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i built a new 7950x system and have a 2TB gen 4 c-drive, a 10TB hard disc, and some random 512GB SSD's in there, i really want a 8TB gen 4 nvme but they are like $900, so i was thinking of useing two 4TB gen 4 drives in raid-0 just for holding random files i use all the time, plus many...

so i have a new rx6800 card and a corsair rm1000e power supply, my question is the card takes two 8 pin connectors, the power supply also has 1 pci-e cable that has a Modular PCIe Cable (8-PIN) (6+2)/(6+2) which means the non power supply end has a pigtail with two 6+2 connectors. the card...

so it's time for me to build a new PC it seems as though the PC in my signature is acting sketchy and is still running windows 7, i think now is a good time to build new. the only thing i will be reusing are some hard drives , SSD's and for no w my vega64 graphics card. list of parts i have...

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST18000NM000J-Internal-Surveillance-Supported/dp/B07T63FDJQ?_encoding=UTF8&tag=bitcatcha-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=549545af30b2f21242955b0e77d50945&camp=1789&creative=9325&th=1 good deal or not ??

a few guys at work are talking about minePi for moblie devices, as i know not jack squat about cyrpto mining, i wondered if this is a legit deal ? https://minepi.com/

can anyone recommend a good free adblocker from the playstore that works well and works on youtube ? there seem to be a bunch and am not sure which to try on my phone

long story but please read, over the holiday weekend i wanted to get my folks off of vista and onto windows 7 because i know it way better that windows 10, old OS but i really like it. after about 8 diferent installs and 3 different ISO's of windows 7 pro, DVD installs, USB installs, i kept...

i have a x79 mobo with realtech 1150 onboard sound that is currently disabled in BIOS, as i run a PCI HT omega soundcard through a adapter to fit it in the PCI-e slot, it really works well and sounds great. only issue i have is i cannot run headphones from it and have it mute the speakers...

i am running a pair of JBL LSR305's getting signal from a HT omega claro soundcard, but i want deeper base extension so am looking at a subwoofer to enhance the overall sound. i listen to flac files and do some gaming like BF4, but mostly music is what i am after, i really like the 305's and...

i am trying to attempt to fix a makita battery charger that smoked a varistor and the soldered in fuse, i have the parts but was wondering if the varistor needs to go a certain way ? like is there postive or negative ? would that be considered polarity ? i can't find a schematic but ordered...

my old ass klipsch 4.1 V-2 system is giving me fits, i am going to take them apart and see if i can figure out the problem some day. i need something with surround sound for gaming and really decent quality for lossless music playback. a subwoofer is need as well. using the onboard...

i haven't ran windows update in awhile because of the windows 10 mess, i did get rid of the tray icon for windows 10 and have automatic updates disabled now, but how do i go about getting only security updates and not have to mess around with upgrade type ones ? do i have to just check each...

bought a few new 4TB drives to store movies and documents, ect and was wondering a few things (1) what should i do to make sure the drives are in good condition ? (2) what is a good free way to verify the data on the drives say once every few months ? (3) what is a good free program to...

got a new 850evo 500GB installed and am not sure if i should clone my 250GB 840evo over to use the 850 as C drive. i don't really need the space of the 850 for C drive, currently the 840 is only about half full with everything installed on it and my 840 seems to run better now that i updated...

https://pcdiy.asus.com/2015/04/asus-nvme-support-poll-voice-your-opinion/ please vote to bring this to reality :)

and i need to know what is a good brand of 25GB disc for archiving pictures and documents ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817130156 are these verbatim ones any good ? or should i go for 50GB blanks ?

i run a R9 280x single card and was wondering if i set the fan control to say 45% manual speed instead of the automatic 20% starting speed, will the manual setting still ramp up the fan speed if needed by the card ?

having an issue where windows reports 24GB usable, but cpuz shows 32 installed. in bios it shows 32GB but has an error................ also the timings are different on this one stick in bios............. i have reset BIOS to defaults and then reset the memory to auto and same...

i am getting this sometimes from random menu options, i can fix it by changing the desktop resolution and then setting the resolution back to normal, any idea on what causes this ? this is a AMD R9 280X video card, windows 7 pro it even show through the screen saver too

any idea on how many PPD these would get in F@H ? or is nvidia still the only way to go ?

what is the recomended max safe v-core and load temps for a 4930K on high end air cooling ? i am getting conflicting results from what i can find on google, and i plan on keeping this CPU for a long time, so lifetime is important to me. also what is the average overclock people are getting ?

looking to build a new system soon, it will have a 4930K overclocked and i may run some tall ram sticks on it, so far my 2 choices are....... Noctua NH-U14S......... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C9FLSLY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Thermalright Archon...

i am going to build a new PC soon consisting of a 4930K CPU, some X79 motherboard, 48GB of ram, a AMD R9 280X single video card, 3 SSD drives, a few mechanical drives, 2 DVD burners. i have a corsair VX 550 currently that is 5-6 years old and think i need a new power supply for this new PC...

say i buy a 8 dimm slot X79 mobo, and i have four 4GB sticks of memory from a previous build, can i add four 8GB sticks to it for a total of 48GB of ram, or do i have to use 8 sticks of the same size, i would assume they all need to be the same timings as well ?

okay , deal here is that i have an old alltel flip phone that i still use on verizon, i pay a total of $82 after taxes for this old POS. so i am looking at either a SGS3 or a note 2, but no way am i paying what verizon wants per month, they said about 90 - 100 before taxes ect. i have...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc all of the above along with adobe premeire CS5 for some video work, but just some home video stuff i do sometimes. mostly just play TF2, so i'm not not a big gamer anymore. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and...

it's about time i bought a HDTV set, what do i look for, plasma , LCD, or what ? don't need anything huge, maybe at most a 40", and it needs a over the air tuner and internet access ? i assume i can stream content from my PC over my network ?

i recently received a LSI MR320-2E raid card from a friend , same card as this one here on e-bay. currently i run 1 to 3 SCSI drives on a LSI20320IE and have been for years no problem. when i removed the original card and then installed the megaraid card, the bios finds the megaraid card...

i have a virtual machine i made some time ago of my old XP64 install, it used to work fine in vmplayer but now it gives me errors. i checked vmwares site and really couldn't figure anything out, VT is enabled in the BIOS of the PC in my signature that i run VMplayer on, nothing has changed...

i found some old home VCR tapes the other day and wanted to digitize them for my family. i did this in the past with a TV tuner card and a VCR, well i finally found a old working VCR from a friend, and have an old HP media PC that has a tuner card, but after i got a few tapes captured now the...

i have been running 2 128GB corsair nova drives for about 5-6 months now on my onboard raid-0 troubles at all, but today decided to benchmark them to see how they were doing. here is a score from back when i installed them...

can i take an image of an old XP64 install that i had and run it in windows 7pro as a virtual machine ? i still have XPpro installed on an old HDD that is unplugged right now and i have an image i made of it in acronis true image, or would i need to purchase something else to do this ...

am cleaning a friends vista 32 laptop out, it had some nasty spyware and viruses, but i was able to run combofix to get it back to normal, and removed mcaffe and AVG he had on it, and installed MSE. i fixed all that but there is still the issue of no music will play, the audio drivers looked...

i have a 256MB raid-0 SSD setup now with windows 7,also a 2TB storage drive, and a 146GB ultra 320 drive on this system. i want to install steam but am not sure where to install it, about the only game i pay is TF2 and maybe portal, i am trying to keep the SSD with the most free space for...

okay, this concerns the PC in my signature, main parts are windows XP64, abit P35pro mobo, LSI brand PCI-E 320 ultra SCSI card, 2 ultra320 146GB drives not in any sort of raid, a 2TB storage drive on internal sata ports, 2 dvd drives on internal sata ports. i just got 2 128GB corsair...

can anyone give an idea on the total output of this Dell power supply, a friend just got a new Dell PC and he may want to upgrade the GPU in it, but i am not sure how large of a GPU he can put in there ?

not sure where to put this thread, so mod please move if need be........... a friend gave me a 32" samsung LCD that will not power on, so i figured i would try and see if i can get it running. when ya try and power it up, the screen is black and it goes into sleep mode i think. anyways...

there is an update that will not install for me, this is on XP64 SP2, how do i get this installed ? http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/tommy2fingers/net35jpg.jpg

i just got a HT OMEGA Claro to replace my dead audigy2ZS, but am having trouble with the driver install. i uninstalled all old audio drivers and have even run CCleaner's registry cleaner, but after i reboot to finish driver installation, i get to the desktop and the hourglass on cursur hangs...