So I build a PC for a friend many years ago, and it developed a fault of some kind. The guy didn't have any urge to do anything about it and live I far away so his system has been gathering dust for the last few years. I suspected the GPU is problematic and he finally brought his old GPU so I...
Excuse me for a silly question but I'm just too curios!!!
I know that you can replace bad modules and even upgrade more memory on some GPUs. I was wondering if I can give some performance boost to my GTX 760 (GV-N760OC-2GD) that is in my other 10 year old PC. It's used for when my cousins and...
I don't know what exactly is going on, about a week a go, I started to get errors on games, i mean, it was literaly working fine, and then boom, everything stopped working, no matter what I play, demanding or not, I can't play, all games start, and in 40 sec or 1 min, the image freezes completly...
Hi guys! I have a AOC 1366x768 monitor an i5-3470. If i play AC:Origins in this monitor, is 660 enough or do i need that 760? I've seen some gameplay but on 1080p where they play on medium-high 30-40fps on the 760.
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I want to build a pc with a minimum of investition but in the same to be able to play games like path of exile, smite, dota, final fantasy, bless online not at ultra, but almost ultra.
I have considered following components:
MB: GIGABYTE B360M D2V
CPU: Intel Coffee Lake, Core i3 8100...
I’ve been having trouble with my pc randomly black screening on me after it’s been on for a while. The time it takes to shut off is random (between 30 mins to a whole week). But they all happen the same way: the screen suddenly turns black and if there’s sound playing it’ll keep going for like...
Recently my desktop has a strange problem. Suddenly it starts inputting keys "BC" repeating non stop. The only way to stop it is to restart. I swapped keyboards, ports, to no avail. It even triggers this problem when no keyboard is plugged in. I ran chkdsk, sfc scannow, even did reinstalling...
When I start my computer my keyboard and mouse work fine. When I’m in my BIOS everything works fine. But as soon as the welcome screen comes on, the lights on both my keyboard and mouse go out and nothing responds. It’s been working fine since I built it about four months ago, and there has been...
I built my computer in 2013 and many of the parts I want to upgrade to more modern pieces.
The only upgrade I have made recently has been installing a GTX 1080 which I want to build the rest of my PC around.
I will list my current specs, budget and what I use my computer for.
I don’t do much...
i have 1080ti sli ( sli diabled ) i97900k @ cpu3.30ghz 32gb ram i run at 4k
issue is i have a i7 980ti running the same games smooth where is this pc seems to stutter on all games.....
i disabled intel 3.0, ive re installed windows, as you see i disabled sli (as couldnt get any boost from...
I have an old hp pavilion hpe computer with an i7 2600k in it and a gtx 460 se. All are fairly old but it gets the job done for gaming. I recently bought a gtx 1060 6gb OC from Asus and when I installed it with only one of the 6 pins and started the pc, it stayed at the startup menu then made 1...
hey all i wonder if you can help me; i'm a friend of mine has been out of the pc rat race for a while and i've recently upgraded my computer and donating my old parts so he can use them to build a his own computer on a budget. The only things i'm not providing is PSU,GPU and HDD (and required...
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I'm looking for some expert opinion on the noise that my HDD is making.
In case its relevant, I recently upgraded my computer by replacing my
CPU to (Ryzen 5 1600)
mobo to (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157762)
RAM to...
I have to choose between two AMD RX 560 (GTX 1050 equivalent). One is $130 with 4 gigabytes of ram. The other is $120 with 2. Which one should I choose.
2 gb: https://www.frys.com/product/9199278?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
4 gb...
Issue: I was playing South Park Fractured But Whole and suddenly my monitors went out. My main monitor went completely white with black vertical lines going down and my second monitor went completely blue https://i.imgur.com/FXINrN7.jpg and a loud noise came out from the speakers and the...
hello i need to build a pc for gaming/editing/rendering. i would like it to be with the amd Ryzen 1800x because it is 399 usd rigth now on amazon. i dont need monitor nor software and keyboard/mouse. i edit in 4k and play in 4k or 1440p. also i can only buy from amazon since neweeg and other...
This is a new problem to me so please understand.
I've been using my RX 460 for a year now and this only happened yesterday after updating my windows and my gpu to the latest drivers. I was getting high fps before (from 110-140s) in ultra settings but after those updates, it suddenly went from...
Hello i have a pc about 5 years now and it is finally start to have trouble playing the new games..
the specs
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
GPU: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (Gigabyte)
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. H77-D3H
RAM : 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)...
hello, I just picked the parts, I'm not good at computer. could anyone check ? is all the parts right here is good ? I don't know if I can use 2 fans cosair red color for replace fans stocks liquid cooling cosair radiator . I think liquid cooling fans stocks doesn't have any color . I like my...
My MSI B350 TOMAHAWK doesn't work with Ryzen R5 1600. I found on the Internet a similar problem and its solution was to reflash bios. How can I do it? I know that there are bios programmers, but I have never used them. What bios programmer should I use and how to reflash my motherbord?
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I was planning to build this PC https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wDZtyf but then I found this laptop https://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade (6th gen i7, 512 Gb ssd, GTX 1060, FHD monitor) for about $1171 in my country, but its used.
I will be going to college in a couple years...
I made an earlier thread to see whether a 1k computer from ironside was worth it. I then decided to gather components separately to weigh cost. I am wondering if these components would be compatible with each other?
Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014W3EAX8
OS...
I just bought a new pc and im assembling it. As i come along the graphics card, there is no spot for me to insert the PCI-e cable? Where does it go. I have a power core red dragon radeon rx460 4gb gpu. Please help im a beginner!
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Recently my PC has been freezing quite often. It will completely freeze up, I can't alt+esc, use task manager, or do anything but turn off the PC by holding the power button. I have also recently got an error stating "stop code: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR."
The crashes...
Hello everyone, my laptop suddenly BSoD the other day and now it won't start. Stop error 00007e.
I did a memory check and it failed almost immediately, but I swapped in brand new RAM and it did the same thing. I'm not sure what to do at this point, if it's be salvageable, I'd like to upgrade to...
Picked up a used 7970 last year for under $120 on ebay and I'm smashing BF 1 on ultra 10% OC on card
Fx-8320 stock / aftermarket cooler
8 GB Ram
64 player maps at that
Looks like amd sending us some love with this game
Sorry you intel/nvidia goons with your low fps's :no:
Hello everyone.
First of all, thanks for having such a great comunity and for taking your time to answer this.
I must say that I've been looking other post with slightly the same problem as I do, but none of them was the same (at least not the ones I've seen during all the day).
As my title...
Hello! I have 2 computers, One is a laptop and the other one is a desktop. My laptop got spilled by water and luckily i saved the HDD and RAM, My dad agreed to have it repaired abroad (I'm from Philippines). What I want to do is I want to delete some of the files and apps on the Laptop's HDD so...
I want to replace the DVD with a SSD in my Asus R558UR laptop. So far i've tried, i cannot open it. There seems to be 12 screws in the bottom panel as shown in image. I cannot find any screws/flaps on the palmrest.
I removed all the screws marked in image. But the cover won't open. Are there...
I will start off with the specs first
CPU- i7 6700K Skylake
GPU- Zotac GTX 1070 Amp Edition!
RAM- 2x8 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2400 CL16
MOBO- Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3
CPU Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S w/ 2 fans in push pull
PSU- EVGA Supernova 750W B2
Storage- 1Tb Samsung 850 EVO SSD
OS- Windows 10 64bit...
I have a GTX 770 from Nvidia.
I checked my opengl version via opengl viewer and it reported that my version is just 4.4
How do I go update my GPU's opengl to the latest one?
I will buy gaming pc soon. Parts that I will buy: CPU: FX-6300; GPU: R9 380 4GB(OC version); MB: MSI 970 Gaming. I will overclock FX-6300 to ~4.5GHz. I will buy 'tier 2' power supply for my PC, because 'tier 1' power supplies are too expensive for me(I'm looking for 50-65EU PSU). And should i...
I'm looking at getting a custom laptop built by a will known UK based company. My budget is around £650ish, but will stretch to £700 max for the right spec. Although not looking for a desktop replacement, I'll mostly be using it for some basic college/office tasks, some photoshop and digital...
Nothing too intense game wise but its been crashing a lot. At first I thought it was an overheating issue but this last crash gave me the BSoD and remember I got these IRQL messages a lot a while back. I'm adding a link to my minidump, memory.dmp and my dxdiag. I have no clue how to read the dmp...
Short and sweet. I recently upgraded to a i5 4690k from a FX6300. My temps are awful. I'm idling at 40-41 degrees celsius. While playing Overwatch i'm hitting 70 degrees. I took off the thermal compound that I put on a couple days ago (MX-4)(used to get 73 degrees while playing Overwatch). I...
I got this issue recently. It appears in competitive mode ONLY. I can play anything else alright, but when i go to competitive after 5-10 minutes it throws me a black screen with "no signal" and then i have to restart the whole computer. It is repetitive. I have put my settings on low, checked...
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I was thinking about getting the Nzxt sentry 3 fan controller, My case is the Nzxt phantom 240 it comes with 2 fans and room for another 4, And my MB is msi b85-g43 gaming has 5 fan headers, 2 for the cpu and 3 for the case fans, So i do have a couple of questions..
1- Will the Nzxt sentry 3...
I have Intel HD (5000?) graphics on board (integrated) and a GeForce GTX 980Ti (dedicated). The integrated graphics could handle all the games I play just fine.
When I use the system for renders my GPU utilization is always at 99%. How much of the dedicated GPU is being taken away from renders...