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Hello all. I am not sure where to put my question so apologizes in advance. I found this PC on sale and I was unsure if this would be a good buy. Can someone help me out here please? My PC buddies said this is a bad buy because the company is unknown and there are no reviews of said PC. Here are...

Starting equipment: Modem: Arris SB6141 Router: Netgear WNDR4500v2 Current equipment: Modem: SB5101U Router: Nighthawk X6 R7900 PC: i5-4670 GTX 1070 8GB RAM Internet Provider: Cox Number of connected devices: 4 (3 wireless; 1 wired) The problem: Over the last week or so, our internet...

Hello, I just got my ryzen 5 1600 with wraith spire (stock cooler) with AB350 Pro4 From Asrock and I'm trying to overclock it 3.8ghz so far i have got it to 3.8ghz with 1.3v im trying to lower it after each aida64 tests but when I'm stressing the CPU Both aida64 and HWMonitor gives me different...

Is this build ok? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KZ3ff8

I have an old Lenovo ThinkPad T61 that stopped booting in September 2013. Immediately when you power it on, the LED indicators come on and the fan and HDD can be heard spinning, but it doesn't proceed further. Not even a flicker on the screen, with the screen completely blank and none of the...

Ok so i have tried everything from flashing the CMOS system to rebuilding my entire system, i wanted to clean dust as well. I rebuilt it after the video card wouldn't post for me hoping it would somehow fix it. After the rebuild and cleaning still no post. The Post beep (no display) then it...

Hello there guys and girls, I recently acquired two GTX 970 G1 gaming edition gpu's. I need a processor that will keep up with them. I would like some suggestions for Intel, however, I am not opposed to AMD. I would like to keep the price around $300-$350ish, if possible. Thanks in advance as...

i have an hp running ubuntu 16.04.2 and I can't see the screen to get into cmos. What must I change in the grub to allow me to see the start screen / cmos?

The GTX 1080ti released recently for 4K gaming, if you buy it, you will go out and buy a monitor with: Resolution: 4K Feature 1: HDR Feature 2: 75hz? 120hz? 144hz? 244hz? does it matter lol? Feature 3: ??? --->OLED???---> Missing Feature 4: Gsync or Vsync Feature 5: Widescreen curve or flat 32...

I have inteldh61www motherboard and one of its processor socket pin is broken. I have found the details of datasheet on intel website and this pin is labeled as Vcc pin (pin number is J21). When I start my PC it gives 3 beeps at start up like it has a RAM problem but my both rams are working...

I managed to oc my 6700k to 4.5ghz on 1.150v Stable on aida64 and prime95 My cpu cooler is the cm hyper 212x I tried to up my frequency to 4.8 ghz using 1.390v I dont wanna go past 1.4v My question is do i have a good cpu because i managed to oc it to 4.5 with only 1.150v? If i get another...

My friend recently formatted my laptop and now I am unable to connect it to the wifi . It is an HP envy m6 laptop. Password is correct as all other devices are being connected

We get our TV through a rooftop antenna. It's worked great for years and we get 30+ channels via the airwaves. 2 days ago we lost reception for ABC and CBS out of DC. All of the other channels are fine, so I don't think it has anything to do with the antenna. Any idea why those 2 channels...

Note that is is occurring on Wired Connection - Provide us with the make and model of your laptop (if applicable): N.A. - Provide us with the make and model of your router: ASUS RT-N56U - Provide us with the make and model of your modem: ASUS RT-AC87U - Provide us with the exact specifications...

just got the oculas rift with controller and im very impressed with it only thing is to once your control pad go out of view sensors lose them. ive being doing some digging and it seem we can have up to 4 now. i have looked on google and cant find anywhere in uk to get them, does anyone know of...

Which better to buy ips or 144z. Locol shop in my area sells a 23inch ips 75hz 1080p monitor for 150 dollars And a 2nd hand benq xl2420b 144z cause 170 dollar. Which is a better buy, i do casual gaming and watch movies with my girl.

Ok so I have an 480gb eco3 mushkin ssd I tried user benchmarks and I'm getting way Below expected performance... I don't understand what could be wrong all my hardware is updated. Ahci is enabled. It's plugged into sata 1 on the board I'm using sata 3.. I've looked everywhere and can't find...

Hey! I was installing the sp1 for win7 and I shut the pc down in the process(had to). Now when I boot it, it gives me the error:Fatal error C0000034 applying update operation numbersnumbers of numbers(00000...) The thing is that I booted the pc in repair mode, I opened notepad with cmd and tried...

Building a new PC I chose the MSI A1i mobo. Very good looking card. CPU Athlon 5350, 4MB RAM. Problems started instantly, after I made some basic changes to BIOS (not overlocking) the mobo does not starts! It start only by clearing the CMOS. I turn it back and replaced with another one, still...

Now that there are 1070 and 1080 does buying 1060 6GB worth? BTW: There's a huge cost difference between 1060/70/80.

Hi, i currently have put this rig together, and will be buying it soon, my budget was £800 so it has gone over a little but thats fine, i want to know how well this setup will run games such as Rust? Arma 3? H1Z1? if anyone can give me a rough idea that would be great! Would this system be able...

Hello Everyone. I am in the process of building a new gaming PC that can run a bunch of different games and that will last a while. What are your thoughts on this build on CyberPowerPC? I attached the overview on PCPart picker as well. Thanks! http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2WVTm8 *BASE_PRICE...

Dear all PC master race, may i ask is that possible for me to get an auto switch to different Contrast setting in monitor whenever i launch a specific game? When for normal use:My current monitor settings are Contrast at volume 50(max 100), i prefer mild level of contrast because its more eye...

Hello guys.Does my Corsair H55 will leak if I bring my PC everywhere?Or should I stick with the air cooler instead?

I just ordered two extra fans for my case and I wanted some advice on where to put them. Here's some pictures of my build for reference.

I have a Lenovo Yoga 460 with a core i5 6200U processor and Nvidia 940m. When my laptop is plugged in and charging (or full battery), and the GPU is throttling (Playing a game (Rocket League, TERA and Age of Empires 2 HD do this)), it will sleep (or hibernate?) after a few minutes (generally 1...

My room is a lot hotter that the rest of the house and what is worse is it is really dry. So I can do work on my computer I have to drink several more bottles of water than normal. Is it because I have a liquid CPU cooler?

Hi everyone. I hope maybe you guys can give me a hand here. I feel like i have set this up before without a problem and can not figure out what to do. -So what i am trying to do here is set up "local area connection" -Ethernet port. to share my wifi internet. I have a usb dongle that picks up...

Hi, I'm having some lagging with my Sketchup 2016 Pro while working on a 65MB file. My PC is very powerful - Nvidia Quadro 5000M, Intel I7-6950x and 64GB RAM. **Win10 Pro X64** Can anyone tell me if maybe I need to make some adjustments in the graphics card settings for Sketchup to run better?

I had Windows 7, and sometimes the mouse would just stop clicking on certain things. It might click inside a Chrome window, but when clicking on the Start menu or task bar, nothing happened. The only thing that seemed to fix it was to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL, and click once, which seemed to "release"...

hello :D i have been using this pc for gaming for about 5 months now and its all been fine but this past week or so i was getting crashes i have notices its only when i am gaming before it was just crashing like once a day but the past 2 day its crashing more and more even just like 10 mins of...

I am upgrading from the ASUS mx279Q to a 1440p monitor. The MX279Q is a great IPS monitor with amazing sharpness settings. I just returned the Acer Predator XB270HU, because of lack of sharpness and color accuracy compared to my previous ASUS. Does the PG279Q have the ability to adjust...

Recently I have built a PC. It has an intel i5 4690K and a R9 380X. At first everything was alright, I installed all the drivers and it ran AAA games smoothly at medium settings, but after a while I started getting massive frame drops making games unplayable even at low settings. Could my hard...

Main games played in 1080p: Ark, Call of Duty, Black Ops 3 and The Division. Location: US Budget: $800 (monitor already owned) Preferred website: NewEgg ! build color scheme must be black & green (this is the thing that really stumps me) Thank you in advance for recommendations.

Any suggestions on fixing stripped out holes on your mobo tray, it's a cooler master haf xb evo which cm sells a replacement tray but is out of stock, and my new mobo arrives tomorrow so I'd like to figure a way to fix it now, jb weld "steel epoxy putty" = fail..

I'm trying to find a 5 to 10 bay multi-drive enclosure that supports Windows Storage Spaces. I tried to buy one, but it didn't identify the drives uniquely so that Storage Spaces would support data mirroring. Anyone know of one that will work? I'm looking at these types of items on newegg...

So I narrowed it down to these two. 1) HP i5 6200U 8 GB RAM GeForce 940m 2 GB 1920x1080 FHD IPS 4-4.5 hours battery backup 2) Asus i7 4720HQ 8 GB RAM GeForce GTX 950m 2 GB 1920x1080 FHD (not IPS) Around 3 hours...

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hello i dont know much about network/pc and how does it work.before i reinstalled my windows i saw a different name pc showing up on my network but the pc worked fine and i ignored this thing,today i had lag while playing an online game and i thought its because of that pc which is connected to...

I have a 5 TB HDD that is being used to upgrade from a 1 TB HDD. I cloned the data from the original drive and converted it to GPT with mini tool partition wizard. Now when i turn on my computer and boot from the new drive it leaves me with a blank screen with a while line blinking in the top...