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Hi folks, just looking for a little advice. Can anyone recommend me a freeware backup tool that will backup a specified set of folders or folder on a schedule but retain each backup rather than overwrite? It only needs to be locally saved. Simply, I want to set a schedule of, say, six hours...

I am getting the message shown above while turning on a Dell PC. Without digging into the Laptops specs (yet). Three things have happened. Replaced a router, plugged a LAN cable into the Laptop AND uninstalled a piece a software I had never seen before called Lava Soft Web Companion. I know...

Hi, I'm PC_GLADIATOR. I'm a new member of this forum. I'm currently working on building a family tree and I'm looking for a (if it's possible freeware) pc software to use for genealogy (creating family tree). Can anybody recommend a best solution to me? I will accept any suggestions. If there...

I've been meaning to upgrade my motherboard and processor for a while, but I can't seem to choose what motherboard to go with. I'm not sure which ones are too overkill for an i5, but i still want good features and I don't really want to go over $200. Which ones would you recommend?

I just bought all the parts for my first gaming pc i am a complete noob but i know a little , anyways i plug everything up and not a peep , it happened before and i returned the mobo and got a new one and same thing , i tested the psu on another computer and it comes on , am i hooking something...

I'm looking for gaming benchmarks for a computer with a 8600k i5 CPU, with no video card.

Hi, After I installed my graphic card, I cannot screw back the GPU door/panel at the back of the case (pic attached). Anyone knows how to fix this? Thank you in advance!

The screen is broken on my computer so I HDMI to my tv and when i started the factory reset it no longer shows on my tv what do I do

Now, I have a brand new PC and a spare 9500 GT ZOTAC from an old build, so i tested C15 benchmarks, and the results were that the IGPU performs better than the Graphics card, which i understand because the Zotac is pretty old. But when its about playing videogames, i get better frames, as an...

I posted a thread a while ago when this issue started but it has only gotten worse. My issue first started several months after I upgraded my PC. I bought a new Motherboard, CPU, GPU, and RAM, so practically I built a new PC. Everything was fine and work perfectly until I started to notice that...

Hi all, I recently fried my old board with an ESD so I decided to upgrade. With a clean install of windows 10, my PC now tends to just crash desktop after some gameplay in a couple of games. I have had no problem playing Blizzard titles for a good chunk of time, while stuff like DOOM crashes in...

Hi, i am planning to oc my fx 6300 to 4.3 at my Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P motherboard. is it okay to overclock on that motherboard because i heard not all mobos are good for overclocking

Hi all! I have the zalman z3 plus case and i am thinking to install a 240mm aio cooler with the radiator in the front.My case already supports dual 120mm fans at the front but the hdd bay limits the acess from inside (fans are mounted on the exterior).So i thought that if i took out the hdd bay...

So I currently have an old laptop that I don't use for my school anymore, so I thought that I'd set it up with my TV to stream movies. However, it's sometimes being really slow, and not responding really well. So I was thinking that instead of running windows it might be better with a linux...

So with my $1000 budget, im thinking of either the Asus ROG Strix GL753VD or the Asus FX502VM. Both are $999, here are specs. Asus Fx502vm: CPU Intel Core i7-6700HQ (4-core, 2.60-3.50 GHz, 6MB cache) RAM 8GB (1x 8096MB) – DDR4, 2133MHz GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB GDDR5) HDD/SSD 1TB HDD...

Hello. so I just bought a computer with an i7 7700k and ive only tried to play it on csgo now and the temps were jumping from 56c ish to 83c up and down again now I want to ask if its a normal temp for this specific CPU btw it was running on 4.5Ghz

Hello, I wanna get a new video card because my R9 270x broke, should I get the gtx 1060 3 gb or amd rx 470. Also is the msi h110m motherboard enough? Am I gonna need another fan for longer gaming sessions? Also, that means that I have to decide between amd relive and nvidia shadowplay since I...

I apologize if this is taboo topic on this website but I am having a serious issue while downloading torrents. I have been torrenting for years with no issues. I recently bought a new PC and ever since then when I am downloading a torrent, at random times is starts to slow down my PC until it...

I built a pc with a Gigabyte GA-H110M-A, and when I boot it, it shows a black screen (not a no signal screen) and I cannot access the bios, but all fans spin. I couldn't install an operating system onto it because I cannot access bios.

Ok, for the past week my computer has been slowing down. I got to task manager, and saw that RAM was 3.5Gb/4Gb full. I looked on the processes tab, and if you add it all up, it wouldn't even take 1Gb RAM. However, i already checked with Mbam and it didnt find any viruses. What do i do?

Hey, i have a 2 month old pc. Last night it was on standby and didmt recover so i turned it off. Ever since then i hav been trying to turn it on but its not. The motherboard shows that its recieving power(button lights are on) but the pc itself isnt turning on. The motherboard is gigabyte z170x...

ftp://ftp.ts.fujitsu.com/pub/mainboard-oem-sales/products/mainboards/eol/eol_classicdesktop/datasheets/D2xxx/DS_D2811-A.pdf I do know that the motherboard can handle 16GB of RAM so I also need a cpu that can handle that 16GB's of RAM. (I'm doing this project for fun and I know building a new...

So I'm building a PC with these configurations. CPU - Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz GPU - Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Super JetStream (6GB, 192bit) RAM - 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2133MHz, Kingston HX421C14FBK2/16, 1.2V Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 What PSU should I go for? I just want it to do the work.

Hello, everyone. How is your day and evening. I have a question about Mbps and the internet provider Xfinity. Time Warner cable charges $49.99 a month for Up to 20Mbps and 20+ channels.. I am pretty sure that is what my Mom has currently. My Download is 20Mbps and Upload is 2Mbps. If we go with...

Hello everyone, I recently upgraded a Dell Optiplex 745 with a Q6600 and GT 730 1GB GDR5 and it has 4gb of ram. Now, after installing windows 7 (with no gpu drivers) I could play 4K video easily on youtube with no lags. On windowd 7 I couldnt install the GPU drivers so I changed to windows 10...

Hi guys, I guess it's something pretty simple, but not really for me... All I'd like to know is if GTX 980 video cards' and/or AMD Radeon series and the once to come out after (double fans once) would fit my desktop case or they will be too big for it if i was to buy a new video card in the...

Does the zotac gtx 960 work with windows 8.1 pro

Hello All, I am looking to upgrade my monitor and need your assistance in deciding the same. I have been looking at the Asus VG248QE and the Acer Predator XB271HU as the 2 probable options. I am unsure if I should really spend big bucks for the Acer Model right now. Its still pretty expensive...

I'm trying to decide between buying an i3-6100 + GTX 950 and buying an i5-6600/6500 and buying a GPU later. Which one would be better in the long run? On one hand, I wouldn't have to spend all of that money on upgrading to a better processor so soon if I went for the i5. On the other hand, I...

Hello everybody, I am doing my first pc build and I would like someone to check whether my components will work. Should I use a Radeon R9 390x or a Geforce GTX 970? Motherboard MSI Z170A PC MATE CPU intel i5 6600k 3.5GHz GPU MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G Power source Fortron FSP650-80EGN 80PLUS GOLD...

I have a set of Bose companion 2 speakers that plug directly into headphone port on my custom built computer. I have had them for roughly 2 years and over the last few days there have been instances where they will make a static sound or just stop for a second or 2. The speakers have been...

I need help with the new build. Everything has set up fine so far. It's the MSI H170 mobo and windows 10. After installing the windows 10, I then inserted the mobo cd with drivers and installation, all the drivers are up to date within the mobo. I have it wired directly to the modem but it still...

Just put a new Crucial SSD in my SATA3 connector and now it seems my computer wont boot to windows anymore. My Samsung EVO 850 SSD that runs my OS is still being detected, but when I go to select that drive to boot off of, it comes up with a bios message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device."...

Hi, So my GTX 780 is giving me problems. The last two weeks I've been getting random black screens while gaming. After that,I can't see a thing on my screen(usually the PC is still running with whatever applications running in the background) and I have to forcefully shut down. Now, I've tried...

Alright, so I've started the planning process for a new build I plan to do next week or so on and I'm deciding wether or not to go with an FM2+ socket 860k or the AM3+ socket and grab a 6300, I know with the FX 6300 I'll have more upgrade room because of AM3+/AM3 and I know with FM2 + I'll be at...

AMD-FX 9370 GTX 760 SLI I used to get around 200-250 FPS in CS:GO but now I only get around 80-110. My temps are great, around 30-40c when gaming. I don't know what the problem is and please don't give me any BS about how 80-100 fps is good enough, I want my PC to run as fast as it can.

I read somewhere that it would shorten the life of the SSD and that the Over Provisioning will only benefit the last partition. I have a 250GB Samsung 840 Pro and the OS only needs about a 60GB partition.

I was watching a youtube video and my computer suddenly switched off as it it was been switched off at the wall but both my monitors were still on. When I try to turn it on, the rear fan, the psu fan and the gpu fan all start to spin but then stop. My cpu cooler and front fan do not spin at...

Good day! So my laptop is dead already for about a year and I pulled out the hard disk. I plugged it in my computer as an internal disk again, and checked it using HD TUNE Pro. Here are the results: Can I still trust this drive? Thank you!

Hi all ... noob question incoming (sorry) I understand speed step (CPU will throttle down if not needed) I understand Turbo boost (CPU will throttle up if needed) So when my PC is 3.3Ghz with turbo to 3.6Ghz.... why is the CPU speed not just 3.6Ghz? since It seems it can throttle down to...