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Yesterday I decided to try using msi afterburner and overclocking my laptop for the first time. I had no background information going into it so I was just following youtube tutorials on it. And a heads up, I am not very knowledgeable about things like this in general regarding laptops. The...

Hello, I have an MSI 1080 TI Armor GPU, as I'm sure most of you know the cooler is horrible on it (Gaming X 1070 IIRC) As such gaming at 1440p is possible but my card temps end up quickly at the high 70's early 80's in celcius, but more importantantly they reach these temperatures long after...

Hey! So I already bought all pc parts for my future PC (minus the GPU), but when I started to understand what was going on in the GPU market, I realized that I rushed in. I bought the I5 9400F CPU and was supposed to get a RX 580. But I made the choice to save some more money until the stocks...

Working on putting a pc together, don’t have it all the way, but just plugged in to check, the motherboard doesn’t seem to be getting any power/show signs of life when plugged in ? The power cables are set in the right slots but I get nothing. Any help?

Hello guys. So I want to build a Ryzen system and I was looking for the motherboards. I can't spend lot of money on the motherboards so I did my research and I have to make choice between 3 motherboards. Gigabyte a520m Aorus Elite - 85$ Gigabyte b450 Aorus M - 95$ Third option is the combo -...

This morning when i turn ON my pc there's a 'sparked' sound and entire house went blackout! Since i have an opened air case.i had a glimpse that it came from the hard disk area.. Turn ON the house power main board and we have our lighting back. I plugged out and in back my pc power socket at the...

I built my gaming pc back in 2013 and it's fared well over the years. You folks actually helped build it! But alas all good things must come to an end. I poured tea down the vent and now it crashes often, hoping it doesn't crash as I type this. I want to use something like Ibuypower or a similar...

Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to building computers but I’ve recently invested a lot in a brand new up to date system and I’d say I’m overly concerned for maintaining its health and life span lol. A few times now it’s frozen and crashed and the blue screen shows up saying, “Your PC ran...

Hello all, I have this one year old prebuilt PC with an RTX 3070. The computer has an issue where when it gets to the windows boot screen (black screen with the rotating dots) some green lines appear all around the screen, then I get a black screen and nothing else. The computer does stay on...

Hi I would like to know your responses on a great budget on upgrading a PC. I want to play Rust on good FPS 70+ or any other games to play at an average FPS Rate not stuck with 40-45 FPS with low settings and having the system to have great response and quality. So far in this list that I own...

Hi everyone, i got a new build but I'm still using a very old HDD and i really need to replace it before i lose everything. I don't know much about hard disks, i read that the NAS ones are very good but i don't know if they're a good choice for a normal computer (for storing videos, games...

I'm looking for a new pc case, I was going for aesthetics but I was wondering if I should go for a mesh or solid front panel, would a mesh front panel offer more airflow and lower temps, or is the difference compared to a solid front panel negligible. I also care about how much noise my computer...

Hey everyone, Long time reader, first time poster. Built a PC back in 2013 (ORPHEUS 2013 Build) with the intention of upgrading slowly, but I've fallen off following current tech and trends. Been having some processing bottlenecks recently that I'd like to address, especially when Chrome is...

So I bought a new pc from a very reputable site that assembled it for me, but I'd like some advice please guys on this situation. Timeline: First delivery, DOA, returned for inspection, dead GPU, replaced. Second delivery, DOA again, returned for inspection.. dead MOBO, offered an upgraded...

Hello, this is my first time posting here because I want some advice on upgrading my current computer. I think I want to replace just about everything. But it also might not be necessary. I'm currently running a core i5 4690k with a gtx 970 and 16gb of ram. I have a 500gb boot ssd and a 1tb...

So I bought a XFX 5600 XT THICC ll, and when I tried to install it my pc wont turn on at all, not even my fans would spin. But as soon as I pull it out a nd turn the pc on its all back to normal.

Good day Sir/Madam, I am from Malaysia (SEA region, UTC +8), recently just upgraded my pc from: i5-4590 AMD R9 380 16GB (2x8GB) 550W PSU My humble new PC Spec: i5-10400F ASROCK B460 PRO 4 SOCKET 1200 EVGA RTX 3060 TI XC GAMING Kingston HYPERX Fury 16GB (2*8GB) GDDR 2666mhz Aerocool Lux RGB...

Hello everyone, right now I am using a I7-4790 processor with a Asus Q87M-E motherboard. I am also using a GTX 1080. I have noticed that my cpu gets very hot and seems to bottleneck my gpu by about 19%. Is there any direct upgrades that I should do in the Intel sector or is it worth switching to...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NZP7Mv Was wondering if the parts I have chosen are good since its my first build, anything I should change? Trying to keep it under 1500 CAD both the cpu and gpu are sold out at the moment so ill have to wait to snatch them when they get back in stock.

I have a tight budget and my pc specs as of now is: CPU: Intel Pentium g4560 GPU: Palit GTX 1060 6gb RAM: DDR4 8gb single stick 2400Mhz MOBO: MSI B250M HDD: 500gb PSU: 600watts I mostly do gaming and I have noticed FPS drops in all of my games like LoL, Dota2, Witcher 3, and many more. My PC...

I have a b450m pro4 and g.skill Ripjaws at 3200 and ryzen 3 3200g I want to know what slots to put my ram in and how to put it at 2933

I have a decent amount of funds as of now and I'm thinking of buying a bunch of new things, the options being what they are it's tough to decide at the moment, so I thought I could get some recommendations from here. This community has always stood out as being well knowledgeable in all things...

Hi! I've been contemplating upgrading my desktop for a while now but im unsure what i should sink money into first. With newer games being more taxing (especially with this nights Cyberpunk release) I've noticed my pc is starting to "lag" behind. My current specs are: Mobo: ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E...

Hey Guys, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fsXkgt Im gonna be using this build mainly for Content Creation... A lot of Simulations, and rendering stuffs, 1) Is the Case good for Airflow or Can it manage those Components which I put in it???, Cause I really like the Style of the Case, Recommend...

Hi, I feel like my rig is pretty decent but I'm getting some bad performance recently with games so I'm looking to upgrade. Looking at my current setup which component upgrade would have the most effect on performance. In other words: what is bottlenecking my pc? MSI H310M PRO-VH Intel® Core™...

My current system is fairly old and I was looking to upgrade both my motherboard and processor (including the CPU cooling) and being fairly new to this I'm not sure whether or not I would need to upgrade power supply, and whether the new upgrades would be compatible. Current PC Graphics Card...

Hey there, my first post here. I have been a longtime pc player but ever since 2015ish I switched to consoles due to lack of time. Now I'm trying to hop back in and try to build my 3rd ever PC from scratch. The q&a section has a very nice pre designed questionaire to copy-paste for these...

Hi all, Recently been building my new pc and so far very happy with the way I've managed to optimise the hardware to be quite quiet. One of the best things I did was swap out the 4tb Seagate Nas Ironwolf drive that came with the pc to a 240gb ssd, however this has left me with much less...

Hey, so I'm planning to upgrade my computer soon cuz Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner, as of right now I have a gtx 660 and I'm in desperate need of an upgrade as I basically can't run any games at lowest settings and get stable framerates, I've been looking into a gtx...

I have a budget of about $2100 and I'm only focused on gaming. What would be the best parts/prebuilt to spend my money on? I've done a bit of research over the past few days but still feel like a complete noob when it comes to building a good pc.

I need to buy a graphic card and i would like to buy it for Christmas. Is there any upcoming graphic card worth waiting for? My budget is around 300€, and i was thinking about buying a sapphire pulse RX 5600xt, which cost 313€ right now on amazon. I read that AMD is about to release some GPUs...

First time using the forums here so I hope this is all good. And sorry for the long, drawn-out post, wasn't sure if I should include all of it but ended up just pressing post. XD --- Approximate Purchase Date: waiting on Black Friday sales (am hopeful prices will go down somewhat, fingers...

Hi, I'm fairly new to PC building and upgrading. I'm looking to nap the RX 6900, or RX 6800 in the future. I read the minimum wat for the RX 6900 is 850 W, and the minimum for the RX 6800 is 750 W, at lest according to the website.This is my PC.Now, I realise I have a 750 W PSU, but I've read...

I was thinking about building myself a new system. I chosen a few parts and was wondering if I have made some dumb choices and should change something. My current part list is: ASUS ROG Strix B550-F GAMING Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz 16GB Fractal Design Meshify S2 (want airflow and...

Hello, I just came on hear to hear some thoughts and opinions on my PC rig. I have recently done some upgrading and am considering upgrading my RAM as well from 16gb to 32gb. I usually only play games, don't stream often if any.. so just would like to hear if there are bottlenecks any where. I...

Approximate Purchase Date: I'm hoping to buy in November Budget Range: Ideally sub $1500 USD with shipping, but if it's shipping that takes me a little over, i'll live System Usage from Most to Least Important: My biggest use is Path of Exile, streaming movies, some steam games and if...

Hey guys, I want to buy new machine. Purpose - gaming (RPG + RTS + MOBA). Price - something like the one listed below. I'd appreciate your help regarding components as I have no idea what is currently good/bad on the market. Current choice was based on benchmarks I found. Budget (based on the...

Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing fine! I've recently decided to build a desktop PC mainly for Gaming and Programming. I've done some research and chose some of the components already: CPU - Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM Motherboard...

Hello everyone I hope you're doing well. I'd like to build a desktop PC, but I have no clue what components to buy since I've been out of tune regarding price/ performance ratio for a few years. I'm thinking about getting one of the new RTX 3000's series (RTX 3080 to be precise), but they are...

I have to buy a GPU, but i can't spend more than 300€ . This is my build: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO PSU: Corsair RM550x Secondary memory: Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD Case: Thermaltake Case Mid...