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Which one of the two PSU's is good at buying in your opinions? My PC Specs: Intel Core i7 8700K Asus Rog Strix VEGA 64 Team Group T-Force DELTA RGB MOBO Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 Thanks in advance!

Hello, I am having some heat issues in my desktop build. Upon boot, I get a CPU Fan error which loads me directly into the BIOS. There I either see that the Fan is running "in the red" (lower speed than the BIOS likes) OR is shown as not detected. I can hear the fan spinning while this is...

About an year ago I had removed my graphic card from my computer and kept it away for a long while . The card had been plugged in and plugged out during this year . Now suddenly I see random blue line and yellow patches on my screen . Earlier this issue was fixed by shifting the card in the slot...

Hello Tom's Hardware community! So i have a gaming PC which has been acting up for quite some time now, i tried to re-install my windows and the drivers for my graphics card but nothing worked. So I've got this problem that most of my games just crash all the time and the screen just freeze...

Everytime I start up my PC after turning it off completely (shutting down the PC and turning it off by the main switch), the PC will turn on, but it wont up on the screen, all it shows is the HDMI channel with a black screen, and the keyboard wont switch on. I hard reset every time but I don't...

Hello, I want to build a pc. It will be used for gaming(2k or 4K) graphic design, 3D rendering, video editing. Which Ryzen processors would be best for that? 2700X or low end Thread Ripper? Get lower cpu since other new cpu's coming out later this year? Go Intel? (expensive) I currently have...

I have a ryzen 5 1600 and rx580 8gb, when playing fortnite on 60 fps on epic setting or high settings with epic distance I get a temp on my gpu of 71 degrees Celsius is this okay or is this to hot? I have two fans and the stock cpu cooler for the ryzen. Should I add fans and a different...

Hello guys,I'm kinda new to overclocking so i was wondering if somebody can help me and give me some tips. :bounce: CPU: i7 2600k 1155 socket Cooler: LC CC 120 RAM: 8 gig Hyperx Kingston T1 Motherboard: P8Z68-V-PRO GPU: GTX 1050TI Strix Edition PSU: GX 550w Cooler Master

I connected a display via HDMI to my laptop and pressed the second screen only project option. Laptop res: FHD. 2nd display res 4k. Now I have a black screen on the laptop and the 2nd display writes Incompatible format, it detects 720p. When I detach the HDMI, I have a screen on the laptop...

Looking to get a new processor for my pc as I’m currently running a 1300x with a 2060, what would be a sensible upgrade. I’m thinking a Ryzen 5 2600, is that a good upgarde?

Hello everyone, My current configuration is: CPU: i5-4690 GPU: Sapphire R9-290 tri-x MOBO: ASRock H97 Pro4 PSU: Enermax Revolution xt 630 Watt RAM: 2x4GB Kingstone HyperX Fury DDR3 I assembled this PC on Jenuary 2015, and now, 4 years later it started to lose a bit, especially on "recent"...

Hello guys. I want to swap my I9 9900k CPU, wich is already installed in the socket with an stock air cooler, ( the system is brand new), to another motherboard. The question is wich is the best type of towel adequate for clear the thermal compound ? I saw on the Internet that the most type of...

I don't understand the connection between CPU and resolution/refresh rate. Can someone explain how they relate? Also, what CPU's do you think would be great choices at this moment for a monitor running a resolution of 2560 x 1440 144hz? I'm assuming GPU is not an issue here, let's just abstract...

they don't show up in my windows 10 custom made pc. now have two 1TB ssd that do not show up sort of. . they don't show in "This PC"/devices and drives....or in Disk management. They are seen in "device manager"/disk drives. they call them a just a "disk drive" and all I can do is...

MSI A320M Grenade MOBO G SKillz 2 x 4 GB sticks 2400 Ryzen 5 2600x - new piece AMD XFX 580 Black 2 SSD's Everything worked up until i changed the CPU - per the MSI page for the MOBO the CPU is compatible with all components. I replaced the CPU from an AMD A8-9600 to the Ryzen5 2600x

So soon as i installed my new RTX2080 i tried playing a game of BFv and i wopuld get dips below 10fps.i tried DDU to install the drivers again then i clean installed them. That still didn't help. Anyone know whats going on, my GTX 1080 never had these frame dips?

Hello, I have a serious problem. My i5 8400 is underperforming. I was having really low fps in games than I had before, so I reinstalled my Windows and benchmarked my PC. Results: View: https://imgur.com/m0gkHj0 It's even worse, I have no idea what's going on. I bought this CPU like a month...

My guess is power or cooling. Full tower Cosmos C700P case, 2x140 front fans, 1x140 rear fan, 2x 140 top fans. I9 7900x, liquid cooled, Single GTX 1080 Ti, liquid cooled. 54GB trident RGB 3200, Win 10. Have seen 183* Fahrenheit on CPU package (in Neverwinter, 4K) and 165* on GPU. Have a 1200W...

Hello community, New guy here! Hoping to get some help with a new laptop I bought recently. Over the years I've often come across TH articles when dealing with computer problems. Hoping the community here is just as helpful! Anyway, I recently got a new laptop: HP Omen 15 dc0006 that comes...

Hi guys. So a few days ago I started a game on my pc and left for a moment to get some food, but when I came back my pc had been turned off. I tried to boot it back on but it didn't even post or give any sort of signal. I heard a crackling noise and got a smell of ozone so I pulled the power...

I have a laptop msi gt72vr domonator pro with GTX 1070 and I7 6700HQ my gpu use only 20 % on games and cpu use 85% https://imgur.com/vzkUADl View: https://imgur.com/gallery/Y5hBJ4T

Had a look at a few posts but most seem to mention mixing completely different sticks. A friend decided to upgrade and give me his 2x4gb 'corsair vengeance LP' ram as one of mine broke. The ram sticks are the same brand and speeds (1600mhz) but slightly different models. View...

I have a weird problem that I've been trying to solve for a long time. I am beginning to think there is something really wrong with my motherboard or something else. My budget setup is: Ryzen 5 2400G ASUS B350 TUF motherboard 2 x 8 gb Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 Seasonic 620W PSU Windows 10 Pro...

I've just built a new computer and im using firefox, that works fine and can do anything on firefox. However if i try to log into steam, or set up battlenet (where it tries to fetch its own downloads via the app itself, they seem to be unable to communicate with any network. Specs if helps: i5...

Hi , I have a strange problem with window 7 pro , every time I turn on the PC / restart , window will boot to the window logo page then goes into black screen with no cursor. This issues only started this few days , from Monday on wards this week. The black screen will remained for about 25...

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-GN246HL-Bbid-24-Inch-Display-x/dp/B00KO4518I That's my monitor ^^ So basically I would go to NVIDIA Control panel after right clicking my desktop, it will not let me change refresh rate above 60Hz, so I made a custom res, and I made it 144 then my monitor says no...

Hello. The day before yesterday I was playing Metro Exodus on an overclocked 8700k at 4.5ghz with a Gigabyte 1070 Xtreme Gaming gpu, at stock clock speeds. My computer had a sudden shutdown about 10 minutes into the game and upon trying to reboot it would not start at all. Full specs...

So I recently got a Gigabyte GTX 670OC 2gb card for cheap and am waiting on a proper psu to power it. It has a 6 pin and an 8 pin that both need power. I currently have a 6 pin and 2x 4 pin. Would this be able to sufficiently power the gpu for the time being? I only need to be able to use low...

Hello there. Recently I bought a bunch of components for a new pc that I built. I slapped it all together everything worked fine. The pc didn't have a gpu so my friend offered me a cheap price on a gpu that he had lying around. I put in my pc; worked great! I play a certain video game where I...

Here are my Hardware Monitor results while playing CS:GO in windowed mode, 1280x720. Do they look normal? I've had input lag problems for 3 months. View: https://imgur.com/a/JG0K3Cy View: https://imgur.com/a/A1lEmJD Mobo: ASUS PRIME Z270A CPU: i7-7700k GPU: 1070ti PSU: 850w Ram: 16gb 4x4...

I have an older Alienware Aurora R3 where most stuff in Dell is proprietary. Is it possible to use the optical drives and card readers in a new build? Is anything on an old computer a no-no to put in a new computer? Everything else would be upgraded and new in a new case. The tech friend said...

Can someone recommend a WiFi dongle that uses a USB cable so I can plug it in to my PC and keep the WiFi transmitter up high and away from the computer and screen. Thanks

Hello. My old motherboard packardbell tbgm01p8 with i7 920 socket 1366 is bricked. Packardbell never updated the bios R01a1 and having problems with s3 resume in w10 i searched a new bios. I found another bios from gateway website for (i thought) the same mb ( fx 6800) that was upgraded for the...

Hello, i have a toshiba satellite L745, and since yesterday when i turn it on nothing happens, the only thing that tells me that the notebook is on, is the power led, i tried turning it on without the battery and still nothing happens, just a black screen, no windows, no bios screen, nothing...

Just got a ryzen 7 1700x and a gigabyte X470 aorus gaming 7, 16gb Corsair lpx ddr4 Ram and an h100i. How would I go about overclocking this cpu to as high as it can safely go (3.8-4.0ghz) to get the most performance out of my rtx 2070?

I am sorry if I posted in the wrong place but am new and i really need directions please. Its been 2 days ive been battling with my pc being freeze even when its only watching movies or doing nothing at all... I have a photo when i run memtest64 and it freezes again but I dont know how to post it😔

I am a new streamer and I am young enough to not have those stuff I made a PayPal account but I am not sure if I need a credit card for the donations to get to me

So the control is to sync to mother board RGB, my question is: can I just go back to thermal takes RGB software simply by downloading the program? Or would I have to use the origninal control to use the thermal take software? Sorry if my question is confusing as I really don’t know what I’m...

I'm looking for a gaming/streaming motherboard with duel CPU sockets for the intel I5 LGA1155, not looking for Dell or any main stream computer companies. Asus ect would be great can't seem to find one.

Recently my landlord changed their internet service to a different package using Sky cos of which they are now using a new Hub. When my Desktop connects to this new Hub, the internet connection is terrible. Google UK home page takes minutes to load. Every now and then in maybe once in a couple...