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I recently got my hands on a couple of 3-5 year old servers, one of which runs an 1155 i7 and the other an 1155 xeon (on a xeon board). the mobo in the i7 is fried and I intend on making a second gaming rig with some other parts I've got lying around. I was just curious as to whether the i7 is...

Soooo I was looking at getting the alienware alpha i3, but decided instead to look into building a pc for around the same price or cheaper with better performance. It'll be my first build and I want to keep it around $700 (same price as the alienware). I will mostly use it for games but also...

hello, I had a major crash after the installation of a Bluetooth dongle that ultimately resulted in the re installation of windows. After the install i am now unable to boot with the AMD drivers. I get passed the windows logo and then it goes black. The windows drivers work just fine as i am...

Hi, I wanted to know which z97 motherboard should I get for this settings: -i7 4790 -corsair vengeance pro 16gb (8x2) 1866mhz -corsair ax 860 psu -msi gtx 970 gaming 4g -samsung evo 850 500gb ssd -CM hyper 212 evo cpu cooler I wanted to spent 250-270 us dollars max on the mobo. Thanks!

My current "gaming pc " is 2.7 intel pemtium 4 512 ddr1 ram 256 graphic card I look forward to get answers i just need pc that can play world of worcraft worlords of dreanor.If anyone can help me I would be grateful. :D :)

Hello guys, I would like to ask you if OEM version of Windows 8.1 will be upgradeable to Windows 10. Thanks for replies.

Hello, I have a asus crosshair iv formula and it has 8 pin cpu power connectors. Now i have a power supply with only 4 pin adapter. Wil it run the cpu without any performance drain? If it is, wil a 4 to 8 pin adapter work?

Info on processor Intel[R] Core[TM] i7-3770S CPU @ 3.10 GHz 8GYGS RAM

Hi, I want to reinstall windows on my SSD drive. The drive is almost exclusively for windows. My worry is, I have most of my programs and content installed on two other HDDs. Will I have to reinstall all the programs too, or since they are on different hard drives to the SSD, it doesn't...

i recently build a system for a cousin of mine and there is an isue detecting cpu fan speed, in bios it works fine it can see the rpm's, however in windows both hwmonitor and ai sweet it says 0rpm but this is blatently not true. all board driver's are installed smbus etc

Hey whatsup, im having a bit of a problem that i need a little help from you guys, i am currently building my own Gaming PC and im stuck with this doubt. These are the parts ive bought so far: PSU:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...

I bought a custom PC a few weeks ago and using a TV as a monitor, the TV has been playing up a bit and sometimes the picture will cut out. But when I plug my headphones into the tower and listen to music or play games, after about 20 minutes it will start to play through the monitor and it can't...

So this has been a big mystery for me ever since. If you're big on gaming and have an overclocked machine, should you leave C1E and EIST enabled or disabled, and should you unpark all the cores? Aren't C1E/EIST disabling and unparking basically the same procedures? Is it safe to constantly...

I want to get something cheap. I'm looking at this graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133457&Tpk=14-133-457 and it seems like it would be an upgrade from my current integrated "Intel HD Graphics 4600". So my first question is: Would this graphics card...

Is it normal that my CPU temps spiked up to 70c? They mostly stay at 58c 63c but I didn't catch the moment when it spiked up to 70c, I've played GTA for 8 days and this is the first time it spiked this high, other times it only spiked up to 67c Is it totally ok if it spiked up for a split...

Currently i'm running: Intel i5 2500K OC @ 4GhZ 8GB Ram MSI P67A-GD53 Asus Radeon HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2 128GB SSD & 1 TB HD With several games i'm looking forward to (GTA V, Witcher 3, Battlefront, JustCause...), i'm planning on upgrading my PC. While i'm hoping that my CPU will survive this year...

Hello, I want to replace my existing HDD(500 Gig) , In my Toshiba SateliteC655, with a 1TB SSD. I know very little about computers. I only want to replace it because I've had this laptop for six years and use it all the time and I've heard the drives go out. This comp works so well for me...

This is Razer's first tenkeyless mechanical keyboard with Chroma backlighting, and it comes with a carrying case. Razer Adds to Chroma Lineup With Tenkeyless BlackWidow Tournament Edition Chroma : Read more

i have a studio XPS from a long time ago its hd5450 video card, i7 870 windows 7. something like that not sure what PSU it uses since the 5450 costs only 20 watts

So with this build what PSU should I get? Graphics GTX 970 SC SLI Motherboard ASUS Hero VII CPU Intel-Core-i7-4790K Storage: 2 TB RAM 16GB DDR 3 Running 3 monitors, on 120hz 1080p. I tried to work it out and it came to 1000 watts but I thinks thats wayy too high. How many watts would I need to...

So I recently bought the AMD R7 260X OC 2 GB DDR5 edition graphics card.I installed it on my computer and everything seemed fine.I then opened Call of Duty 4 and the game worked fine for about a minute or so and then all of a sudden it started lagging and then after a while it became fine and...

Which computer case from Newegg do you think is better for the money? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133270 Or do you have something even cheaper for a better bang for the buck

Specs: Intel Core i3-4130 MSI Z87-G43 4GB 1600Mhz CAS9 RAM MSI R7 260X OC Antec HCG-620M Can I crossfire my card with a 290? I was watching a techquickie video on sli vs crossfire, and it said as long as they are the same architectural family, then they will work. I pulled up a list of...

So I was looking on can i run it just testing some things out, and it displays that I have a 7900 series graphics card installed when I have a r9 280x now i know the 280x is a rebranded 7970 graphics card. But its being recognized as a 7950, is something wrong?

I've run into a question while building this computer (installing the PSU now). In all my other build I aimed the fan of the PSU downward through the grate. But in this case whenever I place the PSU fan towards the vent the screws don't line up. PSU fan facing down (towards the bottom vent)...

I want to upgrade my pc the current specs are 1 GB RAM CORE 2 DUO 2.0 GHz MODEL E4400 DIRECTX 11 WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64 BIT INTEL 82945G CHIPSET 256 MB GRAPHICS CARD I want to upgrade it into a pc capable of playing fifa 15 .. plz help

If I buy the Caselabs' SMA8 with the 39mm extension for the top of the case (not the standard and not the 120mm), will I be able to fit a big 360mm large width radiator in Push/Pull without impeeding my mobo? Im using a 360mm because I was to fit an DVD player and have room for one more full...

I have been putting together a build that I am hopefully going to pull the trigger on the first half of next month (March 2015). With all of the help that I get from usually trolling the forums for answers to questions that I have, I thought that there would be no other place better to get a "Go...

Hello, As the title may suggest I am looking for more information regarding the differences between an enterprise hard drive and a consumer hard drive. Specifically between the WD2000F9YZ and the WD2003FZEX. I am looking to use this in a computer at home, however considering the same price for...

Hey I have a asus gtx 760 OC 2gb and im thinking of buying evga gtx 760 2 gb but im not sure if asus supports crossfire with evga gtx 760

Hey My friend currently has an Intel Dual core e7500 and an HD5700 He wants to change his CPU and Mobo to the following: ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 FX 4300 Black edition Is this a wise choice ? No bottleneck's at all ? Thanks

Hi, I'd like any recommendation for a good graphic card around $135 and $200 :) This is the configuration I have for now: MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P CPU: AMD FX-6300 GPU: N/A MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury (8GB 1866MHz) PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ HDD: Seagate Barracuda (1TB) Optical drive: ASUS DRW-24F1ST...

I reiceve my WiFi signal from a friend on a difference floor of the building, is there a way to boost the Sony blue ray players reciever making it stronger to watch Netflix, or surf web without messing with my friend? Please forgive me, I'm brand new at all this

So I have the following system: 3770 i7 Processor 3.4GHz 12GB Generic DDR3 EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256 Crucial SSD 3TB WD HDD 6 Case Fans (I don't remember the exact motherboard, but it's not high end) While I know it's probably overkill I chose a 850W XFX Power Supply so I have plenty of room to...

Hello, i currently have a corsair cx600w M psu thats my runnning my computer specs: i5 4670k asus maximus vi hero 1 tb WD black, samsung 840 pro 256gb powercolor r9 280x CM 212 evo So i have 2 questions. 1. Is it okay for me to sell my Corsair CX600w modular to my friend? Or has it been...

Hey guys/gals, Just finished putting together my h100i and 4690k combo in my case. Im using CPUID HWMonitor and it is showing that around 2-4% cpu usage is generating around 25c-31c, is this normal? Also what is a safe temp zone while gaming? Note* i used the thermal compound that came on the...

Alright so let's see if anyone can help me here. I have a buddy who lives in South Carolina at the moment and he's trying to replace a bunch of parts... the only problem is that he's not all too skilled in assembling a computer, which leaves me to helping him over Skype. Now let's skip to the...

ok, i only have 50gb space on my SSD and my OS is here. it's fast, but all the application try to install here, even the ones I have on my HDD have some sort of installation on my SSD. now about 1week ago I only had around 2-4gb of space left on my SSD, then the past couple of days I had...