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So 3 weeks ago i bought a new PSU and new graphics card for my factory made pc. I bought this hp-2056sc 2 years ago. After a week struggling to get them to work i finally was able to start the computer. I didn't hear any sounds or beeps, it just turned on. PSU was working, graphics card's fans...

My Lenovo Ideapad 400 Touch using Windows 8 recently restarted on its own but instead of rebooting normally it took me to a blue screen with two options for start up, either doing a factory reset or startup using an image file which I could browse and find. Because I had no idea what this image...

I recently downloaded a game from Aeria Games which is a legit game site. I started playing the game and within 20-30mins ish, the bsod would pop up. This just recently had started happening, I've never had this problem with this game site before or any other game sites. I have a Windows 10...

Hi. I m planning to buy a new PC and i don t know if i3 4170 with GTX 950 ( 8Gb RAM)will be good way ? I don t know if i ll be able to run-for example- GTA V in med or med to low, med to high settings in 60( or near around 60) FPS. Thanks for answers

Hello I have windows 10 my ram is corsair vengance lpx 2x4gb 2666mhz set to 2133 default i get no rerrors when playing (not even when black ops 3 uses up all my ram but when windows updates i get memory management error every time i run windows built in memory tests and thoes found no errors...

I need advice. Keyboard: Jupiter 50 keyboard http:// Computer: Macbook Pro Speakers: Genelec 8000 http:// I would like to connect my Keyboard And Laptop to speakers or headphones, so that i could listen to sounds from my laptop and play and hear my keyboard at the same time. Either through...

I'm planning on putting a computer build together that will play the majority of PC games out there at 60 fps at 1080p resolution. I need a good Intel CPU to go along with it and one that won't bottleneck the 390. I was thinking that i5-4460 might be a good choice. Does anyone have any other...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of building my first computer. And was wondering about your suggestions for a micro atx board and cpu. I already have some stuff, Asus gtx 750ti oc GPU, corsair cx600 PSU, some sata wd HDD I already had and a Cool Master hyper 212 evo cooler. So the board and...

I have a MSI 2AE0 motherboard and I am wondering whether a GTX 750Ti will fit into it! Thanks

Hi Guys, My rig as follows: intel i5 4670 Gigabyte b85md3h motherboard 2x4gb ddr3 ram 1 TB seagate HDD 1 dvd rw drive geforce gtx 970 i am planning to buy psu for my rig and i am planning to buy the psu from below link, so please let me know whether it is good choice or not...

I'm in the process of upgrading my case's fans -right now LianLi Armorsuit PC P80 with stock 140mm-blue led-noisy-fans-, and after a bit of research I've found this Alpenföehn WingBoost 2 that seems to match perfectly with my needs: dead silent -underlined because that's my main priority here-...

I got a AMD Athlon X4 760K processor and i want a new MB because my current is just plain bad. I am on a budget but that isnt much of a problem i just dont want a 150 dollar MSI supa dupa x999999 elite motherboard :P. A red and black color pattern whould be nice but isnt a requirement. Anyone...

As the title states i'm looking for a good gaming headset. My budget is $250 (no more) and the headset would be used on PC and Xbox One. Please list a few good ones! Thanks!

Hey guys, I have an older Macbook Pro 17''. My hard drive just failed on it. And I've looked at upgrading to one of the newer macbooks, but I REALLY like having a 17'' anti-glare screen. Which they don't make anymore. I don't want to just replace the hard drive, because the processor and ram...

Hello there! I need your help. Today I was playing Minecraft and it crashed multiple times than ever before, Its bad enough that I only get around 15-25 Fps. I grew tired of not being capable of running most games and refraining from buying what I wanted but today I decided I wanted to upgrade...

Building a $1300 CAD gaming build in a few weeks and this is what I've come up with so far. I'm planning on oc the cpu to 4.5+ GHz. Looking for tips on better parts or anything in general. PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/X6JWTW Price breakdown by merchant...

hi there, i got a new pair of ram 2x2gbs ddr2, and when i put thrm on my pc only found 3005 mb of ram instead of 4gb, with resource monitor saing 1040 reserved... my hardware is intel core 2 duo 6600 and my VGA is a 2gb amd radeon 5055 i think... and also the sound is off..soooo when i tried to...

i'm planning to build a cheap server, a couple xeons in the LGA771 socket, but i can't find any coolers that will cool effectively, and it needs to be cheap too. on to the important stuff: i have a couple of stock AMD coolers laying around, and i'm wondering if it would be possible to glue the...

hello community i have an a10-6800k and im into upgrading it mobo+cpu i was sure that i wait for skylake since my a10 can hold prety good now but then i saw the intel LGA 2011-v3 cpus are not so expensive here: i7 4790k=i5 4690k= i7-5820K they are roughly the same price here no kidding all...

are my benchmarks normal? http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6783921? specs in signature

I want to know the best motherboard for 1150 socket, not feature wise but durability and less DOA or boot or i don't know what else problems, since i bought 2 asus motherboards and both started to become faulty (fried usb's, damaged pci slot from factory, and blue screens of death) I dont really...

Approximate Purchase Date: Next few weeks. Budget Range: Want to keep it under 300 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming Movies The rest Are you buying a monitor: Nope Parts to Upgrade: Motherboard/CPU/Memory <---1 of those Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred Website(s)...

Click on the icons and nothing happens. Cant open firefox in safe mode either. When I boot the computer in safe mode and try to open Firefox I get the error message, "The instruction 0x001c1aa4 referenced memory 0x00000000. Memory could not be read."

i wanna know if a gigibyte gtx 970 will work with a cx600m psu. the only reason im asking is beacause the gigabyte version requires a 8 and 6 pin power connector and the psu has a 6+2 x2 power connectors. idk if that mean it will work together as this is going to be my first build

Hello Should I buy Illustrator CS6 for cheap or should I go with the Illustrator CC subscription service for 20 dollars a month?

Hello, So I'm building my new pc... I managed to find 2 SAPPHIRE TRI-X r9 290's for the price of 1 GTX 970. The original case i wanted to buy was the NZXT source 340 (s340) because its just a goddammn beautifull case and fits my needs... atleast that was for one gtx 970. Now I'm worried my 2 r9...

In this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4#t=33m00s He plugs his monitor into the GPU, as my monitor doesn't use a USB it uses the slot like the one under (The one where you have to screw two things in on each side) That will still go into the GPU right? Is there a difference...

I recently installed a new MSI GTX 970 and 8 more GB of ram. At first I ran into a strange issue where my computer would restart itself whilst playing games and come up with some ASUS anti-surge protection. After googling I found out the majority opinion was that it was safe to turn this feature...

Im looking for new gpu for my PC, which I can use for 2-4 years for games My specs are: Power Supply - Corsair VX 450 RAM - 2 x Corsair 1333MHz 2GB DRR3 Motherboard - H55M-UD2H CPU- Intel Core i5 750 2.67GHz GPU - AMD Radeon HD 5670 (Dedicated memory is 512 MB) Also can I buy same RAM I...

Hey Guys i am looking at buying an Microsoft surface 2 and am wondering if this is the RT or Pro http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Surface-2/productID.286902800 Thanks -Josh

Is the Sonos playbar and sub worth getting for a computer ? is it not overkill for a pc ?

Hello everyone! I bought a new computer for about 8 months ago from a company in Sweden (komplett.se) that build a lot of computers. I didn't have time to properly use it for gaming much back then but lately I've been using it more. Unfortunately I don't really feel that it gives me the smooth...

I'm looking to buy a Fractal Design Define R4 and the specs list 120/140mm fans as being compatible. Does that mean that there are only holes drilled to install those two sizes? Sorry, I'm new to PC building. The case is here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=11-352-020 The fans...

So I was wondering how to stress test a cpu. I have read that prime 95 is a good program to stress test with, but when you are about to start the torture test there are three options, so which should I take? 1. Small FFTs 2. inplace large FFTS 3. Blend After I have chosen, how long time should...

I'm wondering why a 4gb GPU has a less effective Memory Clock than a 2gb GPU: Less effective Memory clock with 4gb: 1)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127748&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= 2 examples of 2...

Hey everybody first off, english is not my native tongue, so i want to apologize if this question has already been answered in the past and i was not able to handle the search functions well enough. I tried to boot my system this morning, but i can't get past the inital start screen of the bios...

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade an old PC from 1GB to 2GB of RAM. 1GB = "512MB 1xR8 PC2-4200u-444-11” 2GB = "1GB 2xR8 PC2-4200u-444-11-B1" Does the “B1” signify incompatibility? The PC is Advent T9307 with MSI mobo with 2 memory banks. Thanks W

My computer has a AMD 8350 w/ sli gtx780's. Does anyone forsee any issues gaming with this Monitor? Would it be better to buy it now through Newegg or wait on Amazon?

Hello overyone.I am new here and i have a big prob here! I open the pc and it says usb overcurrent status detected! I removed the front usb cables and restarted the pc nothing happend plz help

I have finally decided on the following parts that im going to pick up this week PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3jZiy Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3jZiy/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3jZiy/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core...