Help Requests & Upgrades - Required Information

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If you are making a post asking for help, please be sure to include all of the information needed to troubleshoot your problem. If you make a post that says:

Omg guys! My computer stopped working yesterday! What do I do?

Nobody will know what to suggest for you. Below you'll find suggested information that you should include in your post:

General Information

• CPU (brand, model, speed)
• Motherboard (brand, model, chipset)
• RAM (amount, type, speed)
• Graphics Card (brand, model)
• Power Supply (brand, model, wattage)
• Operating System
• Resolution
• WoW Settings (AA, Shadows, View Distance, Spell Effects...etc)

Video Problems

• dxdiag output (directions found below, Windows only)

Sound Problems

• Sound Card (brand, model)
• dxdiag output (directions found below, Windows only)

Network Problems

• NIC (Network Interface Card) (brand, model, whether PCI or on-board)

Stability Problems

• CPU temperature (see Core Temp)
• GPU temperature (see nVidia's Control Panel or ATi's Catalyst Control Center)

Help me Build a System

• Building yourself or Premade
• Budget
• What can be reused
• Country

We would like to thank Maxemiss for his guide that will help people who are thinking of buying a new computer or upgrading their current one:

To help you save time, and to help us help you. Follow the below if possible. If you can not attain the information, then try to find out what you can as it can make a huge difference. Though you do not need to fill out all the info, just remember the more info you give the more you can be helped.

A few good places for links: Newegg.com, Tigerdirect.com, Amazon.com or wherever you bought it from.
If you just registered you can not post links, so just post the link without the "http://www". Make sure it is from a trusted site or people will ignore it. (Now Just copy and paste everything below into a new thread)

Current Build~
Computer-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Link if possible:

Case-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Name:
Link if possible:

Ram-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Speed:
Size:
Link if possible:

CPU-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Speed:
Link if possible:

PSU-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Wattage:
Link if possible:

GPU-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
DxDiag:
Link if possible:

Mobo-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Link if possible:

Operating System-
Name:
Bit:

Resolution-
Size:

Sound Card-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Channels:
DxDiag:
Link if possible:

Network Card-
Manufacturer:
Model #:
Wired or Wireless:
Link if possible:

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Now what is it you want....

Upgrade or New Computer:

Upgrade on what (you hope):

Willing to Self Build or a Pre-Built:

How much you want to spend:

How much you can spend:

What all you plan to use it for:

What Operating system you want to use & Bit:

What Resolution you hope to be in:

What Settings do you Want & how much FPS:

What Country are you from:

What can you re-use:

Network will be wired or wireless:

Any Additional Info Here:

If you need to include dxdiag output, here are the steps to gather that information:

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Enter "dxdiag" in the box and press enter
• In the window that appears, click "Save All Information"
• Save the file to your hard drive (somewhere you can find it later)
• Copy/Paste the information from the file into your post (please put it in a [code][/code] block) or upload the text file

In general, you will want to be as descriptive as possible. Anyone who has worked with troubleshooting computers will tell you that the most frustrating thing is to miss a simple solution because a piece of information didn't seem relevant.

Also be realistic, everyone wants Ultra Settings with high FPS, but simply put it can not be attained with $500 for a pre-built or self build. Unless of course you find a deal and get lucky, so on that note. Best of luck!