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Im thinking about building this pc: Corsair Carbide 100R Midi Windowed Gaming Case Zotac GeForce® GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4GB Graphics Card Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz Quad Core Processor 1TB TOSHIBA SATA III 3.5" Hard Drive - HDD HyperX FURY 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz XFX TS, 650W - power...

hi, would any body like to help me sort this problem out as im not sure what i am doing,my computer is showing 16gb but only 2.97 is usable thanks jamie

It's a 50 Watt converter and the curling iron says it uses 35 Watts. However, the converter's description says not to use it with heating devices. Why? Shouldn't it be okay if it's under 50 Watts? If not, what should I be looking for...

Hey guys, This is kind of a long story, so I'll try to make it concise. I bought XCOM 2 recently, and was getting terrible performance with my Radeon HD7850. Since it's tax refund season, I sprung for an R9 380X. I had some issues with getting the card running, but a BIOS flash fixed that...

> Mainboard : Unspecified Unspecified > Chipset : Intel H61 > Processor : Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3300 MHz > Physical Memory : 4000 MB DDR3-SDRAM > Video Card : Intel(R) HD Graphics > Hard Disk : ATA Hitachi HDS72105 SCSI Disk Device (500GB) > DVD-Rom Drive : Toshiba-Samsung...

I just got my new setup up and running with some hand me downs from my friend who just recently upgraded. I have installed games like GTA V and Farcry 3 and have been having major issues. My old motherboard and processor ran these games pretty bad but at least kept the framerate consistent. With...

I have an NZXT White Phantom case, I recently bought 2 new 200mm fans to fill up the rest of the empty spots in my PC, they have blue LEDs to match the other fans in the case, but they require two connections, a connection for the fan itself and a connection for the LEDs, but I only have 1 LED...

I just got an SSD for my Windows 10 PC and wanted to do a full reset of my computer. I tried using the Windows 10 "Reset this PC" feature hoping that it would install on my SSD, but it installed on my old hard drive. Is there a way I could do the reset again and have it install on my SSD or do I...

Hello all, I'm new here on this forum but I've been scrolling through here for the past year and a half or so, trying to fix a problem that still persists with my PC but with no success. Let me first start with my specs: MSI 970A-G46 G. Skill Ripjaws X 8GB 1866 RAM (Motherboard recognizes it...

Hello there, with this build: I5 2400+ Intel DQ67SW+ 8GB 1600Mhz 4x2 Ram +1.5TB 7200Rpm Seagate Barracuda HDD+ HX620W Corsair Psu+ Sapphire R9 270X 4GB GPU How many FPS would i be getting with this build on BF4 at Ultra preset and at 1920x1080p resolution? All your answers are appreciated, thanks.

Im using Gigabyte Ga-78lmt-s2pt rev 4.1 motherboard combined with Amd Fx 6300 3.5ghz BE. using hw monitor to keep an eye on my temps n volts. Everything is fine except the TMPINs. i dnt understand which one represents which part of the cpu. TMPIN0 is my motherboard's temp. im sure. But...

Randomly my computer will either freeze up, as in display stops moving but still displays without sound or response to keyboard or mouse, or it stops displaying to the monitors but remains on and still has sounds Here is my parts list: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU...

Specs : CPU : AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4Ghz BE GPU : Asus AMD HD 7770 oc Edition in Crossfire with his bro PSU : Cooler Master Extreme 525 Watt Ram : 8 GB corsair vengeance DDR3 1600 Mhz cl9 Dual channel ( 2x4) So here's my problem, My 2nd 7770's fan is acting funny, when i first boot my PC it...

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It started two nights ago. Nothing in my setup has changed and my computer hasn't moved. I'm close to my modem, I have high fps, no ping, and 1% packet loss. I can't figure out what the problem is. And it only started recently. It shouldn't be my ISP since no other devices are affected. And...

So I can't decide R9 280X with aftermarket cooler or R9 290 with stock cooler? Is it a huge performance gap between 280x and 290? I heard, that R9 290 just unusable with stock cooler, cuz it runs too hot and too loud. I don't mind a sound, but does the heat will damage the card? Or should I just...

I don't mind AMD or Intel but I do want a good bit of memory. You can go £100 over max ($165) Ask any questions, however I can't promise that I'll understand them. I have attempted to research before but everything is mixed up, I'm willing to try again though. Thanks! :D Edit: Sorry for...

i have my acer laptop windows 8.1. And i cant access the reset page. it's just stuck on the booting loop. the (F) keys doesn't work at all.. what can i do??? i even tried to boot from a usb and cd but didn't work..

I installed a new CPU today (AMD Fx-8350) and after doing so, I've been experiencing random FPS drops when playing games, be it BF4 or any other game on the market. My GPU is a GTX 660 4GB, and I have 8GB of ram. I've read multiple problems that are similar to mine and they all mention a thing...

please help guys i just downloaded CPU-Z to to read all the details about my processor ram and gpu but when im in the ram / memory in cpu-z the frequency is 665 MHz only? i dont understand i ahve a 1866 MHz ram please help i even used another application if its cpu-z error only but when i...

First of all, are wireless adapters and cards the same? Please don't be rude, I simply am an idiot! Which card should I go for (Ignoring price): TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter or TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter What is the difference...

So I have a HP Envy 17-j053ea, it has an i7 4700mq and a sluggish 740m, so I was wondering is it possible to revive it for gaming with an external gpu? I'm not sure if It is compatible with egpus I read that the laptop needs thunderbolt support? Here is the article about it...

Hello. Some time ago i made thread about my gpu suddenly dying, and yes, it did die. Poor old 590 may rest in piece, served me well for several years. :sad: It is, however, almost summertime and i'll be done with school in a couple of weeks, so im planning on buying a new graphics card...

Hello people of Tom's Hardware I have this old power supply from Corsair that has been sitting around and I was about to throw it away when my friend asked me to use it in his computer build. It's 750 Watts and more than sufficient for what he needs to do and he's on the cheap but after building...

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I have got: GTX 745 2GB, i5, Windows 8.1, DirectX 11. Can I play black ops 2 with Windows 8.1?

dear systems builder--- I would like to connect two reset or two power (SW) buttons to my motherboard. This can be useful if the computer is 30m away in a cabinet and I sometimes want to trigger the reset while on the computer and at other times when I am sitting far away. It can also be...

do amd radeon r9 280 sapphire dual-x oc 3gb run properly on core i5-3470@3.2GHz-processor gigabyte ga-b75M-d3h-motherboard??? and is that graphics card overclocked by manufacturer thanks in advance

Torn between these two http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-213-AS&groupid=959&catid=1828 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-210-AS&groupid=959&catid=1828 I can get them both for around the same price but want to make to sure I get the best value for...

My hard drive is 288 gigabytes and 28.5 gigabytes are left. I juts got into gaming and im using this HD till I get some money to upgrade but its inexplicably full. I know games take alot of memory but I have 12 games installed which take about 100 gigabytes. The other 160 I have no clue, is it...

have 2 wireless adapters installed on a windows 8.1 machine (1 internal and 1 USB). my internet access is through a public network that does not allow printers to be connected. So instead of having a “network printer”, the purpose of the second adapter is to allow that adapter to connect to...

I have a fresh install of windows 8.1 and used system file checker and windows found no problems. The computer boots up perfectly fine and I'm using it right now. But when I try to go into advanced boot/startup, it gives me a Logonui.exe error that shows up for a second and restarts. The reason...

I turned it on but the screen is black I took the battery out restarted it and everything but it's still not working

Hi All Looking to get a PC for £5k but not sure on specs last time I knew anything really about PCs was about 10 years. So any advice or specs would be appreciated. I need to get a 4k monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers aswell within the budget.

Well, after a week of thoughts, still can't make decision on some of the parts. Here they are: ??? hull ??? Corsair CX600 (Bought) ASUS B85 Pro Gamer Intel Xeon E3 1230v3 Thermalright True Spirit 120M Samsung original 2x4096 / 1x8192 Mb 1600Mhz GIGABYTE GV-N760OC-2GD rev. 2.0 (bought) WD Blue...

Good morning all. Looking to build a good gaming rig for 800 before taxes. Parts to be purchased in the US. No monitor, keyboard, mouse, or CD drive needed. Wondering what you guys would suggest as im not very good at building.

Which one is best for budget??

SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 Dual-X or a EVGA EVGA GTX660 2GB gddr5 ACX (02G-P4-3061-KR)/EVGA GTX660 2GB GDDR5 SuperClocked (02G-P4-2662-KR) with this pc Motherboard: Biostar H61MHB CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 (2core 2.70Ghz) 4 gb ram 500 watt PSU

Hi, after upgrading to an ssd, is it necessary to re-download driver updates for my motherboard? These driver updates include, chipset drivers, SATA drivers, and usb 3.0 controller drivers. Should I download these again on my ssd or have they already been applied to my motherboard when I...

I am looking to purchase either a good microphone or a gaming headset. I have a very good set of headphones right now and I was thinking of just getting a Blue snowball mic. Now I will be using this for recording audio and talking to my friends on skype and in games. Thanks in advance!!! :)