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Hey guys just looking for some thoughts on this, i overclocked my i5 3550 to 4171mhz with my Asus p8z77-v lx through the bios by raising the blck to 107. and a few other tweeks I have a hyper evo 212 cooler and will monitor my temps but i am not to worried. I see lots of programs like unigine...

I'm in the market for a new microphone and was wondering what you would spend on a mic with $100

Do I run 2 1080gtx in sli or do I run 3 of them one for each monitor?

i am considering buying one of this 3 graphic crads and im not that good at finding out which is best for using when gaming and which fits best with the other parts of my computer ASUS STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3OC-6GD5-GAMING ASUS STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING (8 GB) ASUS STRIX-R9390X-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING...

so i tryed to upgrade my windows 7 to windows 10 and it just doesnt want to download ... i let it on for about 3 hours and it does nothing it just says "download started" http://i.imgur.com/DrdswL1.png

hi, i have a gaming system that i have been using in its current state for almost 3 ysrs, it is a i5-2400 on a z68 gigabyte motherboard, with a galaxy gtx 660 gc gpu, 8 gb ram a 256 samsung 850 evo and a 1 tb hardrive where all my games are installed, running on a fresh install of windows 10...

Iam trying to find my refresh rate for my graphics card as i want to get the smoothest gaming possible.

Where can I get the software for my HP PSC 1410 All in One Printer, Scanner, Copier? The printer is in use and the original CD was stolen by a computer mechanic whom I cannot find afterwards. Please help me to get the soft for my printer. <personal Info Removed by Moderator>

Which GPU should I get and is there a major difference? GPUS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832&cm_re=msi_gtx_970-_-14-127-832-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127850&cm_re=msi_gtx_970-_-14-127-832-_-Product Thanks! Thanks so...

What HZ is this monitor? I can't seem to find it anywhere

I can get my laptop to boot up in safe mode - trying to get to register from c:

so yes i know, there's plenty of threads of this but i just need someone to tell me specifically about it. so i have my 4690k at 4.0. it fluctuates from like 57-68c while playing DayZ. are these temps safe?

Hello I would like to run fallout 4 on this pc gigabyte gtx 970 g1 gaming I7 6700k Asus maximus viii hero 2x4gb ddr4 corsair vengance lpx 2666 Xfx pro series xxx 850w Samsung sm951 pcie ssd 128gb 1tb wd black hdd Zalman z11 plus Raijintek triton aio In 1440x900 resolution My pc shoudl handle...

I have lets say 8 case fans and I want to really utalize that factor with a cooler and idk if I'm going with a huge heatsink or just wide, what's best cooler for that, price isn't a problem within reason and yes I know watercooling but I want air

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I want to start off by saying that I know very little about computer hardware, so please talk to me like I am a complete novice. I was playing a game with a friend, and my PC suddenly shut off and would not turn back on. My friend brought up that taking the bios battery out and putting it...

Hey There, I am missing the 8 X short radiator screws for the H105 (probly lost them or didnt even come with the box). Brand New the water cooler is as well. I asked for Cosair to send me the screws and agreed and didnt even send me them. Is there a way I can just buy them with out the £10...

My case isn't here yet and I want to start downloading games and such so I'm trying to set up an out of case build, I just don't know how to turn on my computer. Thanks in advance :D

Okay, so I built a new gaming desktop. The build worked perfect for about 2 weeks and then I noticed a heavy performance drop. I ran memtest 64 and found a bad ram stick. I rma through newegg and got my new ram. I installed it and everything seemed to work. So here is the issue. When I...

So I recently started building my new pc and it turns out that my wifi pci card and graphics card don't fit next to each other.My motherboard has only 3 pci slots but my pci card aND g card fit in a specific slot.If you guys have any suggestions please let me know and thanks in advance.(Graphics...

I'm planning my new PC and I have decided to get an I5-4690 and a Gigabyte Gaming G1 970. What i'm wondering is, will I be able to run Skyrim @ 60ish FPS with an ENB, 2k textures and maybe some other random mods at 1440p or is it not powerful enough?

I just built a PC, and it won't turn on (although the green power LED on the motherboard is lit up). All the cables are plugged in, and my Athlon X4 860k is compatible with my Asus A88xm-a motherboard. I swapped the CPU with an A4 5300, but it didn't work. I then swapped the ram - still no boot...

My roommate's laptop was acting weird lately, so, yesterday after it stopped responding once again, he performed emergency shutdown, and instead of normal boot, error screen occurred saying something like "Windows failed to start error 0xc000000f". I managed to start hard drive check using...

Have a server hard drive showing as failing. I am purchasing the a new one to put in. This is a 2003 server with hot swappable drives. If I put in the new drive will the server rebuild automatically? I am pretty sure this is the case but I wanted to check with the community to verify. Dell /...

I guess there isn't really one. I love the looks of Corsair K95, but taken back by its led issues. What the point of having backlit KBs if the leds can't last a year? How long can we expect the leds to work in KBs generally? Those who have had long term ownership pls share your experiences. I...

I have a 550W and just used a couple calculators to see of that was enough and some said yes some said no. CPU: i7 4790k GPU: R7 260x Mobo: AsRock z97 anniversary Memory: 2×4GB ddr3 120GB SSD 1TB 7200 HDD Some LED 120mm fans No overclocking... And please don't make fun of build, I know the GPU...

Will this build work, all fit together and everything? Is there enough slots on the motherboard components and fans? Is PSU good enough? Please help! http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Yqy24D

I bought GALAXY Geforce 210 Graphics card and tried to install it as the manual says in PCIE slot first time to use it. It didn't work. the fan is working but the display Says No signal. when I try to put the display on the VGA On boards it works normally. I reviewed the Bios and have an option...

GTX 850m DDR3 with i7-4710HQ or GTX 860 GDDR5 with i5-4210H

So I'm building my first computer. I bought a used motherboard and video card and ordered the other parts online. I'm still waiting for them; I was just looking at pictures of the case online and I'm worried the r9 270 OC might not fit with all the HDD slots. Also, will the PSU that comes in the...

Hi guys, first of all after a week of getting this case http:// I realized that I didn't use any mobo standoffs, partly do to me forgetting about them and partly do to me having no issues screwing the mobo to the case, it was not loose or anything so stand offs didnt even come to mind. Is it...

hey guys i am aiming to build a pc to game on and also edit videos for youtube. Based off of that knowledge should i use a different motherboard for my build, and i am willing to spend a bit more on it. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wdp8yc i appreciate all feedback, thanks.

i need a good 92mm fan for my cpu cooler, the price doesnt matter and i dont care so much about noise.

I'm attempting to run oracle virtual box on my machine (w8.1 64 bit) and I am unable to install any 64 bit machines on it. I read that I need to find and enable a virualization option in bios, however, I cannot find it. Is there a way for me to check if my motherboard is compatible? my CPU is...

Guys i have a pretty basic system with a core i3-2100 and a 450w PSU on a intel Dh61WW mother board. Now my question is that i am going to buy the zotac gtx 750 ti 2 GB GDDR5 GPU and upgrade my RAM from 2GB to 6GB so will my processor and PSU be able to power my GPU and will it bottleneck ? my...

how do you turn off usb power/charging when your computer is shut down? mb gryphon z97 psu seasonic x 750 vc r9 280x mem 8gig 1600 ddr3

I have a 2 TB hdd set to dynamic and a new SSD 256 Gb Set to MBR, My question is that , when I start my pc for the first time of the day, it takes around 1min 8-10sec , but after that when i start it for the same day, it starts in just 12-14 sec? I dont understand why it is taking long time to...

Hey! I just recently purchased a pre-built iBuyPower Gaming tower off of Bestbuy. Ever since getting it, It seems to be running slow in almost everything I do. In simple games I cannot even go to maximal settings. In games like MapleStory it lags and runs slow. Same for Warframe. What bugs me...

I have a Gateway 6800-01e. When I look up the max RAM it says I can use PC3-8500 so my question is could I put PC3-12800 in and it just run at the lower speed?

I have a PC on which I work and I game ! So now I thought of buying a SSD hard drive and install it on my PC ! What I want to do is , one Hard disk for my os printer and all other drivers that I work on ! And the other only with my os and game ! When I boot one drive the PC should not read the...