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It is an MSI GTX 970 4G Gaming OC edition

This is the route I tried initially, but I got no display (including no bios) when my SSD is the only drive connected. Though, I will try this route again to make sure!

Hello Tom's Hardware! My question spans several possible threads so if you think it fits better somewhere else please let me know! To my issue then, I recently purchased an AMD R5 2600, ASUS TUF B450 gaming mobo, 2 stick of Corsair LPX DDR4 3000 RAM, and a WD 500gb SSD to upgrade my system. I...

From what I can see all my drivers are up to date (both Nvidia and the Windows Drivers). I ran the troubleshooting tool as administrator and I could not identify any issues.

Hello Tom's! I have a question concerning my computer upon waking up from sleep. Every so often when I wake my computer up from sleep I get no signal to the monitor. I have tried switching my HDMI chord from my graphics card to my on-board graphics and there is still no signal to the monitor...

So I am looking to upgrade my system to get ready for some of the games coming out in 2017. Right now I am running an i5-3570k 3.4Ghz, and MSI GTX 970 Gaming edition, and 8 gbs of RAM. I currently don't overclock my CPU and if I need to in order to game it should be able to handle it no problems...

A friend of mine's computer has started acted strange just today and I am in the dark as to what could be causing this. When she tries to boot the computer it does one of two things: either it does not start at all, the fans simply move a bit and then it turns off; or, if left off for a while...

I just moved back into my apartment for the school year and when i hooked up my tower to my router I have connection to an unidentified network with limited access. My buddy who is also connected to the same router has internet and a solid connection. When prompted the router recognizes my...

I have an i5-3570K processor that I am currently not overclocking. A friend of mine just purchased minecraft for me and I am interested in possibly overclocking my cpu just a bit in order to get higher frame rates. Also, I have installed a Cooler Master Hyper T4 after-market heat-sink. My...

Right now my MSI GTX 970 idles anywhere from 35 degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius (depending on how many things I have open on my desktop). Is this a normal idle temp?

I am looking into buying an MSI GTX 970, and I am a bit concerned that I am just wasting money if I don't have a great montior to go with it. My current monitor isn't bad though; it is a 24" AOC 1920 x 1080 with a 60 hertz refresh rate. So my question is, is my monitor just bottle-necking this...