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I'm in the market for a powerful yet light 15.6 inch laptop and I just recently noticed the emergence of the max-q laptops. I found a nice msi one that is very light but features a gtx 1070 which I've heard is pretty much a desktop gtx 1065. I've heard the gtx 1080 maxq, however, performs better...

Im using a wireless adapter for my computer because I want to use it in my room and not downstairs where the router is. Because of this I am getting 1.8Mb/s download speed and suffering. My internet and the computer in general are fine just the adapter is causing me to have horrible download...

Corsair H75 or EVGA CLC 120? I only have 29mm depth space. or any other liquid cooler you know about? I've got the silverstone rvz02 case and im using a 172mm gpu

Hey, I want to get a gaming pc, for around 700 AUD, I want it to run as many games as I can, mostly new games that are really intense on the CPU, and it would be amazing if all the parts are currently available to buy! The motherboard will need built in WiFi In has to run overwatch & rust as a...

Hello all, I am not actually looking for advice I have just come to rant/review this card. I do welcome criticism to my opinion though. I recently purchased the 1080 Ti and am disappointed in its performance. This card will NOT allow you to max out every game at 4k, despite it being listed as...

i7 -7700K GTX 1080 ti 16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3,2Ghz ASUS ROG Strix Z270F motherboard Just bought these upgrades for my new PC. I've been through dozens of posts like this but i dont understand why i can't reach higher fps with this new rig. mostly im between 50-70 fps with ultra settings...

Has anyone done any modding or modifying of the H50 in anyway to make it better. Please don't tell me to upgrade. I am looking to work with what I have for a fun project. Thanks!

CPU is overheating at 90oC and 1.32v. I haven't overclocked or touched anything, is this too high? I have a i5 6600k, hyper evo 212 and msi pro carbon gaming. Also heard I should make sure llc is max?

Premise: im a new pc builder so i dont have much knowledge in that matter so forgive me I was having my daily gaming session with msi afterburner on to monitor fps and how fantasmagorically good my machine was running (for my expectations, at least), then i notice "CPU 80C 50%", i was kinda...

My Aspire E-15 (E5-521-66SN) laptop will let me into the boot menu, so I've tried to factory reset it back to its original factory settings, but now I have a 'No Bootable Device' notice on the screen. The laptop dose not have a disk drive to do a D2D recovery so I'm wondering if I can use my pc...

Cybenetics is a newly formed company, that consists of experienced engineers with many years in the field. Its main purpose is to offer a more accurate efficiency certification program, and on top of that, it also provides a noise certification. Cybenetics Offers New PSU Efficiency...

I reset my computer the other day trying to resolve my blue screens but it didn't work as when i started to play planet coaster after an hour or two please help, thanks

I'm confused, where the hell is all my other Ram going? I have nothing on when I check it in my system on control panel My Ram is installed in the first and third spot at 4gb each stick

I have 3 case fans but just one case fan header so I got a splitter I can connect 4 fans to. Do you think there'll be enough juice for 3 120mm fans? One of the fans has LED lighting. I could make do with just two case fans but in summer I get room temps of up to 30 degrees so I'd like to run all...

Hello everybody. I have 1 month old build with integrated wi-fi and the following parts: cpu: intel i7 7700k mobo: asus rog strix Z270G ram: corsair 16gb ddr4 3000mhz ssd: samsung 750 evo psu: evga supernova 650w G3 os: windows 10 64 bit wi-fi: Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A...

Hi there, a couple of years ago I built my first gaming PC. I decided to upgrade to windows 10, so I bought an OEM disc. The problem is when I try to boot from a USB dvd drive its either waiting a long time on the startup BIOS screen and then loading windows 7 normally or its just shutting...

I am getting a new Dell since my i3 is weak and 4GB RAM is not good for gaming for me anymore, Is a i5-6400 and 8 GB RAM good for gaming? It is only $ 550 USD and I can not pay anymore then that.

Folks: Thanks in advance for your time in replying. The power of forums is always surprising. Current configuration: 2 level (rambler) home built of usual wood studs, sheet rock with metal ducting. Total Sq. Feet = 4100. 2 routers (Apple Airport Express, both). One in basement near...

How to connect to vga for Toshiba portege z30 -c1320 ?

Hello everyone, For no reason in particular I have become interested in building cheap gaming rigs. For the first iteration I am starting with a pre-built ASUS computer which, I think, I got for a great price. Specs are as follows: A10-7800 ASUS FM2+ motherboard 8gb @ 1600mhz onboard wifi +...

I just bought a low end pc, G4400 with a 600w generic power supply. Is this fine? What if i add a 75w GPU Like the GTX 1050ti? WIll it handle it?

i have a 19v laptop can a charger thats 18v charger it

Good day to everyone! Is the PSU compatible with my build? I'm new to building PC's so any help is appreciated! PSU: Corsair VS450w CPU: Intel i5-6500 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC MoBo: MSI B150M Mortar Arctic Memory/RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury DDR4 (2133 mhz) (1×8GB) Don't know if...

Computer to far to be connected by cable so I got a Wireless usb adapter. Ping spikes randomly, but consistently. This is happening to me in League and Overwatch. In both I basically lose a second or two of control while ping spikes I also found a reddit thread suggesting I go to the cmd promt...

it's used, i've had it for 2 years these are the specs: https://gyazo.com/39ededc6bc492134e3ff4cf6a3f414c4 i switched the PSU and the GPU around 1 month ago GPU: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GAMING-GTX-960-4G/dp/B00V4HY522 PSU...

My friends laptop MSI GE62 runs games smoothly without any screen tearing. His frames are uncapped yet with my rig, FX 8300 with a 1060, can't seem to achieve that.

I have recently started editing footage for Panasonic GH4. My computer has a p2 256gb samsung 950e ssd and a 3tb toshiba HDD, 16gb of ddd4 ram, and 6700k processor. I was wondering if any of my specs were not up to par for editing 4k footage because I'm still getting some lag and the computer...

So i had just finished building my pc and when i tried to power it it didn't turn on the only thing that did was the led from the power button the the led from the gpu...Here is my pc part list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8zCxbj i had gotten a high end case because it had gotten it for a...

Hey I got this new pc Specz: Gtx 1070 evga I5 6600k 3.5ghz 16gb ram hyperx 1tb hdd 500gb ssd 750w psu z170 pro gaming asus mb And I keep getting power surge for the last week, before going to a pc store I wanted to contact the internet. So it randomly fells of 1+ time a day saying power...

I have a hard drive that is failing & decided to replace it with an SSD drive. To do that I got an USB adapter to plug in & EaseUS to clone Windows 10 over. Plugged it in and get the tone saying it connected but it's not showing up under my Computer. I went to Disk Management & it shows up...

A friend of mine is making a new PC to replace his laptop with a round about 1000 euro budget. He already has a phantecs p400 case. He is buying all the parts off the same site, because we have to pay high shipping costs to Ireland, so this is the build we have so far, getting all the parts from...

Hello, so I had this computer for a good year now, it is getting a bit old since I am not able to run most of the newer games so I was wondering if a GPU upgrade would be a good idea? I really don't know if my pc would handle most of these new GPU's so I really need some help here! My specs...

In about a month I'll be building my second pc (the first was an experiment) and I was planning on having 2 850 evo Samsung 500gb ssd's. However, I have no idea if i can just plug them into the sata and both work properly or if I need to set up raid or a spanned/striped volume on them. Can...

My first computer build, not a gamer, am a trader (reason for the older gfx card configuration focusing on 2D applications). After a long, frustrating day of set-up, I finally put all components into the mid-tower case. I went to begin to hook up monitors to graphics card, only to find out I...

Hello to the community. A few days ago i bought a new graphics card, the MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X. I read many good reviews about it's cooling system but it seems mine has a strange issue. A few minutes after i started playing a game, the card became very loud. The loud noise didn't stop even...

Hello, Yesterday I got my desktop fixed because, as the guy said, the HDD stopped working so I got an SSD. He also gave me a new network card because supposedly my old one wasn't working anymore. At first it was fine and I was reinstalling all applications, but after like half an hour the signal...

Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO Please curse, ridicule, deride and humiliate this motherboard. Such as, "this motherboard has no usb 3.0 connection" "this motherboard doesn't support intel cpus" Please tell me the disadvantages of this motherboard. I want to ssee if this motherboard is flawless for...

I have a VAIO VPCZ11NGX/X that contains three SSD's configured in RAID 0. One of the drives has failed. Can it be replaced? With what? And, where can I get a replacement? I need to replace one of the SSD's in my Sony VAIO VPCZ11NGX/X, It has 3 128GB SSD's configured in RAID0. They are...

Greetings, so I just sarted going to university, studying IT. I basically figuerd out that I need a notebook. Yet I dont have a lot of money since I just upgraded my PC. So basically I need help by choosing a cheap Laptop ( ~ 300 € ). As long as I can use it to code Java or C i ll be happy. I...

I'm trying to decide which is the better option for my monitor replacement. I will be running a 290x/390 equivalent or better. I need an IPS panel and these are my only options since I cannot afford a 144hz freesync 1080p or a 1440p freesync monitor. The 1440p monitor is $170 more than the 1080p...