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The title says it all. I just want to do a performance test and make sure my hdd/ssd are good.

Since most of the CPUs before Ryzen used clustered multi threading (where each 2 cores shared an FPU), couldn't you disable every 2nd core and get i5 like-performance? (I know it won't be the same as there are other factors like the manufacturing node). Plus, you would get the benefits of its...

Hi, I'm in the process of building a new PC. My motherboard is a Maximus XI Z390 with onboard 802.11 ac WiFi My ISP is Cox. The access point is downstairs and currently it is the Cox provided Netgear N450CG 3000Dv2 Cable modem/router. Do I need a wireless adapter in my new PC to connect to...

hello, I am trying to help a friend states away put his computer together but once we've plugged everything in there is no display showing up on the monitor and no beeps or sound to see if we got in to the bios(even though the display isn't coming on too). we've tried plugging hdmi into the gpu...

I have a msi H310M PRO VDH and I want to know if this supports dual channel. The reason I'm asking is because I have just one stick of 8gb and I want to know if it was more convenient to have the other slot being used.

will the motherboard holes match the bracket and will the X shape heatsink holder thing be able to reach?

is this enough for old games(Not the popular one like Pubg/Fortnite), bluestack, skype and some light work for $300 build? https://imgur.com/uYU7rf0

How do you which skullcandy headphones off when not in use

I'm wanting to get a 1070 Ti and I'm looking at two.. and I'm confused as to why one is so much more than the other.. can someone tell me what the differences between these are? Why is one so much more than the other? I know one is on amazon and the other newegg, but still? EVGA GeForce GTX...

I am looking to buy a pc, and would like to mine. How much could i potentially make with a gtx 1070 ti?

Someone put something heavy on my keyboard and when i tried to use it, several inputs would occur at a time. For example if i were playing a video game and i wanted to see the scoreboard, i'd hold tab and when i would the scoreboard would show up and disappear repeatedly to the point where it...

Hello guys, i have a problem with my PC , i have the ryzen 7 2700x and a rog strix x370-f gaming. When i try to boot my pc does not showing anything and after a while i realise that my mobo boots only with 1st gen ryzen and yes i bios update my mobo. In conclusion the problem is when i install...

Hello guys, last few months i am facing this problem. Most of the apps i want to install are either crashing during the installation or they crash after they have been installed and i try to open them. All of the crashes have this in common when i view problem details, Problem Event Name...

Is it possible (on this fake gtx 1060 3gb) to hard flash the vbios to utilize all 8gb gddr5 thats on this pcb?

I would like to upgrade my current (outdated) PC, I was thinking of upgrading my CPU in the first place, but I don't know which one would be compactible with my current motherboard etc. Currently I do not want to buy everything again so I would like to ask which components would be necessary to...

Hello, I have "biostar a681-350 deluxe r2.0" mainboard and it is startup password protected which is forgotten, So trying to reset the CMOS password by chaning Jumpers and also removing CMOS battery (actually removed for 5 days), but nothing works and again it asks for password. Also pressing...

Not sure where to post so I'll put it here. My friend's mother recieved this on her work email from her own email (so basically she recieved an email from her own email address, so I guess someone entered the email and sent this to himself). He sent it to me because he's not so sure what to do...

i bought it like 1 week ago the game is so smoth but i have some probelm in cs go when they peek me its so mutch fast i cant react ive ben better in my old monitor 75hz lul im so angry like <ModEdit>240 hz and 1ms respons times i cant do better than 75hz <ModEdit> <ModEdit> Language. Barty1884

It happened before that my pc would wake up in the middle of the night from Sleep mode, but I would just Disable my mouse, keyboard or LAN from being able to wake it up in the options But last night, I woke up to it running only to shut down itself before reaching the keyboard to shut it...

Hello. I have a laptop, the OS is Windows 10 and the drive type is HDD. I recently bought a drive type SSD and installed Windows 10 on it. Now, I want to try the SSD, install it on the laptop, replacing the HDD. Just to try it, not permanently. My questions are, if I install the HDD back on the...

Hello friends, I'm really stuck! I've brought an additional SATA hard drive and I can't find the rails I need anywhere to put it in. I have a Sharkoon BD28 case and this is the type of rails I need according to the manual. I've contacted them and I've had no help. Been looking on Ebay and...

hi, i have a problem, i bought a custom built pc which had a load of stuff still on it (photo's music, ect ect), so i thought i would reset the pc to free up space, i use the pc for flight sims and it was working fine, since resetting the pc when i load up the flight sim it plays for a short...

Hey, I need some advice I want to make this texture here https://imgur.com/a/UmBX0po look much more realistic like these here https://wallpaperscraft.com/catalog/textures/3840x2160 my image is smaller size like 128 x 128 and thats the image I want to fix is there some tool out there that can...

Hi all, I recently ordered a Noctua 40mm fan to replace the noisy stock 40mm fan on my 1U PSU. However I overlooked that the stock fan is 20mm thick, but this Noctua fan is only 10mm. Will it still be good enough for the power supply or should I return it for a 20mm thick Noctua?

Hi everyone. I have an old PC that is on the brink of dying why I am eager to build a good gaming PC within my budget which is about 1500$. (Be aware that prices are about 15% higher in my country due to VAT) The parts I have looked into is: CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU Nvidia GTX 1080 SSD...

Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Ram: 8GB GPU: Geforce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB) Power Supply: Corsair VS 2014 Series Power Supply - 650 Watt ----- At first I thought it was overheating because I was overclocking on a stock cpu fan so I downclocked everything to it's...

I am starting a new build for data and picture management. Some gaming may happen. Which chip would you advise? The i7-8700k with 6-256KB L2 cache. The faster i7-8086k lacks the L2 cache.

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Hi, I have an old Acer Aspire store bought pc, model M3802 with 8Gb ram and a Q8300 cpu. I installed a GTX 1050ti card, and it's alright for gaming but the bottleneck is at the cpu. The motherboard is G43T-AM V.2 with a locked bios so I can't OC but I wanted to get the best processor I can use...

Hi, I recently bought 16gb of f4-3000c15d-16gtzr ram for my new Ryzen 5 2600x system. I didn't realise they made an AMD optimized f4-3000c15d-16gtzrx model. Not that I could find any online apart from second hand ones on eBay. I've read up on a lot of compatibility issues with Ryzen and the TZR...

my pc is really old like 9 years old, but i can still run games like overwatch, csgo and stuff. my fps is not at the top. i want to know how i could upgrade my pc to get a better gaming experience my pc parts is 6.0 GB ram geforce GTX 550 ti AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor and just a...

i have only 4gb ram installed on windows 8.1 and i want to play battlefield 1 but its lagging bcoz low ram. i tried to set paging file size but i have doubt now is that i have 2 partition in my sata drive C&D. windows installed in C drive and battlefield 1 installed in D drive then which...

Hey guys im gonna build a pc and get a new setup. CPU: ryzen 5 1600 Gpu: 1070 ti evga sc black edition Rams: 16gb 3200mhz triden z rgb Chassis: kolink observatory rgb SSD: a400 kingston 120gb Hdd: 1tb seagate barracuda motherboard: gigabyte ga-ab350 psu: thermaltake 500w rgb --------- Mouse...

As the title says. I know it is a GPU bottleneck (maybe) but if it is or not, I would like to know is there any app or any way to force more cpu usage in games.

So I was planning to build a pc for my gf and here's the build that I came up with based on the availability and prices in my country. Ryzen 5 2400g Gigabyte AB350m Gaming 3 gskill ripjaws v 2x4gb 3200mhz samsung 860 evo ssd 250gb seasonic s12ii 520w G4600 Build MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon +...

Hi, I’m building my first PC with 8 gigs of 2666mhz and an i5 8400, but as for the graphics card, I still need to decide. I’d like to play games like GTA V and Sea Of Thieves and Overwatch and maybe Battlefield 1 and V (when it comes out). They’re supposed to be in the 230-40 Euro aka 250-60...

Hi everyone, I need help to choose a budget gaming laptop from these 5 listed models:  DELL Inspiron 7577  Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor RAM: 16 GB / Storage: 1 TB HDD & 128 GB SSD Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Full HD display IPS...

My windows is install in Samsung SSD disk. Windows 10 installed in SSD disk. I store data and files in another WD internal hard disk. For example if now SSD drive faulty or motherboard faulty, I will just buy new SSD (any model) or new motherboard (any model) then reinstall Windows 10. May...

I've just assembled my system and I can't get a post. MOBO: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON RAM: 16GB (2x 8192MB) G.Skill Flare X schwarz DDR4-3200 DIMM CL14-14-14-34 Dual Kit CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6x 3.40GHz Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 GPU: 6GB MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Armor 6G OCV1 Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16...

i7-8700K Z370 Gaming Plus D4 ATX mobo Nvidia GTX1080 16GB DDR5 ram Corsair 650TX psu I was installing an SSD drive and now my computer powers on for a second, powers off, powers on, etc. No beeps. To give some history I upgraded my computer in preparation for VR back in March. Didn't replace...