Warranty varies by company.

Customer service varies by company. Some companies can have good customer service, but some people get the short end of the stick sometimes.

For example, XFX has a DOUBLE Lifetime Warranty. Meaning you get a lifetime warranty with the purchase of practically any of their video cards and when you sell your video card THAT person gets a lifetime warranty for that device.

CPUs usually come with a 3 year warranty, but will usually become void when you overclock.

Basically, you can look up all this information on warranties on the products web page. For example, Newegg will tell you the warranty the manufacturer has for the device.

First of all, how did you NOT know it didn't have integrated wireless. No where on that pages does it say it have wireless built in.

Secondly, he would be better off using a wired connection since it looks like you built a gaming rig. Wired is MUCH better as you don't have the latency from the wireless connection to the router to worry about.

More ram at a slower speed is better then less ram at a faster speedDJ_Headshot

More RAM isn't going to help past 4GB. Practically EVERY game being made is still being made in x86. Meaning what exactly? They aren't going to be able to access anything past 4GB. The only use more than 4GB would have is if your using x64 applications, like Photoshop.

Maybe something got sucked into the fan?

I know my fan at 100% is loud, but it doesn't make any clicking or "kurrr kur kur" noises.

I don't know if PhysX works with SLI configurations. You can check the Nvidia Control Panel and see what type of options it gives you for enabling PhysX.

hysX is now Nvidia proprietary Physics software. It used to be called Ageia PhysX until Nvidia bought them out and added PhysX to the 8 series and above cards through the use of CUDA.

It basically just adds extra effects to games that use this technology. There are videos on YouTube that showcase the differences between PhysX and no PhysX for games like Mirror's Edge and Sacred 2.

Mirror's Edge PhysX comparison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xRJt8rcmY

Sacred 2 PhysX comparison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guOu-nXf46g

What video card do you have?

If you only have one video card that is doing both the graphical and physx calculations it would be better to turn off physx as it will effect performance.

Update audio drivers?

Update video drivers? The HD 4 series has it's own audio drivers, but this is for the HDMI connections from the card. It's something to look into though.

I actually have a Super Joy Box 5 Pro and it works most of the time. Only thing I have a problem with is that the analog sticks can be a little iffy at times when using PS2 controllers. I think I got it for like $20, but it lets me connect up to 4 PS2 controllers through one USB port.

If you get a Wireless 360 Controller for PC it comes with a receiver that lets you connect up to 4 360 controllers wirelessly to your PC.

I don't think it will even get past the BIOS screen or even SHOW it if it can't detect the CPU that it has.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-870-1156,2482.html

3ds Max runs slightly faster on low latencyRAM (DDR3-1333) and on high speed memory. You want at least DDR3-1333 speed at quick timings here.

There is hardly any performance difference between fast and slower DDR3 memory when checking for viruses using AVG Anti-Virus.

The results of creating a PDF document out of a huge PowerPoint presentation vary quite a bit and reveal slight benefits with faster memory. The difference isn't really significant, though.

There is no real performance difference when working with large images using extensive filters in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Results are different when editing video using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. The difference between the slowest and the fastest memory setup is 6 seconds, which is quite a bit considering that we're talking about memory performance here. You'll probably get similar performance variance when going from one processor speedbin to another. High clock speed wins under Premiere, but quick timings have a positive impact, too.

Once again, there are noticeable differences between memory speeds, this time when using WinRAR to compress and archive files. The differences are significant, and WinRAR is clearly more sensitive to timing than clock speed changes.

The performance differences in converting audio into Apple's AAC format using iTunes is negligible.

There were no measurable differences when using LAME.

DivX transcoding runs slightly faster with higher-performance memory, but we found wide variance in the results, meaning that performance isn't very consistent.

Using Xvid provided another case of measurable benefit with faster memory.

Finally, there's little reason to pay for fast RAM if you use MainConcept on a regular basis.

The graphics performance in 3DMark Vantage improves with low latencymemory and with faster clock speeds. The benefits are small, though.

The CPUscore doesn't provide any helpful information.

Far Cry 2 is our first real-world 3D game in this review and proves that you can indeed generate higher gaming performance when using faster RAM. The DDR3-1600 settings were best.

GTA IV didn't return straightforward results.

Left 4 Dead is another example that shows how fast RAM speeds and timings do have benefits. Clearly, you should go for gold with this game title.