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    Random PC Freezing

    Hello I am having a random freezing issue and when I say random I mean it literally happens anytime no matter what I am currently doing. Specs: Windows 10, FX-8350, GTX 1070 TI, MSI 970 GAMING MOBO, Kingston 16 GB 2x8 1600MHZ Ram(BRAND NEW BTW PREVIOUS RAM WAS THE SAME AND I HAD THIS ISSUE HOPED...
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    No signal on custom build

    Hey i recently built a pc had some problems with it so i took it into a shop prior to taking it my ram wasn't working and the led lights on them weren't turning on and i had no display i took it in i paid 77$ and they claimed to fix it now i turned it on seems to be working but still cant see...
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    I want to know if my pc is low end , mid end or high end

    My pc has Processor : Intel Core i5 7200U Memory : 8GB RAM Storage : 1TB HDD Graphics : 2GB Graphics
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    monitor not sleeping

    Having some trouble getting my monitor to automatically sleep. The weird thing is that my monitor will sleep in one of my other guest accounts on windows 10, but not in my main account. I even tried closing everything in the systems tray, but can't diagnose which program is causing my monitor...
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    Is it worth to upgrade i5 2500 to I7 3770k

    Hy guys I wanted to know that I am using it 2500(non k) and wanted to upgrade to i7 3770k. I mostly do gaming and video editing Will I be able to do 4k video edit and will it handle 3 or 4 years without any problem in gaming. Thanks in advance guys.
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    PSU for new PC

    Hey guys, I'm building my 2nd PC after 5 years, so everything in the market right now is pretty new to me. So I already have: - AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB Liquid CPU Cooler - MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC Graphics Card - Ballistix 16GB Sport LT Series DDR4 2666 MHz...
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    24 pin power supply connector from server PSU to ATX

    Hi Guys. So I have just recently moved to the UK ( about a month ago) and only took the bare essential parts of my desktop with me. One of which was not my PSU At work they were chucking some old Dell tower servers and I scavenged a 750 watt dell power supply (h750p-00) The PSU has a 6 pin...
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    MSI B360 GAMING PLUS or GIGABYTE Z370 HD3 ?

    Hi guys, I'm thinking of upgrading my PC..... been getting a lot of fps drops and stuttering from a few games that are from what I'v heard are CPU dominant (csgo, escape from trakov... ), and i know the GPU isnt the problem because its a gigabyte GTX 1060 gaming 6gb - not the best but should be...
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    Fried motherboard help please

    So whilst trying to get my case fans to work I, without thinking, plugged the 4 pin fan connector from my case fan controls to the motherboard. When I switched it on it popped and smoke came from the area where the 4 pin was connected. Computer still switches on however no signal is sent to my...
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    Looking for a psu upgrade over antec vp450p

    My antec vp450p is giving me trouble(black screen) while playing games on my gtx 1060 6gb with i3 so im planning to buy a new psu and i was looking at 500watts or more. So i narrowed down on 1- Antec NE550M bronze 2- Cooler master master watt 550 bronze Which one would be better as both the...
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    How bad is the bottleneck on a i5 7500 CPU with a 1080 ti

    I was wondering how much my CPU would affect my 1080ti at 1080p gaming yes I know its overkill but I already have the card on the way what should I expect and how can I minimize it. I've heard that increasing your in-game settings helps take some of the load off the CPU is this correct? I am...
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    Not Booting up, Windows 10

    Computer with Windows 10. All working normally until one day it does not boot up. Black screen with blinking underscore. Maybe Hard-disk not properly plug in, re-plug everything making sure all alright. Still not working. I used my computer (the one with the problem is my GF's) to download...
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    Arma 3 high GPU usage

    So i launched Arma 3 today and my GPU usage has went up to 100%. Before this problem it was working fine with no problems i have tried updating drivers but it doesn't seem to work. Every other game is fine just arma 3 is bad. Any help would be great Specs: I7 6700 GTX 1070 16GB DDR4 RAM
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    Looking for optimization for build

    Looking to make a new build sometime soon, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yYbphy this is the list I currently have. Would everything in this list go together, with enough cooling for atleast stock speeds, with overclocking potential? Also are there any optimizations I could make with this list...
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    Is it okay if I put my PC under the desk?

    I what to build a PC in the Thermaltake Versa C23, but i only have room for it under the desk. The problem is that i only have 205 mm (width) space and i'll be left with only 5 mm space. Is this okay for the air flow? Should i do water cooling? thanks
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    Dell t3500 error

    Can anyone tell me what a single flashing number 2 and a solid amber light means on Dell t3500. I've searched everywhere and nothing explains a single 2 only combinations with 2. Need help!!!
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    Phanteks RGB Led strip makes a little noise, is it ok?

    Hi All, Hi All.. Two days ago I just installed a couple of RGB Led strips because there was nothing to improve my first pc build (I have a core i7 8700k mounted in an Asus Z370 E-Gaming, 16 Gb Ram, SSDs and I thought the next step it's installing some RGB strips). And yesterday at midnight...
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    Headset mic and speakers not working at same time

    I'm using bluetooth headset paired to my pc and the problem is that when I turn on sound recorder or anything like that, even in voice chat what works is my mic only, speakers won't work and as soon as I exit out of the sound recorded I'm able to listen to songs or anything else again. I'm...
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    PC not Posting

    Hello, ive recently been experiencing some issues with my pc, I used to have some sort of off brand chinese 750w psu which caused my pc to freeze and restart when it came under load, so to fix this I bought a thermaltake 730w semi modular psu and my pc doesnt even post anymore ive swapped out my...
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    Laptop processors CPU

    So i have an acer aspire es 17 laptop with a intel pentium cpu n4200 and i wonder if the proccesor can be changed to a better processor?
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    I7 coffee lake 8750H vs. Gtx 1060 laptop

    Hi guys, What gaming laptop is better ? 1. I7 - 8750H, Coffee Lake, 17.3", full hd, 120Hz, 16GB, 1tb hdd + 250gb m.2 970 evo ssd, gtx 1050 ti 4gb 2. I7-7700HQ, Kaby Lake, 17.3",full hd, 120hz , 16Gb,1tb hdd + 250gb 970 evo m.2 ssd, gtx 1060 6gb Thanks.
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    Gt 1030 won't work

    My gt 1030 won't work I have it plugged into a adapter but I know that works and I tryed to have all the drivers but the last one won't go on because it says I need the gpu to be there but if I put that in it tells me to plug it into the gpu and then when I do that there is no signal
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    I have 2GB of dedicated memory on my discrete video card but windows says i have only 1GB

    I have been looking for solutions but i still have the problem. I have the ASUS FX550IU. Here are my specs. https://imgur.com/gallery/X4xVSjr This is what windows is seeing. https://imgur.com/gallery/zaIZDfC
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    a difference between 2 fan gtx 1060 and 1 fan gtx 1060 (6gb)

    I want to buy the EVGA GTX 1060 SC GAMING ACX 2.0 6GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI 3xDP PCI-E. it has 1 fan, will there be a perfomance difference if the graphics card has 1 fan or two fans? sorry for my bad english. :(
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    Reboot or black screen during gaming

    Hello! I would like some help with a problem I'm having. My old PC recently died and I had to buy new motherboard, CPU and RAM. My old video card survived so I just shoved that back in and made a clean install of Windows 10. But for some reason, whenever I try to play a videogame, after a...
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    Installing old HDD with Windows on it in a new PC with Windows already installed

    This might be a dumb question but I am about to receive my new PC with a copy of Windows 10 already installed on it. Thing is, I want to put my old HDD in it as well, which already has a copy of Windows 10 on it. I was wondering if that could cause an issue, or is it fine because the bootdisk is...
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    FX 8350 over clocking problem.

    Im using fx 8350 cpu. I used AMD Overdrive software to test my CPU performance. I used auto tuner, it automatically overclocked my CPU and start raising the CPU frequency. After it showed 4600 mhz my PC gets restarted automatically. When I go to my computer properties it showed me 4.6ghz. but...
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    Blue pixel on screen

    so I found a blue "Stuck" pixel on my screen while gaming. I decided to look into fixing it because it's honestly really annoying. So I tried installing new graphics drivers, tried applying pressure to the pixel, tapped it with the back of a pen. But it's still here, Any ideas on how to fix it...
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    why onboard soundchip?

    Why do motherboards have onboard soundcards? i was looking for a decent headset and they are all USB anyway right? so the onboard sound card is just in case i would want a serious home theater speaker system hooked up to my pc? (because the cheaper speaker all are connected via usb too..) Thank...
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    Microphone Sorta Recognized?

    After I got the Windows 10 update, my microphone suddenly wasn't being detected(it is a headset--the headphones work fine). The green bars wouldn't move when I spoke, but when I disconnected the mic and plugged it into my laptop and a different PC it worked normally. After messing with it, I...
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    Are these components compatible with the Fractal Design Define C Window Black

    GTX 1050 TI Intel Core i3-8100 Prosessor ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. B85M-G (SOCKET 1150) (Motherboard)
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    B360 Mini ITX motherboard recommendation

    System: CPU=Intel Core i3-8100 GPU=Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB RAM=Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x4GB 2400MHz Storage= Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2 250GB Hello all, I am planning a new budget ITX build. Above are the parts i have concluded so far. Concerning the...
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    Webcam driver for PCG-7R1M

    I need camera webcam driver for my sony vaio Model PCG-7R1M I'm unable to open camera on my laptop.
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    What cooler should i use for 7700k oc?

    i want to build my first pc. CPU:7700k MOBO: Prime Z270-a GPU:rog 1080 ti oc PSU:Evga gq 850w RAM:Gskill Tridentz 8GBX2 3600GHz CASE:s340 elite COOLER: ?? i wan't to make really few oc so i want one cooler that looks nice and fits on the case . also you think i shold change the card to a 1080...
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    Power supply inches away from the cutout

    My case is the cooler master q300l. I installed the power supply bracket and tried to push the actual power supply towards the cutout but the bracket gets in the way. Now there is about an inch of space between the PSU and cutout. What am I doing wrong?
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    1080p Looks Bad

    I have a 4k 60hz monitor, and sometimes my graphic card cant handle games at Ultra 60fps, so I turn my resolution down, but I noticed that if I turned my resolution to 1080p colors would lose power and looked bad, it literally looks like gray, but with all the other resolutions the colors are...
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    4K display and upgrade of Graphics Card?

    Hello, I have a 1050 (not the "ti") Graphic Card and a 1080p screen. However, I´m planning to upgrade to a 4k display while running the 1080p screen as well. The thing is I usually play games so here´s my question. I´m fine with my actual 1050 but I would like to play games on the 4k screen and...
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    Dac/AMP for HD6xx?

    I've finally decided what headphones I am getting, the senheiser hd6xx's. While they seem great, they are 300 ohms. What DAC/AMP would be the best for it? I only have 100 bucks to spend on an amp/dac, sadly :( Wont be getting anymore anytime soon...
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    PCIe lane question

    I have searched for an answer but am still a little confused on something about chipset/cpu lanes and how they're divided. I am looking to do a build with an ASRock x370 Killer SLI/ac (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370%20Killer%20SLIac/index.us.asp) and a Ryzen 5 2400g. Now the cpu has x8...
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    Google's 4K Android TV Dongle Looks Ready to Battle Apple TV

    The FCC has given the green light to a device that appears to be Google's 4K Android TV adapter. Google's 4K Android TV Dongle Looks Ready to Battle Apple TV : Read more