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I need a PC to work in a steel fabrication shop. Theres always a crap ton of stuff in the air so a regular PC case / psu would get clogged up quickly. I need a closed case design with little to no external airflow as well as a PSU with no fan. any suggestions?

I am looking for two good motherboards. One for programming/work stuff and one for gaming. I am used to dell but I did build a pc about 15 years ago. In general I am thinking.... #1 work - Vista 64, DDR2, Raid 1, NVidia 9500 gt #2 game - Vista 64, DDR2 or DDR3, Raid 0?, NVidia 9800 gt Intel, Asus, or Something else? Is the P45 chipset the right idea? Any ...

So, I went up to Micro Center on my way home from work last night to get some new SATA cables, and a few SATA Y-splitter power cables, both with right angle connecters on them. I have 4x 500 Gig Seagate's in my rig now, and not all of the cables are right angled ones, so the front bezel with the fans can't be put back on yet, cause the connectors will hit the fans. So Anyways, I get my ...

I'm upgrading my socket 939 and am hopefully ordering today or tomorow. Does anyone have anything to say about : Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 Socket AM2+ 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer Kingston 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/pc2-6400 Hyperx Memory Nvidia SLI- Ready Unbuffered Cl4(4-4-4-12) Non-ECC 2.0v - Ebuyer AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core 8450 2.1GHz Socket AM2+ 2MB L3 Cache ...

Hello everyone I was planning on building a gaming pc in the near future. Ive been looking around for parts but find that I really dont know what I should buy. I want to spend around $600. I want to use a Antec 300 case, 2GB of ram, and a 250GB hd with windows xp. These are really the only things Ive decided on and i dont know what brands are the best for ram and hds. Ive found that...

Well I built my last computer with the idea that it would be a good HTPC for me to watch my movies and stuff on...I have it connected to my Flat panel tv via HDMI, and sofar the onboard graphics chipset has been more than adequate for what I have been doing..It easily runs 720p in my room, and 1080p when I hook it up out in my living room...well actually everything has been working out soo well ...

Hey guys. So my roommate has this old Dell Dimension 2400 and it only has like a 128mb of RAM in it so its hella slow. I was just wondering what RAM off of newegg will be compatible with his machine so he can speed it up. Thanks!

I'm a computer NEWB... Big time. I bought a computer for cheap for gaming. Mainly I bought it to get started gaming, but I'm hoping it is upgradable. Here's what it is right now: Intel Pent. 4 CPU, 3.00Ghz; 2GB RAM; Western Digital WD1600JS H.D.; Biostar P4M90-M4 M.B.; NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB V.C. I have the complete DxDiag.txt available if that would help anyone troubleshoot the...

This is what I have decided upon... CPU: i7 920 Newegg.com - Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops MOBO: MSI X58 Eclipse SLI LGA 1366 Newegg.com - MSI X58 Eclipse SLI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards RAM: Corsair XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x ...

I am trying to run two 50" plasma's(each have DVI connections) and one 19" computer monitor(with vga). My CPU is an HP 5850 running window's vista. What type of video card should I buy and how would I set it up to run three monitors. From my understanding once I insert the video card it disable's the onboard cards. So is this possible?

so after playing games on my crappy pc, i decided i needed to build a better pc. So i did some research and figured out i wanted a moderate computer with a $500 budget. I just want to be able to play all the newer games on good settings. So far I bought most of my stuff except some parts. hers a list of what i got- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ...

I recieved a dead PC Chips P53G for an E7200 Dual Core CPU. On advice of this forum, I purchased a Foxconn G43MX- K mothherboard. I tried rebuilding the system (twice), reinstalling the CPU, and nothing happens! There is power to the syatem and the CPU, however, I can't figure out what's wrong. I need help!

I am putting a pc together for my brother. Any advise on better/cheaper products? $400 maybe $500 budget. MOBO: Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards CPU: Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops GPU: I'm using my old 8800GTS(...

I need a PC to work in a steel fabrication shop. Theres always a crap ton of stuff in the air so a regular PC case / psu would get clogged up quickly. I need a closed case design with little to no external airflow as well as a PSU with no fan. any suggestions?

My friend wants to get a pc for christmas from his parents, but he doesn't think they will spend over $600. That is the budget, $600, monitor and OS included. He has a mouse and keyboard already, but he needs everything else. I'm going to look for some parts for him, but I the only thing I am pretty good with are the gfx cards. I don't really know the proper brands of ram and such. I'll list the...

Hello all, Been looking online for a few days now trying to find a video card I can get to run World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. Current I have a old Radeon 9250, but I have to play WoW at low settings. I have a PCI express slot but my power supply is only 250w, +12v 14a (no 6 pin). So I'm having a bit of trouble finding a new card. I would like to find something in the $100...

Hi Everyone. I'm trying my first build and am looking for as much advice as I can get. So far I have bought the case and am looking at CPU's now. I bought an AeroCool AeroEngine Plus mid-tower. It has a 140 mm front fan, a 180mm side fan, and a 120mm exhaust fan, plus two lange side vents, so hopefully airflow should not be a problem. I will try to post a link to it(hope it works). The CPU I...

Well I built my last computer with the idea that it would be a good HTPC for me to watch my movies and stuff on...I have it connected to my Flat panel tv via HDMI, and sofar the onboard graphics chipset has been more than adequate for what I have been doing..It easily runs 720p in my room, and 1080p when I hook it up out in my living room...well actually everything has been working out soo well ...

so i bought this xigmatek cooler for my cpu and it came with this white heat sink silicone compound dont know if i should use it or buy a better type what ur suggestion, just use it

This week I have a personal friend of mine that drives the city busses in augusta. I fixed her PC twice in the past do to a very bad trojan on her system and again because her HDD died on her. This time she says her PC won't turn on, so I spent the night testing her system and I found out her power supply had gave out along with knocking out her mobo ? I took her pc apart and I found ...