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I've been watching a few review videos on YT, but tbh there are so many boxes with similar specs that I could do with some help - I'm hoping someone here can help me make a good purchase :) I'm after a box that comes pre-loaded with a gazillion games so I don't have to mess around. (Though I...

Yes it was, so I deleted the partitions, and it's working. You sir, are a GENIUS Thank you :) (And thank you to dneill too :))

Hi, I've pulled a Crucial M4 128GB from my desktop and I'm trying to get it running in my Acer 4810TZ laptop, to replace a slow WD Scorpio 320GB drive. The M4 is definitely still working (I've tried it back in the PC) but when it's installed in the laptop I can't get anything except the...

I just got mine delivered Monday this week, it's a V1. I live quite near Bicester, where the Benq service center is located, so I'm going to ask them if I can drop by for a While-U-Wait firmware upgrade. Alternatively, the BlurBusters forumites are looking to buy one of the devices needed to...

I went and bought the 2720Z as it's on special... and it arrived today :cool: I think the blur reduction is worth the extra money, from the little experience of it so far (a few hours gaming) The Benq service centre isn't far from me so at some point I'll take it along to get the rev2...

I'm thinking of switching my current 3 x Samsung 21" screens for a single bigger one, and I'd like to get back to the glassy smoothness of my old CRT display... so a 120/144hz monitor is what I'm after. It's down to these three. So they are currently available here at XL2720Z £330...

I plugged in the memory, cpu + cooler into the Asus Republic Of Gamers Commando board I got, and although the power, reset and clear cmos buttons on it all lit up when I switched on the PSU, still nothing happened when I hit the on-board power button. So it looks like you're right - that...

Thanks for the replies... unfortunately I don't have any spare kit. It looks like I'll be trying the mobo route anyway - last night I found a reasonable one on ebay that's very local to me, and made the guy an offer. He's accepted just after I posted, and cancelled the auction, so I'm duty...

Unfortunately it died whilst I wasn't there to see / hear any symptoms, but there weren't any burning smells in the room (which I had when a mobo died in a previous PC) When I try to start it up: 1) No fans spinning (any of PSU / Case / CPU) 2) No POST beeps ... But, there's some power coming...

I've been doing very nicely with my ATI 4850 + E2180 overclocked at 3.2ghz, but I'm finally playing a game that can kick it's ass - Bad Company 2. It's fine when just doing the normal stuff, but when buildings start collapsing I can see the framerate taking a hit. Time for an upgrade! So...

The latest updates to TF2 and Day Of Defeat make use of 4 cores... they've finally fixed the multi-core code, and I certainly get a nice boost using it with my dual core. As Valve have long stated a desire to utilise multiple cores I'm pretty sure I'm going to go for quad cores next.

Thanks for the replies :) I have figured out what it was... here are the steps I went through. I took everything I possibly could out from the pc, except for the cpu... so no disks, optical drive, memory or gfx card. I unplugged all the usb kit too. I powered up - and got 'proper' beeps. 3...

So, my pc died on me last night... when I was playing DoD:S the screen went blank, the pc powered down. When I restarted it the fans spun up, I got one long (but strange sounding) beep, but nothing else... the lcd didn't show an image, and the keyboard and mouse didn't light up. Definitely a...

I'm thinking of putting one of these into a small office environment. Two PCs need access to a central storage point or server, and the Icybox with a couple of 750gb drives in RAID1 seems ideal to me. There's a bit of resistance (justified or not) to the idea of another PC running in the...

It appears, if you don't mind me saying so, is that most of the problem is with your expectations: I'm going to try some amateur pyscho-analysis now, hold on to your hat ;) If you're buying the very top-end kit, then you're going to notice every little glitch and hiccup, and you're going to...

Wow these are some amazing prices... I recently bought an 8800gt and game at 1440x900 (actually fewer pixels than 1280x1024)... and I've still noticed a massive difference above my old X1950Pro, so don't feel afraid the extra horsepower of a 3870 would be wasted... 1) it'll let you turn AA...

Damn, I don't want to throw away a £35 fan :( Well, I've sent an email to Zalman, maybe they'll take pity on me :/ As I'm running overclocked, I've got the FanMate set to 'max' so it's running 100% the whole time. Because I've got nearly 1.5v running in, the temps are quite high - it's...

... is there anything I can do? It goes in cycles 10 seconds of silence then... squeak ... squeak ... squ-EEK .. squ-EEK . SQUEEK . squ-EEK .. squ-EEK welll, you get the picture. It sounds like an unfit gerbil running on a slightly rusty wheel, or a distant dawn chorus. It's too...

Honestly it doesn't matter... LCD's are completely different to CRT's, there's no flicker. And with current screens the difference in motion isn't that big a deal. I went from a 19" CRT to an Hitachi CML174SX screen years ago, and it didn't upset or annoy me. Current tech has come on leaps...

Matrox Mystique 2mb Voodoo 4mb Voodoo2 8mb Geforce 2 GTS 32mb GeForce 4200 64mb Radeon 9700 128mb Radeon X800XT-PE 256mb Radeon X1950Pro 256mb Inno 8800GT 512mb My first pc had the Mystique and the Voodoo card in it, I think it cost me £1200 at the time... and that's when £1200 was...