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Anyone have experience upgrading the x72/x73 to the new kraken elite 360? What are your thoughts, do you think it's an improvement in performance, is your cpu the same temperature?

Hello, I have a Phankets Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass desktop. Which fan/pump motherboard header should I use for the 2 front fans? I can run the 2 front fans to the included Phanteks PWM hub and then to the motherboard, or just run the 2 front fans directly to the motherboard. I want to keep the...

There have been an overwhelming amount of people having the exact same issue with Cablemod 12VHPWR cables. The screen goes black and fans are stuck @100%. The only way to stop it is to hold down the power button and force a restart. Please see below...

I finally figured out what is causing the major issue I have been having with my PC. It started about 2 months ago, I would get a black screen and the fan on my 4090 FE would go to 100%. (I didn't know it was the GPU fan until recently.) When this would happen at random, my PC was unresponsive...

Hello, I'm looking for a 75" commercial display for my PC. Can anyone recommend a model/brand? I was looking at the NEC v754q, any thoughts? I'm only interested in commercial displays, not consumer TVs. Now that I bring it up, why don't consumers tvs offer displayport?

Hello, I'm looking for a 75" display for my PC. Does anyone use commercial displays for their PC instead of a consumer TV? Other than the warranty, longevity and overall quality, do commercial displays offer any other advantages over consumer TV's? For example, which type has the best image...

Hey everyone, I currently have a Dell 30" which is 16/10, IPS@2560x1600 and have been waiting close to 5 years for the display I want to be released, and still don't see it happening any time soon. I feel that for my application, I need to increase the size of my display to the 40" range...

In most cases do people set up a secondary drive by assigning it a letter or by mounting it in an empty NTFS folder?

I really want to confirm if a pair of 2TB internal desktop bootable drives, configured in RAID 0 is possible with a chipset that doesnt support UEFI? Thanks

I just purchased a WD cavair green 3TB internal drive to use as a secondary drive for my MKV video files. However after in installed windows 7x64 on my primary drive, As soon as I opened disc management it promted me to initialize the 3TB using MBR or GPT. I selected GPT but the drive is showing...

Im not sure if general hardware is the place to ask questions about connections, but didn't know where else to post a thread. I trying to get a better understanding about the different types of connection used for computers, specifically display connections. I know VGA, DVI, HTMI and Displayport...

I will be upgrading my PCs video card and this will my first time ever doing so. I wanted to ask what is the difference when choosing a Over Clocked card intead of the standard specs on Nvidia website? For instance, I want to get a GXT 680 and on the Nvidia website the specs read 2GB, 1006...

Is there a simple way to determine if my PC can support UEFI or if there is anything I can do to make it support UEFI? I have read a lot about UEFI and booting from the GPT partation style. I have also contacted DELL, Nvidia, Western Digital and Microsoft with getting any answers. I just...

Does anyone know what type of panles are used for most consumer LCD/LED HD-TV's in stores like Best Buy? From what I understand there are three types of LCD/LED panels, which are TN, VA and IPS. For some reason I can't seem to find any HD-TV's that specify which panel type it is. I would think...

Hi, I was wondering after you install the OS a system, is all the drivers/updates done through windows update? As for the chipset and BIOS drivers/updates do these have to be updated manually, and are there any others that should be maintained manually?

I'm starting a new thread on this because my last one didn't really help me understand that much. I want to put my windows 7 installation disc onto a bootable USB flash drive for when ever I decide to format and reinstall the OS, this way I have a complete backup and never have to use the disc...

Hi, I have a Dell 30" 2560x1600 IPS, 16/10 monitor for my PC that I use for Audio Post Production, Photo Editing, Gaming, watching Blu Ray .MKV's and surfing the web. I have a studio desk where the display is 5' away from my chair and if I watch .mkv's I sit even further away. I was wondering if...

Hi, I have a G-force 9800GT that I want to upgrade. Is Displayport the best connection for large display picture quality compared to DVI and HDMI? Also any difference in quality from the Displayport to Mini Displayport? I will be using the graphic card connection only for picture, since I have a...

Well after months of researching and posting some threads I have finally decided to go with makeMKV for backing up my Blu Ray collection. What are the top players that support .mkv natively?

Can somone please explain to me the difference between having two internal sata 2TB HD drives, and two 2TB internal sata 2TB HD drives in RAID 1? I will be purshing two 2TB drives and don't know how I should have them. I know if I were to set up a RAID 1 my PC will show one 4TB hard drive, and...

How the hell do I delete my old threads?

I want to start ripping/backing up my Blu Ray discs and play them back in my Power DVD. I have a bunch of files types that I can choose, so I'm hoping someone will recommend the best one for me. I want to end up with one main feature file without subtitles in only a stereo audio format for each...

I want to start ripping/backing up my Blu Ray discs and play them back in my Power DVD. I have a bunch of files types that I can choose, so I'm hoping someone will recommend the best one for me. I want to end up with one main feature file without subtitles in only a stereo audio format for each...

Hello, I would like to create an ISO from my Windows 7 Ultimate installation disc. This way I can backup my OS disc and put it on a bootable flash drive. Just so I understand, the only way I can boot from a flash drive is with an ISO? What program would be best to make the disc into an ISO?

Is there anyway to take a folder and all of it's contents and convert it into a single exe file. I bought adobe photoshop CS5 and would like to backup the software for future installations. I have sucessfully backed up all my software discs by simply downloading the trial version and documented...

Hi everyone, I want to understand exactly how I can backup my software and PC game discs. Can I just open the contents of the disc and drag everything to a folder on my desktop? I want to create a digital backup that I can store on a portable HD. I don't want to create Iso's, because they would...

Can someone please tell me what the best uncompressed format is, for ripping Blu Ray discs (main feature ONLY?) I would like to start ripping my Blu Ray collection for backup and for playback on my pc without using the disc. A format that would have the same quality like (audio=WAV and...