Astro

Alright so i recently picked up an astro A50 Gen3, i noticed occasionally the headset audio will crackle, or cut out for a few seconds at what seems to be random. I was playing games with my roommate and every time my headset had the crackle/cutout issue his ping would spike. i've tried...

So it's basically the title. My 2 years old Astro A50 gen. 3 has a really blown up battery. I just noticed it and instantly put it outside in case it blows up somehow. The warranty just ended 3 months ago. I don't want to throw 300$ out of the window, so can I remove that battery safely without...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Swillerton/saved this is my build... i dont want to change anything except for the power supply and/or motherboard if possible... when i select a power supply it gives this message: "The ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX LGA1200 Motherboard has an additional...

Basically, my headset picks up all sounds from my game, and other voices and plays them through my mic twice for everyone but once for me. For example, on discord, I can have conversations and play games and people cannot hear me or my game twice. However when I'm not in discord and im playing...

I was thinking about buying some Astro A10's, but the problem with this is they only have a single 3.5mm jack which would plug into the front of my pc. Many people say these front ports make the quality sound terrible which is something I want to avoid. Would buying a y splitter for 1x 3.5mm to...

Hello around 12 months ago I was stupid enuff to follow a clan/guild mate into he's hackwebsite.long story short I got done,I've come to realize I really like fortnite more then the new COD and BF.my question is what measures done need to take to get me back online?I'm willing to buy a new ssd...

hi, i'm playing resident evil 7 on my pc with ryzen 2400g and rx 580 with max settings and i notice that my cpu temp to be around 80-90c and i'm now quite worried if this can affect my pc as it is just newly bought.

How do I get my system from getting too hot & shutting down? I have the GTX 550 Ti with 750 watts power supply.

Hello, i want to Upgrade my current Rig. Ryzen 5 1600@3,85 GHz RTX 2070 Asus Prime B350-Plus 16GB G.Skill TridentZ CL14 600W BeQuiet Pure Power 10 I friend is getting more fps in games, hes got a i9 9900k and a 1070ti and i think the CPU is the problem here. I dont stream or record, i just...

Hello, mates! I've got this CPU and it works fine on 1.064 voltage but now I wanna to get it a bit lower, just like a sporting sense) Its temperatures in games are quite decent: up to 62 ( it has not been scalped ) So, what do you think, if the CPU will work fine on 1.000 volt?

So basically, this started happening randomly about a month ago and I have yet to find out what's the issue. I've shown people the minidumps and they haven't been able to tell me what exactly is the issue. This happens only at startup as I'm booting up my PC, it happens all the time and it...

Hi I am confused if my psu has enough power. It sometimes restarts when gaming. It has an corsair 750 watt psu gold plus 6 months old. A asus mother board skylake cpu 4.0 ghz 16 gb ram dvd and 2 ssd. And one gtx1080 ti and one firepro 5100 gpus. Do you think I need an bigger psu? rochsolid84

Here are the specs for the motherboard, https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00257657#AbT0. The computer is a SR1511NX-B. Can I install a SSD on this machine? If so, which one should I get? It has 2 SATA connectors (supports a total of 2 drives, 1 serial ATA-150 disk drive on each...

Hi have i5 6600k which isn't overclocked. I am using id cooling 240L aio liquid cooler. Without any programs open on desktop i get around 26-32 degrees and when gaming i get 52 - 60 degrees is this normal for cpu that isnt over clocked?

I built my computer two years ago. It has been running silky smooth up until now. Just recently, it has started to randomly shut down. At first, it would do it during gaming. Then, just idling at the desktop. A few times I successfully was able to log in and navigate Windows for awhile before...

BenQ XL2411P or ASUS VG245H? for gaming and watching movies

Hello guys! Just wondering what you guys think of a system i'm looking at getting. First of all i wanna stress the fact, i have no intentions or desire to overclock now, or in the future. I plan on running everything at stock speeds because i don't play many demanding games. The games i mostly...

Apologies ahead of time if this post should be under a different category. Please relocate if necessary. I'm a parent of 3 children. They each have a computer running with dows 10 and each have a tablet or phone running Android. I would like to have an application on my phone that is a master...

I recently bought a new graphics card I bought a GTX 1060 6 GB I deleted all the drivers and then installed the 1060 it was working for a bit but it wasn't giving me the frames I should we have had it was give me 30-40 frames I tried restarting my computer multiple times unplugging and plugging...

My PC Specs are as follows -Intel Core i5 750 2.67 GHz -8 GB Ram -Windows 7 Ultimate -Geforce GTX 950 -Segate 1TB hard disk drive There are times where my PC boots slowly and sometimes not at all. But thankfully, this only happens occasionally and when I restart my PC, it seems to work out so...

Hello. I'm an engineering student in third year of computer science. I'm looking to get a good laptop for college with the side gaming capabilities. First off, I know many people would just recommend me to build a budget gaming PC and buy a cheap usable laptop for college. Let me point out...

Am new when it come to pc I jus got a ddr 3 asrock motherboard how do I know what type of processor work in the slot and how I know the difference help plz

I fell for the DriverAgent Plus and BiosAgent Plus scam.... I re-downloaded a fresh copy of malware bytes and got the 14 day trial... already removed trojans and already did the sfc /scannow,Dism repair,chkdsk F and R commands, did the system restore error 0x80070005 troubleshooting steps.. I...

https://youtu.be/J2WNiuR0OO8 I bought a dell with an i5 2400 it worked perfectly with the stock dell psu To make a long story short I installed a new power supply and my pc didn’t display signal I tried many different methods to fix this to no avail. Turns out I didn’t connect the 24 pin...

My newer laptop's harddrive just died. It's a lenovo with windows 10 on it. I still had an old acer with windows 7 on it. I was wondering if I could put my old acers harddrive in my lenovo laptop. My acer laptop screen is completely ruined. Also wondering if I could change it. Could I get...

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Hello , I am building a mining rig which is going to have an 7200 RPM HDD , so I was wondering will I have any problems if I don't activate windows and just install them from the Microsoft tool ? They are going to say ( down right ) that they need activation but can I run any program for ever ...

Hope that this is in the right place. Recently I upgraded my CPU and started getting the occasional random shutoff and reboot. This has occurred whether my rig was gaming or just sitting idle. Hoping that it is not the processor, but I still have the old one just in case. Any help would be...

Im finding for a budget mid tower, but i don't know whether to buy the carbide 100r or the focus g. Help?

I built a computer back in 2014 for minimal gaming and to possibly OverClock if needed in the future. Asrock H97m Pro4 G3258 Cooler Master EVO 212 G-Skill RipJaws DDR3 8GB Power Color R7 260x 2GB My brother now has this computer and would like to start gaming a little more. However, I believe...

I have no idea how this started. every screen, including the chrome/settings screen, looks stretched out and weird. I would upload a picture but can't figure out how to do it. Chrome is completely unusable. from google.com to settings, etc.

In this website (TomsHardvare) its asking to run command promt and type sfc/scannow but its showing that you must be an administrator running a console session inorder to use the sfc utility. What should I do? I'm not a computer expert just a boy playing video games.

Hello, I have an issue that might be either really bad luck or a fault with my PC. Recently I spilled juice over my keyboard and it didnt recover after drying. You would be surprised how often one needs the button "E". Either way, in the meanwhile i used an older keyboard w/o problems that...

I recently added GTX 1050ti graphics to my pretty old desktop. Here are its specs: CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 RAM: 1x4GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz + 1x2GBDDR3 @ 1333Mhz GPU: ZOTAC Geforce GTX 1050Ti Mainboard: Asus M4N68T-M-LE-V2 Harddrive: Seagate 1TB @ 7200rpm I was able to get 100 fps for COD ghosts...

I want to build a pc for home use. It will be mailny used for browsing & watching movies. There will be no video editing or gaming but this pc should look very unique & attractive. I want this build to be fully RGB which is in trend nowadays. (I want to gift this PC to a very special person in...

I currently have a Alienware 13r2 and a Asus Gl702vm. I do not NEED two laptops and found a buyer for the Asus. However, I am having some "buyers remorse" because the Asus's large screen is so nice to work and type on. Both I bought for $1,200 almost a year ago. The Asus is being sold for $650...

From having never owned a PC (mac user through youth) I find it strange that I was seemingly able to boot my custom build first time without any errors. Boot screen displays, and all fans/lights working properly minus one RGB ram led. *This is not meant to be a pat on my own back* What should...

Hey everyone, My current Power Supply a Corsair VS550 has started dying on me.Like when I'm playing games the PC randomly shuts off and reboots by itself, I've been looking around and was thinking of getting a EVGA 500B Bronze but I don't want to risk getting another bad power supply because I...

I recently my motherboard didn't seem to work anymore. The current specs were recommended by a PC building shop, but NOW i doubt they picked a compatible Motherboard with my GTX 1060. my current specs , CPU : intel S1151 core i5-6400 2.7GHz * RAM : g.skill 8gb power supply : AEROCOOL AF...

Hi, I recently bought this thermal paste to replace the stock paste which I have on my 6600k and my video card (Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti XTREME Gaming). The doubt which I'm having is I don't know how my heatsink is gonna react to the paste since it's very enthusiast grade and some sources...