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A decade ago, it was possible to get constant 60 fps with max settings at the highest resolution available, 1080p, with the best gpu available. Today, it is not possible to do the same, at 4K resolution, with the best gpu available. Additionally, not even first-party games can reach this quality...

Hello! Since my new monitor became an LG OLED C2 42" TV, I was forced to buy a new video card. My current config: Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Memory: 16 GB DDR4 Video card: I am replacing an RTX2080 with this: ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon™ RX 7900...

Hello, hope you’re all doing well. I'm about to build a budget PC that will be mainly used for software development, browsing and gaming(World of Warcraft, League of Legends) and some other low spec games, so I was wondering if that spec build is good for the price? I'm open to suggestion for...

Hey guys I'm building a new desktop pc for development, coding, video editing, gaming, running few vm's including Ubuntu, macOs, android & couple light distributions, streaming 4k 60fps & a media server like Jellyfin for streaming on an android tv device, an android phone & an android tablet...

Hello, I want to try my hand at developing a repair ticket management and inventory system. This would be for a demo project for one of my courses. I have used products like RepairQ and RepairDesk, and this project will have similar functionality to those platforms. I have noticed that different...

Hi, guys! I'm saving up for a powerful workstation that can help me with UE4 game development as well as designing and rendering 3D scenes in Blender as well as doing motion graphics in After Effects. My current gaming laptop isn't enough and starts slowing up when I run Photoshop and After...

Hi! The situation is the following: I do have quite a modern rig at home, but we're building our new house, and it's now in the stage where I occasionally want to stay there for a few days to get a few things done (painting, gardening, building the garage, etc - stuff I can get done) - but...

Anyone having experience in upgrading from a 4x4 CPU to a 4x8 CPU ? ( 4Core, 8 Threads ) My System is i5-4690s , 16GB DDR3 1600, SSD@Satta3 I prefer i7-4790s because of the energy consumption and I need the GPU. Background is code development , office - no games. In a few circumstances I would...

Hi, I currently have the Sennheiser PC 360 headset, which I've been very happy with, but it's open back and now I need something that is better able to block out the high pitched noises that a cockatiel can make. As far as I can understand from googling around, noise cancelling doesn't do much...

What games can I play on a Intel HD 2500? I have an i3 3220 3.3ghz and 8GB RAM and I wanna know what games I can play on low settings with atleast 1024x728 resolution and 30 FPS. And yes I am planning on buying a new graphic card.

I was playing games and due to high gpu temperature (Palit Dual Fan GTX 1060 6GB), it was reaching 80c, I set the fan curve to 100% at 75c. Then it gets down to around 74-75c, I thought that I could lower it more by setting 100% to 72% and I did it.. then I continue to game for about an hour...

Hi! I have two different and complete rigs. First: X3440 4/8 oc-ed to @3.33. With a Giga h55-ud3h board. No problem with anything at all. Second: FX8320E 8/8. With a Asrock 970m pro3 board. Board has no backplate, and the main pci-e slot has a broken holder clip (i dont think thats matter). So...

Hi- I just upgraded my CPU and Mobo, but now I’m gettting the blue screen of death and this message when I boot in Windows 10: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Any advice? I thought this upgrade would be a lot easier than I thought.

I don't have this problem personally, but my friend is having this problem. He said he got infected with this rootkit called "Jellyfish Rootkit" and I was hoping to try and help him. Apparently it can take control of his pc and it has taken all of his accounts for everything.

Hi folks... getting regular BSOD Memory Management ... have read numerous threads, used memtest etc... am stuck trying to work out what is causing this... sorry not sure how to upload dump files here.... thanks :)

Hello there, i'm about to buy a new PC and i want the RTX 2060, the problem is that I have an old smasung monitor and since i'm using all my budget on a new computer i can't really afford a new monitor. I was thinking about getting a VGA to HDMI adapter but from what i read it has tons of...

Bit of a specific one but I'm planning on installing chrome os on a pc I have laying around, and wondered how it would deal with the way this pc handles accessing the internet (through a PCI - no express - internet card which attaches via ethernet). If it doesn't work, will usb WiFi adapters...

After clicking on my SSID and entering the correct password I get this error, Windows was unable to connect (SSID) ??? Windows 7 64bit

My Samsung Evo 860 SSD (Sata III) is not being detected in my BIOS. I tried to connect it to the top and the lower Serial ATA 6Gb/s connector on the motherboard. My goal is to use this SSD as a regular drive to store my content. I'm using a Evo 960 Nvme in one of the M.2 socket, where my OS are...

My brother gave me an external harddrive to fix, and I'm at a loss on how he messed it up. Plugging it in gives the "This disk is broken, fix it" thing but when doing that it just freezes, and trying to do anything in Disk Management or just formatting it in file explorer doesn't work. It's...

Greetings, I've just put together a new computer which I've optimized for silence. I chose a Barracuda Pro 4 TB hard drive because of the many reviews online praising it for silent operation. Yet it makes a constant noise, a scraping sound somewhat like rubbing the palms of one's hands...

i have acer e730 my hot keys are not working before it my touch pad is also not working after i downloaded synaptic drivers it start working plz tell me what i do from where i get drivers

Asus laptop fan blowing cold air, laptop doesn't switch on. Should I be worried?

Hello Ever since i upgraded my ram to Corsair 2x8 GB CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 I have had problems with games like pubg and COD blackops 4 crashing after 1-15 min. I also have BSOD from time to time. I have a ryzen 2600x, asus x470 tuf motherboard and vega 56. Can someone tell me if the new ram is...

is it worth having a m2 with windows on it and then a 2,5" ssd and then a hdd or just have a 2,5" ssd and hdd?

Hi I just build pc with these spec AMD ATHLON 200GE ASROCK A320M-HDV with BIOS P5.10 (OCT 2018 UPDATE) CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR4 LPX PC21000 2X4GB CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 GIGABYTE SSD 240 GB COUGAR GAMING 400W VTE400 Assembeld the whole system and connected it to dsub monitor, pc booted up, cpu fan...

Just got a new PC, however everything turns on, rgb ram, fans, every single thing is on, but the monitor doesnt want to turn on. We tried using the gpu and the motherboards hdmi but monitor wont turn on. Any reason why? Gtx 1060 6gb i5 8400 16gb ddr4 ram asus tuf z370 gaming plus

I have been having many problems with USB for a while but I'll try my best to keep this post short. Basically i have two usb hubs connected to my computer. Every so often at a random time, its almost like the devices connected to the hubs will "reset" themselves. Whenever this happens whatever...

So I purchased a i7-3770 to run alongside my 1080, and i also bought grizzly thermal paste and a Cooler Master 212 EVO, meaning my temps are below 50c, touching only 56-57 during UserBenchMark testing. It is the non K 3770, but im wondering if it would be safe to overclock? Corsair TX750M...

Hello, I am getting a MSI B350M Mortar and realized that one of its features is mystic light. However, I do not know how to control the mystic light on the motherboard. Do I use the MSI Gaming App or is there a specific MSI Light Sync App? Thanks!

Hey all, My PC died recently (something popped, PC wouldn't turn on, realized that I hadn't cleaned the PSU out in too long and was filled with dust). I bought a replacement PSU and GPU to help troubleshoot... PSU powers on all fans but monitors don't turn on. Sometimes it monitor flickers then...

Hello, just a quick question. Would I be able to do this? Im not sure how to check voltage on the RAM sticks and I was wondering if there was any other factors, thanks <3

Hi there guys. I’ve run into a bit of an issue that I want advice on how to tackle. About a year ago my Internal hard drive died and I lost a bunch of things that were valuable to me. I went with out a home computer for a while and used a laptop until I decided to partition windows 10 on my...

Hello community! Desktop PC Mobo: Asus Prime B250M-A GPU: MSI NVIDIA Geforce 1060 CPU: Intel i5- 7400 After failing to upgrade to the newest driver for NVIDIA (due to it saying it needs the most recent Windows version) My husbands PC has been stuck in this loop of not being able to find the...

So as the title says my all games have low FPS no matter what graphics I set (low or ultra). Sadly those fps are low and the computer overall feels slower than used to be. The problem occurred after getting the motherboard replaced by sending it for warranty ( new mobo but same model ). I...

What should I buy a GTX 1080 or Vega 64. Both models I would buy are about the same price the Vega 64 at $500 and the 1080 at $450. This is a tough decision because I have a free sync monitor and the Vega comes with a game bundle; however the GTX 1080 seems to be the better overall card. If I...

You might want to start with your new MacBook right away. But in order to enjoy the benefits of this brilliant machine to the fullest, you need to set it up properly. It is not a difficult job, and you can get it done by following these simple steps: 1. Power the Machine The MacBook does...

Looking at building a new PC soon and was wondering about any compatibility issues or performance issues with choosing one over the other. If I want 32GB of RAM, how much of an issue will I have buying two kits of (2x8) dual channel RAM and installing them together versus one kit of (4x8) quad...

i'm tring to find a laptop for installing there windows xp 32 and play old windows games like descent 3, blood 2, forsaken, sacred gold, etc BUT also i want to be able to play fine other later games like for example quake 4 or dark messiah of might and magic i never had a laptop so i'm a little...

Hi. when I power on my pc, it starts but after 10 seconds it shuts down. I have video output. What should I do?