Recent content by Patrick_15

Hmm, Ive read the thread and I dont see how that applies to me. He is saying that he turns off his computer " from the wall" , what ever that means. He also hears a loud pop noise from the psu which I did not hear at all... However, maybe it may be a faulty power supply or something. That...

I just built a new pc 2 weeks ago and it ran perfectly and I was very happy with it, until today. I tried turning it on the same way I always had by flipping the switch on the back of the pc (I always switch it off to turn off the motherboard LEDs) and pressing the power button ontop of the...

My 5-year-old pc has only 1 running fan which is the exhaust fan in the back.. I just recently noticed that the other 3 front RGB case fans aren't even connected to the motherboard because there aren't any more fan headers.... Is having only 1 exhaust case fan and no other intakes fan damaging...

Yes I saw somewhere that I wouldn't need to replace the backplate because i have an amd CPU. I would just need to use the lever and lock mechanism.

I've installed the hyper T4 CPU cooler but the problem is when my pc is standing the heavy Cooler does not make full contant with my cpu thus i get super high temps like 60-70. When i open the side panel and apply pressure to the cooler i can see my temps going down to 30-40. The problem is...

I currently have an AMD motherboard installed in my computer. I wanted to upgrade my old AMD Phenom II X2 511 cpu to a better one like the AMD FX 6300. Question is I do not know what type of AMD motherboard I have and how many slots it supports for AMD FX 6300

I have a Gtx 970 and I'm using my old cpu which is a dual core amd Phenom 2x 511 processor In my Games for example: Fallout 4 I get 30-40fps and both cores of the cpu are at 100% while the gpu is at 50% Is my cpu bottleneking my Gpu? If it is, could it cause any damage to my Gpu or cpu and...

Help! My computer was running perfectly fine yesterday but today I just bought a new cpu and I had put it in computer along with its heat sink. When I turn on the computer all the fans work my gpu lights up and so does the power supply but the power button is not lit. When I turn it on it also...

Recently i bought a GTX 970 and I installed it into my computer and I ran a game (fallout 4) I got around 25-30-40 frames on Ultra Where as i hear people getting 60+ frames smoothly . I don't know about my cpu but it is an amd phenom II X2 522 processor 3.4ghz which sucks i think? So is my cpu...

I just bought a GTX 970 and my ancient cpu bottle necks it i guess by a lot. I have no idea if i would need to change my mother board to support a new type of cpu? I was thinking of matching my GTX 970 with an intel i5 4690k. This is my current old CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 511 Processor (2...