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Hi. I'm getting hard freeze hangups when I play only certain games, for example Archeage and Riders of Icarus. I can play other MMO's like DCUO and Aion just fine, but the 2 games mentioned before always cause my computer to hard freeze, and the only thing I can do is hold the power for 4...

My Homebuilt computer has started beeping out of the blue. It's not heat related, I went down that rabbit hole. Everything is chill. Below is a recording of the beep patter I get most frequently, but sometimes I get others too. I have reseated everything inside the case, and it helped. For a...

RX 470: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137050&cm_re=rx_470-_-14-137-050-_-Product Rx 480 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202225&ignorebbr=1 Which do you think i should get, i mainly game at 1080p and im not sure which is worth it, do you...

So christmas is coming and i'm hoping to get a new gpu. Current specs are i5 4460 3.2 GHz Kingston ssd now kc300 2×500 gb hdd 8gb ram ddr3 Asus b85 mg I know mobo is old and maybe cannot support newer gen gpus, if that is the case should i change mobo too? Mostly play overwatch and csgo and...

Hello in 2013 I custom built a desktop for myself, currently it's running very slowly and I would like to get back into gaming, here are some of the specs for the computer regarding the internal hardware: Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Hard...

So i noticed my cpu cooler was very dusty so i removed it to clean, after i cleaned it i put it back in and my pc isnt starting properly. It starts, all the lights and fans turn on for about 10 seconds and then it shuts off for 5 seconds and then turns on for 10 more seconds and repeats etc. Ive...

Hi, last month i built my new gaming pc, and now im encountering an error where the pc stutters/freezes for less than half a second and does like a stuck cd drive sound during that time (no, i dont have a cd drive). Last 3 times that that sttuter happens i have opened the task manager and the...

Major specifications: i7 6700 CPU Asus Z170-AR MotherB Corsair RM750 GTX 980ti (currently needing replacement) Currently running my PC with the above specs. I want to swap the case for a bigger ones. I can only fit 2 fans in my current case as well as a h80i cpu water...

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Hey guys. I was just looking for some feedback on my recently acquired PC. I intend on using it for games such as Arma3 and Dayz (CPU intensive) but I also want to keep my options open for GPU intensive games such as the Witcher series. Any constructive comments and opinions are appreciated =-)...

Hello gents,this just randomly happened a few days ago. Basically, everytime I try to open Speedtest or any other page basically , I get the error that google has crashed yet it hasn't actually crashed, and in some cases the message pops up 4-5 times,also getting error msg's when I try to...

Hey, I just turned on my pc after about 2 days of not using it and I noticed that the video and audio was not going through to my TV. I have it hooked up from my Nvidia GTX 660 gpu to my TV via HDMI. Upon trying to install the latest drivers, my pc says that it cannot detect NVidia drivers. It...

Hello everyone, My computer had two (2x8 GB) HyperX Savage CL9 1600 MHZ RAM's already installed on it. I decided to get another 16 gigs of RAM. I purchased a 2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro CL9 1600 MHZ set, (although I found out later that it wasn't the brightest of ideas to buy different brand...

Hello! I am going to buy my first PC and i am curious about best choises i can make. Main requirements for PC are: 1. Gaming at 60 FPS in all games. 2. Work with multiple resource-intensive applications simultaniusly (like IDEs). 3. Good audio quality. For now i have chosen: 1. CPU: Intel...

I'm new to this and I'm thinking on buying a new pc but I don't know if it's good enough to run new games. My current laptop can run team fortress 2 at max quality at 1600x900 around 50fps but sometimes it just drops to 10-20 fps and I can't run any of the new games that I really want to play...

Hey everybody! This is my first computer build, putting together a x99-a with a Kraken x61 closed loop system inside a Phanteks Enthoo Primo. Currently all my case fans save for the two fans mounted to the Kraken, which are connected by a 3 pin cable at the top of the mobo, a 9 pin at the bottom...

Hello So while playing LoL i usually get a blue/ green/ black/ grey screen when am in game and my computer just freezes in order to get back in the game i got to manualy restart the computer (press power button). Am using Win7 64bits Quad core Q6600 , gtx 260 and 4gb of ram PS : i full...

Recently, i built my first pc gpu: msi r9 380 2gb Cpu:intel i5 3330 Ram:8gb i have no idea why when i turned on my pc it seems work(power light,all the fans are working ), but the monitor didnt show any thing.Is there any problem occurred ? Or somethings else ? Could someone help me plzz~~

Hi, i have this annoying and discouraging problem with my PC ( 2x GTX 1070s and an i5 4690k OCed to 4.5ghz) where on occasion my PC will get all of a sudden slow if i quit to desktop in a game. When it does happen I've looked at my memory usage which was only 12%. My HDD light was blinking...

I'm planning on upgrading my PC by buying a new GPU (GeForce GTX 750 Ti). :bounce: Old PC specs are MotherBoard: F2A28-DS2 DDR3 GPU: Radeon HD 7540D(built in) Processor: AMD A6-5400k RAM: 4gb DDR3 Im not good on Computers, i just wanna make sure about my Decision on buying. :??:

Hello so i have a brand new 212 evo and while taking it out of its plastic case and putting it back in, the label of the bottom came off, so how do i clean the heatsink part that goes to the cpu? 99% alcohol?

Which is better between these 2 AMD : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009O7YUF6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009O7YUF6&linkCode=as2&tag=pcbuonabu-20&linkId=6EFFYJF4YDIYTUFA Intel ...

My friend downloaded Rise of the TombRaider from Steam but after setup as we click on the ROTTR.exe nothing happens.... game is not showing any window or anything.....it is not running.....:(

Often times a software's prerequisite demands .Net Framework to be installed and almost always included with the software's installer as part of a bundle but there are times when installation's may not move forward and is hard to pin down if the installer is corrupt or if the OS has encountered...

Hello, looking to upgrade my old Dell-i5 core 2320 with 16gb and a cheapo graphics card. I am upgrading my PSU to a 600 watter. I can get purchase a used R9 380 for $100. Should I pony up the extra dough to get an Rx480 or gtx 1060? I don't play many graphics intensive games but would like to...

This is my first PC build and I got an MSI Titanium XPower Gaming Z170A MOBO with an RM550x Corsair PSU. I've noticed that there are 4 places to connect power to the motherboard, noted JPWR1 thru JPWR4. JPWR1 is just the 24 pin main MOBO connector, which is fine and easy. JPWR2 is the 12V...

I've got to decide between two itx systems both of which have a gtx 1070, 16gb Ram and the same hard drive and other peripherals. The differences are this: PC 1: i7 6700 and 600W PSU PC 2: i5 6600 and 500W PSU and PC 2 is £120 pounds cheaper so which one should i go with?? Thanks

Howdy folks! I am currently running an old machine that I want to eventually replace.. But, as money is always an issue, I really only want to spend about $150 AUD for now on a new GPU that I might pick up on ebay. I would like to be able to play Fallout 4 smoothly, don't really care too much...

Hi hows it going, the other day my gpu over heated and continued to do so. I opened up the case and found out that only one fan was spinning (it has two fans). I've been looking at posts all over the internet but I cant seem to figure out why only one fan is spinning. They both spin on start up...

Hi, I need the help of all the experts around here with some advice..... My rig: Mobo : M4A785TD-V EVO CPU : AMD PHENOM II X2 B50 BE oc'ed to X4 (with lots of help from here!!) GPU : AMD RADEON 6670 I run xubuntu 15.04 Linux OS So I jumped on the steam sale band wagon and got myself ARK...

I currently got an r9 290, and i consider switching it out with a gtx 1080. I dont know what psu i got, but its large enough for the r9 290, which is, to my understanding, pretty power-hungry. Would i have enough power for the 1080? I dont know my psu, except that its silver+, and i dont have...

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