Mike Long

So, I have a heatsink that only faces vertical. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to get this thing to face horizontal?

I have Xigmatek Thor's Hammer. And I require the Crossbow ACK-ATI775, but I can't find it anywhere, im in the UK.

Does anyone have a suggestion, either mod the bracket or any custom bracket to use so I can turn the thing 90 degrees?

Hi, can anyone recommend a good 120mm case fan (LED) for my case which has good airflow? I actually want to mount it on my heatsink Xigmatek Thors Hammer, so bare in mind the noise will be less.

I was looking at a fan I used to have, CoolerMaster Sickleflow, but they're LOUD, but I need decent airflow.

Something on the lines of my old Zalman CNPS5X heatsink, high airflow but quiet ish

CURRENT FAN:

2x 120mm Bitfenix Spectre.

Hi what would you all consider "safe" for 24/7 use? Heres my settings, anything that jumps out as dangerous to you can you say thanks. Mostly voltages

FSB/HTT : 250

HT 2500mhz

NB 2500mhz

DRAM volt 1.500

CPU/NB Volt 1.2500

CPU Voltage 1.45 (vcore can hit 1.55)

And the scary setting, I am on air. I have 6+2 power phase, heatsink with the MB temps reporting 22c, its ASUS M5A97 PRO. CPU can hit 70 BUT I am soon receiving an Xigmatek Thors Hammer, so temperatures should drop, dual fan configuration.

These are the settings I will be using 24/7, anything that looks dangerous?

ALSO is running CPU load line calibration, CPU/NB load line calibration, CPU current capability, CPU/NB current capability and CPU power phase all set to EXTREME on this board dangerous for 24/7? Or is it just a nice feature set that gives an option for overclocking but isn't necessarily dangerous for it? For instance if all of these was set to extreme but I did no overclocking, what effect would it have compared to overclocking?

All these will be ran 24/7.

Thanks.

How to point to array of structures? I need to point at an array so that I can pass the pointer to another function.

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <string.h>

struct stockstruct

{

int cat;

char name[20];

int q;

int show;

};

void main()

{

stockstruct stock[50];

int x,max,k=0,option,usr=0;

FILE *st;

st=fopen("Stock.txt","r+");

fscanf(st,"%d",&max);

for(x=0;x<max;x++) //read

{

fscanf(st,"%d",&stock[x].cat);

fscanf(st,"%s",&stock[x].name);

fscanf(st,"%d",&stock[x].q);

fscanf(st,"%d",&stock[x].show);

...................................

I am reading from a file and need to store each part into an array for the structures. Now how would I point at the array structures so I can pass it to another function.

P.S That isn't the whole program, I need to know how to point so I can then go onto putting everything into the functions.

Thanks :)

I was looking at the Zalman CNPS10X Optima-Shark's Fin, which I assume is just the Performa. I was going to add a second fan.

£23 on Scan

Anyone else have a suggestion that would be much better than this? Thanks. £25 max.

Anyone suggest a very good stable motherboard for overclocking a FX-6100 (AM3+).

I have my eyes set on ASUS M5A97 PRO (6+2 VRM) or Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (8+2 VRM).

Apparently both overclock the FX chips well, but I am looking for at least a 5 Ghz overclock (4 cores) or 4.6Ghz+ (6 cores).

Thanks for suggestions.

I bought a XFX HD 5830 off a guy saying it works, but for some reason when I put it into my computer it does not work.

There is no start up spin on the fan, there is no basic VGA output and I cannot use the onboard with the graphics card in. So I cannot check if the BIOS has actually recognised it or not.

I don't see why the guy would be lying, he said he doesn't do video editing or gaming, and its had very light use.

I sold my previous card, XFX HD 4870 so I see no reason for this one to work. I would of thought there would be some error, some signs of errors such as full fan spin, basic vga output but causing artifacts etc. There is nothing, the fan spins at it should after POST, but there is no start up spin, no output.

Is it really just dead? Want to know before I send it back.

My specs:

Corsair TX650w

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3

DDR3 8GB RAM.

FX-6100

And all the other usual stuff. Is the chip really dead or is it something on my side? I would of thought there would be some life to tell me theres something wrong with it.

I have three sites, anyone know a decent site to get it? I do not paying much for it, games are stupidly high. I DON'T do illegal stuff..

Anyone got suggestions?

play-sc.com

cjs-cdkeys.com

game4u.com

Thanks

The game is much cheaper in Russia (because I don't want to pay that much just for a game). It is boxed and new and sealed apparently, but I am not sure about it. I know its cheaper but will it work?

It ISNT a digital download, its a physical copy, is this going to work in the UK?

Hi, could anyone give me a good book name or some sort of guide onto how to use Linuxs ubuntu. It is for personal use and to learn for future servers.

Thanks :)

Its an ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 LINK:

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78L...

Basically whos tried it? Any reviews?

Bad, Good?

Its going to be used with an FX-6100 (yes I know they are not good don't push me towards Phenoms).

I know its only 4+1 power phase, but ASUS are apparently good quality. Anyway any opinions are very helpful!!

I am need to sell my new two components, an Athlon II x3 440 (£50), and a Gigabyte M68MT-S2P rev 3.0 (£35).

I stupidly bought them and realised they were wrong ones, and now looking to sell them for the same price. I cannot give them back, so does anyone know a good site to make the money back?

If anyone wants them I'm selling them together ^ with £5 post and packaging.

This is relevant, are these components going to sell for that? Because they are new, unfortunately I used thermal paste on the CPU when I booted and realised and thought damn shouldn't of installed it really.

I haven't got much money, and don't want to lose out, the site won't take them back because its been opened and has no faults.

Anyone know a good site to sell these?

I will be getting an AMD Athlon II x3 3.0ghz CPU and WILL be overclocking it or unlocking the fourth core.

Currently I have a cooler which is the same as a stock Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro, and was looking at the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro or the new Zalman CNPS 5X. The Zalman does perform better than the Freezer 7. Only costs £15 but will it get the job done?

On hardware secrets it couldn't hold up to a i7 2600K overclocked to 4.8ghz, but as the Athlon II x3 is MUCH lower down, will the Zalman be very good or terrible?

Links below :)

http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp...

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/detail?sArticle=4.%3F

Just want to know what it is like and how reliable it is.

Bit unsure about it as for AM3 it does not have a dedicated voltage line that AM3 motherboards have, and was worried it could put pressure on the motherboard.

Will be putting into it an AM3 AMD Athlon ii x3 which I will overclock and unlock the cores on.

Basically how good is Asrock and is this model any good? I currently have a Foxconn MCP61 (Acer OEM) and has lasted good few years, so anything as good as this or better is a bonus.

Hi all. I have this very cheap gaming mouse (From a Chineese made company). No brand which has apparently "2400DPI" changeable from 800DPI 1600DPI up to 2400DPI. It is very decent and quite accurate.

BUT my question is apart from Logitech and the expensive brands are E-Blue Cobra any good? Heres the link...

http://www.e-blue.jp/2011/product.html

The mouse I would like is... http://www.e-blue.jp/2011/individual%20product/Cob...

Would this be a good choice for an entry level mouse? I seriously don't need some high end mouse, just something with a brand on designed for gaming. If mine really does have "2400DPI will I feel any difference with a max of 1600DPI? In first person shooters > Battlefield 3

I haven't got the best specs in the world, but can it run it?

My monitor is 15" and maximum resolution at 768x1024.

3GB DDR2

HD 4830 512MB

Athlon 64 x 2 5600+ 2.9ghz

Pretty basic, but it can run games like Tom Clancys splinter cell conviction, ARMA II high (not max), battlefield bad company 2. It can run most games that "require" a quad core, and most games that "require" a higher GPU.

So because my monitor is small will my card run BF3?

Right I have 6 speakers, and 3 ports. No sub woofer. (I have sound blaster x-fi xtreme gamer).

So, if I set to 7.1 should it really matter? Basically I want sound from front left, front right, left, right, back left, back right BUT I have no centre speaker.

Effectively I want a 6.0 setup is this even possible? Yes it will be fine for films and music, BUT what about for games? If sound was coming from in front of me would I hear it due to no center speaker?

Went onto amazon and nearly all the comments that were bad was about the privacy concern with Origin.

Couldn't you just block origin and remove it from your firewall every time you don't use it or block it altogether.

OR isn't there an in-game client like BF2142 and BF2? Or do you HAVE to use the web based Origin?

I haven't got Battlefield 3, but was just wondering because i'm not buying it if EA can have my details.

Right, apparently the ports are like joint.

there is a green port, orange and like greyish port. According to a website it says if you wanted 5.1 or 7.1 sound you can use the 3 ports provided, but I thought only the green one is for speakers? I thought the orange and greyish one are input ports.

Please correct me if I am wrong, because I don't want to go out buying a full 4.1 system when I could use 2x2.0 speakers instead (Because I won't be using the sub woofer).

Where I found it was below, about half the page down....

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/07/01/creati...

I haven't got much money, but my CPU scored decent in the passmark software.

Its a: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+ 2.9Ghz.

I can't really buy a new CPU because my motherboard only supports this one MAX. I can't buy a new board because I haven't got enough money, and if I did I wouldn't be able to buy a triple or quad core.

I have a ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB (Decent for my games), but I am wondering if its impacting any performance.

Can a dual core really hold up with a graphics card?