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  1. A

    Motherboard vs gpu

    I want to know if its better to use my money more on my motherboard or my gpu. My choices are the Asus - PRIME B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX with the zotac mini rtx 2060 or the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK / Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING with a zotac mini gtx 1070. Here is my build without the motherboard and...
  2. F

    Need tips for optimizing my PC

    From the results I have from UserBenchmark, my PC performs way under compaired to other PC with the same components : https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/13603025 Seems like I have a high CPU background and probably heating issue. I removed the thermal paste recently and ordered a new SSD. I...
  3. N

    [SOLVED] Budget i7-7700 MOBO $60-$100

    The title says it all looking for a good i7-7700 Mobo for $60-$100
  4. C

    Updating my BIOS (which format)

    Troubleshooting my PC trying to narrow down a black screen issue, heard there are some big risks with flashing up your bios, just wondering which format you flash drive need to be and which file in the bios zip folder to drag over to flash! thanks MSI z87m mobo
  5. O

    My pc doens't read my SD card randomly

    My sd card doesn't show up on my pc for some reason, it happened before but i just restarted my pc and it magically fixed, but nothing seems to work currently, the sd card works in both my camera's also.
  6. M

    Printer difference and which to buy

    Should i buy the HP OfficeJet Pro 6830, or OfficeJet Pro 6970? And whats the diffirence actually?
  7. T

    PC shop installed my 2x8gb HyperX RAM in Quad Channel slots but my 7740x is only 2 Channel.

    Hi all, first post, sorry if this is laid out wrong. I have an MSI SLI Plus x299 motherboard, i7-7740x processor in my system. RAM was reading as 8gb so I got sceptical, re-seated RAM and tried again... Same result. Noticed the RAM was seated in slots A1 and C1, one stick each side of CPU...
  8. M

    Use Capture Cards to Use Laptop as a Monitor/TV?

    So can I use a capture card to view gameplay in almost real-time on my PC so I don't have to buy and fit a TV in my small room? I know that it only shows a recording as if it were on an actual TV and doesn't accept input. I want to play on my old Wii so I can use actual hardware to play but on a...
  9. L

    Purism Disables Intel ME On Its Privacy-Focused Librem Laptops

    Purism is now able to disable Intel ME on its Librem 13 and Librem 15 laptops, which should give its customers some additional reassurance that the company's laptops are free from backdoors. Purism Disables Intel ME On Its Privacy-Focused Librem Laptops : Read more
  10. S

    Unable to boot PC into Windows

    Hey! Last night, my longstanding PC of several years froze, whilst browsing the internet. This is the first time it has ever frozen like this, though it has recently (last month or so) been experiencing small pauses where video and sound will freeze for a few seconds then resume. I allowed the...
  11. S

    AIO liquid cooling for 970

    To my knowledge it's down to NZXT Kraken G10 and Corsair Hydro Series HG10 N970. However recently I bought the H100i for my CPU and a big NZXT logo will looks out of place under a glowing corsair logo. The noise from my reference Zotac 970 makes the day it dies a day for me to celebrate...
  12. P

    How to use my mobile phone as bluetooth speaker/headset for my tv...??

    How to use my mobile phone as bluetooth speaker/headset for my tv...I dont have a bluetooth headset...but I love watching movies through headset...Is there any way or android application to receive my tv audio output to my phone and hear via headphones?
  13. A

    LiveKernelEvent Code 141 Error

    My PC start freezing like a week ago first i thought it was that i plugged something wrong(i open it up to clean it) so i check but every thing looks fine. The problem is that some times during boot i get the error "CPU FAN EROOR" And other time s while working or paying it just freezes> iIn the...
  14. F

    Second GPU Problem - Can't use both

    I bought Asus rx470, using along with 280x but after I installed the new one, I get black screen, 280x works normal. When I plug out 280x, rx470 work normal. I have 750 W PSU. Is the problem related with this? Thanks by advance. (MBO: Asus Z77A, Win 7, 8 GB RAM)
  15. S

    7700k bottleneck 1070

    i buy new pc i7 7700k gigabyte z270x ultra gaming 16 ddr4 2400 m.2 120+ssd 1t cs750m+gold the cpu bottleneck my 1070 how can it be i play bf1 and black ops3 and the fps droop and the gpu usage droop i dont know what to do please help
  16. J

    screen tearing at 144hz?

    Will switching from a 60hz monitor to a 144hz monitor reduce screen tearing/stutter in gaming if I run most games at 60-100fps?
  17. clutchc

    OEM PCs and AMD Graphic Cards

    Lately, I have been upgrading quite a few older OEM prebuilt PCs. Particularly, 775 socket machines. I've come to notice something peculiar about the PCs with these older proprietary motherboards... they don't seem to like the later AMD cards. Yet, they run all the newer Nvidia cards I've...
  18. B

    Hdd does not formatting(New setup)

    MSI Z170a Pro Gaming Motherboard MSI GTX 1060 6GB GPU I5 6600 CPU Corsair 80+ 650W PSU 8 GB DDR4 RAM WD 1 TB HDD When i turn on the system, EZ Debug VGA light is lighting and system very slow booted and when i open the Windows 10 format screen from USB, its very slow loading and when i...
  19. R

    Cheap CPU cooler for india

    Which cheap CPU cooler would be good for i5 6600K and MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8 GB and 16 GB ram. Remember i am from INDIA.
  20. P

    Need recommendations for pc upgrade

    Hello, I have a prebuilt acer desktop, and it does not have very good hardware. I am thinking of upgrading it so it can run some newer games. Currently I have an Intel core i3 540 and an amd radeon hd 7700. I want to get an fx 6300 with a new motherboard, plus a gtx 1060. The problem is that my...
  21. Kyle_James

    Sound Loop Crash Is back

    So its been quite a while since this has happened, but today GTA V locked up on me with the audio loop and froze my whole PC. This was an issue a while back but seemed to go away. Ill ad that I have replaced just about every component in my computer. I had these issues on my previous build...
  22. D

    R9 380x vs Nvidia 780

    Okay, so basically the Title says it all. I am looking for the best gpu for 1080p under 200, and found both of these used for around $150. Which one is better for gaming? My specs are: Intel i5 2400, 8gb 1866hz ram, 600w B1 Evga PSU, and my current GPU is a 2GB 650. Thanks!
  23. R

    Is this Budget PC build okay?

    Hi I was looking to build a budget pc. Does this look okay? (Budget around £200) No monitor needed PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£56.99 @ Novatech) Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.99 @...
  24. S

    Drive disappeared, now GPT Protective Partition and can't access.

    Booted up this morning and tried accessing some project files and found that one of my drives was just gone, nowhere to be seenl. I checked the Disk Management tool and it shows up, but it no longer is assigned a drive name has (GPT Protective Partition) next to it. I've read up and most...
  25. R

    Is it wrong to expect more performance from my computer?

    So i've recently added a graphics card to my rig, which is allowing me to play alot of games at 1080p with little stuttering. There is just something wierd that i've noticed. In a game like H1Z1 I'm playing at 720p - 1080p ish with high settings.. but on a game i use to test my rigs performance...
  26. ToxiicHydra

    Second Hard Drive Keeps Turning On then Off randomly

    Hi, I have a second hard drive in my PC so I would have 2 TB instead of 1 but when im just reading something I hear my hard-drive turn on the a few seconds to a few minutes later it would turn off, while this is barely noticeable while trying to listen to it, can not hear when gaming or...
  27. KevinS200

    Why does my internet suck!?!?

    Hey guys so i currently have Time Warner Cable i get really crappy speeds all of a sudden when i got a new motherboard with no Built in WiFi so i bought the Netgear A6210 WiFi USB 3.0 Adapter & literally get the worst possible internet ever as well as the adapter itself seems like it disconnects...
  28. B

    GT 610, GT 730, or HD6450

    Looking for a cheap card to put into a low end system. Obviously the 730 is the better option, but is it worth the extra money? All models in ddr3, not 5. (not sure if the mobo will recognize ddr5) Probably just do normal computer stuff and possibly some minor gaming (LoL). 610 6450 730...
  29. adil85

    wifi rare issue , need help

    i have a D-link router connected with 3 PC and other phones through the wifi but there is this really weird problem which i havent figured out why its happening, is that when i connect one of the phones sony Z1 to the wifi the internet goes really slow or sometimes doesnt work and when i sit the...
  30. S

    good enough for gaming ?

    Hello am on a budget around of 500 usd and i can go a little higher, but i prefer to go a little lower if there's a chance, i've seen some good of some good emtry level parts for gaming and used pc part picker to combine them all together and it goes like in this link: http:// I'd like to go...
  31. saintequila

    gigabyte h97 gaming 3 and corsair carbide 200r compatibility

    i read a review in amazon.com that the mobos usb 3.0 doesnt fit well with the usb 3.0 of the corsairr carbide 200r is it true or will it be alright. im considering the mobo because its cheap yet performs well thanks
  32. bishopi5

    bad PSU causing mobo to not detect my gpu's??

    guys i need help badly, for a while i thought my mobo may have been playing up, just stupid issues, then a few days ago, i turned my computer off, and after it shut down, everything was still on, (inside my case), both GPU's (vapor X 7970's were on, Water cooler, case fans etc) although my...
  33. Ishu Singh

    All Games crash frequently & then won't start until PC restart

    Hi All, I Build my new PC couple of weeks ago - Proc - AMD FX 6300 Board - MSI G43 GPU - nvidia GTX 670 2GB PSU - Corsair VS-550 RAM - Hynix 4GB GPU Driver - Latest 347.25 WHQL Performance is good. I'm playing Assassin's Creed Unity, Dragon Age Inquisition, Dying Light with high settings &...
  34. johnbil

    Memory Expansion Card Questions

    I think my motherboard has a short in one of the second set of memory DIMM sockets. It's an old socket 939 board and I was looking for the cheapest possible solution to add extra memory. I plan to upgrade my PC in a few months and my current system will end up as a backup so I don't want to...
  35. L

    Could my OCed RAM cause this BSOD

    Hello everyone. I've been using my OC'ed 1600 to 2400 DDR3 RAM for a while now. I've ran and passed prime95 blend test withe the overclock. I don't overclock anything else. These are the system file and BSOD I generated after the incident...
  36. I

    PC will not turn on via pc case power button

    My PC refuses to turn via the case button, but it is on, in fact it's what I am using now, I have to pull the side panel off and press the power button on my x99 deluxe mother board, (thank god for that at lest) and it turns on, all my fans are running as well as the led's on my case, I have a...
  37. B

    GTX 970 Metro Last Light FPS

    hey guys im playing metro last light at 1080p and not getting great fps at ultra im getting about 58 avg fps after turning off aa its come up to 74 but there are times where my fps falls very much it comes down to the 20s in during intense battles when there is blood and gunfire all over i know...
  38. M05K

    VSync 30 FPS Problem

    Hello everyone! I have a Vsync problem, I had been playing L4D2 with the VSync ON in-game options and sometimes my FPS drops to 30 FPS I don't know why, in the other day everything was OK! I searched in the internet and they said to use the RadeonPro VSync it's better than the in-game one. That...
  39. PsychoPsyops

    Question Connection drops frequently, but only one device.

    I have a wireless network set up in my home, provided by a Comcast Technicolor TC8305C router. The connected devices which are all connected wirelessly are: 1 desktop computer (the one dropping the connection) 2 laptops 1 iPad 2 iPhones All other devices hold the connection whilst my desktop...
  40. Slipperss

    Shadow of Mordor: What hardware is based on it's FPS, mostly?

    I've got this game a few days ago, and I was really excited to play it, I was prepared for bad fps because my computer is getting pretty old: i7-930 4.1ghz ATI Radeon 5970 (Crossfire) 12 GB ram (not sure what mhz, think it was 1100-ish) I've been fiddling around with the settings in the game...