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Hi, I've been trying to find a particular CPU that is a bit older that has its original packaging, but can only find it where the seller is only selling the chip. Is it ok to buy CPUs that don't come with their boxes? (Just for clarification I'm looking for an AMD A10-6800K for my MSI...

Currently I have this 2x4GB kit from Corsair: - CML8GX3M2A1600C9R - Corsair Since being unable to find this exact model, I bought this one (which I found for a very low price, and also wanted to fill up all four of the motherboard's RAM slots). - CML8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair Which is nearly...

Last night google chrome was functioning completely normally like how most people expect it to run but shortly after my computer just got a blue screen for no reason. After logging back into my PC chrome wouldn't load any pages. It would simply say that there is either no connection or that I...

Hey guys, I bought a G4560 and ASUS B150M-C D3 from a online store and asked if they would update the BIOS so the CPU would work. They said yes, but I'm not sure if they did, because handling and shipping was extremely fast. I just setup the PC and it won't power on. No signal of life (fans...

So I recently bought the Corsair crystal 570x RGB Case from scan as the first part of upgrading my system. I moved over all the components from my old case to the new one and plugged everything in. I powered up the system and immediately noticed that the power wire coming from the RGB fan hub...

Im new at installing graphic card and not familliar with compatibilities. Im using an apu a10 7860k and planing to upgrade later on by changing to cpu as well the motherboard after buying a budget type graphic card. So i did pick gtx 1050 ti after looking up for some benchmarks and the problem...

What the community's favorite Cherry Mx Switch, For Gaming, Productivity and Etc. My favorite switch is Mx Blue :) Have fun!

i'm using a DIY PC can't solve what is causing BSOD for 6 mon. plz help this is the link to my dmp file https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlmPnWzQHdPEhC7z3T4jCNzwnKTQ

For some reason my ssd, ram, and graphics card are benching super low and owndering why.. My ram is able to be OC'd to 2133 so thats why its low i think but ssd and graphics card i dont get why.. im running 4gb r7 370. thanks Bench mark posted below : http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8766/iQ4CCa.png

My PC is 6 years old and has the following specs: i5 2500K 3.3, 8 GB RAM, GTX 970 4GB, just a hard drive-no SSD. I am trying to determine my weakness in this PC while running Mass Effect and I am not sure more RAM will do the trick. I have monitored this game's performance with Afterburner, and...

I have 15GB of music in a variety of file formats saved on an external hard drive and decided to put it on my laptop. I didn't have enough space on my hard drive so I copied it to an SD card that is in the laptop. When I try to play the music from this SD card, all the music plays fine up until...

Hallo! I just acquired my new Msi gaming X 1080ti and tried out the good old gta 5. I play maxedout on 4k resolution. Strange is, when I start gaming GPU and CPU usage is 50% with 40fps. If I change anything in the graphics and then rechange it, everything goes well, CPU 50%, GPU 100%, 60+FPS...

I checked pcpp but i just want to be safe and have a human check i checked too and saw no faults but im a newb so... MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0165YUDTM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_12?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER CPU...

Hello, just got an asus pb287q 4k monitor and was surprised by the following: Windows says i'm running 4k: http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/ and similar sites says i'm running 1440p. Speccy says i'm running 1440p. So, what on earth resolution am I currently running? would hate to...

Hello my GPU temperature according to SpeedFan is about 40 idle and around 60 while gaming. Is this a normal thing? I have 4 gigs of RAM but my CPU usage never goes above 40%. I have a Nvidia gtx 710 graphics card

Hi all, i have a 4 TB WD HDD that's 226 days old so still in warranty. HDTune Pro shows 2 current pending sectors (aka bad sectors and in health status it shows warrning). Here's what Harddisk sentinel says: The drive found 2 bad sectors during its self test. There are 2 weak sectors found on...

I got a virus recenlty that just gradually ate up all of the free space on my OS drive, so I formatted and reinstalled Windows 7 after trying every malware program I had on file. After a successful install, I decided to clone my primary C: drive (with OS) onto an identical Samsung EVO 840 Pro...

Hi- I was wondering if a game that was recommending a 3.4GHz processor and a Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 would work on a laptop with just a 2.5 GHz processor and an Intel HD Graphics 3000 installed? I have 8gb RAM

Okay Im trying to enable black bars with my csgo 1024x768 resolution, but I cant get black bars at all. I\ve tried everything, I watched videos from youtube, but nothing helps. Is there anything I can try more? rx470 scaling mode preserve aspect ratio. gpu scaling on

hi guys what the best pc case that fit the watercooler Arctic freezer 360 in the top of the case. i want a Beautiful case and my budget is 200$

Yesterday I tightened cpu fan and today i change the force for screw , I need to change thermal paste or not ?I don't open the cpu fan

Well i'm using those old 60hz monitor so i was wondering should i cap my fps to 60 fps (vertical sync on) or not? If i play game at 100 and even 200+ fps will it "kill" my monitor? Like .... make it lifespan going down? lol

hello guys. It's been a while since my last post. well... I want to ask something... 1. current biggest refresh rate for a monitor? what brand? and what type? 2. is it possible to achieve bigger FPS exceed my monitor refresh rate? thanks.

Specs are: i7-4790k 16gb of ddr3 1888mhz Samsung 850 evo 1tb SSD internet capacity is 100mb down, and 20mb up I recently got unlimited cloud storage for Google Drive so I've been uploading large file things that I had on my external drive. I tried to upload many large files like 30GB and...

Hello, Specs: Mobo Gigabyte 970A-ds3p Cpu: fx 8350 Ram: 2x4 gb ddr3 1866 Corsair Vengeance Was wondering If i could buy a 2x4gb 1600 mhz ram and be safe kind of a scrub and would love to learn thanks!!

Hey everyone, I deleted the temp files about 4 days ago and today there was about 14gb of it taking space again. I think I deleted them for the first time in this new pc those 4 days ago, which was like 3 months using without deleting. Is it normal those files to come back like this or is...

Can anyone tell me what this black fuzz/blur is that is surrounding all the objects on my videos and games and how to stop it from appearing on my screen? Do you think it has to deal with the resolution or my video card? I use a gtx 1070, and I updated my drivers today. I even reinstalled them...

Okay so i need cash, and I really don't feel the need for 2 monitors anymore, if anything it seems to interrupt gaming when some games let the mouse drift off screen. My first monitor is a Dell Ultrasharp 25' at 2560x1440 60hz My 2nd monitor is an Asus VX248 24' at 1920x1080 60hz I play most...

Can i Upgrade my HP Pavilion 15-p031nl graphic Card?

So i had a system like this. Msi 970 Gaming Mobo Fx 8350 Cpu - Hyper 212 Evo Cooler Hyperx Savage Ddr3 8Gb 2x4 Ram Asus Strix Gtx 1070 Gpu 1Tb Hdd ( system on this ) 640Gb Hdd ( empty ) LC Power 600w Psu And recently i bought: Asus Strix Z270F Mobo I5 7600K Corsair Vengeance Led 2x8gb...

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...

Normally when I am playing games on my computer, everything is fine, until today I noticed my Dota 2 started glitching a bit, I restarted my pc and everything was fine, when I moved on to play Battlefield1 the program eventually gave me the," Battlefield1 is not responding error, which it never...

So I got my GTX 670 settled into the T5500, but the temps are a little too hot. At full load GPU temps were hitting 90+ C, so I rearranged some of the PCI cards and got it down to 87C. However, on the GTX 670 throttling is supposed to kick in at around 82C, so I figure I'm losing some...

Hi All, I'm (very) new here, and to PC Gaming. I grew up playing console (from the NES to the XBox One). I wanted to get into PC Gaming though so have a (what I believe is a) 'budget' build made to quickly get up and running and used to PC Gaming. My PC was built by a 'friend of a friend of a...

Alright, I've never met a personal computer issue I can't work out, but this one may be it. I've spent a good month working on it to no avail. The issue: USB connectivity drops when using USB 3.0 hub, powered or otherwise. Seems to occur regardless of which port is used, and has some connection...

wondering if later gen lga2011 motherboards can take an earlier gen cpu

As I have said in the title, I have a CMStorm Quickfire TK with MX Blues. Yesterday I decided to give my keycaps a clean because they were quite dirty and greasy. After letting them soak in warm water with washing up liquid for an hour, I let them dry for a few hours. When I started to put the...

Hey guys I just got a question about pc fans do I have to plug Both the cord into the motherboard and the other into the power supply or can I just plug it into the motherboard thx

hello , so i have these ram sticks Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX316C10FBK2/16) and i was trying to overclock them but i could only squeeze them to reach 1680 mhz so thought i would be better off tweaking timings , the original timings were 11-10-10-30...

I just got a new pc yesterday and when i lauched CSGO with my gtx 1060 the game opened fine then i joined a game and my two monitors turned off but i could still hear the soud i would like to know if the problem is that i need a better PSU or if the graphics card is defective? thx for any help :)