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Hi guys First overclock since building my first rig way back about 3 years ago where I successfully managed to OC a Q6600 to 3.4ghz on air. Just built my latest rig with the following specs... I7 2600k P8z68-pro Asus 16gb Vengeance LP Msi frozr gtx570 oc Corsair 750 modular enthusiast...

Hi there Looking at getting a new laptop. Ignoring potential power saving options as I will be using the laptop 95% of the time from the mains which processor will be better for Adobe PS and Dreamweaver work? Thanks guys

Hi there Can anyone recommend me a NB cooler for my P5Q-E???? It's got some odd shaped heatsinks!!!

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Building my new PC tonight need advice quickly as it's allllll ready to go waiting to fire it up I've run out of 3 Pin Chasis Fan sockets on my Asus P5Q so i bought a 3 Pin Power cable splitter so i can hook 2 fans up from one socket Is there any reason i should do this? Will the two fans...

Would if be a problem to configure a pair of HD's to RAID1 when the original hard drive has been up and running independantly for sometime? Thanks

Just purchased a Corsair HX520 but I'm thinking for future proofing I should have gone for the 620 version... I've got a 9800GTX+ at the moment but in around a year i'll be looking to upgrade to an I7/I5 system with a beefier graphics card What should I do...???? I haven't opened it so I...

I've been looking online to no avail for articles explaining how to manually clean your registry I'm reluctant to use a payware/freeware program as I'd rather have manual control and understanding of the registry Anyone got any good guides or who can help out? Many thanks

Afternoon everyone! I've been after building a PC for a while and finally will be biting the bullet at the beginning of Feb and building a new rig! I've decided to go for the following: Coolermaster CM-690 V2 Dominator Black Midi Tower Case with Mesh Top Panel w/o PSU £58.72 Asus P6T...

As the title suggests does the 9800GTX+ offer 50% more performance seeing as though it costs 50% more than the 8800GTS? I'll mainly be playing FSX/FS9 and supreme commander on a 22" monitor What do you guys suggest? The rest of the system is as follows: Vista32 Q6600 Abit IP35 Pro XE 2gb...

1. CPU Setup - User Defined 2. Multiplier - Default 3. Front Side Bus (FSB) - 367MHz (1466MHz FSB) 4. CPU Core voltage - You might need to take this upto 1.50v maximum but generally 1.45v is fine dependent on the motherboard. 5. We advice you purchase an uprated CPU Cooler such as the Arctic...

Right guys opinions on the following please for a new budget build I'm thinking of: E8500 Asus P5K Premium WiFi Novatech GeForce 9800 GTX+ Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer Soundcard Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA II 7200rpm 16Mb Corsair TwinX 2GB Dominator...

Hi all I'm heading over to the states on Friday and will be picking up a few new components: Looking at: E8600 Processor Mobo - Undecided (help required) Thinking P5K Wifi Ram - OCZ Reaper 1066mhz 2gb Graphics - 8800 GTS Raptor 10k 150GB Sata Drive Thinking a 650w psu to drive that lot...

Hi guys and girls I've settled on my components. About to order the following: Q6600 Asus P5K premium 2*500gb HD (intend to setup in Raid 1) 4gb PC2-8500 Ram 8800GTX 650W PSU Vista 32Bit I can either pay £130 and have someone build the pc or i can build it myself. Now i'm not...

Plan to run 2 x 500gb Seagate Barracuda SATA II hard drives in Raid 1 (mirrored format) Is this compatible with this Mobo? I only ask because I remember hearing problems in the past couldn't remember if it was the P5k Premium or not???