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My laptop is an MSI GL72 6QD After I boot my pc up it tells me that it's checking media presence and then it blinks a couple times saying no media present, then it goes to bios automatically. Feel free to ask me questions or tell me to show pictures of my bios settings!! I had hard work saved in...

At first I was going to go for the Meshify C because of the front panel that's open for airflow and mainly for the small compact size but then the S340 has a closed panel which sucks and it also has a small form factor which is good and can support 3 HDD unlike the Meshify C which can only...

I currently have a Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB hard drive, and lately I've begun to suspect that it's starting to fail. I'm unable to play videos from the drive as they will either lag too much, refuse to load or completely freeze. It's the same when I'm gaming, the game will either...

Can K9N neo V3 run am2+ phenom x4 processors with any type of bios update. Help please.

I had a 1300w EVGA G2 Supernova gold PSU. I got it in the summer of 2012 or 2013. not 100% sure. Used to have my PC on 24/7 for a few years. But just watching videos and internet. No hardcore gaming for the most part. I thought it was going bad since I am getting black screens in destiny 2 and...

Currently I am running 16gb quad channel RAM @2400mhz CL15. My question is: is it worth it to overclock the memory to 2666mhz or even 3000mhz? I use the system mainly for gaming. It would be super nice if anyone could give me an advise, I searched the web before but nobody seems to test x99 in...

Asus redesigned the PCB on its ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti, and EKWB is not too happy about it. Asus Quietly Changes ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti PCB Design : Read more

Hi everyone, I am saving money for Asus H170 Pro, the question is, I have 19 inch Dell E1911 (1440*900) Lcd, will I be able to play high definition games on my LCD, my PC specs are Core i5 6500 3.2 Quad core, GTX 650 1Gb, and Corsair 16 gb Ram DDR2 2133 Memory, It has VGA connector, Do i have to...

Hi everyone, This is the build that was recommended from you guys; https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Q9mwGf So far I've bought; case, RAM, power unit, motherboard and hard drive. Need help with GPU as the one on the build just looks well dull. I have find this one on Amazon and is on offer...

I need to power a Raspberry 2 B v1.1 and I have a 5V charger/PS with a USB port for a cable but I dont know if a USB Micro B has the same pin out as a USB Mini B for power output, the power supply/charger I have has just a USB port and I need to know if both Micro and Mini B has the same power...

I just build a new pc. Nothing fancy just an i3-8100 cpu and 8 gb ram. I am not using a dedicated graphics card. I tried to play league of legends but i am having very low fps about 10 to 14 and i dont know why this is happening since this game does not have many requirements and i was playing...

It happens on youtube, netflix, other video sites, even when I play mp4's on my computer. the videos are fine at first, but after a few minutes it gets desynced, more and more so the longer i let it

So here’s my pc build: Tower: nzxt s340 elite Motherboard: asus Maximus hero viii CPU: Intel i7-6700k (OC'd to 4.7@1.310v) Cooler: nzxt kraken x62+noctua ippc3k fans push/pull GPU: asus nvidia strix RoG 1080Ti 11gb OC edition Sound card: Creative AE5 PSU: evga superNOVA g2 750w gold RAM: 2x8gb...

I want to have a mobile hotspot in my car and be able to network all the devices connected it. As well as be able to transfer files between devices, connect IOT devies to communicate with each other and hub wifi led controllers to work from the app on my phone when connected to my cars wifi...

I have two computers and just bought a new ASUS 1080 TI OC 11G video card. Computer 1) i7-5930 K on X99 platform, and Asus 1080 8g video card. 2) i7-7700K, Z270 platform. Originally was going to pair the 1080 TI OC with my older 5930K computer. I have reasons as to not pair the new video...

I have a Logitech F310 controller but when I move the left stick down it goes down then goes up again in the set up a game controller app without me pushing it up it goes back to the middle by itself in the app and in games.

i7 6800k with water cooling the clock speed in Cam software and also in CPUZ is fluctuating between 1199 to 3397MHZ when IDLE ! temps are normal load is normal why is the clock speed fluctuating ? DOES this has something to do with Intel speed technology ?

Hello, I think to buy ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 motherboard with Dual Intel Gigabit LAN ports and i am with Windows 10 RS2. I wonder if i can team them for better internet surfing performance. I never play games and my internet download speed is about 37 Mb. My router has one free LAN port so i can...

Hard disk usage goes up to 100% while playing GTA V, Hardisk is just like a month old, this error also used to occur in old hard disk then it failed. I am unable to understand what cause this issue as I tried eveything like turning off Superfetch and indexing. It also occur...

My Specs: i5-7600 Asus STrix GTX 1070 OC Edition 8GB RAM Seagate Barrcudda 2TB EVGA 650GQ i was wondering should i upgrade my RAM from 8 to 16 or should i get SSD?? My pc is open 24hrs sometimes on sleep & yes looking forward to buy PUBG & Assassin Creed : Origins Later im gonna get HTC vive...

I've recently gone through the Logitech support website to no avail. My computer starts fine and everything runs great, until it reaches random points during me doing something. It is like the 0 key is being held down while it is not. When i click inside of discord it fills the text point full...

Hello! I have had my computer for well over two years by now, with the only upgrade applied to it being the replacement of a GTX 650 GPU to a GTX 1060. Two months ago, my PC began to shut down when trying to handle War Thunder. So naturally I went to my local (Pretty far) hardware store and got...

In light of Intel’s recent announcement of the vulnerabilities found and fixed in its Management Engine (ME), referred to as INTEL-SA-00086, many OEMs have begun issuing firmware updates for their products. PSA: Remember To Update Your Intel Management Engine : Read more

Hi all! I am a gamer for years but a noobie here. My old build was Haswell i5-4690 MSI H97 Gaming 3 ATI Radeon HD7890 2GB OC But unfortunately my mobo has died. Now i need to upgrade the whole thing as my country is running almost no stock of H97, Z97 series mobo, so my processor and RAM are...

Hey guys, so I just got my 8600K and I am seriously pissed. I have it on a MSI Z370 PRO CARBON (Non-AC) motherboard. I set the multiplier to 50 (Equaling to 5.0GHz) and tried to set the Core voltage (or what I think it is) to 1.35V like everyone else. Fine, I boot up nicely. Then I run AIDA64...

I recently been experiencing noise coming the front fan of my Cpu fans. Even though I dusted the dust behind the fan the sound still persists... I restart my pc and it goes away but before I cleaned it wouldnt go away... I feel the dust only fixed some of the problem... Could my fans be dying...

Hello, I built my PC 4 months ago. All went great, absolutely no problems from day 1. Today I visited Gigabyte's website and saw that my current BIOS version is old and decided to flash it. I downloaded the newest one (F7a), placed it on a flash drive, entered the BIOS setup. Saved my previous...

Recently, out of nowhere my FPS dropped in all of my games. I don't know too much about computers, but I have an Alienware 17 Laptop (that was a huge mistake buying) I have a GTX 860m graphics card. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there, I am in the last stage of part selection for my new, and first, custom PC build and have come across a couple of possible issues. I have selected all of my parts and priced the whole system up and have decided to use pcpartschecker.com to see if everything is compatible. Whilst doing...

I don't know much about temperatures but i heard i could test my cpu with prime95, and so i did. I ran the test for 40-50 mins and the max cpu temp i got was 54, is that good enough or should i run the test for longer? I have an amd ryzen 3 1200 non overclocked

I have this thing. Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W BX80623I72600 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-115-071 In my Asus AI Suite II "Monitor", it says the "CPU Frequency" pushes 4GHz+...

My rig + GTX 1070 AMP! Edition Right now my 1080 Ti is in the PCIEX16 slot and the 1070 is in the PCIEX4_1 slot. When gaming my monitor is plugged into the 1080 Ti so I gave it the slot with more PCIe lanes. The 1070 is still in my rig for mining and the 1080 Ti mines when I'm not using it...

Hello guys, which specific GTX 1060 is the best for my setup? I'm waiting for some Christmas sales and I would like to know what cards to keep keep an eye on. I already read this thread about "i5 7500 + GTX 1060 6gb + ssd 128gb +RGB or i5 7500 + GTX 1070 + HDD" - according to this, the 1060...