Gaming PCs

Hello,i have cooler master mwe 500w(http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/mwe-series/mwe-500/) got only PCI-e 6+2 Pin and gtx 1660 ti required 8x1 will it work?

Hello! Ok so, i have 2x4 gb RAM ddr4 , 2100 mhz and i bought today 2x8 gb RAM ddr4 3000 mhz...now my question is, how important are the mhz? whats the difference? all my life i thought the GB was the important part and not the mhz, but it makes me think, because other people seem to care about...

So... I bought by current computer in 2012, but did a partial upgrade about 2 years ago, changing my GPU from a Radeon HD7950 to a GTX 1060 6GB, and replacing my PSU with one that has both more power and better quality. Now, I am considering another partial upgrade of my CPU+MoBo+RAM. After...

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I'm looking for a budget 32" inch Freesync monitor that works with nvidia GPUs. I have a GTX 1060 3GB, so a 1080p monitor would be preferable. I bought AOC C32G1, it's a 1080p 144hz VA curved monitor. Works great but has a terrible backlight issues. I see greyish blotches on the screen in very...

Hello, my PC is having some weird screen glitches. First when I was playing counter strike, horizontal stripes appeared and I had to restart my PC, then after restarting, and logging in instead of my desktop I see pixel glitches. I can use Windows start bar and settings but can't see my desktop...

I bought extra RAM for my motherboard and it appears that putting any of the sticks in slots 3 & 4 (2 furthest from CPU) will prevent me from reaching BIOS. the two sticks i already had installed were Corsair Vengeance DDR4 8GB 3000Mhz The new sticks are Corsair Vengeance DDR4 8GB 3200Mhz MY...

Hi all and thank you for reading my thread, and any help you may be able to offer. I am currently upgrading my set up and have an issue with monitoring some of the temps, using two pieces of software (HWMonitor and Speedfan) - in particular, the culprit entry is AUXTIN which seems to average...

Hey guys, my main drive- intel 520 series 128gb, is running at half the speed of my secondary SSD, Crucial MX500. Have enabled AHCI. Is there any reputable SSD software I could run to give everyone a better idea of my issue? Thanks a lot, MM

I'm looking at getting a Thermaltake Versa N25 Dragon Scale SPCC ATX Mid Tower for a new build I'm starting, and I want to know if anyone knows if the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo will fit in the case, since it's one of the best budget coolers out there. Unfortunately, the Dragon Scale lists its...

Whenever I play CS:GO / Trackmania 2 Stadium while using Teamspeak or Discord (only ones I can confirm) I get this microstutter effect that disrupts the fluency of 120+hz and is therefore very noticable on these frequencies. At first I thought my old Samsung 2233RZ (120hz) was dying, but after...

My Pc specs Are core 2 quad q6600 2gb ram ddr2 400 mhz ecs mobo called p4m900t 500 gb refurbished hard gt 730 4gb vram the pc freezs when i play any game like fortnite-mincraft-farcry3 ..... i checked the température using hwm monitor and throttlestop i found that its around 40-60 while...

I have a GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 gigabyte motherboard, and FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor. I am wanting to get G.SKILL RipjawsX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (link here...

Hello to all! Last night on eBay I got what I think s a good deal on a new AlienwareAurora R8. i7-8700 128gb ssd 2tb 16gb 2666 gtx 1080 Windows 10 home Brand new from dell for 1268.85 shipped. I wanted to build my own but could not find component prices cheap enough to pass on this deal...

OK. I did some research and found out that it is OK to use rubbing alcohol (70℅ isopropyl) to clean motherboard. Mine was really dirt so I took all the hardware out and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol, left it to dry for some time (1 hour). I also cleaned my GPU and RAM with it. So I turned...

( I am not gamer, my purpose to buy GPU just for my design industry and for render ) I read a lot about both of nvidia quadro rtx 4000 / rtx 2080 ti GPUs. I see RTX 2080 ti GPU performance better than RTX 4000. Now I need to buy RTX 2080 ti GPU, but there is still dilemma for my decision. Can...

Hi guys, I built a system for my brother a few months back with a ryzen 5 2400g without a gpu as a budget solution but now that the prices are down he got a rx 570 8gb. My question is if it is worth swapping it out with a ryzen 7 1700 as now he has a gpu. It would cost me about the same after I...

So, I was making a Origin PC build just for my entertainment. I know a bit about PC parts and what they do, but I am not a expert. I was looking at the RAM section and wondered if I should put...

Hi there, I have recently upgraded my graphic card and I wonder if I still can use my old graphic card power combined with the new one. Here are the specs: New Graphic card: ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 O8G ROG STRIX OC Edition GDDR6 HDMI DP 1.4 Type-C graphics card (ROG-STRIX-RTX2080-O8G-GAMING)...

Hello, humans. I really need to buy a new microphone, hence my crappy built-in microphone in my headset broke, but thats good because it sounded horrible. My absolute maximum budget is 100$, and I cant go more than that. The Blue Yeti is currently at 120$ discount, but I cant buy it...

Just upgraded my brother's PC: MSI B150 Gaming M3 i5-6600k DDr4 Corsair 2400mhx 2x8gb I cannot, for the life of me, get the GD audio to work. There's just a big red X over the speaker. I've gone to the official MSI page and tried only the Realtek Audio Drivers first. Didn't work. Went back and...

hey guys my laptop shuts down when playing games i dont know the reason i checked my cpu temp whith fan speed its around 44 what reasons can make laptop shuts down immediately other than high temp? https://ibb.co/LZ016cB

Hello everyone! I have a question regarding TV home setup. So i have a Nvidia Shield (used as a TV box) and a PS4 connected via two hdmi cables to my LG 47 in TV. I recently bought a Marantz amplifier for my turntable and a pair of speakers and I want to output the NVIDIA/PS4/TV sound to my...

I'm going to purchase Nvidia Geforce GT 730 2gb ddr5, am i need a new psu ? My running psu is 230w that i brought with my PC over then 4 year's. So if i install the gpu before that am i need a new 450w psu ? My PC configuration : Processor : i5 - 3470 Mobo : Gt-b75m Ram : 4 GB (1600 bus) Also...

Hello, earlier this week i found my old white macbook laptop that has a cracked screen, i used this laptop back when it came out (i think 2008 or 2009) in those days it was a very fast and efficient laptop (im a windows user now btw). one day the screen broke and i remember it costed like half...

I have two HP Pavilion 27q Display monitors(https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-pavilion-27q-display). I am a Mac user, and I am trying to figure out which model would be strong enough to run smoothly with both of these monitors at the same time. I am tired of the lag I have with my current...

hi Im lookoing to put a gpu in my lenovo k450e pc, it has a 31900058 motherboard and a core i7 cpu and i was wondering if it was possible

My i9 9900k got 95°c not overclock in prime 95 after 10 min. Case. Nzxt h700. Board. GIGABYTE Z390 DESIGNARE. Coler. 360 AIO nzxt x72 push mode intake. Front And 4 fans exhaust. Rear and top. I don't really know what's wrong with my build. Should i repleace my cpu?

I have a 6-year old 8500 Dell XPS. I am getting the 0142 error from the hard drive, although the desktop PC started working again and has been fine for a few days now. Given this error, and the age of the PC, I want to buy a new desktop. Once I do that, my question is, can I just copy files...

I just upgraded my lx6810 gateway's processor from q8200 to core2quad q9650. But bleeps happen every like 4 seconds when playing guitar rig which never happened when I was using q8200. Also my games were looking better graphic wise and a little faster but the system intermittently lags every few...

Hello, I bought everything I even didnt realise that I have one of the shittiest motherboards on this whole planet so now I need new one Which one would you recommend ? (cheap one ~ 80 euros) Specs: i5-4570 2x4GB of RAM (DDR3) Corsair Vengeance 650M Dont know if I should say something...

Hi. Do any of you guys know what the difference is between a Quadro k600, k620 and a k2000?

I build my pc in 2015. At the time I posted in this forum, I wrote that I needed a pc able to edit video and maybe play a game or two.. at the time all these parts and monitor came to be about $1400 and now as you can see the part list only comes out to about $470. Well times have changed for...

The hard drive in question is originally from the laptop. My laptop screen broke and I didn’t have the money to fix it until recently. I had the hard drive in my computer so that I could still use it until I got my laptop fixed. Well, I got it fixed and put the hard drive back in my laptop, but...

Mobo:Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 CPU:AMD FX-6300 GPU:MSI R9 270x 2g PSU:Rosewill RD600-M This is my old gaming PC from like 2014, looking to run a dual pc setup so i am able to start streaming with no cpu lag in my games. Was wondering if buying this capture would be a waste for this computer or if...

So i have a i7-8700k not overclocked and my temps are usually 45-65c while gaming. its being cooled by a kraken x62 and it just seems kinda high for being water cooled or am i just being paranoid lol. I know those temps are fine but i figured it would be lower around 20-40c while gaming.

Hey guys, heres my specs: Benchmark https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15271036 NEW BENCHMARK AFTER CMOS CLEARED AND BIOS UPDATED https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15273190 Operating System Windows 10 Education 64-bit CPU Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.20GHz 91 °F RAM 64.0GB...

so i decided to play resident evil 2 remake on my pc my temps for my (cpu i7 950 was around 65c-68c) when gaming and my graphic card Sapphire R9 380 4gb nitro temp where late 60c to early 70c) this was when i was playing resident evil 2 remake do these temps seem good or are they high...

So i want to Watercool my cpu with a AIO kit by XSPC and i am wondering how you go about with keeping your voltage regulators cool. I read on the watercooling sticky that having your VR's overheat can damage and shorten the life of your motherboard. I know with a closed case you can have the...

Hi, I'm writing this with little to no hope at all... maybe as a way to channel my frustration I own a Ryzen 5 1600 PC since last year, and only recently came to realize that the mobo XMP profile wasn't doing anything at all, and the RAM (a single Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3000Mhz) never clocked...