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My friend needs to know, which GPU will be better for AcrhiCAD, Geforce 960/970 or Radeon 280X/380? He can't afford FirePro or Quadro...

just put my new pc togeather and windows 10 is saying my display is a Anchor Communication Inc VG248 when my monitor is a ASUS VG248QE I went to the asus website and found the drivers BUT there are only for windows 8 not 10 Anyone know where I can get the new drivers ?

While i charge it the light blinks once every 5 secs. I moved recently to england from italy but i think europe should have the same power outputs? Should i worry? Do i have to buy some sort of adapter? It works without problems and no error messages, the light bothers me.

Basically I need some sort of radiator vibration mounts for the h115i. I have a nzxt switch 810 and it's crazy loud even at idle. If I hold the radiator in my hand with the fans mounted to it. It's pretty much silent.

With all the Lepa power supplies, I have been looking at the rail configuration. The ones I have been looking at have 6 12V rails, yet several of them have 8 PCIe connectors. How do you know which connector is attached to which rails, so I don't overload any specific rail? I can't seem to find a...

So I recently bought an asus rt-n56u dual-band wireless-n600 gigabit router. My isp is att and so when I tried to plug the data cable into the router, the led on the router didn't light up. The way my network is set up is kind of confusing so I'll do my best to explain. I have a standard att...

So I was wondering if my rock soul ram TED34GM1600C11BK is compatible with Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI motherboard.

Hey Community, Looking for some advice for a minor upgrade on my current desktop. I'm looking to build a completely new setup in a month or two, but I'll be keeping my current at my house and the new build wherever I'll be moving to. Below are the current specs and I was looking to upgrade the...

I used Macrium Reflect to Clone my Laptop Hard Drive when the samsung data migration tool would constantly fail at 99% with error -00001[ffffffff]. Anyway I did as many here recommend and used Macrium Reflect and it all went across to the SSD with out a hitch. As I am not a full on computer guru...

Hey, Im looking to pair an i5 6500 with a Gigabyte Gaming 7 Mobo. I know intel patched the non-k overclocking hole the mobo manufacturers started to expose, but if I get a board made a few months ago (Before the patch was made) is the gaming 7 a board that has this feature anyways?

Hello Everyone i need help overclocking a Pentium D 945 and hoping to find a unlocked bios for ibm eserver xseries 206m so any help would be greatly appreciated ty (attached report of cpu-z specs) http://valid.x86.fr/92dy5t

im using a windows 10 laptop with a aadeon graphic card icore 5 intel i cannot download a nvidia too ive tried a lot pls help me

Hi all, I recently built a PC (6 months ago...ish) from the following parts MSI Z77-GD55A Mobo - bought from my son used Intel i5 3570k CPU - bought from my son used 16GB memory bought used from my son 16GB memory bought new EVGA GTX970 GPU bought new EVGA PSU (can't remember how many watts...

Hello all; I've checked (http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1694156/hardware-reserved-ram-8gb.html) and have not found relief. I found that my original RAM was not on the supported list. I updated the BIOS, and purchased compatible RAM, but it keeps getting eaten up! I'm showing 21GB...

my current build is a Z97-G45 with 8 gb of ram (2x4GB ram in dual channel configuration) and my CPU cooler blocks one ram slot my regular usage gaming/ surfing etc has utilization of ~50 -100 % i was thinking of adding one more 8 gb stick...

I need a router from this website because my isp dont support any router from any other place( just stops working over time ) here is the link http://www.etisalat.ae/nrd/en/personal/devices_catalogue/modems_routers.jsp I need a mininum if 50mbps down and 10mbps up Please and thank you if you help

Hi, I'm new to PC building this will be my first attempt. I've gotten a lot of advice on these forums and I'm ready to buy these parts today or tomorrow. I just want a final look over to make sure I'm not making any mistakes. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LCRYnQ Price...

Hi,i have been doing some overclocking lately with my phenom II X4 965,and i can't get past 19 multiplier.There are two voltage settings.CPU VDD which is set to 1.485 and CPU-NB VDD,which is set on auto.My idle temps are at 32.5,with the 19.5 multiplier pc crashes after 15 minutes of...

Hi can someone help me upgrade my PC because it isn't the best and i need to upgrade it for a reasonable price or low. Here are the specs: Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.4GHz 2.1GB Ram ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series 512MB Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 500GB HDD High Definition Audio Device...

It started last night, after a computer crash in the middle of a tf2 gameplay, First it Froze then I had to shut it down. I know it's not the harddrive because I recorded it from a site and It's definitely not sound. My sound is perfect. But this is what I hear. After a while, it starts...

I recently upgraded to 64gb of ram. Corsair dominator ddr4 ram to be exact. It's much taller than expected and with my processor water cooler all the ram doesn't fit. Is there an adapter I could get and move it somewhere else in the computer or is there a case that would fit everything? I can...

Hello everyone! I hate to ask a seemingly redundant question, but the TH forums always give the most definitive answers, so I figure a little clarification here will go the distance. Having said that, I'm attempting to hit 60hz@ 4k. Here's my setup: I7-870 OC@ 4.1GHZ on H20 Asus P7P55D-E Pro...

Hello guys, I want to overclock my Corsair Vengeance Pro memory modules. I have two 8GB sticks, for a total of 16GB at 1866MHz. They're now set via XMP profile, so they're running at the above mentioned frequency. I have an Intel Core i7-4770K processor @ 4,5GHz and an ASUS Maximus VI Hero...

Hey guys, was wondering if someone could help me out with this. When I was using Windows 7 I would connect my computer to a TV via HDMI to watch films, it had no problems scaling correctly, everything that I saw on my desktop screen was on my TV. After upgrading to Windows 10 the resolution on...

My PC hardware is: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard Intel i5-3570K CPU & Noctua cooling fan on Normal BIOS profile 16GB GSkill memory I've just started experimenting with overclocking and found this simple approach which increases the Turbo ratios http:// I've obtained a stable overclock by...

So I'm building a gaming pc and want to buy an activation code for Windows 8, I've found a good deal and there is few left, I can't finish the pc For another month, am I able to put a new hard drive in a friends pc, use the activation code and then just plug the hard drive into my finished pc...

Okay, so when it comes to computers I know my stuff, I'm a computer technician and good with software. When it comes to hardware...? Not so much. I am updating a P.O.S. Computer right now. I want a new CPU but I do not know what would be best for my mobo, or if I should just buy a new mobo and...

I'm building my first PC soon and was wondering if (Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case) is a good one to chose. Does this one have good air flow. Does it have a lot of spots to install fans. I'm trying to build a red and black themed PC. I'm also wondering if the PC is compatible with my...

i cant use my camera to my acer aspire laptop 4752z.what will i do?please help me.thank you..

trying to install conexant smartaudio HD driver on my toshiba laptop i keep getting this error message failed to pass CRC check.[124]

Let me explain my setup first then i will post the question. I have a MSI Z-97 Gaming 5 motherboard connected to a MSI GTX 970 GPU. The pc is connected via HDMI to my Yamaha RX-V473 and then connected to my TV via HDMI from the port on the AV receiver. The problem im having is color clipping...

so i wanted to ask you guys which would be a better suited card for my system i have an optiplex 755 sff, core2duo e6550 @ 2.3 Ghz, 2 GB ram with a PSU of 275 w and also i noticed a thing that on my PSU its written shall not exceed 106 w what does it mean ?

So, as the title suggests, a few weeks ago when I first went SLI (2x 970) I tried GTA V with SLI. Having previous experience with a single GTX I know where the more demanding parts are (countryside evening with headlights on) so I checked it out with the 2 cards. I got a solid 60 fps at 1080...

I just created a new YouTube channel and i still use a Google pictures picture as a background for my channel. Since I'm not that good with Photoshop/editing, I wanted to ask you guys that may be good with this to make a simple gaming theme background. I mostly play CoD and dayZ so that's what I...

Hi,i'm not sure it is right place to ask. it's my system: mobo : Z97-C cpu :i3 4160 main memory : 1*4 Apacer 1866 i got a problem with system, when i turn on pc about 3 or more time reset with black display and no beep and then start normally. sometimes led ram fixed red and system dose not...

i'm looking to build a Custom PC for the first time and will be used mainly for gaming but i'm not sure on what CPU Cooler i should use for this build so if anyone can recommend which one i can use and why it would be really helpful Thanks for the help PCPartPicker part list / Price...

Will Crysis 3 look modern if I play it today or has it aged?

Current Build; AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2ghz 8GB Crucial Ballistix ram 500W Corsair 80 Plus Bronze PSU Single 12v rail M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard AMD HD Radeon 7770 GPU - Hey I was just wondering with these spec's what would be the best possible upgrade of graphics card? I mostly play...

I need to know if game booster is a trusted resource or not

I am wondering if I can use an overclocked version of the Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card with the build that I have Here is my full build CPU:Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $269 (MSY) Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $153 (MSY) RAM:G.Skill Sniper...