, AMD Phenom II x4 965, 4 Gigs DDR3 1800 I am looking at upgrading the video to a 5870 or a 4890 in about 2 weeks do I need to upgrade my power supply...

I am looking at putting together a new system, I was thinking of going with an AMD system board to cut my costs. Any recomendations on a good system board for AM3 Socket processors?

Ok got the DVD getting ready to try and install this tonight from the DvD looks straight forward. One question I already have vista on the c drive, do I have wipe that drive tin install Windows 7, or just install it to a drive with no os and multi boot os's?

With prices video cards have come down I am looking at upgrading mine currently running a Gateway computer with the following AMD 9600 Phenom 4 Gigs DDR2 VisionTek 3870 I run at 1600x1050 in most games (play WoW a bunch) and have been noticing some low fps and lag when a lot of effects...

Well I just bought a new Q9300 processor, memory and motherboard finally jumping back to intel from AMD. This is my first experience with the new 775 pin processors and boards, any install advice for someone stil used to the pins being on the bottom of the cpu instead of the system board.

It looks like my psu is dead and a I need a replcaement asap. Anyone know someplace other then Bestbuy in the Fort Worth area that sells quality psu?

Ok question, I am looking at upgrading my system and have been considering a phenom spider system. I noticed that the only phenom processor i can find is rated at 2.2ghz which is actually slower then my current X24400 (939 pin cpu). Is the Phenom actually going to be an upgrade in overall...

At last found a place that had some 3870's in stock. Went with the VisionTek one over HIS because of the lifetime warranty Visiontek has. They still had some of both in stock link below http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3482895&CatId=1826

So I am still tyring to decide what card to upgrade to, and now that the 3870 is out, how would it perform compared to an X1800XT. I was thinking of picking 2 of them up and running them in crossfire mode.

Ok I have had my Sapphire X1800XT for several years, the past couple of months I have started seeing tearing, artifacts, flashes, and sparkles at random while playing WoW and other games. On occasion the whole system freezes (while in games only), on other occasions the game freezes and I can...

Ok so the first question is can you run a crossfire configuration with 2x2600 cards? If you can what kind of performance should you expect, is the performance worth cost. I have a Saphire X1800XT that has suffered some damage (been to RMA twice) and still not fixed. I am looking at an affordable...

Ok currently I am using an ATI X1800XT video card, I am interested in upgrading to a Direct X 10 capable card. If want comparable performance to what I have now which cards should I be looking at? I dont mind going ATI or nVidia just looking for some ifo on what will provide gaming performance...

Ok I have little extra cash and am trying to decide if i should upgrade or wait a little longer. My current system specs; AMD X2 4400+ (939 not AM2) Abit Crossfire System Board 2 Gigs DDR memory ATI X1800XT video card I have the normal assortment of sound card, dvd burners and hard...

Not sure if this is the correct forum if not let me know and I will repost to the correct one. I have a system problem, and am trying to figure out if it is the motherboard or power supply. Bascily the system powers up hard drives, cdrom, floppy all spin up, video card and cpu fans all come...

Well currently been having problems with my computer since Monday I cant access any HTTPS web pages (Secure webpages). Currently I am on my 2nd fdisk and reinstall, and have only installed Windows XP pro, the chpset drivers and nic drivers. in addition WoW (World of Warcraft and a couple of...

Ok I have recently purchased and installed htis board and everythign seems to be working great except for one intermittent problem. I start the system and it boots fine, but it seems to randomly reboot when playing games (WoW) it only does this once, reboots and everyhting runs fine with no...

I am looking to either sell or trade my old system board as i have upgraded to an X2 4400+. I would like to get 170.00 (obo) for the board, processor, and fan. Abit IC7-Max3 Intel P4 3.00 (Hyper Threaded) Stock Heatsink and Cooler All Driver Disks for System Board I have not done any...