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So I am saving up money for a 6700k, msi titanium, ddr4 3200 16x2 and a 980 ti. I haven't upgraded the system for years as I haven't had the money. I am wanting these parts because they feel more future proof to me and I want an enthusiast rig when I'm done building it, but as I save up, I'm...

so my card is a GTX 750ti SC. my motherboard is a gigabyte a68h motherboard so i was trying to find a good cpu under $75 and i found these 2 Intel Pentium G3258 and AMD Athlon X4 860K people are still saying that these CPU's are not that good and my gtx will bottleneck them. can you help me...

I'm going to review Throttlestop software. It's a free utility that controls CPU multiplier limits, and in LGA775 CPU voltage settings from inside Windows. Throttlestop was designed to extend battery life in laptop computers by limiting CPU speed, and voltage when full power wasn't needed. It...

Hello tomshardware, i currently have a hp 8200n with a burnt mobo. Im looking to get an intel based mobo, but.. i dont know what type of case i have, atx, etcetc. Would you techies be so kind to assist me????

HI all, Am building a gaming/editing pc and I need help on choosing a motherboard for it all. I'm using an i7 4790k processor, a GTX 970 and 32gb RAM if that helps with finding a decent motherboard, also it has to fit in a Coolermaster Haf X gaming tower too. Price is not a problem for this...

My MSI Lightning GTX 980ti just sits at 405 MHz, and I'm trying to figure out why I have all the correct drivers installed. OS: Win10 Pro 64bit CPU: i7 5930k MOBO: MSI x99a Godlike Gaming GPU: MSI GTX 980ti Lightning RAM: 16GB Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 LC: EKWB 360X Kit PSU: EVGA SuperNova 850 G2...

Can i buy 2 same 1x8gb ram and become 16gb of ram?

my hp8 -1214 motherboard is dead need to replace and want to get this msi board looks like it will work ,but I am no expert. here is a link to specs for my pc http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03154290 and here is the link to the msi board...

How to stream from pc to tv wirelessly. I have an ASUS RT-AC68P Wireless router and a Lan adapter connected to my tv. The tv is picking up the network, but just not sure how to stream from pc to tv from here.

Hi guys. I have an old harddrive connected to a USB 3.0 Interface which feeds to my router and this drive serves as a network drive for multimedia storage. Problem is, the drive has issue with reading and writing data when I try to Read/Write to it form the mapped connection on my desktop. It...

Hello, I recently updated my Bios on my z170 mother board. When the restart happened it restarted about 4 times then finally booted. I noticed my settings where not default so I tried to reset all the setting back to default. When i try this the computer restarts once but doesn't boot. Restarts...

Probably a silly question but... My gpu has 3 fans on it I don't understad how they work if all three are blowing into the gpu or two in one out etc but when I change the fan settings through msi am I just changing the fan speed of the fans connected to the mobo or am I also changing the fan...

Recently my monitor has been going to standby and is completely losing video input (It starts switching between all input channels looking for some). My build is: Intel i3 (Stock cooler) Asus h81m-d plus micro atx crucial 8gb radeon r9 280 Corsair CSM 550 w 80+ gold atx. After running prime95...

My frozen throne loads double the time than before and i tried to defrag the drive but it's still the same .

Hi, i am looking for the Best Motherboard For Overclocking i7-4790K Under $100. i play video games and i stream them at the same time. My current computer lags when i play and stream at the same time at 720p 30 fps on certain games. So i am upgrading my computer so that it can handle most games...

Hi all ... noob question incoming (sorry) I understand speed step (CPU will throttle down if not needed) I understand Turbo boost (CPU will throttle up if needed) So when my PC is 3.3Ghz with turbo to 3.6Ghz.... why is the CPU speed not just 3.6Ghz? since It seems it can throttle down to...

I will be building this pc most likely, I need it to run skyrim at 1080p it has to have windows 8 and it also has to be able to run skyrim mods.

Hey All, I am getting a general error in my event log after my computer crashes while playing heroes of the storm. Crashing started only this afternoon. With latest driver from July 29th (353.62). I rolled back to an older AMD graphics card and so far gone 2 hours gaming with no crashes.

I want to use my keyboard (connected to my pc [Windows 8.1] via USB) on my smart phone (Microsoft Lumia 535.) I want to know if there's any way possible to do this as I am tired of using my smartphone screen keyboard and having to unplug my phone from my PC every 5 mins. Please help me out, Dexter2

i came to conclusion i these are 3 cards i can pick from for 4k, what would would be best? Titan X GTX 980 TI R9 390X crossfire + new PSU i thought about SLI ti, but they out of my price point, because i also need buy a 4k monitor. http://www.poll-maker.com/poll368107x345C4c3b-14 I made a poll...

Hey folks! A family member is looking to get a new laptop to use during his business education, and also wants to game with it. I figure he's going to need at least a dual core i5 CPU, the quad core would probably be best, graphics card with at least 2.0GB VRAM, at least 8 GB DDR3/DDR4, USB...

Hi guys I have a list of parts to assemble a gaming PC and I'd like your opinion. I'd like to know if anything isn't compatible with each other or if I should opt for something at the next level in order to play skyrim high res with texture/graphical mods without issue. I already have purchased...

So, I had to turn off my computer by holding the power button down as it didn't restart properly from sleep mode (screen stayed black), however now my USB speakers no longer work. I tried testing them in playback devices, changing default device and back again, switching USB ports (and the...

I see that the GTX 980ti GAMING6 from MSI has 2 8 pin power connectors. I have an EVGA supernova 850 PSU and for the VGA cords, the provided cable is a y-connector with a 6+2 on one end and a 6 on the other. That alone wont work. Could I just use two vga cables and only use the 8 pin portion...

Hello, so I built a comp with an msi z97i gaming ac mobo and had a crucial SSD and two other identical hdds. In the bios I changed AHCI to RAID then I installed the operating system and installed some programs and stuff no problem. I then put in the other hard drives leaving the SSD still in...

Planning on using this build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cQLFxr Need some suggestions on a good HDD for saving recorded Dxtory/Fraps files to. Any advice is obliged.

So is this worth the $250 Fx 6300 7870 2gb 120ssd 640hdd 12gb ram plus case, psu, windows,

I want to see if there is any type of audio equipment like this. So I'm looking for a small box with a knob for audio adjustment. There is a line in, and 2 line outs, so i could plug in a ipod or something, and have the second line out not be effected by audio adjustment so i could control...

unable to format a USB memory drive. After a lot of testing I found this to work in most cases. When you try to format a USB memory stick you get a message saying "The disk is write protected"This also happens when you do this via My Computer (right-click) Manage->Disk Management Select your...

if i play on a 2560 x 1440p monitor, and play games at 1080p will the screen be messed up? like black bars or something. it sounds like a stupid question but i just want to know thanks.

1. What is your budget? between 400 and 700 € the less the better 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? between 13 and 14 inch screen 3. What screen resolution do you want? (not full) HD would be nice but not necessary 4. Do you need a portable or desktop...

Hello Guys .My PC config is: 1.Asus M5A99xEVO R2 motherboard 2.AMD FX 8320 piledriver 3.Corsair VS450 watt power supply 4.Cooler Master K380 Mid Tower (3 case fans) 5.Amd Radeon R7 260x over the past few weeks my pc has overheating problems all around.i took it for repairs and...

This is my pc: http://www.frys.com/product/7859219?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG I want to upgrade the graphics card to a significantly better one that can play video games very well; dayz, cod, etc. I dont know what graphics card is a good one I can get to upgrade my pc and I dont know if a too...

I've had my newly built pc for about a month now, the sound has been perfect since day one but since about two days ago my audio started to sound like crap, all of a sudden every time theres audio playing whether its a video, music, or game the sound is distorted with buzzing and static sounds...

I would like to overclock it to 4 GHz, but can it be done with my setup and by how much should I increase voltage? My current temperatures while gaming under full load: http://i.imgur.com/CEDrv0d.png MB: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 PSU: CORSAIR CXM series CX600M 600W CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Hello I will probably be building my first PC in the summer and I need some advice. Ideally I have a £300 budget on all components and an operating system for a gaming PC. The operating system I could get 2nd hand of ebay or something, but if windows 10 is out by then I won't be able to do the...