Recent content by toodabeans

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    Which monitor is the better deal?

    I'm going from a single 32" Samsung TV as a monitor, and I'm going to hang this up and use it as a TV finally. To replace it, I wanted to go with dual monitors. The two I'm stuck between are the Sceptre 32" curved (...
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    New PC won't post

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    New PC won't post

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    New PC won't post

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    New PC won't post

    Building a friends PC, and I can't get it to post to bios. All the fans are working, including the gpu's fan. I checked all the connectors, and made sure everything was plugged in. Any ideas on what I should try? I tried booting with 1 stick of ram and no luck. Specs are i5 7500, 1060, mobo is...
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    Will this 7th gen work on a h110m

    Can I use a i5 7500 CPU run on an ASUS h110m A m.2 motherboard?
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    Need help building a friends first PC $750

    A friend of mine has been wanting to upgrade from his laptop for a long time, and he finally has about $750 saved up for his build. This PC will be used for light gaming, and getting him through college. We're going to go to a microcenter near by, and the build I came up with is about $725 (...
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    Computers ram acting up

    Something odd is occurring with my PC. Way too much of my ram is being used on no processes, and I can't figure out why I'm at 53-54 percent with no programs running other than teamspeak. I checked both task manager and resource manager, and it isn't making any sense why this is happening...
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    Do I need to RMA?

    Well I'm using a whole new drive with a fresh install of windows. The boot time issue has been on the PC before there was even a copy of windows installed on to it. I'll try to reset bios and update it.
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    Do I need to RMA?

    I bought the MSI Z170A Gaming M5 Mobo back in February. It takes 90+ seconds to boot up into the screen that says "hit f11 to enter bios" and now I'm seeing it say my CPU clock speed is only .80GHZ when I'm on a 6600k. I noticed the extremely slow clock speed issue when I reinstalled windows and...
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    Internet bad or hardware?

    Yeah I did. To use the Ethernet port on the MSI gaming boards you need the Driver
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    Internet bad or hardware?

    So yesterday I reinstalled my windows and everything on it to a new HDD because my old one died. However, now it feels as if my ping is always much much higher than before. It also feels like my internet is slower even though I did a test and got 8 down 2 up. My ping used to be very good, but...
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    Start up error