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    Question I recently upgraded from an RTX 2060 to an RX 7900 XTX and gaming performance has not improved at all?

    I recently upgraded from an RTX 2060 to an RX 7900 XTX and so far I can't quite understand how to get the best performance out of it. At the moment, it's overall performing worse than my RTX 2060. (Full specs below) For example, when I play Warzone. I play on a single 1080p monitor. No matter...
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    Question Not sure if my CPU socket is damaged

    I have an old MSI MAG Mortar B660 that I have kept for a few months. It has lost its CPU socket cover and I kept the motherboard inside the antistatic bag and the original package. I decided to sell this motherboard and when I saw the CPU socket, I suspected there's a damage there, I am really...
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    Question BIOS Version of Gigabyte B650E AORUS MASTER ?

    I plan on getting a Ryzen 5 9600X and saw on pcpartpicker that the B650E AORUS MASTER ATX AM5 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor with BIOS version F30. Do all of the new motherboards from this manufacturerer come with the same BIOS version and if not, can I...
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    Question PSU Energy starvation

    Hi everyone! So, I'm having some issues with my machine and I have a feeling it has to do with the PSU. So, after some time playing Cyberpunk 2077 (around 1,5/2 hours)the pc just shuts off and reboots immediately. What I think that it is, is exactly what is written above in the tittle...But I'm...
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    Question Does the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D require 1x 8-pin?

    Just purchased a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and I'm confused about how many pins it needs to power it fully. I've bought this motherboard that only has an 8-pin. Is that enough? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KtcgXL/asus-prime-b650-plus-wifi-atx-am5-motherboard-prime-b650-plus-wifi
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    Question 7900xtx paired with 5700x3d

    Hello I've recently upgraded my system with a 7900 XTX and a 5700X3D. I read in forums that the 5700 wouldn't bottleneck my GPU, but in my case, I'm getting 60-80% usage. I tested with Battlefield 2042 at 1440p and 4K, and still, I cannot max out my gpu. Avowed was giving me 40-50 fps in...
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    Question Is my new CPU defective ?

    I'm trying to build a new system with all new parts. This is my second system build. The last one was ten years ago and everything came together without any problems. This time I'm trying to figure out if I have a bad CPU and would appreciate advice. I don't have a PSU tester or another socket...
  8. hrishi61

    Question Randomly getting vga debug led

    I just built a new pc but getting randomly vga debug led like 1 out of 5 times if I restart it works fine After the booting everything works smooth and no issue just the booting gets stuck in vga led sometimes My specs Amd Ryzen 7 9700x Msi b650 gaming+ wifi G Skill trident ram 16*2 6000mhz...
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    Question Is this CPU damaged ?

    A pre-owned i7-8700k just arrived from eBay described as in perfect condition. Yet the gold plates seemed quite grey. I cleaned with 99% ISO in the event it was oil or paste and a lot of it came off except a few plates where the gold has actually seems to have physically come off and is showing...
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    Question Changed CPU and now 2 3 4 lights are blinking, no display, and extremely loud fans ?

    PC: Dell Precision T3500 Hi, since the Dell page is bugged and I can't post there because "user not permitted to post" and "failed to save the post" - today I replaced my i7-950 with a newly arrived W3690 and as the title says I got a problem. I tried to swap back my old i7-950 to no avail...
  11. Dales_Bells

    Question Hardware issue B550 mb

    Howdy, I’ve tried everything I can think of but I’m just at a loss. I took out my gpu to clean it, when I put it back it the cpu light came on and my computer would not post. The first thing I thought was that I broke my card but when I tried it with another card, it still stayed on. I tried...
  12. Oblivion77

    Question Data creation and writing to drive unaffected

    Dear all When I took off the bottom cover of my laptop, to remove some hardware - I was nervous if I bent or harmed hardware in the proces. How would you make sure, that: The system creates and writes data to the drive, the same way as before I removed the bottom cover. Data is created in the...
  13. opiancon

    Question Black thing on the CPU pins ?

    So, here's the issue. My pc won't turn on, I tried to troubleshoot it with cleaning and re-seating the ram, reset bios, and cleaned. it doesnt work again. So i tried the ram on a friend's PC and it's working. So then I though it was a motherboard fault so i bought a new one. I saw on the pins on...
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    Question Is this cpu from Aliexpress legit?

    I'm looking to buy an i5-14600kf, and it's the best 200$ cpu I can find, however, my options are quite limited, that I regret buying an intel motherboard, mainly because with AMD, I can find an alternative variant, which is the r5 9600x, which is being sold in Aliexpress, and has a lot of...
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    Question What can i get with this budget?

    I have an $800 budget and I want to upgrade my PC. Specs Mobo: Gigabyte H610M H DDR4 CPU: i5-13400 2.5GHz GPU: RTX 3070 RAM: Kingston 16GB SSD: Kingston snvs 1000g PSU: 600W X-POWER Monitor: Asus 144hz OS: 22631.4169
  16. sammy9417

    Question best way to get dust out of a cpu socket

    hi everyone i have a z690 motherboard areo but when i took ti apart couple of days ago i saw there was dust in the socket i dont know how to clean it
  17. JackCandem

    Build Advice Upgrade PC (mainly GPU/CPU) fom 2020 for about ~1.100€

    Hi! I would very much appreciate your input as I am looking to upgrade my current Pc that I built in 2020 (with Upgrade from 16 to 32 RAM in 2022 and additional HDD and SSD in 2023). Approximate Purchase Date: No Rush, so if it is sensible to wait I am very willing to do so for up to half a...
  18. UncleDomek

    Question PC does not boot all of a sudden

    Hello, CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 MOBO: Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite RAM: 32GB 4x8GB Kingston GPU: 1660 Super Storage: Crucial P3, Kingston SSD PSU: LYNX ATX-500WA-87 I have my PC working for more than 3 months now. I left the house for two days, shutting the PC down normally like I always do. I came...
  19. newwbie

    Question System lagged out during gaming , then didnt turn on

    Hi , I just faced this issue , I wasn playing MH Wilds on a new rig i just bought and it suddenly hung up during alt tab . The cursor moved but everything else was frozen. I restarted the PC and it didnt boot , so i checked it and it shows the CPU light and the DRAM ligh on the mother board , I...
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    Question ThrottleStop Help: Lenovo Y540

    Hey there! Hope you guys are all doing excellent. My name is Miguel, and this is one of my first posts on this Forum. - The reason I'm making this post is because I need a little help. I own a Lenovo Y540 with an RTX 2060 and an i7 9750H and I'm having some issues. First of all, for some...
  21. Bobo7146

    Question After Q-flash CPU and DRAM light flashing

    I have B450 motherboard and ryzen 2700 decided to update to 5700x3d went from F41 to F67 after it installed it restarted and now cpu and DRAM flashes I don’t know what went wrong i thought of trying to put new cpu in if that can help
  22. Kogure

    Question High temps with old AIO unit, replacement needed?

    Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue with my build and wanted to get some other opinions before comitting to a purchase. I currently have an AMD 5600x3D that's cooled by a Kraken 280mm in exhaust, non OC. The water cooler is now 7.5 years old, I can hear the water sloshing around the...
  23. furius980

    Question It's like poor performance is chasing me...

    I'll be as brief as possible. A few months ago, I posted a thread asking for help with my PC's terrible performance, and after some in-depth research, we concluded it was a hardware issue, as my PC had a Chinese motherboard and a second-hand Xeon CPU. After upgrading (which happened just a...
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    Question be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 or the GPU? Whistling/squeaking type sound

    So, this sound started last week. be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4. ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 OC Edition GPU. I noticed this sound and then took a video sample. PC not under any heavy load, just normal tasks like browsing. Here is what I did so far. I took the graphics card out, and turned on the PC...
  25. DN1

    Question Cpu Core Temperature Difference Of 36 C at 8% load

    1) Is it normal for there to be a 36 Celsius difference between cores 2) At 8% usage the cpu is at 80 Celsius and 98 to 100+ Celsius at 100% is there a problem with the cooler and if there is how can it be fixed as the cpu is only at 100w tdp 5.3ghz CPU: i7 14700f CPU cooler: thermalright...
  26. Tennobyte

    Question Ryzen 5 5600 freezing, is it defective?

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    Question Which CPU to pair with a GTX 750 ?

    Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my old desktop PC for 720p basic to moderate gaming. My current PC config is: CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz GPU: Asus GTX 750 2 GB GDDR5 RAM: 8 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1333 MHz PSU: Antec 450W PSU HDD: 500 GB From online research, I found the GTX 750 builds with...
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    Question Acer nitro 5 an515-58 thermal paste

    Hello all. I have an 1.5 year old acer nitro an515-58 laptop with a core i5 12 gen 12500H, and geeforce rtx 4060 8giga Vram. For the first day i own, the cpu temp in medium gaming are 89-95 C. Last week i decided to clean the fan but the temps not changed. Before i had an acer aspire 5742G and...
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    Question CPU Temperates is normal or not

    My New CPU is ( Ryzen 5 8400f ) it's Temperature in idle mode is 55 C So is it normal or NOT ?
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    Question DRAM error, no post after upgrade.

    Specs Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x/Ryzen 7 5700x3D GPU: RTX 4070 Super RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaw V DDR4 3200 16x2 Power Supply: EVGA Supernova 850W Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 2 TB + Samsung 870 Evo 2 TB I have upgraded my CPU from a Ryzen 5 5600x to a Ryzen 7...
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    Question Cooling issue with Corsair Hydro H100x and Intel Core i9 11900K

    Got some interesting cooling issues. The past 6 months i have been having issues with my heat being high in the CPU 6 months ago it reached 105 degrees celcius and shut down, so i cleaned it and it bumped down to roughly 85 degrees working temp. For a month now it has been at 100 degrees (even...
  32. SakakiKomachi

    Question The CPU 0 is low than the others

    When my pc in use for couple hours the CPU 0 is low. But, when I restarted my pc the cpu is back to normal but then went 0 sometimes. It's kinda annoying and causes lags so bad. I tried: 1. Monitoring my temp and its always below 70c degrees. 2. Reinstalling my Windows but still. 3. Repaste but...
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    Question CPU "overheating" at ~50% usage, programs still running after monitor loses signal ?

    Hey. Hope you're having a good one. I've been trying to rack my head around this issue I've been having, and I seem to be getting a lot of contradicting clues that I don't even know what the real problem is, so I figure it's best to just put it in layman's terms and hope somebody here has a...
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    Question Thermal Paste installation

    While i am installing my new CPU ( AMD Ryzen 5 8400f with stock cooler ) my fingers touched the thermal paste on the stock cooler by accident so some of thermal paste removed from the stock cooler but most of thermal paste remain on the cooler SO Do I need to Buy New Thermal Paste and install...
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    Question Understanding why my pc shutting off

    My pc keeps shutting off on me and after reading up on forums i see similar issues where cpu cooler/psu was the problem. But nobody really explained/had similar results to what my Kernel event 125 was producing. Can someone explain to me what AC0 and so on actually mean...
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    Question Does I need to connect two CPU power cabel to my Mobo ?

    I have CPU ( Ryzen 5 8400f ) and Motherboard ( Asus Tuf Gaming B850m-plus wifi ) My motherboard Has 2 CPU 12V power sockets So i need to connect one CPU 12V cabel to mobo or 2 CPU 12V cabels ??
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    Question Dead RAM or RAM slots?

    Hello all, Yesterday when powering my PC on I noticed a light flashing back and forth between DRAM and CPU on the mobo, the cpu fan struggling to start. So I took out the RAM sticks and re seated, no luck. Tried 1 ram stick in slot 2 no luck, tried 1 ram stick in slot 4 and it worked for an...
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    Question Upgrading from i5 6500 to i7 7700

    I am planning to upgrading my current CPU i5 6500 to i7 7700K as my 6500 is reaching bottleneck in some of the CPU intensive games. Unfortunately I'm limited by my motherboard as to what CPU I can go for and looking at options i7 7700k fits the bill. I am not to bothered with overclocking part...
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    Question PC blackscreen after installing a new CPU

    I bought a Ryzen 5600 2 years ago to replace my 2600. After installing it i got a black screen. I fixed it by switching my RAM slots from A2 and B2 to B2 and A1 and forgot about it. Yesterday I tried to switch them back to A2 and B2 but got a black screen again. Then i switched them back to B2...
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    Question high idle temps/new AIO

    I got a new AIO, Lian Li Gallahad Trinity II, i had the previous Gallahad. I changed because it was ~2 years old or so, and it was clearly showing age, reaching high 90's in Destiny 2(fairly well optimized game). New AIO, and playing games is great. D2 barely breaks 75 degrees, ever! Issue is...