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I recently had to exchange my motherboard and I successfully got my build done. Now I notice there is a USB port I cannot seem to plug in. Anyone tell me if this is normal or what? I am using an ASUS ROG STRIX Z390 Gaming E https://imgur.com/a/evoynQe Can anyone tell me if that metal or...

New build and I've randomly been getting BSOD and crashes, mostly while gaming. Crashes are intermittent and all of my drivers seem to be up to date. I've ran memtest, 4 passes with 0 errors, wiped and reinstalled Windows, checked all my connections, ran CHKDSK, and I can't seem to find the...

And stupid Western Digital doesn't read their notes of my troubleshooting I've done. Its really getting old that I know more than the people I call for L2 or L3 questions

I got ingame stutter and we tryed pulling out the ssd's and work only with the windows one. And the stutter is gone. The next day, nothing has been changed and the stutter is back. Is it possible that the motherboard is faulty in this case?

Hello, I have a 232gb SSD boot drive running Windows 7 pro. I have very little on the drive, outside the OS. SpaceSniffer identifies 76gb used, but c/disk properties show 221gb in use. I do have indexing enabled. I have no idea what is using the rest of the disk. Any suggestions/ideas are...

Hello wvwryone! So I recently bought the Arctic Alpine 11 Plus CPU cooler for a retro socket 775 PC project (https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/alpine-11-plus.html), and I mounted it on the CPU (a Pentium 4 650, 3.4Ghz) with the preapplied thermal paste that came with the cooler. I fired up the PC and...

hey guys so i discovered this program that supposingly "boosts" your fps but it sounds too good to be true called razer cortex. I just wanted to ask anyone who really has gotten a boost from it? I've tried it myself and see no differences and I dont know if it's just me.

Hey guys, So i just bought a new SSD and installed it in my laptop, my question is how do i make the ssd the boot drive and how do i clean install the windows on it, i tried searching online but most say that you have to remove the hdd and then insert it later, can i do that on my laptop...

So i have Corsair vengeance lpx 2x4 kit ddr4 3000mhz. Is it possible to add corsair 1x8 ddr4 3000mhz stick, then i would have 16-gigs of ram?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jacko050/saved/NYyNQ7 How much FPS will this rx 570 run at? Should I get a gtx 1050 ti instead? What could I do to make this cheaper

Hello, I'm currently using a prebuilt Lenovo Thinkcentre M83 Mini Tower, and got an RX 570 from Powercolor to use, but the motherboard on this machine has a proprietary 14 pin PSU connector, which means as is, I can't use my Corsair CX550 with it. So I'm wondering, if I have a 24 pin to 14 pin...

Hi, I have observed that when a iPhone or any (iPhone) wannabe like Vivo is connected to our wifi network (home) some of the already connected device disconnect to the net get stuck with msg "obtaining IP add" or "cannot obtain IP.." regardless of how many devices are connected. Why is that and...

As the title says I am getting low GPU usage and high CPU usage whenever I play blackout. I have the EVGA 2080Ti Black Edition. https://imgur.com/LfCK512 Getting about 50-75% GPU usage in Blackout while my CPU usage stays around 80%+. The only other demanding game I've played since getting...

Hi, i'm looking for a gpu that won't get bottlenecked by my amd ryzen 2200g cpu

So basically bad sectors is unreplaceable and the drive will fail soon, I have a seagate that had like 300000 bad sectors out of 927k or whatever and smart is failed but what do bad sectors do? I’m wondering if it affects storage because I have 133gb free on that hard drive it won’t let me...

Hey guys! I am trying my best to revive an old computer of mine from 2008. Its old HD burned so I bought a new one (Seagate Pipeline ST3500312CS). It had problems and I activated the warranty. I received the new one and already put it on my PC, but it keeps beeping until the computer enter the...

Greetings, I've installed Optane 905p 480GB as i primary Disk, installed Windows and other software, downloaded everything related to 905p from a Intel's site, patched mobo BIOS etc. But crystal disk shows relative low results, eps on 4Kib Q32T1 Its actually lower than my old WD Black NVMe...

I have a brand new high end desktop (windows 10 64 bit) but have a problem with my new LUX gaming keyboard. My system boots up as normal but there is no output from my keyboard, however if I unplug and then replug in the keyboard it provides output and works normally. Corsair suggested a soft...

First off, this is the build I am looking at right now: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qd3zdX I have a few questions. 1. Will I need to buy SATA cables separately? I have a 4TB hard drive that I am using in my current system that I am going to add to the new system, so I have a cable, but I...

I posted previously about this but I've bumpedy budget up to $600. If someone could hook me up with a really good setup for about $600 that's able to handle newer games that would be great. Current: GTX 750 ti AMD A8-7650k 8gb ram (1 stick) Asus A88X Pro Anything that's significantly better...

Hi, I want to upgrade my system to play games in 4k with ultra (or close to) settings. With the system below could you advise on how to get the best without having to change the motherboard if possible please. i7-5930K 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor Swiftech - H240-X 90 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Asus -...

Hi All, Was building for my brother however have come across some shop built unbranded systems which will save me the headache. Last build I did has a 4670k / gtx780 for myself with everything else top shelf for 2013 and overclocked still punching 1080p for what I play but his budget doesn't...

I recently completed my new pc build. It works great then i decided to overclock my 2700x. It was fine at 4.1ghz so i went to 4.2 with the stock cooler, when i loaded into windows it worked fine then i started my benchmark and both my screens went blank, my corsair fans went to their default rgb...

Use computer for gaming averaging around 100fps mark depending on game with low settings usually, I'm just wondering where I can start off with component changes to gain some increase in fps and smoothness? Any help welcome, specs below. https://imgur.com/a/ANgWn1U

So I just built my first PC so I'm not exactly an expert but I can't get my PC to send a signal to the monitor. Here's what I've tried so far: The monitor nor the cable is the problem because I've tested it out with other devices and it worked with no issues. I tested the power going to the...

Before I go any further apologies if this is a stupid post as this is my first pc build so I’m new with a lot of this stuff. So as it says in the title I currently have no display on my monitor after attempting to flash my bios to the latest version. I needed to update my bios as I have a b350...

Hi there I am facing unique challenge in my Asus motherboard I will go straight to the point. Normal configuration of my computer is as follow. i5 3GHz Asus p8h67-v 2x4gb ddr3 Nvidia GTS 450 1gb - Galaxy When I am using computer with my Nvidia graphics card there is a problem in display where...

It's truly disaster. Why they do that? Why they make new BIOS updates if they are causing such a lot of problems. I'm very angry! Very! 2 days ago I decided to update my very old BIOS on my very old motherboard. I found last update for BIOS (3701) on official site and thought surprisingly, why...

Hey guys, i have a weird situation here so i upgraded my CPU from a Intel i3 4170 to an i5 4460 on a Hp OEM Shave HWS board. Upon the first boot directly after the upgrade my mother board Bios showed a Unrecognized CPU error and shut of. After that, on second i pressed f1 to go into the...

I want to ask the pros and cons because I want to upgrade my rig and please provide the details by the highest end not the lowest end motherboard.The brand is ASRock Asus Biostar EVGA Corporation Gigabyte Technology MSI (Micro-Star International)

I have an HP 8100 Mid Tower PC equipped with a 320w power supply and a GTX 1050. My friend is giving me his GTX 1060 3gb for free but the problem is that my PSU doesn't have a pin connector available for my PSU so I can't power the gtx 1060. I have read some things about purchasing a molex...

My gpu is GTX 1050 2GB and the cpu Xeon X3430

Hi, I've recently built a pc and am looking to upgrade my CPU. I have an RX570 4GB, and am looking into an i5 7500. I want to get a CPU that has the 1151 socket so I dont need get a new Mobo, but I cant really go over $300. Any suggestions?

Liquid cooling, applied to my i9 and rtx 2070 cause overheating on idle mere minutes after startup?!? I can immediatly get temps of 100c on non heavy load Whereas if i use a gtx 970 then i get about 40c or 50c while gaming I have new everything and its not because i did some idiotic thing like...

I am on the LGA 1150 socket but don't have a CPU yet. Therefore I was thinking of keeping my ram, and my graphics card is the 1060 3gb. I found a 6 core/12 thread Xeon CPU that is the X5680. It costs 50 pounds on ebay and I found a micro atx motherboard that supports the cpu for only 60 pounds...

Specs :i5 6500: :cooler master 212 Evo: :asus z170-A motherboard: :1 ddr4 8gb 2400 ripjaws: :1 ddr4 4gb 2400 patriot viper: :asus dual of gtx 1060 3gb: :240gb ssd for os :1tb HDD :400gb HDD :500gb HDD :Corsair CX-M 600w semi modular 80 plus bronze: :Corsair 300r windowed case: I mostly use...

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So BFV just came out and ive been giving it a good go these past couple of days. Im running a i7 6600k and a gtx 1070, so I expected to see a bottleneck from my cpu, and it showed in my task manager, getting about 80% from cpu and 40 from the GPU. But when I checked my HWmonitor program I was...

Hello there! As the title says, I am having this very strange issue with my computer set-up. When playing games, my system only seems to use half of its capabilities. I have seem benchmarks on YouTube with other people with the EXACT same computer specifications as me and get literally double...

I just upgraded to a GTX 1060 and I was planning to sell my old card and put the money toward SLI 1060's but my current CPU is a 6th gen core i5 6600k. Should I and if I should what should I upgrade to, to best work with SLI'd 1060s.