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Help. I have a less than 2 year old Acer - Aspire laptop (M5-583P-5859). This am after doing some work, I received a message indicating there was an update needed for Windows 10. I chose the option to update and restart. Ever since, the computer is stuck in a restart loop. I see the logo...

Hi, I want to ask! My mobo is MSI B150PC MATE, has key M 2280. I found M.2 SSD for a really good price, which is 2280 but B+M key. Will it work?

I bought some heat-sinks for OEM RAM (3 pairs) & I wanted to replace the crappy thermal pads it comes with but as economical as possible as well as efficiency. I was thinking of using the Artic Thermal pads or Artic-MX4 paste if possible. Any advice, tips or help on the matter? Thanks in advance.

Hey there, In advance, i apologize for the lengthy post: I recently got a second-hand MSI Z77A-G43 motherboard and an Intel i7 3770k processor from work, they said they had "Problems" booting up and proceeded to replace it. What was supposed to be a routine component upgrade/swap, soon turned...

Gigabyte GeForce GV-N730D5-2GI 2GB vs zotac geforce gt 730 2 gb ddr5

Hello! I have problem with my computer for pretty long time but it wasn't annoying at start but now after a year it is becoming annoying. First I need to say that all cables are connected properly because I checked it 5 times in past few months. So my problem is that 60% of boots end up with...

Hi guys. So i've bought a new gtx 1060 and in Battlefield 4 i feel like my CPU is bottlenecking my graphics card. no matter how low i put the settings, the fps won't go up. i had the R9 270X before and i had around 150fps on everything low. it's the same with the 1060. that can't be.. please help

I was just wondering if a XFX 6870 could run Black Ops 3. Thanks.

Hello I have HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-p289sa Laptop. you can check it's specs by clicking on the name. I have a problem with Huion graphic tablets driver on both windows 8.1 and 10 as performance simply drops. For example: playing Blur without Huion driver installed .. game runs on 25 FPS...

MB will not recognize any ram...

I have an ASUS X556UB laptop bought about 5 days ago . My C drive was getting full so I used EaseUS partition Manager to try to expand C drive and simultaneously shrink another drive. When the PC restarted and the change was taking place, EaseUS showed error and then PC again rebooted in a...

My computer has some sort of virus on it so, i'm hoping by factory resetting the laptop I will be able to get rid of it but, whenever I try to reset it, it doesn't work. I hold down the 0 while starting up my computer and it makes the long beep before starting up as normal and I cannot reset...

My sound is not working at all..its not a hardware problem, Everything is in but for some reason it dont hear anything. Help

im building a new computer for my self and im going to scrap the old one for parts but i dont know if i am able to/ or how to use my old ssd with windows 10 on a new build which will save me around $200. can anyone help me please?

I have a GA-78LMT-USB3 motherboard with 1 PCI-E x16 slot fitted with an R9 270X. My motherboard also has a spare basic PCI slot. I was wondering if I used this adapter I could fit a second R9 270X and run them in crossfire.

I was playing CSGO offline for about an our when my computer shut off. I took the cover off and it was very very hot. I have 6 fans. 3 output (2 on top and on top back) 3 input (one on the bottom and 2 on the front) There are wires from the power supply blocking the left of the bottom fan but...

I recently received my Gigabyte Windforce GTX 980 ti (GV-N98TWF3OC-6GD). I also ordered a PSU with enough power output to run this card. But it has not arrived yet. So I used my older PSU to run my new card and it's way below the power requirements. Power out put of my FSP Hexa+ 550; I can...

Hey, so I have an MSI gt72s which comes with raid 0. I however purchased it with one ssd so the raid wasn't set up. Now I have 2 pcie m.2 samsung 950 set up in it and am trying to set up raid. Whenever I access the bios and change from ahci to raid when it reboots it would let me access the raid...

I don't remember where, but this YouTuber said that in order for your CPU to be at it's peak performance and without much stress, you're looking for flat(ish) logical core graphs in task manager. Mine have a bunch of spikes in my cores (pictured here) and is constantly running at full...

I know that this question has been asked before, but I still cannot make my choice. I just upgraded my system from a Phenom II X4 955BE to a FX-9590. I know that the cpu overheats and an Intel cpu may be better but I bought (used) the CPU+Mobo (Gigabyte GA990FXA-UD5) for 190 Euros and I believe...

Grandpa needs a newer pc. My dad suggested this one for him http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-m32-pc-amd-a8-6500-1tb-hdd-6gb-ram-hd-8470d-graphics-windows-8-1-m32bf-ca004s/10298737.aspx?path=452303cfd6858e3e12a567cc618f78bfen02 Seeing if anyone can beat that price/performance...

Hello Comunity, its time for a hardware upgrade in my PC, but the market is flooded for brands, speds and latency speeds, and in my case, i complete lost my actual build is: CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 w/ 2 Cooler master JetFlo. Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth...

Im looking for a laptop that will play arma 3 smooth that cost 300$ to 450$

I recently bought a new GPU, 980 Ti (reference). Currently i have a pretty shitty CPU, that definently bottlenecks my GPU. So i have decided to buy a new CPU. Problem is, my motherboard only support LGA 1155 CPU's. I have found out that this type of CPU's are no longer being developed, and i...

I have searched for a resolution to this but if I missed something I apologize Backstory: first started to have issues after upgrading from a 660ti to a 970 and a 6100 to a 9590.after doing this upgrade, I started to have stuttering mid-game so I reinstalled windows 7 to a different hdd. After...

Hello everyone, Before telling you about my fears and doubts, here are my current specs: -RAM: 16 GB (2 x 8) -Windows 7 64-bits -Processor: AMD 8350 8 core 4,0 Ghz -GPU: AMD Radeon 290x with 4GB memory -DirectX11 -Monitor: ASUS VN247H-P So, I've tried playing Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age...

Hi, Until now I had a rather mid-range PC which could run most games on medium performance and I have enough money to upgrade. I want to buy a Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 256bit, and I'm asking about the CPU. Because I don't really think my AMD FX-6100 will be enough for this card. What do you...

So I am currently running windows 8.1 and want to upgrade to windows 10 but I have just one concern. If i upgrade from 8.1 to 10 without purchasing windows 10 from a store and my computer HDD crashes or i need to reinstall windows 10, where would you get a product key? Meaning you update from...

This is my psu i was wondering if it has sufficient amps and rails to power a 295x2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438007

Hello, I am hunting for a new mouse. I am a "finger tip gripper" i believe. I like a shorter mouse (shorter than 40 height, that my current mouse is), and not wide. Also, the *special* part, I have pretty *bad arthritis*, and use computer a lot, game quite a bit. I currently have a 2009 Razer...

Hey Guys, I would like your opinion about some motherboards. The ones i was thinking about are: Asus Z97-A, MSI gaming 5, Gigabyte gaming 5, or Asus Maximus VII hero although i don't think that i might use all of it's potential . Thank you for your help.

Hello Everyone , I've seen that there is one DVI , 1 x hdmi and 3 x display ports in GTX 960 (Strix version) , and my monitor has only VGA adapter socket so if i use vga --dvi adapter will it work ? and also there are display ports in the gpu and i dont know their working can anyone describe it...

I recently bought a 500gb 850 EVO to put into a laptop. To be clear the drive works as a storage drive and is detected by windows via USB and Sata everytime on both my desktop and laptop without the windows clone. However when i clone windows onto the SSD(using samsung data migration), it is NOT...

I've just purchased a Samsung 4K television and was wondering if borderless window use was damaging it. I have a 290x 8GB graphics card and it supports 3840x2160 at a 30hz refresh rate in fullscreen with v-sync on. When I switch to borderless window, it doesn't use the v-sync and the FPS...

Hello, I am 14 years old and am looking to get into music production. I want to get a pc or a laptop but I don't know which one to get. I would prefer a laptop but if a desktop is best then please tell me. My budget is 900 aud. I am going to be using fl studio if that helps. Tell me if you need...

Hello,my friend got a new pc and he is trying to install the drivers for the WiFi adapter but his disk drive does not show anywhere.could i put his hard drive in my pc and install the drivers that way?

Hi! My dell laptop began to restart before accessing the windows.. I thought it's software problem so I tried to install new windows.. But it didn't continue.. It stops while setup is starting.. So I started to look for a hardware problem.. And I found that the cpu fan isn't working.. So i...

Having pulled my hair out (and i don't have much to pull) trying to load Win 7 from USB i finally fell upon this forum. And thank god i did. Changing from USB3 to USB2 solved the problem in the blink of an eye. Only took me 3 days to figure that out. I salute you very clever people out there.

I've used a Toshiba P70-A0LX for 2 days and have been receiving the message which asked me to install Intel Display Driver version 9.17.10.3223 and 10.18.10.3308. I've done it again and again but the driver didn't install at all. Please tell me if there is anything I can do? Could there be...

I bought new Graphics card "Zotac Nvidia GTX 660 2gb DDR5 192 Bit".. I connected with current psu 450 watts local psu..but it is not powering up. I think new gpu requires 2 power pin connectors but i have only one. I though of buying new PSU ..this one...