Data Security

Hi All, I know about hardware but I have a major blind spot when it comes to data security in networking, so I need some guru advice and hope you can help. With Covid, I've been working from home for almost a year now. Just today, my job said we need to connect an IP phone to our home...

Hello guys if i buy this gtx 750 (https://www.axle3d.com/750) will it work on my MB (https://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/N68-S3%20UCC/)

My laptop is compaq presario v3700 and the processor is Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, the processor is too slow and can i upgrade it with more powerful processor

I got Acer Aspire Tc-705 pc with Gtx 745, 8gb ddr3, i5-4460 3.2ghz and 300w PSU. Will I be fine if I upgrade my GPU to Zotac 1050ti mini?

I have a MSI Laptop which have this spec : -i7-7700HQ -GTX 1050 2 GB -8 GB of RAM While my Asus have this spec : -i7-8750H -GTX 1050Ti 4 GB -8 GB of RAM Seeing from the sheets, my Asus should perform better than the MSI right? But the truth is kinda flipped. My MSI running game smoothly (I use...

GPU: GTX 1050 2gb, CPU: I5 7500 RAM: 8GB MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME H270-PLUS So I’ve been noticing that my frames are dropping in games whenever I’m in a discord call, now I know discord doesn’t use the GPU, (I did turn off GPU acceleration but that made no difference) One game in particular...

So from what I've seen on forums, MCE on Coffee Lake is making CPU much much hotter than OC-ing... However, I am not looking at K version of i7-8700. I have seen one guy complaining that Hyper 212 EVO is not enough if you have MCE(multicore enhancement) enabled on i7-8700, for example playing...

I want to ask if MSI GeForce GTX1080 8GB Gaming X is worth it for 820 euros.

Hi Guys! I have a problem since last year that i thought it was my cpu bottleneck but mi friend has te same pc as mines and CAN keep 60fps in games, in my pc thats quite impossible even in 1080p. I've been playing at 4K at 30fps and didn't notice this too much but then i try to play at 1440p and...

Hi guys! i bought a new hdd for my pc. it says it is SATA III, and i dont know for sure what that means. I do have one sata cable left, but will this fit, since it came with my old sata II SSD. If you need more info, just comment it :) Thanks!

I am having a heck of a time getting Win10 to install on my SSD using the MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon. When it does attempt to install (and yes, I did adjust the bios to allow Win10/8 installation and Secure Boot is on) it gets super slow then only loads to about 25% before freezing or erroring...

I'm looking for the best upgrade possible within the 100-150$ range. I just wondered if there is a better option then my current processor out there. Im also willing to upgrade to a newer motherboard. My gpu is a gtx 1050 msi 2gb

Hello. My PC is booting into SLIC loader v1.5.0 after scanning with SpyHunter 4. My question is, how do I get rid of it and boot my PC normaly, or how do I "load kernel" in grub command line? I have windows 7 (Sorry for my bad English)

So I have this cheap motherboard (asus p8h61m lx3 plus) i think its mini atx and my problems is that I dont know where to install a new fan. I have a fan but the problem is that it has a two pin connector and the only place I can install that on my mobo is occupied by the cpu fan. Im thinking...

Hello all, I have recently installed a new Xeon E3 1231 v3 in which i have developed problems explained here along with system specs: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3189286/xeon-1231-boot-issues.html But, even though there was a thought of a RAM issue. I think this might be a...

I recently purchased a H100i GTX and using Corsair Link to control the fan. Right now, I can only manually control fan speed as low as 40% spinning at 1250 - 1350 RPM. The fans are actually pretty loud especially when I'm not doing any hardcore tasks. Temperatures do stay at around 29C, but like...

I currently have an Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel case and while it is a beautiful case, I chose it based on function over aesthetics. Now that I have an old, left over Dell, I wanted to switch cases (this lunk is from 2009 lol). I've seen the Apevia X-Dreamer 4 and it's cute, but based on...

First of all my specs: CPU: Amd fx 8350 4GHZ GPU: Evga Gtx 970 SC RAM: Ripjaws 12GB 1333Mhz MB: ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0\ I PLAY on 1080P and the odd is if I switch to 2K I mean 1440P than my usage goes to 80 or sometimes 90% and I get like 10FPS more but I still get low fps for a GTX 970 I just...

I am installing Windows 8.1 Pro x64. In what particular moment during the installation do I need to remove my booatable USB stick from my PC (so that I don`t get stuck in an installation loop) ? Thanks!

My WiFi router is setup in a different room, about 30 feet away from my room. I can't just move it and install it in my room because I don't have the right outlet to power the router, so my options are wireless or wired, and I chose wired. I was thinking of running an Ethernet cable under the...

Hi Bros! I'd like to hear your input. What's the best bang for the buck GPU for my Rig? My Budget's around $200-ish Will only play CSGO / GTA V / NBA 2K16 and a lot of 60fps facebooking here's my current potato:

Hello, we have four laptops in the office from previous employees and they left encryption on laptops. We would like to reformat these and provide to our replacement employees. Could we just format the HD? It asks at boot up? Or are these useless and we have to order new ones?

Hi, the fan inside the unit seems to be making clicking sounds. It isn't really loud, but still noticeable. Initially, I thought this was coming from my hard drive because the noise sounds a lot like a hard drive reading / writing data. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I unplugged the HDD...

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz MB: Asus H81M-K RAM: 2GB DDR3 1333 MHz GPU: Intel HD Graphicks HDD: 500GB OS: Windows 7 32bit MONITOR: 1920x1080p 60Hz (VGA) I have some lags when im watching some youtube videos,movies...when opening some page on inthernet,especially videos i need to wait 5-10s...

Hi, I am looking for a new PC but having trouble in deciding what is best for me. Here is how I would be using my PC; In a day the PC would be idle for 70% (meaning some 18 hours), so power saving on idle is something that I am interested in. Browsing internet; 70% of the time I would be using...

I just upgraded my mother and CPU and I reused my GPU from my old computer . I notice that now my GPU is running much slower than it should , It cant even play a 1080 p video without being ridiculously choppy. Benchmarks drop to 6 FPS , and average 20-30 FPS ,I used to get 50-60 FPS on Valley...

So i'm trying to make a budget build for my friend, and in order to get under his $600 budget (which includes a monitor which makes it very challenging), I need a cheap but effective CPU. The 4360 looked promising, but I want to make sure there is no bottle necking issues. I also would like to...

Hello, quick question. I'm set on trying out one of AMD's CPUs. My question is, for gaming, would it be better to get an APU and crossfire it with my Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card or just go with a CPU and the same video card alone? I ask, because I hate all the mobo's for...

I'm planning to build a tight budget gaming rig for World of Warcraft and League of Legends only: CPU: INTEL PENTIUM G3220 MOBO: MSI H81M-P33 MEMORY: GSKILL RIPJAWS X 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE R7 260X 2GB DDR5 128BIT STORAGE: WESTERN 1TB BLUE POWER SUPPLY...

I was all set to buy a 970 when I came across this seemingly great deal on a r9 290 290: http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-radeon-r9-290-directcu-71-93995-1079.htm 970: http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-oc-6d-102012-1481.htm Basically the 290 is $300 while the 970 is $400...

So my computer run games really fine, until a point where it drops to 0-10 fps and then i have to turn the computer off manually. The sound begin to get really scratchy and annoying and i dont know what to do to fix it. Any solutions?? My spec: Intel Core I5-4690K overclocked to 4x4.0GHz Asus...

I just found this build on Cyber power. Is it good? http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_B85_Configurator/

hello i have a y50 with an 860m maxwell does anyone have experience Ocing this? NOTE- temps are not a problem My temps are around 50C while on witcher 2 @ ultra ( i have a 2 ton AC blowing right at the back side of my laptop)

I had MS7 and I installed MS8.1 but now my SG FA desk is NOT allowing me to connect and access my data. I have reset it, tried accessing via Http address and contacted Seagate support. I have disconnected it from the mains, pressed the pin hole reset and although it is detected on my LAN it...

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What would be the difference between the two, aside the 250 gb of memory? Trying to decide which to put on my laptop, I'll also have a 256 ssd as my C drive, so this is gonna be for storage mostly.

Hi. This is pretty much my first time posting a thread so please bare with me. First I'm new to this whole thing so can anyone help suggest a decent build between $500-$800. In that build i am hoping i could fit in a GTX 760 with an Intel processor, but my main concern is the cooling problem...

Hey. So I bought a new EVGA 600W PSU , FX 8320 Processor and a Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 motherboard to replace my previous ones. How should I go about installing these? In any specific order? I have previously flashed and updated the bios successfully on my last motherboard. Would I need to do this...

i want to change my wi-fi password

Hi everyone, I need some guidance about the temperature of my pc. My main concern is that my laptop decrease the fps consequently when I'm playing. For example I start to play League of Legends with 80-90 fps, then as the time goes by, it decreases the fps until I reach 20 fps (after 30 min...