4th Gen

Hi, So my PC has been randomly shutting off. I will be using it and doing any task from watching youtube to playing Warzone 2.0 and the screens will just go black and so will the rest of peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc). The PC will sometimes boot back up normally but it will usually boot up...

One morning, I used my PC normally for like an hour or two, and then I shut it down for around 10 hours. And on the same day, I pressed the power button. The fans were spinning, RGBs were turning on, but no display output and the red light of death showed up on my motherboard. I looked up what a...

More specifically, what are the advantages of the B85-m-hd3-a Gigabyte brand, vs any H81 brand mobos? I need help asap! I'm in the middle of a deal!!! Tech wizards I summon you!

Hello, everyone! I have an issue with my PC it got stuck after playing the game then I close the game it shows a random color screen like Green, Blue Black then I have to restart the PC by switch off the power button. My hard drive is also a little bit slow. MY System spec. Xeon 4th Gen...

I want to upgrade from my very bad i5 650 to a better processor. I thought getting a i7 4790k was a good idea since i didnt want to replace my ram for ddr4 from ddr3 instead i could kd keep my ddr3. Question is, is it good for gaming in 2019? Ill do fine with medium setting i dont mind. Also its...

So I just got a BRAND NEW in the box 6700k for $220. Given that it’s a little over 2 years old, is this still a good buy? I wasn’t really wanting to upgrade to Kaby Lake, from a 6600k. I figured at that price, getting into a more recent i7 wasn’t bad. Thoughts?

I have a problem with the partition that holds the OS system. I wanted windows 7 so i used a disk to try to install it. During the installation process, it would not accept the partition I selected and said that the partition needed to be formatted. I went to format it and accidentally formatted...

I just bought a cpu fx 8320 yesterday and I smelled in my room hot plastic. I downloaded HWmonitor and prime95 . I take a screenshot to show you my cpu temps. I stressed 4-5 minutes because i was worried about my socket to not burn. Please tell me what i to do. I have doubts about thermal paste...

I have been having some power issues in my custom PC build. Ranging from Usb ports failing to power devices either at all or properly, to internal HDDs failing to recongnize in the OS but does in the bios. Most of the time the remedies to these problem I have are switching ports combined with...

Looking to purchase a low profile video card to play the IGT Slot machine games and other casino games. Any suggestions on Low Profile video card? budget about $150

Hello, I have laptop mentioned in title and I have problem that bugs me for 2+ months and it's really annoying. Can't give it to warranty anymore. I can easily run most of games on medium details with smooth framerate but everytime I use my GPU (my laptop has intel and gpu, I use GPU for...

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I've been working on this problem for a while and its been seriously troubling me. Basically, I have a 2500k overclocked to 4.6 with 16GB of 1600MHz memory and sli evga 670 ftws. On intensive games like bf4 my frames times seem like they are freezing and then smooth on and off the entire time...

I am looking for the best motherboard for gaming less than $150. The the motherboard that I am thinking about getting is the MSI gaming 5 motherboard. Is there any motherboard that would better suit a gaming rig for equal or less?

My psu has a 8 pin but it is split into 2 4pin connectors. I used the 6 to 8 pin adapter the card came with but my psu 8 pin will not work. I just plugged a 6 pin into the 8 pin and left it at that. It turns on an has been running like a champ. Is this going to be a problem? I plan on getting a...

I finished building my computer yesterday and installed windows 7 on it, when i run into the problem that it does not want to boot up on my SSD. I understand that windows could have problems with multiple device connected and choose which it should boot up to, so i unplugged my HDD, so I only...

Hey Forum, I've been recently thinking about upgrading from Windows 7 to WIndows 8, I've done some research and have downloaded the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant and ran the scan for compatible programs. It said that my programs were compatible, but I had to review 8 items, which wasn't that big...

Okay so I've done a lot of looking online, and research about ivy bridge and haswell. I am in no way a pro with PC hardware knowledge, but I think I know more than your average joe. What I've gathered is that you do get a performance increase with Haswell, but it consumes more power and runs...

Hi guys. Please help me out. I am looking for to buy an AW 17 for around $1500 but I was referred to This site by a friend so that I could see if I would build one for around the same price, but with better qualities. I want this for gaming and architectural purposes. I am in love with the...