AMD Athlon

Hello guys, for ages I have wondered if I can actually overclock (and how?) this old generation CPU. I would love to get some newbie-friendly guidance as I am not really much versed with computers and hardware in general :). Here is the CPU and motherboard: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core...

Hello , so i just bought this cpu and i'm noticing something weird , its not behaving as well as my old cpu "840" and i'm really worried about that , seems unstable , max speed only goes to 3,8 ghz , it's supposed to be 4 Ghz + i think . Temps are good , brand new cpu cooler . I'm gonna share...

Hooking up satellite box to laptop

I just purchased a USB infrared receiver with remote. The end goal is to be able to turn my PC off/on with my Amazon Alexa, but first I need to be able to turn it off/on with the IR remote. I'm able to turn it off with the remote just fine, it begins it's soft shut down sequence when I press the...

my other PC has a old motherboard with a q6600 and i was wondering if you could be able to flash an overclockable bios onto it? it has heatsinks over the VRMs so it looks like it should be capable for overclocking.

Hello everyone I recently asked on a separate forum if I would be able to upgrade my pre built pc with a gpu and I was told that my psu doesn't have the required pcie connectors so my best option would be to upgrade my psu in order to accommodate a better gpu. my pre build pc can be found here...

For a long time, my pc has loaded maps on cs go very slowly. 5-8 minutes, i get kicked from competitives because I load too slow and death matches usually load up from time above. Even offline it takes about 5 minutes to load. I have looked all over the internet with no luck

Looking to buy this set up pretty soon. Was hoping Id be able to run 1440p on high settings Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Full ATX Steel Tower Case CPU: I5 6600k GPU: Gigabyte Geforce 980 TI Mobo: ASUS Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Z170 Skylake DDR4 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 1PCI CrossFireX/SLI USB3.1 *IR-$10*...

I have been running an i5 2500k for nearly 4 years and are now seriously considering moving to a Skylake platform. Being at school when I bought my i5 2500k, i did skimp on some parts to try to save money, the motherboard being the main one. I tried overclocking on it when I first got it but...

I had this problem for a while that when I turn on my pc, it takes about 10+ seconds to go by. If I restart, it'll take 2 seconds to flash. It's annoying to see that another of my old pc's can start up quicker than this. Any idea of what's causing this?

I have an HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t with an i7 3770 at 3.4 ghz and 10GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM and an old 7200 rpm hard drive. It came with a GTX 630 and a 300w psu. I wanted to upgrade to a gigabyte GTX 970 and put in two SSD drives I got on sale so I ordered a Corsair CX 600w psu but I'm starting...

I have a HP g7 Laptop that i just got, and when i plug my headphones in, i hear the sound in the headphones AND in the speakers. I tried multiple solutions, tried multiple headsets. no luck

Wanna GTX 970 SLI for 1080/ 120hz , what difference between this cpu in games?

i found a video i really like and was wondering if i can make my own live wallpapers, if so how?