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I have a free upgrade available for windows 7 to windows 10 through their assistant and I have a ssd caching drive in raid0 set up as cache working in conjunction with my install on my harddrive, will any of that be affected by upgrading(not clean installing)?

EVGA has once again collaborated with extreme overclocker Vince "K|NGP|N" Lucido to develop the new EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Edition. EVGA Guarantees Its GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Edition Is Capable Of 2,025MHz OC Speeds : Read more

I just reinstalled my windows 10 using the built in wipe option and after reinstalling and such i noticed i have 66GB left from 930GB, 864GB is being used and i dont know what on as i have only installed google chrome. Any idea as what this could be?

I was connecting my home theater into my LG TV via optical and realized on my fire stick that it was mono audio. So I grabbed my laptop and plugged it in and went to manage audio devices. When configuring TV audio it only displayed 2 speakers (my front left and front right) under a stereo...

Hi, A few months ago my desktop suddently stopped showing any kind of display. I did not pay much attention to it, but some days later I tried to check what was wrong with it and I just heard a *boom* inside the machine (yes, the PSU was gone)! So I replaced the PSU and the problem remains, I...

My son and I have embarked on a gamer PC build. With that said we started to research websites to help us better understand the complexity of the task. In doing so we ran across this website and really liked what it offered and the knowledgeable community of people. We've selected a case and...

I have read other threads about this but I'm still unsure. I've had my PC slow down one day out of the blue after I moved it from one place to another which makes me believe I damaged something inside. I've had the PC for about 6-7 years. I also saw that it's been using 100% disk usage on...

Hey y'all, So about 2 days ago I started getting BSOD. Initially I thought it was related to a graphical fix I downloaded for Nier Automata, but it very quickly started crashing regardless, and now will barely last 10 seconds after logging in before crashing. Let me give you a rough timeline of...

I was playing a game and it started running slowly, so I did a quick check in task manager to see how much of my RAM was being used. It says 80% of memory being used, and some quick addition puts the used RAM at about 2,100mb. My computer has 8bg of RAM in it so I do not understand why it says...

Where can I start with upgrades, I on budget so I want more power but not to expensive. I have these components: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD FX-4300 AMD R9 270X Corsair 2*4 GB ddr 3 1600 MHz Corsair Force LS SSD 60 GB Western Digital WD2003FZEX-00Z45AD 2000 GB Creative Audigy SE Full HD Monitor

My question is, with an R9 390, would it be more beneficial to get a 16:9 1440p 27 inch monitor (hopefully 144hz and IPS) or a 21:9 1440p 34 inch monitor (also with 60+ refresh rate and ips panel) and if I do go with the 21:9, should I upgrade my graphics card to either crossfire 390's or a new...

So i just bought a new CPU, i upgraded from an AMD FX6300 to an AMD FX8350. Now in the past i was looking to upgrade my motherboard because it maxed out ram at 11GB, and when i was looking at one i wanted to buy i saw it was compatible with the FX8350 which is why i got mixed up and thought my...

umax usc 5800 scanner driver i can't find it, please help me.

Okay previously I used a laptop in my college and the wifi working just fine. Since I've been doing a lot of video editing, I brought my desktop. However, I experience slow internet connection using my college wifi. Now, my phone, ipad and previous laptop all don't have this problem. So, I...

So I have never built a PC nor do I have much knowledge when it comes to PC parts so in short I'm just curious if all of these parts are compatible and also wanted to know if their was anything I could enhance while I am at it. The build will be for gaming mostly, I would like to get 1080p at 60...

I Havn't found much information regarding this laptop. I have found one on sale for $1273AUD down from $1500AUD. I like the laptop, its features and it will most definitely be what i need. I have also been quite interested in the hp spectre x360(13-W011TU), also on sale from $2000AUD down to...

New build minus a used motherboard (accidental purchase, sigh). I have worked through the troubleshooting thread (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems). Currently I'm breadboarding it so it's just: CPU / MOBO / RAM, with CPU fan hooked up...

Recently I was playing World of Warcraft and I got a message saying internal error, me being the noob to computers I looked inside everything is fine and working but I realized my graphics card fans weren't spinning could it be a issue or is it when it reaches a certain temperature they turn on...

The Gigabyte XTREME Gaming GTX 1060 is a 2 and a half-slot card, and the Corsair Carbide 400c is classified as a compact ATX case. I already on the 400c, it's sitting in my room waiting to be built in, but I need this info in order to buy the right GPU. Thank you.

So I currently have 4690K on a GA-Z97-HD3. I'm getting this motherboard https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-GAMING-7.html#hero-overview and im thinking about the 6800K. I also heard I need new RAM so any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

For some reason my PC is restarting when playing games with no blue screen or anything. Literally just straight restarts. Is it that my PSU is failing? I have a Corsair CX750M And I really don't think it's the cause...

I reasently installed Linux of one of my hard drives on my computer, after trying to boot to my windows 10 drive, nothing happened. it kept trying to boot to my Ubuntu instillation. but when it tried Ubuntu never started it was frozen on a black screen. after removing the Ubuntu drive and trying...

My graphic card is AMD Radeon R5 M335 - 4 GB...but always lagging while im playing games..I cant update drivers also.its displaying automatic driver updates are not supported in your video card

Hello, When I am playing a game which puts my GPU at full load my PC will crash and then around 10 seconds later it will restart. I checked the temperatures and my GPU is around 65C and my CPU is around 35-40C. Does anyone know what the issue is? Specs: AMD Athlon X4 860K MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB...

Hi, i currently have put this rig together, and will be buying it soon, my budget was £800 so it has gone over a little but thats fine, i want to know how well this setup will run games such as Rust? Arma 3? H1Z1? if anyone can give me a rough idea that would be great! Would this system be able...

https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Premier-1600MHz-Modules-AD3U1600W8G11-R/dp/B007UHFW2W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345 Please tell me HOW to mix them, in any way! I know it won't be easy. Please don't just tell me it can't be done.

My current mobo is Asus M4A78-EM/1394 with Amd phenom ii x4 965 cpu .It has ddr2 3*2gb = 6gb of corsair gaming ram.Psu is Corsair 600w extreme power plus.Now im upgrading from my XFX 4890 to rx480 8gb probably Msi or Sapphire depending on price and availability. I love to play games at very high...

So, I noticed that no matter what game I enter the msi afterburner shows 9-11 k ram usage. How is this normal?

Hey. So i have this boot problem with my pc so it happened when i was playing gmod and it suddenly froze, i couldnt do anything what so ever. So it sat like that for a while but then i decided to just power off the computer and i also pressed the power reset button aswell and when i turned it on...

Last night i was using my pc just fine. Today i pressed the button and after the beep sound i got 1 long and 3 short beeps.I opened pc and changed the ram positions,removed bios battery and placed it again,changed the jumper and back,removed the gpu and placed it back,took out psu cables that...

Hello, recently my internet has been going down randomly throughout the day, ping spikes etc etc. comcast says my internet is fine etc etc. so i thought its about time i get rid of the XB3 modem/router for an actual modem router like the ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 with NETGEAR RangeMax...

I found this picture on an online store and from then I'm just a fan of this. https://www.bcdiesel.ca/Content/Images/uploaded/catpics/Ford99-03CatPic-3.jpg I want it big and large and want to put up in my room. So, far I've never had the interest of putting up posters in my room, but after...

Hi everyone this is the last post before i make my dream pc build (wish me luck) and i was wondering what is the difference between the MSI GTX 1060 3GB and the MSI GTX 1060 6GB, I was wondering whether the less gigabytes affect the card because i would like to get the 3GB version because it is...

In-place upgrades are all very well, but sometimes only a clean installation will do. That’s where the Microsoft media creation tool comes in. It downloads all the necessary files and creates installation media for it to work its magic. It isn’t without its faults though with file corruption...

Whenever I move my mouse fast enough (which is any faster than a sloooow crawl) my games framerate drops to 0 and the audio goes into a half second loop, this immediately stops when i stop my mouse. In addition sometimes this problem is solved by restarting my computer, and the problem does not...

Hi... I been trying to fix this problem for hours by googling every way I can find, basically I can't access any page on internet because I get www.google.com's server DNS could not be found. And things I have tried: opening cmd (admn) commands like, ipconfig/flushdns (release, renew. Also with...

Does Killer NIC 2100 has better performance than Intel server NIC 1350-T2?

I'm looking to upgrade/replace the Seagate ST32000641AS with an SSHD. There is nothing wrong with the Seagate, but since it is over 5 years old, I'd rather replace it before it starts to fail rather than after. I'm looking on amazon, and I found two 2TB sshds by Seagate. One is a Seagate...

Hello! So I just started watercooling my cpu with a closed liquid cooling and this is my first time liquid cooling and after I booted up I checked The temps and the temps would always go from 38C to 49C. So I wanna ask, is my cpu temp normal? Specs: CPU: i7-3770 Water Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31...

After some research on gaming laptops, i have settled with: 1. http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-G9-791-73ZW-17-3-inch-Notebook/dp/B019G7VSSU?ie=UTF8&keywords=Predator%2017&qid=1465328819&ref_=sr_1_3&sr=8-3 2...