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  1. guy500

    Question Sound Settings Messed Up

    Hi everyone I’m having my first real sound issue, and am not very technical to be able to sort it out. I’m just starting to work with music on my PC, and have been trying out a couple of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) packages for this. I've been trying a DAW called Cakewalk for a week...
  2. A

    Question Trying to upgrade PC for Music Production

    Hi everyone i have a i5 2400, 8gb ram, 500gb SSD with 500gb HDD, 760 GTX, 750w b2 evga PSU I want to upgrade my pc for Music Production i already have a 750w PSU and case but I'm on a small budget I was looking into motherboard CPU RAM kits for xeon on Aliexpress and they had very good prices...
  3. krisxmelderis

    Laptop for audio production (been having problems with Nvidia drivers, dpc latency, stutters, crackles in daw)

    I reinstalled my laptop (2020 Asus g15 10th gen i7, 2070) and I've been having problems running DAW ever since - it's basically unusable, terrible stutter, I've tried a ton of things, but I've given up on this one atm. I tried a new 2022 g15(amd cpu/3070ti), but it had the same problems out of...
  4. R

    Question USB transfer errors with max performance power settings

    [Moderator Note: Moving post from Systems to Home Audio - more applicable.] I’m using a new laptop as a digital audio workstation (DAW) and I have a USB audio interface for it (RME Babyface Pro FS). I keep getting crackles in the audio that are a result of USB CRC errors during audio...
  5. TStahler

    [SOLVED] Which Naga Mouse is the best deal between the Naga X, Naga Trinity, or Naga Pro?

    [Moderator edit to break up one solid paragraph.] Trying to decide between the Naga Pro, Naga Trinity, and Naga X. I would use the mouse wired only so it being able to be used wireless doesn’t matter as I would be using this with my Digital Audio Workstation near other sensitive electronics...
  6. Christian00

    Question Buying new laptop

    Hello everybody, I'm looking to change my good old Sony vaio with an upgrade and fast laptop and I'm just asking which one I could buy. In terms of use, generally I'm working with some DAW for music production. Regards Christian
  7. H

    [SOLVED] Constant freezing while running DAW applications ?

    My friend's computer constantly freezes while running DAW applications. He uses a Ryzen 5 3400G processor Asus Prime B450M-K Mobo 2x8gig DDR4 2666mhz RAM GTX 1650 Amp Core 4G DDR6 GPU 1tb SSD 2tb HDD 500w+80 PSU Windows 10 v.21H1 Latest mobo bios and chipset drivers update, latest nvidia gtx...
  8. P

    [SOLVED] QLC for my Music & Video Production System? (Win10)

    Hey, So, I'm a bit confused about what my Music & Video production system does regarding read/write onto a drive. Ideally, I would like an SLC based drive but, I wouldn't mind sacrificing a little bit of performance to save some cash. I'm looking to upgrade my laptop 250GB SSD's (1x M.2 NVMe...
  9. Z

    Question High DPC latency and Turbo Boost

    Hello. I experience heavy audio dropouts and crackles when Turbo Boost is on. What I've noticed: -It doesn't happen in safe mode. -When I deactivate GPUs while playing audio, crackles disappear for a while. -It works fine during first minutes after system boot. My specs: Laptop: Lenovo Legion...
  10. F

    Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3L-rev-2.3 what socket does it use / CPU upgrade

    First of all i want to warn that I'm not really good with all those motherboard chipsets, Cpu generations and I don't speak english natively. I have the GA-P55-UD3L-rev-23 motherboard https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P55-UD3L-rev-23#ov The CPU on the board is an i7 920. I found on...
  11. O

    NFS MW 2005 & Carbon: Major Stuttering/Inconsistent Frames

    Hey everyone! I'm experiencing mild-major frame drops and stuttering in Need For Speed MW and Carbon, generally during gameplay, but occasionally in the menus as well. I've updated my laptop's BIOS, changed process affinity to 1 core for both games, reinstalling both games, absolutely no dice...
  12. X

    Monitor saying no signal while booting windows

    My monitor is showing no signal soon after I start my PC (Graphic card fans also stop spinning) when the windows loading screen comes it loads for few seconds and then suddenly it says no signal but the weird thing is just after a minute or two the display again pops up with a windows loading...
  13. K

    Ugrade my SSD or run it in RAID?

    I currently have a ~256GB SSD (and 1TB HDD but that's not relevant) and I'm planning to build a new computer soon. Should I buy a 500GB SSD or buy another 256GB SSD and run it in RAID? Also, could I get an explanation to the different types of RAID and how to run drives in RAID? I'm kind of...
  14. A

    Best old amd cpu

    Hey guys..... I wanted to ask that which one of these cpu performs the best or is the best... 1- amd a6 6400k, 2- amd athlon 5350, 3- amd a4 7300. Which ones these is the fastest or best..
  15. T

    Gigabyte Gtx 1050 not recognizing Asus 970 gaming Aura Motherboard

    Hey guys I recently got the a new motherboard(Asus 970 gaming) and new graphics card(Gigabyte Gtx 1050) And when i put on my computer it makes 1 short beep and 3 long beeps and i get no response from the monitor and all my parts are brand new. And i don't know what to do. My Psu: Rosewell 750...
  16. Nine Fox

    CPU fan on Sysfan header

    Hi, My cpu fan does not work on my cpu fan header, not sure if it's because the header is faulty or the fan is a 3 pin. The computer boots up with no errors but the fan does not work. I've been using the system fan header for the cpu fan and it boots up fine with no errors, but every once in...
  17. A

    Driver updated but memory not visible

    I bought a brand new Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ISK with the AMD Radeon R5 M430 2GB graphics card installed. I installed windows 10 pro with license. All good. But i got into some issues. I discovered that the system was seeing only the integrated graphics. I uninstalled the driver and put the latest...
  18. E

    Can you connect Logitech Z313 the Crossley CR8005A Portable turnable? The turntable only has two RCA ports.

    Connecting to a Crosley CR8005A portable turntable.
  19. G

    What do I do if I have no money but I need to upgrade my computer?

    I have just over $100 and my PC is currently holding an AMD Athlon X2 Processor and an Integrated graphics card which sucks. What do I do?
  20. J

    best wireless gaming headset

    i play a lot of cs go and i want a good wireless headset with a good mic that can hear footsteps. im thinking of the razer man o war, any other suggestions?
  21. M

    i have a mercer laptop and it old games on it run slowly they are poor how can i make games run fast on my laptop?

    i have a mercer laptop and it is old, the games on it run slowly they are poor how can i improve the running of games on my laptop
  22. S

    Help me choose between these four laptops please

    I want to buy a laptop for my engineering works and beside them for gaming! I mean the speed and not getting hot and laggy is more important than graphic power in games for me. Help me choose between these please: 1. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 (i7-6700HQ, 16Gb-DDR4, GTX960, Hybrid Hard) 2. Asus G501jw...
  23. S

    Bsod when entering sleep mode and monitor turning off

    When I enter or windows automatically entering sleep mode or turning off the screen it blue screen with an error "attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed" I had a amd radeon HD 7970 GHz When it happened My specs are: I7 3770 Geforce gtx 970 4gb 16gb RAM PSU...
  24. T

    pc restarts whenever trying to play video from external hd

    Hi, I am kind of a noob...my pc automatically restarts whenever trying to play video from external hd wd 1tb my passport ultra.....my system specs windows 7 processor : pentium (R) Dual -Core CPU E700 @ 3.00GHz Ram : 1 gb SYTEM :32 BIT however there is no problem on playing videos from my...
  25. F

    Does my motherboard support my GPU

    Hey, I have recently bought a new PSU and a new GPU for my PC. When I have taken my PSU and GPU out and replaced them with the new ones I turn my PC on and just get a black screen I would just like to know if my Mobo and GPU are compatible. Asus M5a78L_MX Motherboard...
  26. K

    incompatible, better parts for the same price, and other things. help me please

    Hello, I am going to buy a game pc in 2 weeks, my budget is around €670 (in the netherlands) It will be used mainly for gaming, and maybe a bit of streaming in the future. i will be overclocking, so a unlocked cpu is a must.(i like to mess around a bit with soft- and hardware) the only arts i...
  27. B

    Looking for a good wifi adapter for online gaming and uploading to YouTube

    I'm looking for a good Wifi Adapter for my new build, I have about $55 to spend on it and my router runs at 5ghz and I prefer PCI. Thanks :)
  28. T

    What is wrong with my computer and graphics card?

    Ok so recently i have been upgrading my gaming computer and the first thing i bought to upgrade was a corsair 750w power supply...then i had bought a nvidea 9800 gx2 graphics card (before i was using amd apu graphics) and when those parts had arrived i put them in my system (i had also ordered...
  29. J

    Made a build for my friend...

    Just wondering if there's anything that can be revised.. no need to save money, only revision for better performance. _____________________________________________________________________________ PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/z9ChmG Price breakdown by merchant...
  30. V

    can this pc max all the new games?

    im wondering if this is enough to max all the new games such as bf4 and crysis 3 and also wow its a alienware. Processor Intel® Core™ i7-4960X Extreme Processor (6-cores, 15MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.3GHz w/TurboBoost) Operating System Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64Bit, English Memory 32GB...
  31. G

    how do i use my ssd just for my os and main programs

    hi guys I am wondering how do I use my ssd for my os and main programs only( which will be my c / local drive) and run and play my games from my E/drive which is a 2 t/b 7200 separate hard drive ???