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Hello, & thank you in advance for advise. Laptop model: Asus Visio 16X I am currently helping a friend with her laptop because she broke the screen, you could still see the image with the spider web cracks.. After recieving a compatible replacement screen I dismanteled the laptop carefully and...

Hello, I was looking to buy a Caddy to replace the Blue Ray player in a old laptop, & I came across a M.2 Caddy, Will you actually get those speeds in a Sata Jack? Thank you

Hello I'm thinking about upgrading from a i7 7700k to a new processor, I have a 3090 So now I want to upgrade the CPU.. Whats the best choices for gaming mostly & content creation like Creation Kit etc? AMD or Intel, it doesn't matter thank you. Please brand & model.

Hello thanks in advance.. Soo I have a pretty good computer & my kids want to play emulators while I am working its becoming a issue, I can't afford to build them another computer at the momment, So I came up with the Idea of using VMware to run a Xbox controller to the VM Seperatly so they...

I own two tablets that I have & I'm thinking of giving one to my wifes Grandfather, I can't decide which one to give him.. I would like to keep the better one.. But they are almost equal IMO, except the samsung is almost 3 years older I believe it to be a Galaxy a 2016 as the Media Pad Was...

Hello I just bought a RTX 3090, But I never upgraded my CPU, or anything else.. I'm starting to think its time.. Whats a good prcessor AMD or intel? My AMD Knowledge is very very limited.. I would like to learn more & I have been out of the Tech loop for the last few years so I lost track of...

Hello, I have been messing around with SBC for years now, I want to to start learning more about electronics, I have seen videos of people soldering & fixing graphics cards by removing Faulty Memoy Modules & changeing them out, then using flux & other things to put the chips back on.. My...

I'm selling my 1080ti but I want to test it can I just put it back in along with my 3090 & plug my monitor, & will the 3090 drivers work on the 1080 ti?

I used Macrium in the past but it became unreliable but I can't rememeber why, I also used the make Disk Image & had good results with that, but haven't done any of this since 2017.. Whats the best way to make backups today in this age?

So I decided yesterday to go bonkers, & buy the Asus Strix RTX 3090.. My question now is, I already know myself & I will want to repaste & repad the graphics card But I'm having trouble finding any sugestions about pad size & best paste to use.. Lastly I know allot of people my ask why do this...

Hello I'm looking to get the best cheapest GPU Rtx for the money without having to rebuild my whole system.. My current card is a GTX 1080ti, I wanted to go for a RTX 3080ti build but saw a posting & a comment about the CPU being bottlenecked.. Your oppinion means allot thank you.. So which...

Hello, So the last couple days my computer has been booting up into Windows 10, everything seems fine but when it gets to the desktop its like Explorer.exe isn't working I can press [Windows Key] & it shows the task bar but disapears when I try to do anything with it, after I restart the...

Water Cooling i7-7700k, HWInfo Shows 92 Degrees Maximum, I installed th Corsair H100x & The board is overclocked 5ghz.. Having no crashes.. But HW Info shows Core Maximum 92 degrees in Red & the Minimum in 36 degrees ? Is this normal ? I'm trying to find out if the overclock is: Stable Why...

I decide to venture in and take the leap on water cooling my 1080ti, I'm not to certain on the cooler I choose. I picked out the Thermallake 3.0 C. I have no experience with this cheaper cooler, its 120mm Radiator. Will this be a big difference then the Asus turbo stock blower cooler that I...

I have a WD black as my Backup/Storage drive for pictures & extra games or files in my system.. It works fine other then trhe fact is that it has a continues click every socond or so.. I don't know if its the cache from a program, I can't figure out why.. Its just annoying & I'm kinda worried...

Hello, I'm doing minor upgrades to my computer, I'm replacing the case, motherboard & thinking about replacing the cooler. Currently I have a Air Cooler, Artic Freezer Xtreme on my board but I want to start overclocking my chip.. I have a GTX 1080ti & a Coirsair 650W PSU.. Will It be better to...

Hello, I'm about to upgrade my "Asus Prime B250M" Mobo to a "|Asus ROG STRIX Z270H Gaming" Mobo.. My question is after changing out the boards how do I clean out the old drivers & install the new ones without wiping clean my system? Unfortunately I have allot of files on my computer & windows...

The Past Week & a half I have been getting allot of crashing in my games which I think is due to my over clocking I think, I use to have the Core clock @ +140 & it held up great for the past year. Even though the MSI auto OC said it could run +163 I heard people have been talking about this...

Hello, I know that this board doesn't overclock to my knowlodge but I want to get more out of my PC. I have a really cheap motherboard because I had to sell my old Beast of a computer & I kept the i7 7700k. I can't seem to get it to boost to it's 4.5mhz it won't go past 4.39mhz. I messed with...

So I'm about to get my tax return & I want to upgrade my card should I buy the 2080ti or go to the new gen 3070? Please let me know why I should besides just the card if you can. Where I am living right now the 2080ti is about $100 cheaper or so & the 3080 is out of my price range.. Also the...

I have read into this laptop that was given to me & I put a ssd into it & a high capacity battery, I didn't take it fully apart to see if the Ram is upgrade-able but I have read conflicting info on this laptop.. 2 of the screws got striped which I will have to deal with but that a different...

Hi I need to shop buy a computer for a optometrist whats a good build to recommend them? they only buy computers like every 10 years.

I got a Evo M.2 & was wondering I set the paging to a mechanical drive will there be any kind of benefit? i'm not sure if its 7200 or 5200 rpm.. I heard that having a separate paging drive use to speed up mechanical drives I'm wondering if this still applies because my paging file starts to hit...

Hello, My question is I want to remove old installed drivers from a laptop ssd to desktop without wiping windows & my games programs-files, whats the way of going about it? Just did a new build today & moved my m.2 to new computer from a laptop I have been using. Windows fired up & reinstalled...

Hello, I am building a budget rig & I found a great deal on a 1070ti with the brand kfa2, It has a box looks legit.. its ex-sniper white. I am getting it from a miner the reason being it has dust on it & they have 6 of them.. I have never heard of this brand before could someone enlighten me a...

I've tried numerous different alternative ways to try to fix the issue with my ASUS Laptop HDMI out to a 24" AOC display screen tearing, It seems the only time it starts to tear is when the screen moves & the Tear slowly scrolls up the screen..? the laptop screen is fine its only the external...

I curious as of Nov 2018 what is the best Password Manager for free offline etc.. I'm trying to get my passwords under control & away from google.

I'm going to move cross globe for awhile.. Taking my Titan xp & other things to build PC at my Destitnation, I looked for travel cases for graphics card component.. Any ideahs?

I was wondering is there really any benefit to deep cleaning a ssd or HD after using it for months? If I was to backup a disk, clean it in diskpart then restore it would there be any benefit or would it just be a plosebo effect?

I received some computer parts from a friend & I'm trying to find out what they are. I have tried the numbers on the stickers but no results.. What I do know is that it is older tech because there are some dates ranging from 1994 to 98 or 97. it has some weird data plug on thats back but thats...

OK guy's i need your help, I had to step away from the computer for tonight before I destroy it.. Her soon to be Hardware hopefully: Asus Sabertooth Z87 Motherboard 16gb Ram i7-4770k 500w PSU So I was given a i7 build from a relative because he just had a new computer built for him.. I...

So I got a Sabertooth Motherboard for my wifes computer, I'm having A RAM ISSUE.. It works with one stick 8GB but when I put the otherone in, the PC fires up and shuts it's self off, the power goes on for like 3 to 4 seconds like it's trying to read the sticks then it shuts down/quits.. I had...

So CMD Tools that I try out all open & close to fast.. I tried compatability mode/Admin Nothing works, Do I actually got to goto the file in CMD or something, & if its is there a faster way to do it? Thanks for the help. Windows10 Or Windows Server 2016 My OS's

Thanks in advance So I bought Windows Server 2016 for like $4 on Ebay, I really am enjoying it. Theres no bloatware, no Cortona, no app store, eveything that sucks about Windows 10 is taken out.. That being said it's more difficult to find programs that are compatable with it.. I'm looking...

I remember when I was younger my dad use to show me those dvd 's with the images burned into them, I was never able to figure it out, The Lable was burned or etched into the top where it looked Faded.. Also allot of boot leg DVD's back in the day had them. Thanks

Hey Guys I just Got a Sound Blaster X-fi Model SB0790 for 15 bucks still in box at a thrift store, It was a very big score. My question is though, I have the Asus Formula iX Mobo & was wondering.. The Sound Blaster doesn't have a optical out port & unfortinetly I dount have any speakers.. I...

Hey I just started geting into messing around with some older hardware, my friend gave me Dell Optiplex 745 with a LGA 775 socket.. I came across something about modding a xeon E LGA 771 to fit with an adapter.. I looked online for different mods like this. Is there somewhere I can find more...

Hi I was given a i7 32GB computer but I already have a power house Rig with a Titan XP & ROG Formula IX & a i7 7700k 32GB.. I have already built computers for my family members, So I want to incorporate it into my setup.. I do I've been getting into virtual desktops, but am mostly familiar with...

Hi I am trying to find a bracket that allowa me to hang a dvd drive inside the computer above the motherboard from the radiator mount, I tried to build one & it looked like tweeker made it.. Its a custom system, + I've looked but I'm not sure if I can find one to my specs.. please help I...

Like the description say, most review sites have corrupt reviews, I'm preytty sick of it .. what are the top sites to go to for info on actually good software instead of malware/crap-ware?