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  1. hypernnchi

    Question Conflicted on my upgrade path with CPU in mind

    Hello everyone, I have some questions regarding on what path to take on for my current build. Currently, I'm very confused whether or not to continue with Intel or switch over to AMD. I'm sorry if this question seems repeated. My current build is: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor...
  2. M

    Question CPU runs at only 1550Mhz when the stock frequency is 3500Mhz ?

    Hi guys, My CPU has been running at this frequency for so long and I have no idea on how to fix it. I've looked at all the common solutions, but not a single one of these works. Any help, Thanks SPECS: B350-F ROG MOTHERBOARD RYZEN 5 1600 3060TI GPU 4X4GB RAM
  3. I

    Question What are the real PC hardware requirements to play Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart ?

    I've been a gamer for a long time, just long enough to know that the specs requirements of any games are incredibly overestimated and always demand more then what they claim their game needs. Their recommended hardware requirements are: CPU: i5-8400/r5 3600 GPU: RTX 2060/RX 5700 | 6GB of VRAM...
  4. AsheRexxed

    Question CPU is overheating - - - did I install the cooler wrong or is the BIOS not set right ?

    My computer's CPU has been overheating and turning off and freezing, I've tried everything, we bought a new cooler, set fan and pump to max, the last thing I did was change my BIOS setting from PMW to DC mode after I had a huge crash and the CPU debug light came on. If this doesn't fix the issue...
  5. T

    Question Does Ryzen 5 8400f require Thermal Paste

    I bought a new CPU ( Ryzen 5 8400f ), Does it need thermal paste or I can install it without thermal paste ?
  6. AsheRexxed

    Question cpu overheating and freezing pc when opening and closing games

    My pc CPU has been overheating and turning off and freezing, I've tried everything, we bought a new cooler, set fan and pump to max, the last thing I did was change my bios setting from pmw to dc after i had a huge crash and the CPU debug light came on, if this doesn't fix the issue I don't know...
  7. TorQueMoD

    Question Something is wrong with my hardware, but I don't know if it's the CPU or GPU ?

    Hey all, I updated my GPU just under 2 years ago now (Zotac RTX 4070ti) on 2023-04-28, and I bought the CPU last year on 2024-04-20 (i5-13600K). I'm leaning towards the issue being the CPU as I'm experiencing slowdown no matter what programs I run (netflix stutters while scrolling, and even...
  8. VenomousTKN

    Question can i upgrade to a better cpu lik 12k or 14k series.

    Intel I9 10900k Comet Lake MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY NZXT Kraken Z73 Corsair Vengeance pro DDR4 32GB ram Corsair CX750W Bronze
  9. R

    Question i7 12700f - Low core temps, high VR VCC Temps

    Good day, I'm quite lost on this particular finding I found when stress testing my i7-12700f and I'm looking for help with a curiosity that I've noticed with my system. Running on the following configuration: My cooler is a deepcool ak620. Case is a phanteks p360a I live in a hot country...
  10. M

    Question 9800X3D reporting 200 Celsius on HWMonitor?

    Hello, I just built a new rig and I have an issue that has been driving me crazy and can’t seem to figure it out and am looking for any input/solution. All hardware/software drivers are up-to-date with latest chipsets/firmware updates. System Specs: OS- Windows 11 Home CPU- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D...
  11. HCTree

    Question Gtx 1060 fans turning on and off. Second fan loose and squeaking.

    Sorry in advance to those who had already read this as it was a thread related to my cpu cooler, as I thought that was the issue. But then I looked under my gpu to discover a loose fan. So now my question is: Is there a way to turn off the fans for the meanwhile? They are turning on and off and...
  12. RoshiPR

    Question PC won’t POST after replacing Motherboard, CPU and RAM - - - am I doing something wrong ?

    I’ve tried multiple intel cpu and mobo and different sets of ram and gave up on intel now. I currently have a Ryzen 7 X3D CPU with an AM5 mobo and DDR5 RAM. There's no POST. and the CPU and RAM LEDs are on. I’ve built multiple PCs before. I’ve reseated the cpu make sure it’s on there I’ve...
  13. blookmore

    Question Red CPU LED and Orange DRAM LED on motherboard ?

    I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU, fit it all in and everything seemed right but once I power up a red light shows for cpu followed by an orange light for dram, after further digging I found that it’s apparently my cpu fan that’s not working even tho it’s plugged into the right...
  14. S

    Question Are my Ryzen 7 7800x3d temps concerning?

    I just recently built my first pc, and I've been loving it so far, I am just slightly worried about the temps. I am using a Ryzen 7 7800x3d with a Corsair H150i 360 mm aio, along with several other corsair fans. When I idle, the temps fluctuate around 40-60c, and when I am gaming they sit at...
  15. E

    Question Help with CPU temp ?

    I need some advice. Ever since COD:BO6 released a patch with a bug that caused system crashes (which has since been fixed), my CPU has been giving me an "Overheating" warning every time I restart my PC. I've checked everything—I'm running a liquid cooler on my CPU, and as far as I can tell...
  16. Crimonit

    Question Ryzen 7500f reaching 6.6 GHz in stock, sometimes freezing system

    Bought 7500f about 3 months ago, seeing some strange behavior. First of all, sometimes system freezes for a split second on load, however, never seen it freezing while idling or doing easy work. Second, when using sleep mode, it usually freezes for 10 seconds on wake up, and then it might become...
  17. PaPies

    Question MasterLiquid 360 ION or MasterLiquid PL360 Flux ?

    My cooler is going for 5 Years now (Coolermaster ML360R) and it's not cooling my 13700K as it should anymore. Playing RUST, Spiderman, Hogwarts, Last of Us 1, the fans are at max speed, 80C+ Cinebench is just throttling the CPU at over 90C I am in the market to finally change to a newer one...
  18. F

    Question Laptop's CPU thermal throttles to 0.4 Ghz only when fan is at maximum speed ?

    Basically as per the title, laptop runs at high 70c to 80c when gaming, when on performance or normal mode everything's fine, then every time I switch to custom mode (maximum fan) it the laptop's CPU thermal throttles to 0.4ghz which is weird because it does not do that on other modes, and it...
  19. panos kapa

    Question How do I reset my CPU overclock settings to defaults ?

    hello guys! i am running an old PC with Windows 7 for retro-gaming. I used MSI Afterburner for overclocking a while ago and my core temperatures showed red in bios bar settings, and warning messages in AI Suite . I managed to reset the BIOS to defaults and now I have all blue bars while...
  20. M

    Question 9800X3D PBO Question

    Hello, 9800X3D question for the experts haha. Enabled PBO PBO Limit - Motherboard Scaler - 10x Positive - 200mhz Curve Optimiser - Negative 20 All Core Is this dangerous ? I recently had a 9800X3D die on same settings showing the dreadful "00" motherboard code, wondering if the PBO stuff...
  21. ZippyK

    Question Rate my build

    so this is a build I’ve made myself based on comments I’ve received in the past plus knowledge from the kind people of tom hardware and YouTube videos. My key goals with this is a capable 1440p gaming rig I’m leaning more towards gpus such as the latest b580 or any amd gpu that’s capable of...
  22. Pin.x

    Question Moving to Windows 11 with i7 9700k & RTX 2070 Super

    Hello guys, I have a question about upgrading to Windows 11, Since it released, I felt that my PC is going to lose performance on Win11 because its more recourse demanding than Win10. I need the PC performance to play competitive games on 1440p 120FPS. So should I move to Win11 with these specs...
  23. oceancgi

    Question CPU or mobo dead... ?

    [Edit] Hi everyone. Syetem specs: CPU: Threadripper 3970X (non overclocked) RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 128GB (8x 16gb DIMMS) MOBO: Gigabyte TRX40 Designare COOLING: Corsair iCUE H100i PRO XT RGB Liquid CPU Cooler PSU: Corsair 1200W HXi DISK DRIVE: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2...
  24. pat245

    Question How much would this sell for?

    So i have recently wanted to upgrade my cpu, motherboard and ram and i wanted to know how mcuh they would sell for. My companintes are: ryzen 7 5700x, 32GB DDR4 Corsair (2x16GB) CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 3600MHz Vengeance RGB Pro SL Ram Kit and MSI AM4 MicroATX B550M PRO-VDH WIFI DDR4 Motherboard. I...
  25. I

    Question HELP !! Random FPS Drops :( T_T

    Hi, I recently upgraded my pc since my old CPU was bottlenecking my GPU. I upgraded as: Processor: i7-14700 from i9-9900k. GPU: RTX 2080Ti 11GB (Same as before) New Motherboard: MSI MAG Mortar B760M WIFI II New Ram: Gskill Ripjaws S5 32GB (2 sticks) 6000MHZ DDR5 CL36 Monitor: 1920x1080 - 240Hz...
  26. I

    Question Secondary SSD doesn't show up in Windows after CPU upgrade ?

    I just upgraded my CPU today and all of a sudden my secondary SATA III SSD doesn't show up. However, it does show up in the BIOS. Things I've done already: Updated MOBO to the latest BIOS Reset CMOS "deep" Updated the CPU's chipset driver Enabled UEFI and TPM in BIOS The SSD in question...
  27. Spetr

    Question Looking to upgrade my CPU (i7-7700) and see if I can do so with my current parts too (Radeon RX 6600 XT).

    Hey there guys, Thought about upgrading my PC and doing so with my first salary which is 600$. (I live in Eastern Europe haha, don't worry, I can scavenge for food and water) Here's my current setup: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz -> The piece I want to change RAM: 4 Corsair...
  28. A

    Question Building budget gaming rig with $450-$600

    Hey Folks, I am considering a new rig soon, would appreciate some recommendations on parts, ideally compatible parts. on GPU i am thinking $150-250 ideally something like the new Arc B580, Motherboard and CPU choice are quite difficult, I doubt i would be able to spend any more than $150-200 on...
  29. tpsuprimpc

    Question is My CPU Cooked??

    So, my problem is that my CPU is only using 10-15% load and the temp is 80c my CPU has been working fine for the past year but today after I started up Cyberpunk 2077 with DreamPunk Mod it was running really hot CPU around 85c so I decided to not play I shut my pc off for a while to let it cool...
  30. Averlo

    Question CPU, OCCT Crash whole pc

    hello.. RTX 4060 TI 8GB Asus Intel Core i7 12700KF Ram 32GB 3600 MHz 850w corsair gold B760 GAMING X DDR4 (rev. 1.0) Well i honestly dont know whats the problem, temps on the cpu are good.. i can play games all day and all night ( no frezze at all ) but when im not playing literally doing...
  31. U

    Question Lenovo m725s cpu upgradeable?

    Hi, I was wondering if the Lenovo m725s sff PC is upgradable to Ryzen 7 2700? It is 10vt000nus. Thanks
  32. Goldienn

    Question CPU Upgrade Help

    Hey, I will start by listing my current PC specs so that you all know where we at: MOBO - MSI B560M-A PRO CPU - i3-10105F, running at Turbo GPU - ASUS GTX 1660 Ti OC 6GB RAM - Lexar Thor 32GB, iirc running at CL16 3200MHz PSU - SPC Vero L3 500W Lately I've been feeling like my current CPU is...
  33. S

    Question 9800X3D temp spikes on a new PC?

    So when I'm installing something or sometimes when I start a certain games the temps of my cpu spike up to 80-95c and after a few seconds they get down to normal idle temp depending on the task. (When installing something 'heavy' they might be on the higher temps for a few seconds more than on...
  34. caowaii

    Question I think my CPU might be cooked ?

    I've been using a Core i7-6700K for my gaming PC for the last 9 years. While it's definitely overdue for an upgrade, it has served me incredibly well. I’ve been able to play almost every game at 2K resolution—except for Star Citizen. This CPU has done its job, but now it’s 2025, and I think it’s...
  35. Z

    Question Upgrade or wait for AM6?

    Hi just want to pick some peoples brains on tech choices Current System i59600k MSI z390m 16GB Patriot viper 3200 C16 GTX 1070 8gb Looking to upgrade GPU (maybe 9000 or 5000 series after independant benchmarks) but after that. Should I bother with something on AM5? or just wait for AM6 and...
  36. C

    Question PC monitor randomly loses image ?

    The computer is virtually new, I thought it was X Y and Z that ended up not being it, so the x670e-a MoBo, Corsair Ram and Ryzen 9 7950x3d CPU are less than a week old, The GPU RTX 4090 and Asus Thor 1200w PSU a month old, the only thing that is old is the water cooler(But the temps are not...
  37. ZivDero

    [SOLVED] Replaced CPU - now Windows Hello (PIN) won't work

    Hey everyone! So I just swapped by Ryzen 5 3600 for a 7 5700X3D, without disabling fTMP first. Upon launching into Windows, it told me that my PIN was invalid because of hardware changes - however, unlike some other threads, Internet worked so I was able to log in with my (Microsoft) password...
  38. TonyBro

    Question Asrock H570M does not start. The lights on the back are blinking...

    Hello, friends! The computer was not disassembled, everything worked fine without problems, but one day I came home, when I tried to turn it on, it stopped starting... Nothing burned out inside, everything is perfectly whole and new. I tried to connect a new power supply - the same thing. I...
  39. M

    Question H610M S2H DDR4 analyzment for my PC

    Hi there, I am a 3D artist currently using the following system: CPU: Intel i3-12100F RAM: 16GB GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 3060 I have three monitors connected and most of my motherboard's ports are occupied with devices such as a mouse, keyboard, external hard drive, USB speaker, and other...
  40. A

    Question looking for some options to upgrade an old rig

    Hi, Recently i have considered some minor upgrades to my old pc to make it run somewhat better, i would like to hear some options and perhaps limitations on how far i can go with it. Currently the pc runs an asus p8h61 rev 2.01 motherboard with 2x2gb 1600 rams, a Pentium g620 CPU and a BioStar...