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So a friend asked me for a $800~~~ build including a monitor. His requirements are to be able to run modern games at 1080P with decent graphics (at least for the next couple of years), and use Modeling & Graphics software (SolidWorks, Photoshop, Maya, 3ds Max, Blender). We don't live in the US...

Hey there, my new PC I just built and tested worked fine the night of being built. Tested turning it off and on to make sure there was no issues. But before I went to bed I updated windows then went to bed. The next day it wouldn't go past the bios screen, and when I eventually got into the bios...

I thought my hard drive was bad do I bought a new one only to have the same issue. It won't boot up period even with a new hard drive. "It contnues to scroll to put in a disk and hit any button" I can't get into BIOS nothing. I tried resetting , took battery out and pressed power button...

So I recently bought this pre-built system at a discounted price of 750 dollars after tax. I am thinking of upgrading this system by adding another stick of RAM and a SSD. However, I am not really sure if the RAM/SSD i bought would work with this system. (there really isnt that much information...

Hello, I would appreciate some recommendations for the best laptop I can buy under £500. I'll be using it for surfing the net and using office programs, nothing too demanding but obviously I want the fastest system I can get within the budget, thanks.

I tried to add my comp to my profile but aperently I have to make five posts first, so instead of spamming here is my parts list. Everything is brand new. I had the build setup with the three intake fans that came with the case originally on the right side now at the top of the case (I was...

I have an ASRock 760GM-HDV Motherboard. I just bought a GTX 1060 6g and when I turn on my PC, I have a black screen. Do I need to update my BIOS?

The stock heatsink for my AMD FX8320 processor doesn't touch the top of the CPU with everything clamped down. The issue is obvious: The fins of the heatsink (which are much wider than the part of the heatsink that should make contact with the CPU) are laying on top of the plastic frame of the...

Hi all, I'm looking for an aftermarket cooler to pair with my Ryzen 2700x + B450 Carbon Pro I know the Prism does a great job, but i'd be happy with dropping temps at full load by 6-8 degrees or more. Plus, I already have a £20 bid on ebay for it after just listing it so I can use this to fund...

Hey everyone, I saw a post on Instagram with details about ryzen’s new 3000 series, X570 chipsets, and 7nm chips coming January at computex 2019. In about late December I’ll be ordering parts for a new build, which has a ryzen 5 1600x. Should I wait until January to get the 3000 series chips...

I'd have expected this build to be overkill for 1080p gaming, or suitable for 1440p it can't get above 20fps on 1440p or higher and 1080p only hit 60 on low requirement games CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X Motherboard: ASUS H170 PRO GAMING RAM...

I've got a developer workstation in folowing configuration Configuration CPU: i9 7900X (No Overclock, Not delided) Cooler: Deepcool captain 360 ex + Acrtic Cooling MX4 Motherboard: ASUS Rampage VI EXTREME latest UEFI BIOS - Loaded default optimized settings, with RAM configured as 3400 MHz...

just as the title states, was having cooling issues with my pc, its an i7 7700k not overclocked. ended up re thermalpasting the h100i v2, and now my idle temps are 35-40C. gaming temps are 76-84C with spikes to 88C. Is there still something wrong with my h100i v2? or are these my current temps...

My blue yeti cable broke, I tried all my other mini usb cables, mic turns on, but is in not detected by the computer

Hey everyone, I would like some help with choosing the perfect Apple computer for music composition/producing. I’m asking for help because I am looking at the 2018 Mac Mini and it’s looking really promising. My issue is I don’t know if I can get by with the i3 in the base model for $800 or if I...

My hp g42 458tu laptop is always in powered condition( i mean its shutting own ,but dvd drive harddisk etc are working) . If I kept battery in laptop full charged it will be drained with in 1 day and its a new battery. At first I thought it would be related to windows 10 ,so I checked removing...

I haven’t used my computer in about a month or two and when starting it back up nothing is responsive. At first I was able to sign in and the mouse was lagging then I couldn’t open any programs and now it doesn’t even get passed sign in

I have this weird...thing...going on with my cpu, I really recently purchased a Z370 A-PRO and an i5 8400, and for some weird reason, no matter what im doing even if im in the motherboard bios, it always runs at 3.8-4ghz. Its super weird, I know the base speed of this processor is 2.8ghz but...

I have a lexmark CS410dn printer attaced directly to the router with an ethernet cable. This printer has been working OK for over a year and now I have the front panel on the printer showing status/supplies and settings and what ever I do I cant seem to get rid of this message and the printer is...

Hello, Been reading this forum for information through the years but have now encountered a problem that I can't seem to find the answer to. What I want to achieve: Connect my desktop PC to my laptop to enable sharing between drives etc. Seems easy enough right? Problem: My internet two...

I have a I5 - 3570k no overclock and i purchased a GTX 970 with a waterblock after I bought the water cooling for my cpu. Will the radiator be enough be enough? What temps can I expect

Hi, I am trying to build a somewhat affordable computer that can last me for a long time. Monitor I am looking at is 27inch 120hz 1080p and I hope to run games at very close to 120hz at medium to high settings. The setup I came up with is as following; cpu - intel i5 8400 motherboard - Asus...

Hi, I recently purchased a 144hz 1440p monitor but i have been using it on HDMI cable (so i've only been getting 100hz). I've decided it's time to stop wasting my glorious thing's potential and went out to buy a DP cable. Everything is so not glorious as I thought it would be! I can...

I was playing gta v cracked for almost a year now. Had no problems with the fps and stayed at a stable 70/80 fps on very high. I decided to buy the official steam version of the game as I wanted to play the game with my friends and didn't like playing a pirated game. I installed the game, hoping...

Here's my system. iBUYPOWER Desktop PC T.T SERIES NE729i. It's unchanged since 2014. I got a brand new monitor and I'm wanting to game on it. It's the Acer XG270HU. It was about $360. I only had $1100 to spend so that's $740 left. Can it be upgraded so I can game on it with the $740 I have left...

Hello, I have a problem with my hp la2205wg display, basically few minutes after I turn it on some strange effects are appearing on the display, the colours are not displayed properly and everything starts to look odd Here is a sample of the behaviour https://youtu.be/Xixkgk8FjIw Any clue on...

Went to Micro Center today and bought CPU/MOBO and RAM. Didn't really think about compatibility with RAM except for knowing it needed to be DD4. I purchased the following. CPU: Ryzen 2600 MOBO: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB I checked MSI's site for compatibility with...

My laptop goes to password when I turn it on. I do not have a password for the laptop how do I factory reset it.

Hey i was running a gtx 1050 ti 4gb and it went well, then i thought it was time for a upgrade so i jumped to a gtx 1060 6gb and after installing it and playing games i noticed my case was getting super hot so i took the side panel off, made sure all the fans were working and its still hot? its...

I have a dh61ww intel desktop board and I can't run any games on it (except cs1.6 and vcop2 and some other flash games). For eg: Gta vice city says it needs at least 12 mb of ram. I have 4gb ram. The main problem is the integrated graphics card. When i install the latest graphics driver the...

!!Setup below!! Today I bought and tried to plug in a seagate expansion plus 4TB external HDD. At first it didn't show up in the file explorer, but did in device manager, with a yellow triangle, saying it needs troubleshooting. The automatic troubeshooting however didn't do anything. The drive...

hi guys, i am from india and i wat to get a good processor for my pc my i3 6100 sucks these days with new games .,i am using 16 gb ram, nvidia 1060 6gb founders edition ,2tb hdd vs 550 corsair psu so can anyone suggest me a good processor because my motherboard dsnt supports any 7th gen...

Hi! i'm currently about to buy a pc rig with theese specs: 1 pcs Intel Core i7-8700K 1 pcs ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming 1 pcs Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 1 pcs Corsair Hydro Series H60 CPU Cooler 2 pcs HyperX Fury DDR4 16GB 1 pcs Corsair TX750M, 750W PSU 1 pcs Svive Luna S700 W Midi...

My cpu PC properties are 3gb ram and intel pentium dual cpu @1.80ghz. Which graphics card should i buy for my old mercury cpu PC?

hi, recently i just pruchased this psu, i asked the staff iam looking for a psu which is can provide solid 650w psu, and that guy gave me this. But later on i found out this is not a really good psu and it doesnt provide true 650 w. my question is, is it ok to continue using it? My spec :i5 3470...

Yesterday I bought myself a 144Hz monitor, very lovely one, which I did set as primary in windows, and the nvidia control panel, didn't really act like it, more specifically, the POST screen logo from my motherboard, and BIOS were showing on my secondary monitor only, a 60Hz one, I did a bit of...

Hi i didn't know if this was the right place to be asking this but i was looking at this laptop which is within my price range https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834316439 and i am wondering if the Vega 8 in the system is able to be overclocked and even if it is only by 5%...

I have 2 pairs of speaker (2*5W with 8ohm) (2*7W with 8ohm) and i want to make soundbar with all this speaker but i don't know which audio amplifier board is batter for this. so suggest me a compatible amplifier board for my DIY project.

Hi guys, I would like to purchase a new GPU for my system. My specs are: I5-4460 GTX 75OTI MSI OC 16GB RAM Kingston SSDNow UV500 240GB 2TB Seagate drive Random Samsung DVD-Drive Corsair CX430 What GPU would run no problem with my CX43O? Its almost 2019 and the GTX 750 TI is just not holding up...

So I've been having this issue for a long time now. Ever since I built my computer I have noticed something weird and annoying, my internet is ALWAYS faster on other devices than my PC. I used to live in England and I used to use WiFi for my laptop, PC and Xbox, and it was significantly faster...