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Hello all. I've been dabbling with retro PC hardware and have run into an issue with a system of mine. The specs were: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Nvidia GTX 1050 Asus A8N SLI Deluxe 4GB RAM I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT, and its causing problems, well mainly 1 big problem. The system powers...

I am wondering if I need to put thermal paste on the GPU for this system? If so, I assume that I can just use standard thermal paste like e.g. Arctic MX4? CPU: AMD Athlon 700MHz (looks different from normal CPUs, almost like a card but it has quite a big heatsink so I assume the thermal paste...

Hello im having a hard time to pick a processor and I want an APU so I can use it without Dedicated GPU. So here make me confused what's really matter the GHz, No. Cores and Thread, or The iGPU (Such as Radeon HD or Vega 3, what that's even supposed to mean?). And also can you recommend me a...

While building a system from used parts, I installed a GTX 650 Ti BOOST, and the only way I could get games to run on it is if I underclocked the GPU. CPU is AMD Athlon II X2 250. When I start a game without underclocking the GPU, the game will crash without fail. If I overclock the GPU even...

Hello Community, Hope you guys are doing well. I am building a basic PC, its just for my dad for his basic online work and browsing nothing much, from last 13years he is using my old AMD phenom 9550 quadcore, now the motherboard started giving issues. I will not over clock or upgrade anything...

Hello, I am hesitating between taking the AMD A8 7680 or the AMD Athlon X4 870k. I would like to know which is the better between them or if they are equivalent ?

Hey guys I'm having several issues with my damn old pc=First of all I cannot adjust CPU voltage for some unknown reason, therefore i cannot max out my frequencies. And the second the problem is that I found out that I can increase my frequency by enabling turbo mode on the CPU and I tried a few...

Hello Guys :hello: First of all I want to state my current PC Config: Since GPU had died I thought of buying a new GPU with 20000 INR Budget. But then I realized I should move to Ryzen series but that will cost even more because I will have to do a full system upgrade. So... I am planning on...

So i have been considering to upgrade my CPU without buying a new motherboard here in my country i found a couple of CPU-s that are considered to be supported by my Motherboard currently my setup is: 8gb ram DDR3 amd athlon II x4 620 GTX 750ti cheap psu 500w I am considering to replace my x4...

I've just bought new mobo, CPU & RAM, installed it and it doesn't provide any signal to the monitor. Two ez leds (CPU & RAM) are constantly lit on white. Mobo: MSI B450M PRO-VDH v2 CPU: AMD Athlon 200GE RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V, DDR4, 8 GB, 2666MHz, CL15 (F4-2666C15D-8GVR) PSU: Tagan TG480-U01...

20 years ago, AMD's Athlons and Intel's Pentiums were performance CPUs. Today, these brands are relegated to entry-level options. But which is better? Read more here. KEVIN CARBOTTE @kcarbotte Kevin Carbotte is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He writes news and reviews of graphics...

I'm completely new to overclocking so i thought i might ask here for some advice on it. I want to push my athlon 2 x4 640 to its limit but i can't seem to find anything on amd's site for this cpu. I know theres a menu in my bios for this but i don't know what to set for it. I'm on a asus...

AMD rounds out its Athlon stack with the $65 220GE and $75 240GE. Read more here. PAUL ALCORN @PaulAlcorn Paul Alcorn is a Senior Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He writes news and reviews on CPUs, storage and enterprise hardware.

My motherboard is socket fm2+ and im using amd athlon x4 840 with gtx 760 2gb , and im thinking of buying the athlon x4 880k will there be any performance increase in video games ?

anyone encounter a problem when downgrading/upgrading from windows 10 to 7. I'm having a touchpad driver problem finding for windows 7?

I'm pretty stuck on which monitor to get, as any bad review makes me hesitate (I'm just nervous as this will be my first build and I don't want anything to go wrong). The CPU I plan on to pair the 2060 w/ is the R5 2600 and I'll have 2x8 gb of ram. Which monitor will go best w/ this pair? And...

Hey Guys! I am about to buy a SSD, but not sure if it is compatible with my laptop. My laptop is a ASUS ASUSPRO P4540UQ-GQ0183. The SSD that I want to buy: http:// Picture of my SSD slot: http:// The measures are fine. It should fit into my machine, the only thing I am not sure about is the...

Ethernet Controller not working.. Can't get drivers installed. HELP ! Windows 7 32-bit,3 Gb RAM, 500 Gb Hard Drive

I use OBS Studio to livestream. I've heard that livestreaming with x264 is better than NVENC H.264. I also know that x264 using the CPU power and NVENC uses my graphics card. I've tried using both but when I'm using NVENC, I stream with a 10000 bitrate and I have much better performance in my...

I have a few questions about the Corsair Commander pro: Does the commander pro control the RGB or the overall fan speed and other fan controls through the 6 fan connectors on the commander pro? How do I connect the Commander pro to my motherboard? How many connections are needed? Where do I...

All, I currently have Intel D975XBXLKR Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard and 32 bit windows 10 installed on it. I am looking to upgrade it to 64 bit windows 10. My graphics card is new so it will be fine, processor is x64 architecture. So, before I did a clean install of x64 Win 10 I thought I...

Hi everyone I know there is a million threads on this kind of thing already but I've looked through so many and haven't found a fix to my problem. My current build is FX-8350 and GTX 980 Ti on a Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 motherboard with 8GB ram. Currently my system is running off of a 500gb HDD, I...

I just build my first computer but i am getting very low gpu usage especially in gta 5 (around 50 to 60%) on ultra at 1080p. My fps is around 45-60% My specs MSI B350 Tomahawk Gtx 1080 MSI Gaming X Ryzen 1600 600 watt psu One stick of DDR4 16 GB 2133 mhz ram I only have one case fan

I came across a used antec high current pro 1200w power supply for $109. The seller gives a month warranty. Should i buy it and is a month enough to see if there are any problems with the power supply?

So I want to purchase a laptop and I got two choices: ASUS K501LX Intel Core i5 5200u 2.7 GHz NVidia GTX 950M and ASUS K401UQ (newer) Intel Core i5 7200 3.1 GHz NVidia GT 940MX Which is better? Also the K501LX one is not sold in my country, is that a problem when I visit the service center to...

Will the 1080 get bottlenecked by the Ryzen? I am going to play at 1080p 144hz. I want the CPU to push as many frames as possible to the GPU. Or is a i5 7600k or even a 7700k better if I want to play mainly games? I want my build to last as long as possible on 1080p Thanks :)

Trying to connect the soundbar and wireless headphones to the optical audio out port on my Samsung tv.

Hi, I have just recently built myself a new computer, and while playing games i get low draw distance, texture pop ins, and sometimes in certain games ill get shimmering, Been having this problem since my last computer. I have no idea what the problem is but its getting to the point of making...

i didn't get a very good overclocking cpu i have an i7 6700k and 4.5ghz at 1.35v is about as high as i can go before i blue screen i wanted to know what settings someone who knows more about this than me would use in this situation

Hi all, I'm just asking if there are any premium headsets with mic included that rival Sennheiser as I'm a little unsure on brands? I've looked at the Steel series siberias dont like the look of them and cant find much information on the likes of Audio-technica. Ive tried Astros in the past and...

So I've been reading a bit about Hyper Threading and overclocking but it really isn't clear if you should turn it on or off. What I'm wondering is does it really make a difference? Should you leave it on or off if you are a gamer? From what I read turning if off can somehow help your overclock...

So I was looking at building a new computer but I want to reuse the graphics card from my old one which is a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X would the GTX 1070 I currently have fit in this case...

Hi guys, Opinions on this build and would all these parts fit in the case? this build will also be my first time building a computer myself wish me luck haha https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/sfNxWX

Hello everyone , It is Compaq Presario C700 CTO Want to upgrade its processor . Original is Intel Celeron M , T1400 @ 1.73 GHz . What is the most advanced & compatible . Is it possible to upgrade Graphic Card ? . The original is Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 . Also , is it possible...

So I recently brought my desktop in to Fry's for repair after display stopped working through both Mobo and GPU video outs. I think the problem is a coin flip between the power supply and motherboard, but I dont know very much about this. My rig is kind of dated and the newest thing in there is...

Hi. I want to buy a 600w psu but i have 2 choices. Termaltake tr2 600w and evga 600b. Can i trust termaltake? Whitch is better?

Is there any advantage of having the primary internal IPv4 address, meaning the 192.168.1.2 address, over for instance another IP address such as 192.168.1.10 or even 192.168.1.99? Does this matter when hosting a game server on the computer? The reason why I'm wondering is because I'm hosting a...

So if i buy this card http://www.newegg.com/global/nz/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125879 and ship it to NZ, it says it will cost 30$ Will i pay a bio fee? is it included in the 30$? Does it even go through bio?

Now, The HP Compaq 8300, yes the small one, has caught my eye recently and i think it has a whole lot of potential if you look at it as an i7 3770, 8 gb of DDR3 memory and a motherboard with a PCI-E 16x slot that all costs a total of $200 AUD. The issue here would be whether i can get those...

Best motherboard under 100$ , b150 chip LGA1151 socket , ddr4 ram , black and red combo ( optional) , 1x16 pci e slot