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My motherboard recently died after 6 years hard service, so I upgraded. But neither the new board BIOS nor the inbuilt RAID controller recognise the RAID-1 array I set up on the previous board. Asking it to set the hdds up as an array causes it to warn me this would erase both drives. Is there...

Purchased a white box comp from a pawn shop (yeah i know im stupid but) AMD Athalon II X4 651 Quad-Core 3.0 GHz 8GB 1TB WD Blue Drive GeForce GTX 660 Graphics Card I thought hey... for 400 not bad right? So i start having issues right away... Damnit... I call up my tech buddy, bad sectors...

Hello, some games in my steam library like the witcher wild hund and skyrim 'shatter' the games dont lagg and my fps stays @ 60 but there is a noticeable shatter. normaly its not my hardware iam running: asus gtx 970 i5 4690k 8gb of DDR3 RAM also the temps of my hardware are fine Thanks

Hello, I got an asus m11bb I already talked about it on other thread. The thing is I only play CS GO, i got 70fps on 800*600. I got an AMD APU a4-6300 and HD 8370D (igpu). Does anyone know, if I install windows 7, is going to be better? Btw, is the entire performance going to increase? Thank you!

i just wanna know guys... i pumped my evga gtx 750ti 2gb up too 400-500 mhz onmsi afterburner and ran it for a few days... did i goof up? or am i ok I NEED TO KNOW PLZ

Hello i am currently looking for a Dedicated GPU instead of using my apu for better performance in-game My Current system is: CPU: A10 7850k GPU: Integrated Graphics Motherboard: FM2A88M-HD+ R2.0 RAM: 8gb ddr3 1600Mhz HDD: 500gb SATA III OS: Windows 7 Ok so iv'e done a bit of research but...

I have ordered 2 titan x's and have a i7 3770k cpu @3.50Hz. Is this going to hold the gpu's back a lot? And if so, what cpu's do you recommend?

What percentage of kids age 5-12, teens aged 13-19, young adults aged 20-30, adults aged 30-55 and elders aged 55+ are on mobile gaming, PC Gaming and Console Gaming? Thank you! (#LoveStatistics)

Hello everyone ! Before i start this is a long post but i have tried my very best to explain my problems in the most detail possible and will also post my system specs below. AMD FX 8350 4 Ghz CPU with Artic cooling Freezer 13 Cooler GByte GA-970A-DS3 sAM3+ Motherboard 8GB corsair RAM...

Im upgrading from a fx6300 to fx8350 with gigabyte radeon hd 7900 gpu, Is my 600w psu fine with that or do i need to upgrade? -tia!

Hi, I recently took my PC to the shop to make a small repair, I got it back and my second monitor now doesn't work after I login to windows. i.e. powers on, boot menu and BIOS all shown on both screens, then I enter the login screen and it displays no signal? I cannot detect or identify...

I want to transfer all the data from my hard drive now, over to a new build i plan on building soon.. it will have windows 8 until windows 10 comes out. I am curious as to how i should transfer all my data over, without transfering the actual windows 7. The new build will have a SSD that i want...

Hi I got a computer with the following specs AMD FX-8350 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX - Rev. 2.0 Corsair RM850 Fractal Design Define R4 Noctua NH-D15 Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2x 750GB 7200RPM HDDS Nvidia GTX 750Ti I know my GPU is not powerful, but i could play all my games.. Now when GTA V is out on...

I bought two Intel 730s (one 480, one 240gb) this week and upon putting both in my computer I got nothing. My PC would light up, but pressing the power button would result in nothing. After taking the second one (240gb) out everything worked just fine. Any ideas to the problem here? Setup: I7...

I personally really like Speedfan and use it primarily to track my temperatures rather than change my fan speed. So that being said, I recently tried using an old sidewinder wheel on my computer running Windows 7. There are no drivers to install on Windows 7 so I tried using a soundcard with a...

Just wondering if the new 960 4gb really has 4gb of vram or 3.5? If it really has 4gb would it be better than the 970 gtx?

So i am on a fairly small budget for getting a new monitor about 100-130 dollar range and im wondering which of these two is the better pick? http://www.amazon.com/AOC-i2367Fh-23-Inch-Frameless-LED-Lit/dp/B009V8F700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426822858&sr=8-1&keywords=aoc+23 Or...

I've never posted an open discussion thread here before, but here we go: Valve has said they will be showing a wide variety of hardware at GDC 2015 this year, including VR and steam machines, VR is kinda cool, but I want to discuss steam machines. Supposedly they have finalized the design of...

Which is better? second one is cheaper by INR 300

My Beats Monsters are having some really weird issues... They will start the day working perfectly fine and by the end they will start to randomly stop in the middle of a song and then start back up again 3 seconds later. I was just wondering if this has anything to do with the switch on the...

So I am in the process of putting together a liquid loop for my AMD 8350 as my air cooler isn't cutting it and my case is too small for me to just buy a bigger air cooler, I've found a block I like but I have no idea on which fitting size I need, total noob at liquid cooling here, can't get an...

A common question, should I upgrade my i7 2600k to an i7 4790k ? My z68 mobo is failing and trying to get a good new z77 mobo is gonna cost me $200+ I don't feel I should invest anything more in the 2600k and sell it while it still gets a lot of interest. What should I do ? Sell it or invest...

I have a pc http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YWrRwP its about 4-6 months old.. lately the startup has been slow.. about 5minutes i was checing my msconfig, and i found all these random services... if you have the time, im respectfully requesting a full list, of the things i can delete off the...

I got an Asus 280x a few months ago, when i first got it the temp would sit at about 32*-34* at idle but over the months the idle temp has been slowly climbing and now sits at about 40*-41* at idle. Any idea why this might be? Thanks.

Hi guys just wondering if my power supply is adequate to run this card it says it requires 500w i have just built my pc on a budget and this is the final piece system specs down below for a better idea of my power needs FX-4300 GA 78LMT rev 5.0 8gb hyperx ram Xfx 450 pro series 80+ possibly r9...

For the past 2/3 months my sound has been acting weird. Specifically on video players(youtube, twitch, etc) the video will play for about 7~ seconds with no audio and then stop. About 20 seconds later the audio that was missing from the initial 7 seconds plays, then the video resumes along with...

plz help me i cant see any of my files!!!

Hi all, I have just bought a second 670 to SLI, and playing far cry 4 and other games, it seems to drop frames at an instant, or HARD freeze my PC, resulting in me having to hold power button down to turn it off. Im going ahead with my power supply not having enough beef for SLI with 670's...

Hello i am currently having an issue on my asus laptop running windows 7 where it says wireless capability is turned off. I can't connect to any wifi but can use ethernet. I have tried updating drivers, uninstalling drivers, turning the wireless capabillity off and on, unchecking "Allow the...

Hi Everyone, I am planning to buy a gaming laptop because of decent graphics performance and mobility. I have shortlisted three candidates and want your feedback and valuable suggestions. 1. MSI Dominator 424...

Hey guys, In a lot of competitive games I've been playing, I've been experiencing some random occurrences of FPS drop. For example, in Warframe I will randomly drop from 110FPS to a mere 15FPS for a split second. My rig consists of: I5-4670k OC 4.2Ghz + GTX 660ti. Personally, I put the...

Hello guys, I'm looking to build a new gaming pc from scratch. I need a box, monitor and etc. It will be mainly used to play cs:go, so i need 16:9 monitor with decent refresh rate. I'm willing to spend about 500 euros. I need it to be able to run on low setting smoothly, so i wouldn't have any...

I have a brand new chip here in the EVGA x99 micro, I'm hoping its a driver issue and maybe someone will enlighten me. I can set voltages fine, with a restart, 1.35v run under 40c pretty nicely. Thats if I don't change the base clock freq. as soon as I do, even to 3.8 my computer restarts and...

So this is my first graphics card and I got it all setup inside but when I try to use the installation disc I get an error message saying Please Install VGA cards of Asus and I don't know what that means, I also tried downloading drivers from the website which didn't work or maybe I installed...

I can't seem to find anywhere to do it.

I have built a new rig and I'm chuffed to bits except that I have a problem where the system just resets... The OS loads no problem, the CPU temp is at 30-40*C, I've swapped the PSU and I have removed the Graphics Card and still it resets after 10-20 mins even sitting idle. I have BIOS settings...

Okay so I have a computer that I'm looking to get a new motherboard because most of the USB and now some of the auxilary ports have stopped working. My budget is about $50-65 and I need a 1155 socket I think for the CPU and 4 DIMM. I also have a Geforce GTX 650 SC 2gb GDDR5 so make sure that...

I just installed a 2nd optical drive(pioneer bdr-209bdk)as was suggested on this site.even though I have PowerDVD12 bundled w/my XPS 8700 and the drive came with a TRIAL version of Nero essentials neither one will play blu-ray(you have to upgrade$$$$)Any suggestions for Blu-ray playing&Burning...

I have a Toshiba Satellite C50-A-1DV and it has a really shoddy integrated graphics card, id like to upgrade it but does my laptop have a slot?? help pls

Hey all, I just wanted to find out.. I want to build a pc for music production and I don't want to take it online, but I want to update all the drivers when needed. Is there a way to download the drivers on a separate computer (with internet) and save them to a dvd/cd. Then install them on my...