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i recently upgraded my win 7 to 10 but when i check for dxdiag i found that i have directx version 11.2 can anyone help me get directx 12 please ?

I am currently on an AMD Sempron x4 3850 A.K.A. Potato @1.3 GHz. Paired with it is an XFX Radeon HD-6870 2gb graphics card. It's bottlenecking so badly to the point where I can underclock the core to 450MHz and the memory to 525MHz and still bottleneck, with the processor at full load while...

Hi, I'm wondering which corsair case would be the best in terms of cpu cooling using a corsair h60, the choice is obsidian 250d and the graphite 380t. For air cooling the 250d is better, but would there still be a difference using a h60? Thanks

Hi, I just finished building my first pc. I installed windows, it works fine for 1/2 an hour until I decided to update my drivers with the cd that came with the Motherboard ( Asrock B85 pro4), about halfway through the drive updates, my computer restarts and the screen goes black right after the...

I've looked at a couple different websites but I can't find any information that's useful to me. Does anyone know of a sound card that would be compatible with a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core 6000+ processor and an ASRock K10N78M Pro motherboard? I need it to be a 5.1 surround sound card. If you...

I have a LAN setup in my laboratory through a switch (8 port). The main connection from ISP is PPPoE. However, when I connect my laptop to the LAN, I need to input settings as follows (WORKING INTERNET VIA LAN CABLE TO LAPTOP): IP Address: 10.10.0.1xx Subnet mask: 255.255.254.0 Gateway...

Hey there. A few months ago I built my gaming PC. Just yesterday, I started getting an activate windows error, and it would popup while gaming and cause issues. This only happened after I reserved my free windows 10 update. How can I fix this? I tried entering the key on my operating system disk...

I am wondering if an AOC USB Monitor uses your gpu or on-board graphics. So, say i haave intel HD xxxx graphics, and a GTX xxx, would the USB monitor use my inel graphics, or the GTX one? I'd be getting one as a cheap alternative to a new monitor so I can have another display since I'm getting...

Hi, I've been having this problem and I can't for the life of me figure out a solution. I'm not sure if its my computer or my router, but it needs to stop. Here are the details. I've been using Skype and genuinely random times the computer will "drop" the internet connection. I notice my...

Hi there everyone! Wasn't entirely sure where to place this thread, as it contains a bit of different things so I just chose to put it here as it seemed like the most reasonable place (hopefully it can be moved if I'm way off) As the title says I'm having a problem with what I believe is a new...

Can i move the motherboard to a different case without removing the CPU cooler?

Hi i just bought the Plantronics RIG 7.1 surround headset and followed the quick setup guide downloaded the software and went into Arma 3 to try them out. So as you do I threw a grenade tunrned around wating to see what it sounded like but instead of a loud boom I got this strange high pitch...

Hi I have never posted in these forms before so please be lenient with my lack of knowledge. I have a zotac gtx 970 with an FX 8320 overclocked to 3.8ghz. I am getting really bad frame rates in all games that i play. For example in mirrors edge my fps never stays at 60 for longer than 3-5...

Hi! I'm planning to invest in both a new GPU and a CPU (Sapphire Radeon TRI-X R9 290 4GB "OC", and AMD FX-8350 Black Edition) but as I'm fairly new to building computers, I have a question in mind. The GPU and CPU which I currently have do not need as much power as the ones I'm planning to...

Hey i'm about to buy gta 5 for pc with my Sapphire r7 260x, And i've heard about the drivers i need to install but do I need to install beta 15.5 or another one because beta 15.5 says about project cars and witcher 3 and not gta 5.

Hi, I'm going to be building my first PC. After a bit of building and weighing options, I've got this. Someone told me I should downgrade my GPU, and upgrade my CPU and my motherboard. He said bottlneck issues would happen. Someone else told me the whole thing should be fine. It's for...

Hi, so i need some help guys. Allright so recently i bought a new gaming computer and moniter. It was working all finde untill the moniter started sayiing "DVI No signal"- When i started the computer the moniter was all fine showing everything, then it was loading windows. And then boom it went...

IS this power supply good enough for a gtx 970 and i5 haswell. http://www.frys.com/product/7947110?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Hey people, so I got all the parts and I am building my first PC, but I have a problem installing my water cooling. I want to remove the top fan to install the water cooler, but I can't open the top panel of the case. I have the Bitfenix colossus case, and it looks like this: There are these...

Specs- http://pastebin.com/vK3Z245y Depth Specs- http://pastebin.com/vK3Z245y Motherboard: 775 LGA The Dimensions My PC Can Hold PCIe x16 : Height- 4.376 Inches Length- 6.6 Inches I have an optiplex 755 mini-tower REMEMBER I HAVE A 775 LGA MOTHERBOARD (VERY OLD)

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive Videocard: EVGA...

I am not sure which one to get, MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB GDDR5, Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB or the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 PCIe because the specs are all over the place and don't know what to get.

Hi guys! I have a custom built PC. i use this to make and play games. I think soon i will need to upgrade it, probably the GPU first. I was wondering what you lot think needs to be upgraded at what to. I want to play modern games at full graphics with at least 40FPS. My PC is ok but what will...

Hello all, New to the forum and I am looking for some help in regards to a purchase of a gaming laptop. I have sold my desktop that is 2 years old as I would like to turn to laptop gaming due to me being able to easily take it from room to room / house to house etc. I don't get time to play my...

My laptop right now has a SATA 3.0 gb/s 5400rm HDD. I can get SATA 6.0 gb/s 7400rpm, and was wondering if it would run at its 7400rpm and not 5400 somehow? Or would the 6.0gb/s act as a SATA 3.0 running at 7400?

Can I disable hyper threading on certain programs without restarting the pc? When I go to task manager / details / set affinity I see cores 0,1,2,3. I am using a i-3 3220 dual core hyper threaded. If I just deselect cores 3 and 4 would that be the same thing? If this method would actually work...

Tried my new clevo p651se with prime95 small fft test. The cpu reached 99º at half of his cores immediatly.. http://puu.sh/gukwb/ff8c5d040c.png Isn't that too damn hot? What should I do?

Hello guys, im new writting here but im always around here. also sorry if my english is bad. i have a Cooler Master Xornet (usb) mouse that randomly stops working for 3 - 7 seconds and also sometimes, not always, make windows do the noise of hardware unpluggin. i have tried different usb ports...

Gentlemen, I've looked through the forums a bit but nothing is helping me. I just build my first computer with: amd fx 8350 gigabyte radeon r9 270x amd 990 mobo 8 Gb of ram 1 TB wd hdd 500 wat power supply I am attempting to install windows 8.1 pro from my USB and every time it boots to the...

Hi. I installed a GTX970Asus Strix into my computer this weekend and it does not work. I have a Corsair 850 PSU on a P9x79 deluxe MoBO with i7 3930k and 16gb Ram. I believe that I have the necessary wattage. I have a PCIe 6+2 alimentation cable, it slots in, I get 1 white LED lit up (do I...

hello i have a y50 with an 860m maxwell does anyone have experience Ocing this? NOTE- temps are not a problem My temps are around 50C while on witcher 2 @ ultra ( i have a 2 ton AC blowing right at the back side of my laptop)

Hello, I installed CodeMasters Ashes Cricket 2009 on my Windows 8.1 laptop. The game worked normally for a week and then it started showing very slow frame rates (slow motion is an understatement). But then I created a new user account and accessed the same installation there, and it works...

so, something ive started to wonder with these new nvidea cards that are coming out, if i got 2 980's, and run them in SLI, with the intention of using 3 screens, 2 with DVI, and 1 with HDMI, does it matter, would it matter what card/port i plug my monitors into? (for the sake of argument, to...

Will my inspiron 530 case be enough for the version of GT 730 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125686 I am not sure if i have enough space... currently i have a 7300 gt