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I did some alot of research for my originally £600 gaming pc which turned into a £700 pc, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bKg6kL do you think the parts/specs are good?

Hey all, So I just upgraded from a GTX 960 FTW edition to a 970 SSC and was Doug some regular and OC benchmarks today. I got a stable OC using precision X at +155 core clock and +170 on memory. Was getting around 1548mhz running Valley Benchmark. However after finding the right OC and it lasting...

I recently upgraded to an SSD, I don't know if this is related. While my PC was idle, it shut down for some reason (probably updates). I came back to an "Updating Windows" screen -- the exact screen used when installing, that big circle icon with a percentage. I have never had a computer boot...

I recently got a new machine and decided to take apart my WD Nas drive and use the drives in the new machine. Initially i set these up in Raid 1 (mirroring) but I was seeing poor read and write speeds (25MB/s read and 3Mb/s write on 50MiB files according to CDM, but slowed to ~1.5Mb/s in real...

Hi everyone, i own a r9 280 and atm i have a 600w cooler master psu and i am planning on buying a second one so can anybody tell me if 600w is enough or i should buy a 700w? any help appreciated :)

Hi i currently have a 7950 which is turning 4 years old now and its almost ''dead'' since its been crashing and acting weird so im looking for an upgrade. I have a coolermaster silent pro gold 600W PSU so i excluded the 390 for my purchase. I cant get any 960 for 250 euros and for 970's i really...

I just received a lenovo laptop for work, and i can't get it to turn on. I hit the power button, the harddrive and everything turns on but the screen is completely black. Before I go running to my supervisor, I just want to make sure I am not overlooking something.

I'm looking at getting a new monitor and was looking at the Dell e2414h 24" monitor and just wanted to know if it's good? Is DVI as good as hdmi?

I have a problem with a new PC build. These are my specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte Gaming 5 Z97MX Power Supply: Corsair 600W SSD: SanDisk SDSSDA-120G-G25 SSD 120 GB CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K Processor (3.5 GHz, 6 MB Cache, LGA1150 Socket) Case:Corsair CC-9011070-WW Carbide Series Air 240 Graphics...

i am using intel xeon W3550 from past 5 years but recently i am experiencing a bit drop in performance, i downloaded real temp and checked the temperatures they were idling at 75to80 c and when at load they were over 100. i then opened the case and removed the cpu, cleaned it and applied...

Hey guys , as the title says i m looking for opinions on this particular setup im planning to buy Motherboard: GA-970A-UD3P (rev. 1.0) Vga: ASUS GTX750-PHOC-2GD5 2GB Ram: Kingston HyperX DDR3 Savage 1866MHz 8GB KIT (2x4GB) CL9 Red Cpu: thinking about fx 8350 or 6300 mostly since there is a...

Hello before few days i had an error that was similar to this one but it was saying "Graphics driver stopped working and was restarted" or something like that and everytime i played the game it freezed for some time and then unfreezed again. I realized that it happened everytime that temperature...

Here is my specs Ga-78lmt-usb3 rev 3.0 Asus r9 280x Fx8350 4gb ddr3×2 Psu corsair 650w Win10 I had my motherboard replaced as it had heating issues...i was using my old board for the moment after i got my new motherboard the northbridge is still hot whenever i play fifa the pc restarts and...

I was fortunate enough to acquire a computer that has windows xp and a few months after I got it I got this error one day just surfing the web boot.dta or something like that now all I get is the Hal.dll I have a windows 8 operating system disk but have no idea how to install it with this error...

Hello community, I have a basic digital TV antenna and I believe that it does not give me max reception for my area. I am interesting in knowing whether or not signal amplifiers/boosters really are effective or is it just a waste of money? Also if you believe they do help, which ones are the...

I have a 6 year old Toshiba, running with Windows Vista. About a week ago I turned my laptop on and the screen went to like 20% brightness, despite all the settings being at 100%. Closing and opening the lid fixes it, but only for a bit. Anywhere from 2 seconds to the next time the lid is...

I put the free upgrade onto the usb if that helps.

I have Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO heat sink, and i wanna upgrade my processor to an i7 but i need a mother board that can hold the heat sink and the processor. Can anyone help me out.

Yesterday I upgraded to Windows 8.1 from Windows 7 and now my hard drive is missing. I have a 24 GB SSD and a 500 GB hdd. The 500 GB is missing. It shows in Bios and in device manager but is NOT showing in disk management. So I can't just rename it and change drive letter, since it is not...

Looked around. everyone says its overheat. I checked with multiple virtual and physical means, its not overheating. Only seems to die when trying to open higher quality games. though it's getting worse. I cant even play stuff like Gmod anymore. If it's not 2d it kills me. basically.

Hello guys, I have one important question. Today my Asus GTX 970 came, and I noticed it has 8 PIN plug, my PSU has 6+2 PIN cables(from one cable, comes 2x 6+2 PIN cables, its bequiet P10 550W). Looks like this. http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150707/ys5slcoh.png So i connected one of those...

When I am playing a game, I see horizontal lines moving down my second monitor. Main monitor using HDMI and my second monitor is using one cable VGA to DVI-I. I don't think that it happens when I use a VGA/VGA into a DVI adaptor then into my GPU. Is there a difference between that? Why is it...

Hello! I was wondering if the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 is software or hardware RAID? Looking at a PCIe RAID Controller but not sure if it would be worth it? Also any recomendations on which controllers are best? Cheers

Which is better for just casual gaming, I honestly don't care about a 144hz refresh as I can only see 60. am I going to enjoy a curved experience a lot better? Both are same price and same res, so which is better?

I need a laptop. My only requirements are that it a) Can run CS:GO at lowest settings at 50+ fps b) It has an HDMI Port c) It is $300 or less. Thank you for any reccomendations

Hi there, I'm thinking about purchasing "Razer Deathadder Ergonomic Gaming Mouse" because I seen a lot of good opinion about this mouse as well as it's in my budget. Only problem is that I need a new mouse pad because my current one is old. Do you guys know any good mouse pads which I can use...

Hi, so I am going to build a new computer and my first, I just want some advice on the build. I mainly am building it for overclocking and future upgrades such as SLI, or better parts. I just want some advice on this build as I decided to increase my budget. Should I go with the new build for...

- Hello everyone, So I am updating my Windows 7 Ultimate PC, and the task bar still looks like that of Windows 98. Any ideas? - Thanks, Cheez

Just trying to get a feel among the masses, which is better for graphic design, AMD or Intel? I have looked over a dozen different articles and none of them can singularly point to a unanimous conclusion. Some of the dated articles mentioned how until Bulldozer dropped on the AMD CPU's they...

Okay so... A few weeks back my Lenovo Z570 laptop died. I had just opened a new browser tab, and everything suddenly turned off. Instant black screen, not even a gradual shutdown. I tried rebooting, and looked up several tricks such as the 'hold down the power button for 30 seconds for 30...

My specs Ram: 512 mb Motherboard : Asus a8n vm csm processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ i want to play game like far cry 2 and 3 resident evil 4 and 5 call of duty 4 modern warfare but my motherboard have 256mb graphic

Hi every one.Here are 7 computers that I want to clean and install fresh windows installation in all of them. Now they're connected to a wireless network. So when will I do the job I have no idea how to regroup all the systems again. I never had work network jobs and it is the first time.Also I...

Hello, Right now I have zotac gtx 770, and I'm planned on buying a msi gtx 980. So my question is, can these 2 video cards work together?

HI everyone, My build is the following: Mobo: -GA-Z97M-Gaming 5 - Latest F4 bios pre-installed. CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k 1150 LGA Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Gaming Memory Video Card - Existing Geforce GTX 650 Ti OC Been a while...

will i get 480gb of storage if i have 4 ssds in raid 0 or will the total storage be 120 gb? im considering this solution because im building a pc made for speed and compact. wondering if raid 0 is worth it or if i loose space and only get 120gb of space over 480.

Hi there, UPDATE: I guess I didn't make it clear originally that I am ready to do a FRESH install today but need some advice to be sure I do it correctly. I've had nothing but problems with this motherboard. Recently I did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional 64bit, but still running into...

Hey all! I have my pc build list complete, and I've ordered every piece except for the motherboard and keyboard. I want to go try out keyboards in a store to see what switch type I'll prefer, but when it comes to the motherboard I'm a bit stuck. Here's my list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G2hRhM...

Is it worth the money? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M83-Small-Form-Factor-Pro-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Core-i7-4770-Quad-Core-Processor-4GB-Memory-1TB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-7-Professi/32427604 I really waned an alienware.. but it costs a lot my budget is only 500 - 600.

Gaming Computer by BloodLine Already bought the parts except Grapics Card... Some parts might be not really needed or not essential but this is how much I spent for my Gaming PC... I'm from Philippines... Processor:Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Php 8050.00...

Today I put my computer to sleep. About half and hour later I can to it and it was off and purely would NOT start to power up. I tried resetting the strip it was on. Unplugging it for good measure. Nothing. So I pulled the graphics card. The computer booted fine. So I believe a bum card but I...