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I've recently purchased an open box motherboard and am trying to figure out if this is something I can resolve, or if it's an issue with the motherboard itself. If I shut the computer down, then try to turn it back on either immediately or much later, the computer will power on but will not...

i just purchased a dell inspiron 3646 that has a pentium j2900 quad core and intel hd graphics. However it is only running 32mb of dedicated video ram! i need at least 64mb! first i checked dell's specification PDF and their claiming it comes with 64-256mb stock! then i checked my bios...

okay guys will this set up right here work for everyday usage, gaming, recording games at very high settings, editing/rendering, and eventually live streaming? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/vBhmD8

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/iamzenni/saved/BbXLkL I plan on doing a lot of gaming. This is mainly to be used for gaming. I would just like some insight on it? Should I change something? Will I be able to add more case fans and upgrade the cpu to a i5 in the future? And an ssd?

Hi there, I've had this problem in the past, but it resolved itself, but now it's back. As the title says, I'm having terrible frame drops every 1-2 seconds in game. I'm talking 50 FPS to 10 FPS, then, 2 seconds later, it goes back to normal. The cycle continues and continues, and makes most...

I've had my PC overheating for a little while now so i decided to buy some new thermal paste (arctic silver 5) and it didnt help, at all. Next thing i do is buy a new cpu fan as the old one was the one that came with the cpu, i purchased the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and it cooled it down a...

Hi everyone, I was hoping I could find some help. My disk space on my PC keeps jumping to 100% any time I open any application. No matter what the application, Skype, Google, steam, it jumps to 100% and stays. I've disabled super fetch and Windows search and fixed my ram settings but nothing's...

I have an an very low end laptop that spikes to 50% to 100% usage and the performance is very slow like the old days. But i only wanted to know that how i gonna make this laptop run smoother.. give me a tips or ideas specs down below and i appreciate any answer will help. Specs: Intel Atom...

Hi. Soon I will finally be ordering the parts for my gaming PC. The goal is to create a system capable of playing all the latest games at a high frame rate and in full HD. I am new to building PC's and, before I place the orders, I would very much appreciate it if someone could quickly look over...

I'm planning on purchasing TP-Link N900 wifi card that requires a PCIe X1 slot, but my mobo doesn't have one. PCIe 2.0 x16 is the only open slot. I'd like to know if the wifi card works normally in a PCIe 2.0 slot. And does it have any effect on my system because i heard that it might slow down...

Ok so I have a 1 Tb SSD and a 500gb HDD, I would like to get the best I can get everything and Im in the middle of trying to figure out how to set up these drives. Im new to pc building and am a little lost when it comes to SATA and RAID and so on... any pro tips. I have a gigabyte z170x Gaming...

Hi everyone, my system has been reboot randomly while playing intensive game (Witcher 3). Sometimes it reboot after 15 mins, another time 2-3 hours. I've been noticed that after the suddenly shut down, my system showed a weird screen of inside my BIOS (only the tittle of BIOS are shown, the rest...

is there anything that you would change? (not changing mobo, gpu and cpu) i5 6600k gtx 970 asus strix ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING  Kingston HyperX FURY 2 x 8 GB Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Samsung 850 EVO. MZ-75E250 250 GB Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1 TB Cooler Master V550S, 550W PSU corsair 200r

So recently I have been noticing a couple hickups on my PC. All of which started happaning after my Ubuntu duel boot, but I will get to that later. Lately when I get on my PC uk browse and stuff and then get off the shut down button doesn't work, like at all. It will make my screen blanck...

So I just got windows 7 ultimate from a friend. I was planning on dual booting windows 10 and windows 7. So I installed windows 7 on a partition and something bad happened. The wireless connectivity did not work. Not only that but it does not recognize my graphics card and my keyboard LED's...

Hi. I've this PSU with only one pci express and 2 molex. it's possible use the gtx 970 4 GB which needs 2 6 pin? and the 960 4 GB which needs 6 pin and 8 pins? http://www.mrmicro.es/componentes/fuentes-de-alimentacion/l-link-ll-ps-750-80-unidad-de-funte-de-alimentacion_23080/

Hello i got a gtx 970 4gb gpu and since 2 weeks ago it gets really really hot on idle/browsing internet etc it is about 30-35 degrees celcius but when i go into games (only games i play atm are gta 5 and black ops 3 and a flight sim Xplane 10) and it racks up to about 75-85 degrees and i...

My case is the Corsair Carbide Case SPEC-01 would the Noctua NH-U12S fit in this case my Mobo is the MSI 970 Gaming Mobo

So my brother gave me his monitor today because he recently purchased a new one. I tried seeing if it would work by just plugging it in with just the power cord. It works but the LG Logo would pop up for maybe 5-6 seconds then it would show the typical "No Signal" message, but then the screen...

Hi. My mouse is not booting up working when I enter windows 10 the pc boots normally but when I enter desktop the mouse does not respond until I unplug it from the usb slot then put it into a different slot then put it back into the standard slot?

I am wondering if I can use a maxtar maxoak 5000 k2 power pack with an output of 20volts/3.0amps on my viao z canvas that uses an input of 19.5 volts/3.3amps. Will that damage my battery or anything else. It's a half a volt more and a third of an amp less than it should be. Thanks, Tomt

Hi everyone, I have an older build that is currently running a GTX 750 Ti (2GB) card on a non-widescreen Samsung SyncMaster 915N (i.e. 19 inch). Any suggestions for a decent 1080p monitor? Given the limited performance of my card, 60-70HZ should be fine. I mainly use my computer for games and...

Hey guys, i'm looking to buy a new GPU and i currently found one semi-new Sapphire R9 390X Tri-X OC cheaper than the New R9 390 i can find here in my country. I'll be buying a Corsair RM750 PSU next week, so i'll have the requirments to use this GPU. But i'm thinking really about AMD Polaris...

ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX760 2GB GDDR5 256-bit, DVI-I/DVI-D/ HDMI/DP PCI-Express 3.0 SLI ready Graphic Card OC-selected 1072 MHz core Since the video card ABOVE will not play GTA V without Jerking and Stuttering and Pausing then what is the next upgrade Video card that will play it...

I have a Folder called file History on the 2nd HDD. This HDD is mainly for games and has been there since I reinstalled windows during my CPU Upgrade. It Hasn't been modified in over 6 months and was wondering if I need the file. It's not in my system32 directory or Windows directory. Can I...

Hey, I want to know if the mobo MSI Z170 Krait Gaming is compatible with the Corsair LPX 16GB 2400MHz memory using the XMP settings.

Well, I'll just give you guys my build, but I'm planning on getting VG248QE ASUS 144HZ, and I'm not sure whether I should really get it b/c of my build. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.89 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler...

Hi everyone, My unit is degraded, having 1 faulty drive. In tw_cli when doing an "info c0 u0" I see "u0-3" is the degraded drive, but it has no port assigned. How then am I supposed to export the drive to replace it?

He guys, I'm having a problem. I've changed the HDD of my HP pavilion 15 n001ed to an SSD (samsung pro EVO 850 250 gb). Now i'm trying to boot from a windows 7 dvd, but it does not give me the option to do so. I've checked the bios, CD_rom boot is enabled, and i've also prioritzed the internal...

I'm having a couple of problems with the R9 380 that I only noticed recently. The issue is that the CNEXT utility doesn't run at startup and when run manually it doesn't apply any of the changes I make. For instance, if I adjust the Video settings, nothing happens. All of the presets looked the...

What is the maximum GPU i could put in a computer with a A8 7600, that would not be bottlenecked. I have heard that a GT 610 is a good gaming card, and will still be bottlenecked by the A8. is this correct? should i go for the GT 610? can it run Crysis 3 in 720p at med-high?

Title says it all. Want a gaming rig. Need to run games on 1440p ultra.

Dec 30th I tried to buy some games in the Steam store and got an error message stating the was a problem with the purchase contact Steam Support. I have tried it through the client, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. I have done it with Paypal, Visa, and Discover and same problem. I submitted a...

Hey, I have 250GB SSD and 2TB HDD discs and a problem occured. Recently I decided to change my OS to Windows 7 Professional. I even decided to delete all the data and start with a clean shield. But after the first installation I had a few problems and since I didn't have much data yet, I decided...

"Installing the performance counter strings for service WmiApRpl (WmiApRpl) failed. The first DWORD in the Data section contains the error code." What does the error above mean?

I need this computer for gaming, video editing, live streaming, photo editing. I dont really need to explain much more, if you can get it to colour match, kudos to you.

so i got a really weird problem with my new ssd, i installed a fresh install of windows 8.1 and everything worked fine for a couple of days and now i got a problem... when i boot my pc up it loads normally but when i see my log in screen or desktop it shuts down like it has not enough power but...

i looking to buy a cheap psu with two 6+2 pci-e connectors, is the vs650 a good psu for its price? will it handle 2 gtx 960 4gb

So I've been browsing for parts for my 1080p gaming build. I managed to fit a 980ti in my budget. I checked the benchmarks and it kind of lost my interest since it's most talented in 1440p/4k. So what is the best 1080p card I can get (WITH THE BRAND.. XFX,MSI,EVGA,ETC.) for 600 dollars or less.

Looking at the note5 on ebay and saw this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-5-SM-N9208-Dual-SIM-64GB-5-7-Inch-4G-LTE-Unlocked-GOLD-/361372540381?hash=item54237b5ddd:g:lSgAAOSw5ZBWJaCP Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SM-N9208 Dual SIM 64GB 5.7-Inch 4G LTE I didn't knew the note5 had dual...