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Hi there, I recently upgraded my PC (first self-build) from my olddd PC. However I didn't upgrade the monitor as it seems okay. But it is very old. It's a BenQ G2222HDL monitor, which is a full hd monitor as far as I'm aware. However, I was considering purchasing this monitor...

I took this harddrive out of my old PC and was going to put it into my new one, just for extra storage of files I won't really be accessing. However I don't know if it's out of date, and maybe very slow or what. Will it slow down my new PC? Should I just buy a new harddrive? Thanks. View...

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Hi all, Wasn't sure whether to put this in Systems or Windows so hope this is ok. Basically, having just built my first pc, today I took one of the hard drives out of my old PC to reuse in the new one. I had formatted that hard drive so there was nothing on it. Next, I plugged a very old hard...

Hi all, Just trying to get everything working smoothly on my new build. The stock wraith prism cooler on my 3700x is running at around 1700rpm currently which seems a lot, and is a little louder than I'd like. It's not too bad, though. What would you recommend in terms of fan curve? CPU fan...

Hi I just completed my first PC build and I'm wondering which drivers on this list for my motherboard I need to download: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B550-A-PRO#down-bios All of them? Or which, if any? The graphics driver is particularly large, and I've already downloaded the...

Ok thanks, I really don't want to take the motherboard out and fix it that way so I'll prob just bend it up. Is that ok to do, like it's not serving an important function?

So I just built my first pc and it works! However I just went to plug in the ethernet and there's a piece of the I/O shield blocking the port. I probably connected the motherboard and I/o shield slightly incorrectly, it was probably the most awkward bit of my build. Maybe you can see the...

Holy smokes, I turned off AVG antivirus like it said in the article and that background process stopped immediately. My PC no longer sounds like it's going to explode! Thanks a lot.

Hi, For a long time a programme called Service Host: Windows Update has been running in the background on my PC and using a lot of power. I can't close it because if I do so (in Task Manager) it says "Closing this will cause Windows to become unusable or shut down" or something along those...

Great. :) I can relax now. Thanks!

Decided to cancel and go for this instead: https://www.amazon.co.uk/CORSAIR-VENGEANCE-PC4-28800-Optimized-Memory/dp/B07TC4TPCN/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=amd+rgb+ram&qid=1604937479&s=computers&sr=1-1

Is it safe to do that? Would I be better off just ordering different ram?

Ok, thanks. I guess I'll just hope for the best and check speeds when it's up and running.

Phew, thanks!