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  1. Axticy

    Question im having hardware issues and idk how to pinpoint them

    So I'm having performance issues with my pc, frame drops, stutters, and more recently crashes( pc just freezes completely, I have to press reset button on case.) I used to have a 6600xt and i upgraded recently to 4070 super to fix the frame drop problem but it didn't fix it. I'm thinking of...
  2. alfaneit

    Question XFX rx 5700xt boardview

    I bought a xfx rx 5700 xt thicc iii ultra on ebay, (bad idea, it arrived damaged). I took it to a friend and he checked it and there are some short lines, and he wants to know if they are the lines that go to the GPU chip (he has the feeling that they are) and to know if the graphics are...
  3. acidofilia

    Question Broken DIMM slots A1, A2. What should i do?

    Hello! I just "upgraded.." my PC. I bought a new CPU, GPU, SSD and motherboard. And heres the thing, the motherboard i bought has non working A1 and A2 slots for RAM. I knew it before i bought it, i even said to the person selling that i want dual channel to work, i didnt know that in order for...
  4. noskopman123

    Question RX 6600 or RTX 4060 for 1440P (changed my mind for 1080P) gaming and future-proofing?

    Hello everyone, I am in a bit of a trouble on choosing a good graphics card. I wanted to choose RX 6600 and pair it with Ryzen 5 7600. But I found out in pc builds that I get 8,7% bottleneck and the site says that my RX 6600 is too weak for my Ryzen 5 7600. for 128$ more, i can get RTX 4060...
  5. tridibeshdashingggg

    Question Game resolution won't go beyond Native resolution

    GPU: 6750XT Challenger Pro CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X My monitor's native resolution is 1366×768, while playing games i set the in-game resolution to 1440p and that usually works. With this Cyberpunk game, even after setting the resolution to 1440p Full-screen and after recording the gameplay using...
  6. ChocoNexus

    Question Any idea how to resolve this issue?

    I have a Ryzen 7 7800X, and a couple days ago i switched out the 8 dollar AMD Wraith Stealth for the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120. After this switch, my CPU temp and usage has been spiking for some unknown reason. I'll go from averaging at 52c to skyrocketing all the way up to 74c. During...
  7. P

    Question PC turns itself on and off ?

    So Whenever I Plug in My Computer, It Turns On Instantly. The Fans Spin, But It Turns Off After 5 Seconds Or So, I Also Hear A Kind Of *Click* Sound Near The PSU, The Kind Of Click That Sounds Like A Problem With The PSU. So I Guess That's The Problem, But I Still Posted It On Here. SPECS: CPU...
  8. N

    Question Good AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d processor Cooling system(AIO)

    Greetings everyone, I am building pc for the first time and can't figure out which 240mm AIO should I use for the processor (7800x3d), here's some option in my region: 1) Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L (or ML240 Illusion model). 2)DeepCool Infinity LT520 WH 240mm CPU Liquid Cooler (or zero...
  9. N0valyfe

    Question AMD Ryzen 9 5900x warmer idle temps normal?

    Hi, I've had my PC for a little over a year now, and it seems the temps are a little higher than usual when idle or with not much activity on the PC itself. I know many contributing factors can cause this, but I figured I'd post my temps from Hardware Info and AMD Ryzen Master, as well as a...
  10. tridibeshdashingggg

    Question 6750xt Can't do Hardware encoding?

    I recently bough the ASrock Radeon 6750xt Challenger pro Oc for gaming and video editing 🥲. I previously had the 1650 super and while editing short length 4k videos from premiere pro using h 264 codec in high 6.2 and VBR 1 pass selection it's was really doing a greater job. As soon as i...
  11. tridibeshdashingggg

    Question Is a 500 watt PSU enough for a 6750 XT ?

    Mobo: MSI tomahawk B450 Max CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x Ram: 24GB 3200mhz PSU: Corsair VS500 80 Plus White My question is, if i use my ASRock 6750 XT Challenger Pro OC for 1080p gaming at ultra settings, do i have to change my PSU? Is their any chance that this brand new GPU can be damaged due to the...
  12. tridibeshdashingggg

    Question How to Read AMD GPU SKU number

    If the product number is 11306-02-20g or 11306-09-20g what's the difference?
  13. doomsday00000

    Question Apps & Games randomly close and I can't find out why ?

    hello. this has been a massive pain for awhile and i have just felt so annoyed and lost on this. it all started with my browsers randomly closing. no crash or error just closing. then it became discord. then it became random applications. then it became games. i tried and tried to fix it but...
  14. Navai_S

    Question How can I use my ram at its maximum frequency without crashes since I paid more for that?

    Hey, guys! I have a cpu ryzen 5 5600x and ram with 3600mhz. so On settings I went and enabled docp and set the frequency to 3400(even less than its max frequency) but I kept getting crashes, blue screens etc. So by running diganosis etc. I found the reason behid these is docp, to solve it I...
  15. C

    Question RAID and Non-RAID M.2s Combination- Hardware RAID

    Hi, I am building a new machine for editing, motion graphics, and rendering. I am planning to use 4 M.2 drives and 2 SATA HDDs. 1 M.2 for OS, 1 for disk cache, and the other 2 as work drives in RAID 1 for redundancy. Also, the 2 SATA HDDs for storage- again in RAID 1. My question is, Is it...
  16. Domaccc12a

    Question Need help with Ryzen 3 4300GE

    So i got that cpu for cheap gaming and i wanna know is there any way to make it faster in bios, i have A520M-HDV.
  17. V

    [SOLVED] Upgrading my i5-9600k ?

    I want to upgrade my CPU, i am trying to decide between an i5-12600k and the Ryzen 7 5700X 'cos I'm getting mixed info on which is better for gaming. I am currently gaming on 1080p at 240hz. Current PC build: AMD RX 5700xt XFX 32 GB 3600MHZ XPG RAM Corsair H100i Pro Xt water cooler i5-9600k...
  18. Tofu_lol

    Question I just bought a new Ryzen 5 5600X and it won't post!

    Okay, so I have a Asus Prime X470 pro and it's updated to the latest bios 6042 which should be capable of 5th gen ryzens. Components: Asus Prime X470 pro Asus RTX 3060ti Ryzen 5 5600X Corsair 650W power supply So I updates the bios of the motherboard using my old cpu a Ryzen 5 2600 and that...
  19. bbclle

    Question PC is crashing after installing GPU ?

    Hi, I am using a budget pc. I use it for gaming as well. Previously there was no gpu installed but the games were giving me fps drop so I figured to get a gpu to install it. We connected the vga cable directly to the gpu instead of the motherboard. At first the pc was still able to google...
  20. S

    Question Does B450 supports PCIE 4 with Ryzen 5000 series processors

    I was planning to pair ryzen 5 5600x with MSI b450 pro vdh but i want to know does b450 supports pcie 4.0, I know b450 don't supports 5600x straight out of the box but i can download the bios in usb from my friend's computer, also, people on the internet have have been running 5600x with...
  21. AZE0018

    Question my gpu utilization is 100% and processor utilization is low while gaming? is it issue?

    my pc specs are ryzen 5 3500x , amd rx 480 msi gpu 16 gb of ram my gpu is utilizing 100% during gaming but processor is oly 30 to 40 percent utilizing, is it a issue? the temperatures are normal but there are lags and slow down of games performance, and sometimes face sudden fps drops down in...
  22. Nova938

    Question R9 290X

    Bought an r9 290X off ebay to try to repair, the guy said there would be display, but showing code 43 on drivers. I received the card and found there was no thermal paste, and when I applied some paste, there was no display, the system would boot with a single beep, but show no post. Is it...
  23. steffona

    Question No post on new build (Ryzen 5 5600G, ASUS Prime B450M A-II)

    Hello, I have recently built a rig with a Ryzen 5 5600G, with a B450 motherboard (which I have BIOS flashed). The system gets power; the fans spin and my keyboard lights up (however my mouse does not). When I plug in my HDMI cable to my motherboard, I have been unable to get a POST or display...
  24. Vercisx

    [SOLVED] I am getting low CPU Usage but High GPU USAGE

    my spec is rtx 3060 and amd ryzen 7 5800h in a laptop. i compared with other people and it is way better. i tried many settings, it still doesn't work.
  25. Riverdye

    [SOLVED] My PC Random Shutdown

    Help! my low end rig randomly shutting down by itself without warning or anything, it just shut down randomly and it happened like once/day, CPU temp are only below 40 degree celcius already tried following fix from google like limiting cpu usage by 90% also running on power saver mode, full...
  26. LOL!@#LMAO

    [SOLVED] AMD driver automatically installing itself

    Hi there, I own a dell g5 se with Ryzen 5 4600h and RX 5600m. For the last few days i am having an issue where this driver 20.18.06.6002 (dell driver) automatically installs. I don't want to use this particular driver because I have encountered some crashes and BSOD while playing some games. So...
  27. marshal_Oga

    [SOLVED] Intel or AMD

    Hello everyone. I want to build a new PC and I have a budget. I am a 3D artist by profession. I don't need high specs, mid range will do good. I am aiming for RTX 3060 Ti when prices come normal. I have doubt in intel i5 10400f and Ryzen 5 3600 . I have seen the benchmarks, they say that in...
  28. Lilmonster189

    [SOLVED] Relatively new PC not booting

    Hi Guys, wondering if someone here can help me or experienced a similar issue. Yesterday Morning i was gaming and the power trippedI tried booting the pc and got 1 long beep and 2 short ones. I spent the morning swopping parts that i had replacements for and couldnt get it to boot. I...
  29. O

    [SOLVED] Help --- AMD GPU display issue ?

    So, I recently bought a PC from my cousin who had been using it for quite a while, it has a R9 295X2 in it which had been working fine for the past 1 month since I purchased it from him, but one day when I came across 2 BSODs and the next day the PC would boot up to the windows loop and then the...
  30. Wiggly24

    Question Lower FPS than expected in Valorant ?

    In Valorant, I often times get 130-200 fps, depending on the in-game situation. However, I've seen people with lower or similar specs than me get a consistent 200+ fps on High Settings. I never have over many applications or processes running in the background and I'm using all low settings. I...
  31. Lzcas

    Question My 2600x is only showing 1 core

    So my ryzen 2600x i got in march 2020 has randomly one day changed to 1 core working it shows 1 core in task manger i tried msconfig advance settings number of processes and before it showed up to 12 but it was on 6 and now 1 or 2 and in task manger it says one cores overclocked to like 4.1...
  32. Chase Clouser

    Question What should my next upgrade be?

    https://pcpartpicker.com/user/xjchase/saved/#view=WMYcHx ^^My current build^^ Wanting to bring it half way to a modern build, but I have no idea where to start. Dealing with intermittent crash issues right now, figured it's a good time to just upgrade. Any suggestions would be great.
  33. J

    [SOLVED] 5800x no boot, solid red VGA status LED.

    Hey all, am building a pc with the 5800x and I can't seem to get a post or any display at all. There is a solid red VGA light on the LED status which blinks to cpu and then dram and repeats the process. Heres a video of it. View: https://imgur.com/a/eQtRxUV I flashed the BIOS correctly, the...
  34. orodruin

    [SOLVED] PBO setting for Ryzen 3800x processor

    Hello, There are a few things I am curious about with my Ryzen 3800X processor. I want to learn from friends who have knowledge. I have an Asus Crosshair VIII motherboard and Asus Strix LC360 AIO liquid cooling. I want to increase the processor performance a little more. But in my research...
  35. DGTC TM

    Question Which GPU is best for pairing with an AMD Ryzen 2600X?

    Thank you for any answer :D
  36. Ziboygamer

    [SOLVED] What CPU would work well with a RTX 2080

    So i recently upgraded to a Rtx 2080 but i still have a Ryzen 5 1500x. This is not a good pairing and bottleneck is visible in loads of games, so what is a good CPU that will not bottleneck as bad with my GPU, preferably a one that would cause my GPU to be under powered or something. Preferably...
  37. C

    [SOLVED] Does Asrock B450M steel legend support r7 2700x out of the box?

    hello! i am new to this forum page, and i just wanted to ask if the motherboard i listed in the title supports the Ryzen 7 2700x right out of the box, without a BIOS update. i will be building a new pc this month, and i kinda want to snatch the CPU, since i found a good deal on it, if not, ill...
  38. H

    [SOLVED] Power supply connector

    I have building a pc for my dad it's in budget and for typing and little poster creating in graphics I bought athlon 200ge Gigabyte a320m s2h 1tb hdd 7200rpm 8gb 2400mhz ram I bought a case psu combo which is 250w But my problem is my psu have 4 pin connector but my mobo has 8 pin connector is...
  39. C

    [SOLVED] What's the key to good fps?

    Hey, I'm on a custom build and I only play fifa titles (FIFA 20 at the moment). I wish to improve my fps in game. I've tried a lot of combinations for video settings, however I've never managed to experience great fps in game. This is my pc specification: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 8GB + 4GB DDR4...
  40. AdemK28

    Question AMD RAM OC Trouble (Ryzen DRAM Calculator Issues)

    Before I descrive the Issue, here are my specs. Ryzen 7 2700x Asus TUF X570 pro wifi corsair vengance lpx ddr4 3200mhz 8*2GB RAM (Samsung B-die, ver 4.32) CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Corsair cx750m Vega 64 (all drivers and bios are up-to-date) Okay so the issue persists when I import my XMP profile into...