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In 2015 I made a similar post looking for recommendations on upgrading my system and general feedback was that the 2011 components were still pretty good. My PSU recently melted at one of my HDD connection points and while I am replacing the PSU and the tower itself, I'm wondering if now is the...

Hello everyone, I have just downloaded Battlefield V and for some unknown reason my fps during loading screens and while playing the game seem to remain stable at 8-9 frames per second. I have recently experienced poor performance on BF1, playing at around 40fps. All other game like BF4, BF3 and...

I have desktop PC with windows 7, android 7.1.1 mobile with internet access and ZyXEL P-660HN-T1A modem. In modem settings it has WDS screen but i am unable to setup any connection. I want to use internet on PC

I found a good psu to use in my first build but I’m worried with all the cables not being already placed and me just needing to plug them in it will be harder does the manual help ect?

Hi guys, I have a budget of £450 maximum and am looking into getting a laptop for college next year. I really would like it to be able to last most of the day with regular/constant use. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good laptop? Also, I hear that Ryzen laptops are coming out soon...

Hello, i wanted to have a triple monitor setup, even if it runs games on medium-low settings i currently have 1 GTX 950 OC Windforce, should i get another one and make a dual connection between the two. Or should i sell my current GTX 950 and just buy one GTX 960?

Is it worth it?? I know that Bitcoin is well past the stage of being profitable to mine from a single home PC, but are there any other currencies that are profitable/viable to mine without dedicated hardware? I'm open to the idea of pooloed mining but I'm not looking to buy an ASIC, just...

I'm looking for lenovo ideapad 100s charger.. it's hard to find..

So I have a ASUS H110m dd3 motherboard, and core i5 6500. The thing is, mobo is working fine but it isn't detected in "dxdiag". My other pc which has a gigabyte motherboard, is working fine, it's detected in "dxdiag". For example with my asus mobo: System manufacturer: System manufacturer...

I'm planning to get an EVGA GTX 960 and I'm wondering if I'm gonna have any problems with my current setup. I'm running an 17-2600K on a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 mobo. My main concern is if my PCI slot can handle it. All I know is that the specs state PCI 3.0 x 16 and all the info I can find about my...

EDIT:I AM TRYING TO WIPE MY DRIVE NOT SHRINK IT IN OTHER WORDS WIPE EVERYTHING ON IT SORRY FOR NOT MAKING IT CLEAR :p } [b]Hello im aware there are many threads being posted however i admit im not exactally that good with computers (can build my own pc thats really it) Basically i just...

I am looking to build my second gaming rig and give my wife my old rig for her art and graphic design business on etsy. The old rig had a i5 3570k CPU and GTX 680 I built it about 3 years ago and feel its not meeting the demands of today's games with the limited 2GB it offers. The current build...

My graphic card is GTX670. It's memory is 2GB. I want to upgrade the memory to 4GB. There has extra BGA pad of memory chip on the PCB of my card. I have following questions: 1.Should I program the bios of my card? 2.If I solder extra memory chip on the PCB, could it work normally?

Hey I was just wondering if the HDD/Hard drive is really the cause of making fps stable because when i play games 60fps causes like stuttering or having fps drop. it bothers me so much from 60 down to 10-20 and then back again to 60. this occurs repeatedly in almost all games I play. Hope to get...

Parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xK6q7P The PC is for gaming, and I made it possible for future upgrade, when the time comes for that. Anything more needed? Better parts?

So ive just got my new motherboard as my asrock extreme3 990fx just wasnt upto the overclocking job, and ive not got a msi 990FXA-GD65 as i heard this would do the job nicely, and better yet, i got an awesome price on it.. SOi threw on a nice 4.4ghz overclock at 1.38 V and ive gotten into...

I build my PC and ran passmark benchmark (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/) when i received my result i notice my single core performance is up to average 2100 for i5-4590 single thread performance. however my multicore score is way below average, it was at 6784 (average for i5-4590 is 7200) My...

New win 7 professional 64 bit OS shows 4 GB of RAM, but only 3.25 useable. It has an AMD A8-5600k APU. Is this due to the APU using the other 0.75 GB for grapics? I don't know what the motherboard is, so could this be a limitation? I know that on 32 bit systems, this is common. But, why on a...

Hello, I am trying to sync the voice audio that I recorded with Audacity with the game play I recorded from my PC using Fraps. Sony Vegas is my editing software and I am having a really hard time figuring out where what I say matches the game play on screen. If anyone can help me with this, it...

Are there enough MOBOs offering S/PDIF optical out ports to justify a roundup or other overview? Perhaps capturing a wild audiophile and getting some observations and opinions for extracting the best in audio from the latest in computing hardware would be helpful as this is a crossover...

Not that i dislike them, theyre great, and im 99% sure its a issue with my pc, but the sound is just too quite. I'm now using razer surround, which has improved loudness and now simulates surround, but this still doesnt feel £60 worth of sound. The mic also has an insane amount of static, even...

So I can't decide on either the gtx 770 2gb and r9 280x 3 gb for a two monitor setup. I'm not planning on running both monitors for gaming but one for gaming and one for skype and social media. Help!

Hey, so i decided to build my first gaming pc (on a budget) the specs are: CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5ghz GPU: RADEON HD 7870 Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 PSU: EVGA 500W a 500GB 7200 rotations HD 4GB Ram (for now, will get more later) how does that fare against the x51 wich specs are: CPU: 4th gen...

Trying to figure out which ones to go for, I bought a 1440p monitor and it just destroys my gtx 700 2gb. So I'm buying another rad for my system as well as some new video cards and I'll just be selling the 770 which I can send in for an rma so I can sell it new on ebay. Sorry this is also a...

I have recently been playing a trucking game when suddenly I lost control over they keyboard and it would not respond. All the lights on it were lit, which were not before. I unplugged it and plugged it back in, it worked fine and then my computer shuts off, such as someone unplugging it. It...

Whenever I play a certain game (The WItcher) My cpu starts to slow down for a secon the goes back to speed. Eventually it slows down to just twitching. But, when I alt+tab out of the game it goes back to normal.

Hello i bought a gaming pc from ebay and it arrived damaged. I cant get video output on my screen, but everything turns on good even the lights and fans. It doesn't give me a beeping sound because it doesn't have that feature. Any who i found this little piece out of its place and was wondering...

hi tom's members....when it comes to laptops, my expertise completely boils down to nothing. So my friend wants a laptop/ netbook for her university work, that would obviously include writing assignements, surfing the web and occasional movies and music. so what is the best possible laptop/...

Wondering if this build will work and play games. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/cwx149/saved/mQHRsY This is my first build so I am looking to budget the computer but not too bad so looking to stay around what i am already spending.

Hey guys My CS:GO have started to mess up with the sound, when ever there are sounds ingame - like people talking, weapon fires or other things. It is pretty anoying and I don't know how to fix it. I have tried re installed the game (no luck) I also have tried restore system, but i get a error...

I have a drive that holds only a big Steam folder that I want to swap out for a larger capacity one. Since it doesn't hold Windows is it safe to simply copy/paste everything over and then switch?

what should i install

hi do i need to buy mixamp with astro a40 to activate 7.1 surround system in PC ???? or it will do 7.1 without(mixamp)? sorry for all questions thanks alot

What is the best gaming headset that offers excellent audio and comfort? I am looking to purchase a gaming headset. What I'm thinking is Astro A40s as once the headset worn out I can swap its place with a different headset and still use the Astro amplifier. Astro brand has both positive and...

Why when computer freezes it can't continue working without reset? I'm talking about a complete freeze when PC don't reacts on any actions, not when it BSODs. Why it can't just restore itself (but if GPU can't handle it's clocks it restores automatically sometimes, but not when memory failure)...

As the title says, the gpu has tight screws on it, some are a bit scraped off but other then that, what can i use to take these out? i want to replace the thermal paste before it gets really hot here. I live in Las Vegas to be exact, and it can get up to 120 here D: Here are some pictures of it...

My laptop had a history of shutting down when running programs such as games. After some researching, I figured out that it may be due to overheating. I decided to clean out the fan and apply new thermal paste to allow the system to be cool again (because the laptop was several years old without...

Hello Building my PC with FX8350 with a Cooler Master 212 EVO and I'm just wondering whether my RAM, http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-1600-Beast-Desktop-Memory/dp/B00A771ZLO/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1401530202&sr=1-1&keywords=HyperX+16+GB+1600+Mhz+CL9+DDR3 will fit on my Mobo which is a...

Hey, First of all, thanks for reading, I really appreciate it! My Problem: I have seen many posts of about this problem, maybe not as detailed; about the same subject. My video gets a weird fuzzy/blurry resolution. I do not have a monitor, I have a VIZIO 32 inch tv/monitor. I use HDMI, I do...

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