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Hey guys. Pretty much what the title says. I haven't had success with the game recording software I've tried so far. All of them either lag during recording or the final video they output is choppy and laggy, skipping frames and slowing down at points. And I mainly encounter this problem when...

Hi, i have a old hp dc7600 small form factor with a: Pentium 4 630 , 3GB DDR2 ram , Nvidia Geforce GT710 MSI Low Profile 1GB DDR3 , 80 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM. Windows Xp Pro.. I mainly use this pc for windows xp games and the one's i play work perfectly : Far Cry : 40-80 Fps Very High...

So i stressed tested my 4790k at 1.25v with a 4.6ghz multiplier and seems stable, before this I tried stress testing at 1.2v and got a BSOD, so I was wondering if I could get away with something in between 1.2v - 1.25v with a 4.6Ghz multiplier or should I just not risk it and leave it at 1.25v...

Hi everyone. thanks in advance. I have a home with a large basement apartment. The modem/router from the cable company is located in the basement shared laundry room in a cabinet with cat5 cables that terminate in the apartments rooms. There is a thick concrete wall that separates the laundry...

Hello guys. I have problem with my r9 27p graphich card. I have it 3 and half years and it was bought new. Few weeks ago I was playing RS6 and in the middle of the game screen became grey with darker grey lines on my screen. I restarted it and it worked good for few days. After some time it...

My keyboard has no power in any of the usb ports...The mouse has power in all the ports i have tried...I have tried other keyboards with the same result (made sure all keyboards worked with other computers before trying and the did so its not the keyboard itself) Also the mouse has power in all...

Ok so i have a problem: my pc sometimes crashes but it only appears a static image of what i was doing, for example in yt video it appears the frame that i froze on (idk if im making any sence). The crashes are very random: sometimes my pc crashes 8 times in a afternoon and other times none...

When I put RAM in the correct DIMM slot, A2, and B2, or the second and fourth slot, the debug LEDs for the ram sticks says no memory, but it does detect the CPU. only one 4gb stick of Ram.

Hello, I have a z87m-plus motherboard and was looking to upgrade my PSU and GPU, but I'm not especially technically minded and am not sure what I should be looking for, in particular with the PSU. My current graphics card is a GTX 760, and my power supply is an AcBel iPower 85 550 PCA013 500W...

I am in the process of rebuilding my gaming PC. I intend to sell many of the older components. Before I do the rebuild, I want to wipe everything off of my computer. That includes Internet browsing history, passwords, files, documents, operating system, etc. I want to wipe the machine so that...

Hi, this is my first post on this forum. Hopefully its posted in the right place! So, here goes. I recently built a new gaming PC. My specs are as follows: Motherboard: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/G9X2FT/msi-z270-sli-plus-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z270-sli-plus Processor...

I am not getting an IP address so what do I do now

Hi, I have two queries. 1.I would like to know whether I can clean install Win 10 Pro, using the supplied Win 10 Pro disk,in UEFI mode, in my HP 280 G2 PC which has preinstalled Win 7 Pro(Legacy).The specs of the PC are- Core i3 6100 with 8 GB RAM. 2. If I upgrade to a good discrete graphics...

I was just thinking, is there any way to connect an external GPU to a laptop without thunderbolt 3? I saw some videos on youtube but those videos had GPUs taking power from an external power supply but how does that work if its a GTX 1050ti or an RX 460 or something like that? These GPUs take...

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 ...or MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6 GB (my Motherboard is MSI 970 Gaming)

A few months ago I had a Windows 8.1 Acer laptop that said I should update to Windows 10. I'm a cautious guy and I always do updates regularly when they come out, so I did this Windows 10 upgrade. A few days passed with no issues, but then on the third day it gave me a blue screeb out of...

Any suggestions on my cable management? I've been having trouble with the heat and noise my pc has been producing. I have decided to act on my problem now because I read somewhere that high temps cause your cpu to throttle, resulting in low frame rates. Images...

So for some reasons my dog cut(ate) the internet cable, I've been changing the head with a new one, placing the colored cables exactly in the same place as before, now, my the router/moder hybrid sees the cable (so there's some electricity or something coming outta it) but no internet connection...

Hey guys. It's my first time on TH, just got a simple question for my upcoming build. I will be running an i5-6600k with the MSI B150 Mortar (to be upgraded) and want to future-proof my build as it is. Besides the current motherboard's ability to not overclock, I wish to do so in the future...

I have been searching for a good information video on how to build a PC, and most of them do not directly tell us where to plug in the cables, and they do not give me a good view of where they are putting them. As for now I know how to find compatible parts, where components go, but I have...

I built my PC in the Winter of 2009. (Original) Windows 7 Asus 6PT (USB 2.0, Sata 3GB/s) i7 940 (51C while gaming) Zalman CNPS9900 Heatsink 6x2GB G.Skill 1333 9-9-9-24 AMD 5770 (2016 Upgrades) RM750i Powersupply Fury X USB 3.0 PCI-E Creative ZxR PCI-E SSD 120GB Crucial 1TB WD Blue 2TB WD Black...

Hello, i have my computer with 8gb of ram, ddr3 1600mhz i think. My problem is that i think that it doesnt use all, it says i have 8gb and nvidia says i have 8gb(7,95)usable. But when i play very ram using games like gta v ive never seen it using it all, here is a screenshot of MSI afterburner...

I'm in college and have been looking for a tablet that works well with a stylus for taking notes(mainly math) so that its easier and neater to keep everything together. I have a few I think I might choose between but not really sold one over the other. any other suggestions? lenovo thinkpad...

Hi everyone!! I brix gaming Gigabyboughtand my problGigproblem is I can't recothe connectotthecconnector between motherboard and GPU a truetrumxm connector. I replwlikeace original and tiny «mxtimxm» connector by a wire in order to have more mobility between CPU and GPU. Do you know what...

few days ago I brought an ethernet cable, after its connected to my pc, the network sharing center only show it connected to a wireless connection but not the local area connection(ethernet) . when I go into ‘change adapter settings" it shows that the local area connection has connected to an...

This tutorial will guide you how to fix Error 301 on your HTC Vive. We have provided two solutions that will probably solve this error. If you have this problem, follow this steps they will save you a lot of time: Solution 1. Go to SteamVR > Settings > change configure directory > Select...

I just bought a new phone that is suppose to be on Verizon but cannot make or receive calls. It says no service. What can I do

Hi Guys, New to the forum so hoping this is the right place to post this, So I'll explain the current setup We have a piece of software that accesses our mapped network drives... The software has the ability to read/write to these mapped network drives. Every so often the software...

so i just got this cpu from a friend and its called IMC11 intel confidential QBPK ES 2.00GHz usa CZ09Z809 E4 is this a good CPU

Ok Ik I have a SSD 1 TB but i'm mainly gonna use that for my OS and for some games (some) For my HDD thats where almost all my files are gonna go and games. What HDD that out there would be fast and efficent for this build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zyYXmG Im currently thinking the 1tb calivar...

I was wondering, I want to do a clean install on my computer. I have a windows os disk, but I lost the key to it. So I purchased another code. My question is if I use the disk to clean install will the new key work or do I have to download and burn the iso image onto the usb and try that way?

My dad asked me today if there was any way I could help him to save my step-mother's photos onto another hard drive from his computer. He just wanted to get a 1tb hard drive to put the pictures on. We looked inside his computer and there wasn't really room for more than one hard drive. So my...

Trying to Configure DRAM Frequency my option bios gives me are: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Th5xs9ELZZC5m6-vCr_r0TDibMHwBg76NQ when set to auto, memory is set to 1000 Motherboard: asrock 970m pro3 Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM

Csgo and rocket league gets a mini freeze randomly whenever someone joins my session (especially in rocket league) . This issue has been around for a while, and i cant find any forums about it. It also stutters sometimes when a console message ends up in the text chat. (Sorry if its hard to...

HI, I have an Hp envy dv6 laptop... it came with a 32 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD... in the past when the system was new i made the SSD as the cache but the system crashed after i left the computer on standby and i had to reinstall the windows again... i don't remember much how the technician set up my...

My PC came with windows 10. I don't want to get rid of it, but some games don't work well on windows 10 and I need windows 7. All the guides I see online tell you how to dual-boot windows 10 when you already have windows 7 or 8, but not the other way around. Is it doable? Is it difficult? Is...

Hi there. I'd like to upgrade some parts or something, so I could do some PS2 and Gamecube emulation. Not really looking to play high end current gen games or anything of the sort. I have my PS4 for that lol. I just don't have room to keep my Gamecube and PS2 hooked up. I don't know how to...

Why is there a need to overclock core i5 with z170 when costs will bring the same as buying core i7 with h170 board? Speedwise i7 will be faster and more powerful. Overclocking may also possibly damage components and generate more heat. Overclocking memory will need for example a more costly...

I recently bought a new acer aspire e5-573g-56rg and by looking at the specs of the graphics card and overall specs the laptop should run most games but when I use GeForce experience it tells me that the laptop does not meet the requirements for a game as average as heroes and generals Thanks...

Would like know how to fix a power adapter rather than getting a new powe adapter?