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Hello, I’m looking to buy an affordable gaming laptop for about R15 000. I would like to do some light gaming on it and also possibly have the option to connect it to my 50 inch HD screen, I know running such a large screen could be taxing for the GPU especially on gaming but I would like to have th...

I have tried that already STIG and rebooted a couple of times while in that state also reset the cmos and bios

I started off by trying 2 different monitors, both monitors have standard vga blue cables. The First thing I tested were the vga and dvi (vga to dvi adapter)ports that are available on the gfx card, I tried both screens in both ports. After that I removed the gfx entirely and tested both screens on ...

Starting to think my case is cursed because that's the only thing I haven't replaced.

Yes I do have a graphics card an old gt240 if I'm correct the cpu is still from the old chips a dual 3ghz. I have tried plugging the screen into both gfx ports as we'll as the onboard display port. I have also tried replacing the gfx with the one from my main rig but still nothing.

Ok I have tried everything and nothing works. The problem started when my pc suddenly froze up yesterday afternoon so I restarted it thinking that it would fix it as usual but the screen never started up. The box itself sounds like it starts up fine its almost as if the screen stays in sleep mode wi...

I WANT A KEGERATOR !!!!!!!!

Yeah I’m a GB fanboi myself my first instinct was to go for the g1 sniper 3 but I don’t really see the point of spending an extra R1500 that’s mostly just for looks because from what I saw that’s almost all it is compared to the others. Don’t know much about Asrock but I’ve seen some good reviews fo...

Ok I’ve finally brought my search for the perfect z77 motherboard down to the final 6. I would really appreciate your thoughts and opinions on these boards. I’ve gone through every piece of data I could get my hands on for all these boards but it’s all just become one big blur. Which board do you th...

Does anyone know when dragon age 3 is coming out
Apparently its going to be a mix between da0 and da2 so it should be epic.

No worries syKomantis, guess i didn't get a big enough dose of caffeine this morning.
The only thing thats making me second guess AMD is because I've never used a amd card before and i am a major NVIDIA fanboy but I'll have to get over it then.

yeah I guess that kinda makes sense, what is the going rate for a 660 at the moment

I'm sure that bench link will help me sort it out thank you starbound

Ok thank you starbound I know you've said it before, I just want to make sure of everything is perfect for this new rig.
I'm going to put allot of money down for it so I want to make sure everything runs at 100% without hiccups.

I'm sorry guys my spelling and grammar isn't the best, I work in a kitchen not behind a desk so I know it SUCKS a bit(A LOT). But will check everything from now on. @ Monty first of all I want to apologize for being rude, I would love to get the 660 but it’s a bit pricey, also I have compared some b...

ok thanx star

yeah sorry it is bad, i'm at work dont have alot of time

ok im getting a 27" Samsung S23A950D hd3d 120hz monitor for my new rig and have found there is alot of conflicting info on wich would run better for 3d nvidia or amd radeon the cards Im looking at are the 560ti from nvidia and the hd3d 7850 from amd the screen comes with its own set of 3d glass...

is the Samsung S23A950D monitor touch screen saw a note somewhere saying it is but havent seen anything provingit so figured ill ask since you have one star

ok cool thanx saw a ram kit 2x4gb but the note said trip channel just messed with my head a bit

trust me i know this is going to sound stupid but will ram marked tripple channel work on a dual channel mobo or do i have to buy dual ram for dual mobo or doesnt it really matter as long as i use 2 for dual 3 for trip and so on and ram compatable with mobo

its so anoying until ivy is out i can only guestimate what to go with the rest of the rig

would g skill give me a better price to performance ratio to corsiar

my head hurts

thanx jam helps alot starting to feel like a kid on xmas eve pc is finally coming together slowly but in no rush waiting for ivy bridge