Digital Entertainment

I had problems with my processor a while ago so I got a new processor. With the processor i got a motherboard that supported it. The processor i got is the AMD FX-6300 and the mobo is the ASUS M5A 78-LM. After installing the mobo and the processor, I plugged everything in properly (fans, HDD...

Hello, I have a 2 disc Raid 1 mirror setup which was OK but now has problems. When I startup I am offered two options, either: Windows 7 - when selected just continually boot-loops, trying to repair without success. Windows 7 Secondary Plex - when selected, Windows starts OK. When I remove...

Basicaly i want to know how many fps will i get at 768p ? The cpu is an i3 4130. Thanks

god day sirs, im wondering if could get run Battefront on playable fps, if so on what settings? i3 4170 msi gtx 750 ti oc 2gb 8gb 1333 i play at 1366x768 btw thanks in advance sirs!

First, I have a black screen. my wireless keyboard and mouse does not work. I tried to use a ps/2 mouse and also connected a keyboard to my usb ports. nothing happen. I hope this is enough information. There is no power coming from my usb ports.

should i go for the corsair strafe red or strafe rgb or razer black widow chroma?

Hello, I currently have a antec 650 PSU with an I5 2500k mild OC @4.0ghz I was using a ref 290 and picked up a xfx 290 over Christmas for crossfire. The antec PSU does not have the necessary connections for both cards. How much power do I need and what is a good PSU I should get to power...

Hi. I just finished building a computer and it turns on. However, I tried plugging a digital cable in the computer, but the monitor will not show anything. I don't have vga ports on my motherboard unfortunately. Also, no light shows in my mouse when plugged in the usb port. Any solutions? Please...

Hello guys I have problem here - Sometimes, i get wierd "action" - Sound get loop, and PC respond wierd for about half to one second. It happends absolutely randomly - Sometimes 4 5 times a day, sometimes i didn't get it for two days, and absolutely doesn't matter what i do on PC. it's just...

Monitor only active once in windows. no option to enter bios. ive tried pressing del, f2 etc on boot up while monitor is off but it just stays off. tried to connect to tv but same issue. i5 660 intel motherboard 2 x 2gb ddr3 windows 7 pro 64 bit lg25inch ultrawide (hdmi cable) monitor only has...

Hi, I've been trawling around for so long now to find a new motherboard to fit with my half complete BLACK & RED theme setup. I need a new motherboard that will complement my NZXT NOCTIS 450 Case. Please help, I'm looking to spend a max of £125 or $185. Merry Christmas and Thanks! LVL

Hey guys, could anyone tell me if the Intel Core i5-4590 processor is compatible with the Acer g206hql monitor. And if it isn't, is there a good processor (under 200USD) that is compatible with the monitor. Thanks a lot!:)

I want to upgrade my pc for gaming, my graphics card is amazing which is an MSI Radeon R9-280X but my cpu is an disappointing Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8300 and I wish to upgrade that. The problem is that I don't know if my Acer EG43M motherboard supports an intel i5 or i7 cpu. Please help me...

Hello there, recently I noticed, that every game I start crashes after a while, however, no error message is being displayed, and the game just closes and goes to the desktop which becomes all black(probably crashing windows explorer, because when I restart the process, the desktop returns to...

Partpicker suggests "Some Intel H81 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs." Will this be the case with this mobo? If so, how will I know? Thanks for any advice :)

So I left my computer idle for like 1 hour downloading something in Torrent and Warframe running in the background. Thing is, I came back and my screen was black, had no other choice but to Force restart. When I got into my desktop it said that windows had Shutdown unexpectedly because of a blue...

Hello everyone, new guy here. So lets get straight to the point. Its about time to retire my 8 year old Shuttle XPC SN68PTG5. This was back when 4GB of memory and PCI express x16 (kinda like your version 1.0) ment something. She just doesn't have the oomff to play these new games coming out...

Hello guys, i've been reading this forum a lot and it always helped me, here i could find best solutions or answers to my questions. Now barely can find an answer because my question is probably too specific. I got this PC with Intel Core duo E8500 processor and currently im running ASUS GTX 550...

Hello, So I recently purchased Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 (1 x 4 GB) and now I have 6 GB ram in total. The old one was 1333MHz and Corsair one is 1600MHz so I just changed the setting to 1333MHz. Now my bios shows 6 GB but windows only says 2.97 GB usable. Help me to figure out. Thanks

Hey guys, every 30 seconds to 2 minutes my game (Counter Strike: Global Offensive) seems to freeze/stutter for 200-600 milliseconds. I don't know the cause of this problem, but it severely impacts my ability to play and enjoy the game. Any and all solutions would be appreciated, I have...

Sometime soon, I hope to add an SSD to my system (I probably should've done that originally, but oh well), as well as a new GPU. At the moment, I am using a WD Blue to store absolutely everything, however when I add the SSD with a fresh install of WIndows 10, I only plan to use it as storage for...

Hello friends,i want recovery disk for windows 8 64BIT My laptop is asus and can't boot up. You must create and upload your 64bit win8 recovery disk please be quick Thanks

Ok i have been building custom rig from scraps and everything went fine installing drivers etc. I've installed windows 7 professional sp1 and windows as usually detected vga but when i try to install nvidia driver and reboot vtune says "please reinstall/uninstall program". Cant start nvidia...

Specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Graphic card: Readon HD-7970 CPU: i7-3770k One day my Computer just started making a 10 second repeatedly short beep, without stop, then after 10 seconds it's rebooting then doing the same thing over and over again.

Hey guys :) This is my very first attempt ever to build a gaming PC and I would love to hear what you have to say about it - both good and bad. I will be using it primarily for gaming, mostly Dota2 and CS GO but also more heavy stuff like FarCry and Shadow of Mordor. Besides gaming, I'm hoping...

i need advice how to fix

Output Impedance only 39 ohms. is this short circuit? pls help me...

I have recently been having a problem with my computer where for some reason, my computer background keeps turning black and when this happens, my computer runs a lot slower and things tend to act glitchy (taskbar, apps, etc.) Also, when this happens, my CPU has a spike and jumps to 100% usage...

Building my first pc in the upcoming weeks. Planning on gaming and streaming movies/tv shows. Going to cost around $1400 CAD. Any tips, advise or other recommendations are appreciated. PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/CrbNHx Price breakdown by merchant...

There are a lot of variants of the GTX970 video cards, such as: MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G Asus Strix GTX970 EVGA GTX970 ACX2.0 Gigabyte GTX970 Gaming G1 I would love to know the pros and cons of each card.

I see I have 1 answer but can't see how to get to it. Any suggestions? - See more at:

So for a little back story, yesterday my computer was running really slow so I opened the task manager and saw that the disk was running at 100% but nothing was using an abnormal amount of disk. I tried to power it off correctly but it wouldn't respond for over 30 minutes (however I could still...

Hello, I want to purchase a monitor but after 10days of research I have finalized my list.My requirement Glossy,IPS or PLS,Full HD. 1.Dell S2240l. 2.HP Pavillion 23Fi. 3.Samsung LS24D390HL. So which of these will be better. Note- 1.I have to do nothing with response time.so please don't...

Hi all, This is actually the second time I have posted recently but I'm hoping to cover my whole issue in one sitting. I have been playing WatchDogs lately since I picked it up at bargain price. The game runs very smoothly for me at Ultra settings but dropping the vysnc and AA down a bit as...

I recently installed a package of Win7 security updates about a week ago. Suddenly this week I have been getting BSODs. The first occurred early in the the week after I logged on. Then today I had two occur back to back while attempting to shut down. Haven't experienced this for over a year...

Hey guys i'm looking to start my first build and want help from the seemingly great professionals like yourselves. Any DIY combos, pc part pickers, or whatever you have up your sleeves is find by me, just looking for expert advice. Approximate purchase date: Within next few days. Budget Range...

is there a working xbox 360 emulator for pc ?

I have a FX-6300 o.c to 4.3 stable and its idle was about 39c now its 42c and under load it goes all the way up to 65c before it throttles. it didn't do this before (like 2 days ago) it would go up to 50c and that's about it. Aftermarket cooler is: thermaltake nic c4 and MB is Asus M5A97 R2.0

How would i go about completely wiping a HDD after installing 8.1 to my SSD? Do i just delete the partition & start a new one? Do i need a program or something?

Hello good ppl's from tomshardware :) ! Im new here , sorry for my english and also if i didn't post this in the right category. I want to ask can my pc handle the GTX970 ? PC Specs : 4 GB RAM 1600 MHz FX6100 3,30 GHz ASRock 960 GM - GS3 FX and a 500W Aspire PSU I will really appericiate if...