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What OS are you running and is the system still running on optimized defaults or have you introduced a clock since then? EDIT: Sorry just noticed the XP SP3 in your original post - so my only question is is BIOS still operating on defaults?

Thats all that need to be done, once you receive your RMA number label up the box and send it to the supplied address, they only really want the actual object that faulty so if its either a motherboard or graphics card, just the product and none of the accessories, you could just wrap the original box in brown paper if its easier

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Quote: Originally Posted by Kovalinen Optical Drive #1 - Sony DRU870S 24x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD-RAM SATA Optical Drive #2 - Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Labelflash ReWriter Optical Drive #3 - Samsung S223B 22x DVD+/-RW 8x Dual Layer DVD-RAM SATA Black Aside from spreading the love and money, three ...

looks good to me, sure you wanna spend so much money, on something that isnt that future proof?? avoid antec 900, seriously loud and gathers a lot of dust get 902 or any other really

The Corsair 400W. £37 at the moment. No other budget one I'd personally be willing to use since the pc p&c vanished a little while back. Failing that look to Antec. Not a chance I'd buy a second hand psu from the bay for £30. It isn't saving money if/when it kills off your motherboard, cpu and graphics card. I've put one machine together using the corsair, it's been running perfectly for...

Yes its a good PC and will perform well at given tasks, however have you thought about building yourself? You can prob get more for your money this way

Northbridge or Southbridge temps? They can get quite toasty on Nvidia chipsets.

Hi and welcome Put this spec together for you, similar to above but uses new DDR3 (theres not much price difference) and included new HDD as this will be major weak point, trying to use old one, the case/psu combo is very good. You could carry the optical drive across but I included one so everything would be new and shiny AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail...

pc? budget?

Hmm... Well firstly there is no point in you trying to lower your in game graphics settings as that will not be the issue because the GTX285 has more than enough power to play these games on high... Other than that, i would suggest downloading the latest drivers, checking your connections but as you have said you have downloaded all the latest drivers... The only thing i can think of, is...

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Deathadder!!! the mx518 is also an excellent mouse but seems to have come off the radar these days

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youre not going to get quad core for £400 Im afraid, check out the thread at top of page/in my sig for builds of varying budgets

looks nice, decent price 2

Spec list initially will help people help

Quote: Originally Posted by foomonkey hey all, i'm needing to buy myself a gaming mouse and keyboard. i'm looking to spend roughly £30 on each but i am prepared to spend alittle more if its really worthwhile. i'm wanting a laser mouse that is big(ish) in size which has atleast 5 buttons on it. i'd prefer a mouse that didnt ...

Oh to add, I already have Windows 7 so don't need a OS either.

first of all i would check the power and sata cables to see if they are seated propely and if that don't work change the sata cable! and make sure the hard drive is showing in the bios!