Computer Hardware and Best Computer Parts

• Looking on upgrading RAM...or maybe something else (jasonalwaysready posted this at 12:45 AM)
  what are your current system specs? Generally if you are gaming, the gpu is the best thing to upgrade. the rams that you picked out are large and will generally make aftermarket cpu coolers hard t
• New video card fan not running? (dahlia13 posted this at 12:25 AM)
  I think its faulty. Double check its plugged into the gpu board.
• ATI/AMD radeon HD5950 and battlefield 3; help! (Mike-Techno-Thug posted this at 12:15 AM)
  MindoverMaster;1957033]Did you download the latest version of CCC? sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx]ATI Radeon That looks like the desktop version, MoM. This is the driver
• New Builder- Gaming/Art Rig, Critique please! :) (I_Am_Skip posted this at 10:56 PM)
  Don't go with that RAM as the heatspreaders are way too tall and will cause trouble if you later go with an after-market heatsink. Go with this set instead: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8
• Critique My First Build! (Thoughts?) (Will Buy Soon) (I_Am_Skip posted this at 10:55 PM)
  TheRoo;1957162]As far as the i5 CPU goes... That's a for sure no. I do a ton of video editing/encoding/flash generating and multitasking. The x4core 3.6 fx is simply much better for my general needs.
• Need Help deciding on a laptop (I_Am_Skip posted this at 10:53 PM)
  What are you going to do with it? Any gaming at all? I would go with the i3. It is a lot better than the AMD. Also, the GFX cards are very close to each other in performance.
• how much can the gtx 570 take? (I_Am_Skip posted this at 10:52 PM)
  Yeah, you are good...no problem at all
• Feedback For New Build (And Builder) (I_Am_Skip posted this at 10:51 PM)
  Get the CoolerMaster HAF 922, 932 or X







Internet - Web Technology

• whats the best anti virus software? (GhOsT1321 posted this at 10:39 PM)
  Basically there is no such thing as best. There is best for you. That means which ever one that you like that does the job you want. Picking and AV is like picking a car. They all have their own s
• Looking for software?! (dahlia13 posted this at 09:18 PM)
  I would start by learning adobe photoshop. It will be useful no matter what you do. But it is costly, the www.gimp.org/]Gimp or www.paint.net/]Paint.net will get you started.
• i did a test run with bittorrent and same issue( no internet) (Slacker posted this at 08:02 PM)
  It is still incorrect settings. That is the only thing that carries over from the 2 PC's is the settings you are using to download. Neither PC can use internet when they have an active torrent, but
• Not famous but good browsers... (Slacker posted this at 07:52 PM)
  I am not sure of any "homemade" ones but www.maxthon.com/"]Maxthon is one I had no idea what it was and someone told me about. I haven't actually test-drived this myself, but it may be worth a look at
• Favorite ISP service? (nickmannawar posted this at 02:07 PM)
  I'm currently still with Sky (and hating it). I'm going to switch to BE tomorrow with any luck.
• TPP or TPPA sneaking behind the scenes! Raise awareness! (remixedcat posted this at 02:26 AM)
  SOPA, PIPA. We're still scrambling to stop ACTA as it sweeps the world. But now, there's also TPP or TPPA sneaking behind the scenes! Raise awareness! [url]https://www.eff.org/pages/trans-pacif
• can anyone tell me why this is happening? (raverx3m posted this at 08:10 PM)
  almost all webpages give me this problem when i click on a link the page loads but wen i start scrolling it freezes up every time for about 5 seconds or so. s43.photobucket.com/albums/e380/raverx
• Tech-Forums Top Rated Antivirus 2011 (tj_extreme posted this at 04:14 PM)
  I'd say Avira and MSE are about tied at the top MSE tends to have a better detection rate, but I think also picks up more false positives. Avira tends to execute scans faster though - but uses about




Computer Software

• New ASUS notebook doesn't complete windows 7 installtion (zillah posted this at 09:50 PM)
  Hi Experts Client of mine has bought his notebook ASUS U31S with external DVD drive yesterday and he asked me to install windows 7 ultimate (origin was windows 7 home edition) beside other operati
• Year end work on Quicken 2000 (Benton posted this at 08:49 PM)
  I have Quicken 2000. When I ran the year end business it started up new year right but I cannot find 2011 stuff(where might it be?) Also cannot save quicken to disk in D or E drive
• Texting program? (PP Mguire posted this at 07:27 PM)
  The only program I know of would be going directly through Google Voice.
• YLMF anyone? (MindoverMaster posted this at 02:43 PM)
  It's another directive of Ubuntu. They just prettied it up. Nothing really more. Just has simple apps that anybody can get on Ubuntu. You don't need YLMF to run those programs. Guess it's just the lo
• Best file manager/explorer (nickmannawar posted this at 02:34 PM)
  Looking for a file manager/explorer, something more versatile than the Windows explorer. Simple is better, my needs are just for cruising, viewing files/folders.... Of course there are tons of t
• USB to VGA multidisplay adapter (Peter.Cort posted this at 01:02 PM)
  As far as I know, there is no Mac support for USB video adapters. If you're wanting to do video mirroring on the external display you can buy a VGA splitter that will allow you to use both periphera
• Looking for a network profile manager that allows for program start/stop? (Peter.Cort posted this at 12:36 PM)
  So at work we have wifi and ethernet, and the wifi is open to anyone, but it's behind a firewall, so any of our sales people who are trying to get access into the intranet have to use vpn tunneling to
• Automated Emailer Program? (office politics posted this at 11:12 AM)
  check how much security you need with these transmissions. i would upload the data to a cloud storage acct check this out: www.filesanywhere.com/coolbackup/CBFreeVersion.aspx]FilesAnywhere Onli







Computer Gaming

• Your most awaited game in 2012? (Druid posted this at 05:15 PM)
  There's none coming up that I am excited about. I have BF3 and that's all I need for now. ;)
• Sorry but im curious about another problem (Peter.Cort posted this at 04:48 PM)
  yeah think of it like a car engine, when you speed up it's louder, when you're just idling it's quieter. Replace speed increase with data reading and bam, there ya go.
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Druid posted this at 12:42 PM)
  acerinpa;1956408] I am waiting for the PC price to come down before I try. Your missing out! IMHO it's worth every penny of 60.00 I spent. Plus you can always DL from steam if you just don't want to
• Post Your Screenshots Part II (56k, you have been warned) (Whirlwind posted this at 10:24 AM)
  PP Mguire;1935744]Either I'm really tired and missing the sarcasm, or missing how having "official" in the title makes it any different than say simply putting "Screenshot Thread". I would think if th
• play station repair (Druid posted this at 09:21 AM)
  This will depend on what the issue with the PS3 is. If it requires more than just some basic soldering to repair it and will require parts, then it will not be worth it. As the total in parts to rep
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Druid posted this at 09:11 AM)
  From everything I have read and watched this story continues from the last meaning if you haven't played the first you will probably be pretty lost for a while. That and if they leave you in the dark
• Xbox 720 Will Be Six Times as Powerful as Current Gen (Druid posted this at 08:42 AM)
  What, you expect them to have the latest and greatest in there? You need to realize, these consoles don't have to output at high resolution, "HD" is NOT high res, so these cards will be more than eno
• PLAYSTATION 3 SLIM 320GB NO PICTURE BUT THERE IS SOUND (tj_extreme posted this at 04:06 PM)
  if the console is constant, so is the TV and cables. the disc being the only variable, I am going to say it's your disc that's causing the problems.


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