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I'm stuck between getting a single GTX 980 or two GTX 970s. People say different things about a single GPU and SLI so I'm very confused. I plan to game at 1440p and was just wondering how many games support SLI. If I do get SLI, will the majority of AAA games support SLI, or am I better off...

Hi everyone i have a question about the Intel Xeon E3-1231V3 Haswell 3.4GHz. will it work on ASUS H97I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H97 mini itx motherboard with bios update or will there be another motherboard that is mini itx that will work with this cpu my new pc is for gaming and working like video...

What games that can use up 6-8 cores in almost full load? Can Cities XXL or X plane 10?

So I got everything hooked up, and went to turn it on to make sure it was all working well. The power will only come in short burst? before I even hit the power button it does it. When i flip the switch on the PSU all the fans will spin for a second, all the lights will come on for a second...

my pc says it cant find requured map name

Hi there, I have just finished my new build and I am pretty happy with it, fans are running, LED's are lit up and the motherboard is recognizing all the hardware components. I do however have one issue, there is a debugging code on my motherboard which says A0 or AO I assume it's the number 0...

Hello, After months of trying to chase down a hardware issue, the ONLY items left to completely replace on my PC are the motherboard and processor, so I'm just gonna do it. I'm kinda a nitwit when it comes to keeping up with things, and would really appreciate a solid recommendation here...

I'll keep this short and simple and hopefully some kind gentleman/woman can help me out. I used to have a wired connection to my router (ASUS RT-N53, simple but works) and in Counter Strike Global Offensive I got around 25-30ms. Now due to some re-arrangements I'm across the room from the...

Hello everyone, first of all I have very little to no technical knowledge so please forgive me for using potentially wrong terminology. My problem started when I bought this new laptop which has Geforce 840m as the graphics card. I have been getting a frustrating black screen problem recently...

i made this purely out of preference and hope to do casual computer tasks some 3d modeling and rendering and have the option for light gaming i don't need max resolutions or anything just able to have an option if i wanna try something out. Heres the build PCPartPicker part list / Price...

I have a NetGear N600 wireless network card for my desktop. It works fine when it has power. However, every time I come out of hibernation mode, the card does not appear to be connected. If I unplug it and plug it back in, it works fine. I was have a problem with my mouse and keyboard doing the...

So I bought some parts to make a small home server for minecraft/hd media streaming and I had a old amd am3 Motherboard laying around. The problem is that the board has no bracket to. Mount the Heatsink to. Can any one point out a site that would sell just the bracket. Iv been looking but can't...

I got an asus g51vx and i looking for a cpu upgrade its is a socket p cpu i wondering which cpu ( socket p) is the best bang for the buck

Hi, is different about fullscreen and windowed. and does full screen drop down FPS? I'm playing crysis 2 in 800x600 sorry if there any wrong words thanks for reply

Paul Henningsen kicks off our System Builder Marathon with a stunning low-cost system that leans on Intel's Pentium G3258 processor, a Radeon R9 270X graphics card, and plenty of DDR3 memory. His hardware costs add up to just under $600, too! System Builder Marathon Q4 2014: Budget Gaming PC ...

Hello, will start with my specs Chip Intel i72600k -4.4ghz MB Asus p8p67pro b3 Ram G-skill ddr3 1600mhz Gpu HD6950 2GB Psu 850mhz corsair Now to my problem motherboard has died and I thought the chip had aswell I had no way of testing the chip separate but local pc shop (penny lane computers of...

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Just about ready to finish off my build. Let me know what you guys think. All suggestions and criticisms are appreciated, thanks! http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jbfcyc

So I've just built a new PC, I went over all the parts to make sure of they were all compatible with each other a lot of times and even got other IT people to double check it too. So I ordered all the parts and put the PC together once the parts had arrived. I made sure all the plugs were in the...

I have recently installed the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 card it runs well but for FIFA & Watchdogs I'm suffering a little lag when the machine is trying to generate new graphics I have had a previous discussion about overclocking but i'm a newcomer and not too fond of the idea. So do I upgrade...

Hey i have a two part question, any help would be appreciated. I have a new ssd and want to install windows 8.1 on it. However my os is currently on my 1tb hdd. I dont want to clone my entire hard drive. Question 1... Would i be best to buy specific cloning software just to transfer the os and...

basically i am getting another r9 290 for christmas and need to know wether its worth selling this psu and getting another with higher wattage/better rating, ive read that the 2 pull about 541 watts therefore i should be pulling about 700 watts out of it when under full load... here are my specs...

so i have beeen wondering for a while, i have see nnvidia having graphics cards, with (for example) the name GTX 780, for desktops, and GTX780M for laptops. now, im wondering, do they perform the same, because, the same number would imply so, but on the other side, the desktop GPU is way...

Hey forums I got a purely hypothetical question for everyone. Could i possibly use an old mini fridge as a way of keeping my desktop cool? Basically if i could find a way to get the wires out of the fridge with the tower still inside, and insulate the inside so as not to damage the tower with...

So I just built this: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/wxccCJ And I'm looking for some games people want to see the performance of on it. I've got it hooked up to a 1080p monitor, so that's what I'll run the games at most likely. Please suggest me some games you want to see the FPSs on. Currently...

Hi, Today I just had my new ISP bring me home and mount the new 3g+ wireless router. Everything works ok the download speed is better and so is the upload, problem is that if I download something I can no longer do anything else like basic browsing. I get all kinds of connection error messages...

Hello Just as a heads up, I've never built a PC or posted on this website before. I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong place or if I come of as a bit of a dummy. I'd love to get into the world of PC gaming. I've always been a console guy and have basically never gotten into PC gaming before...

The link for my build is http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZpRYJ I am trying to decide if i should stick with the 120hz monitor in the build as is or take out some non essentials and add this ASUS PB287Q 28-Inch Screen LED-Lit 4K Monitor 4k montior. I still want to stay within my $3000 budget. I am...

Well I'm not sure what happened but I no longer can start my computer. It doesn't flash the bios screen or anything. All I get is the monitor recognizing 800x600 resolution and nothing. Here's how it started: I bought a GTX 780 ti graphic card Uninstalled my existing nVidia drivers Put the new...

Hi, the thing is, and I know this happen to a lot of people, Im playing very nice, smooth and comfortable, but suddenly i have a fps drop for 7-10 secs. and I have components above the requeriments. MY PC CPU: i3 2120 Graphics Card: GTX 550 TI RAM: 4gb CPU Cooler: HYPER 412 PWM I´ve already...

Earlier I Used To Run FIFA 14 On Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.0 GHZ But Now I Have Pentium G2020 2.9 GHZ , A Better Proccesor But I Cannot Run FIFA 14 Why???

When I try and play bf3 I get an error saying: "Failed creating D3D device of at least verion 10.0 on adapter "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M " with driver "Unknown". Error is E_FAIL ("an undetermined error occured"). This is typically caused by not having the minimum required support in the GPU...

I just purchased a Soundblaster Z soundcard and my computer is not detecting it. I am fairly new to this as this is coming from my first build but any help would be greatly appreciated.. CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4...

can i overclock my msi r9 270x with msi b85m-g43 without losing my warranty of my mobo???

I opened up my laptop, removed and replaced the thermal paste on the gpu and cpu, and put it back together. when i turned it on it stayed on and ran like normal for about 5 minutes, and then turned off. The display lights turned on when I tried to start it again however, the computer did nothing...

Ok I know this is an old topic and on paper the 770 is better. But I cannot find any heaven 4.0 benchmarks for the GTX 770 so I can compare notes. I do find many for the gtx 680 and 670. I am using the PNY GTX 770 which is basically a referemce 770 with better cooling. I find the games get...

I am planning on building a computer with the Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119286, and I had a couple of questions regarding the mobo and space constraints. First off I have an i7-4770k and a Cooler Master Seidon 120m that I plan...

Is there something like with for 3way SLI 780ti's? Im using 3/8x5/8 tubing. http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-bridge-triple-parallel.html

Hello, I recently build a computer and here are my specs: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K Trinity RAM: 4GB Single-Channel 1860-DDR3 Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 Graphics Card: Gigabyte R7 260x GV-R726XOC-2GD Storage: 150GB Western Digital WDC WD16 00JS-60NCB1 SATA Disk...

Please someone help me this is driving me nuts. i have a dlink 615 router with ddwrt on it. ive went to this website with this router for over 2 weeks now no problems. i accessed the site today no problem and then all the sudden i cant access it anymore. i can access it when i have my computer...