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i purchased a acer predator helios 300 off fingerhut about a year ago i love it , i use it daily i game and edit and animate and it gets the job done , well now im heavy into AE adobe after affects for those who dont know what AE is , and had to upgrade so 3 months ago i went from my 8 gb stick...

Here is my current PC specs: Ryzen 5 2600 MSI GTX 1060 3GB 2x8gb 3200MHz DDR4 RAM 1x 1TB 7200RPM HDD 1x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD MSI B450M-A PRO MAX motherboard I'm planning to buy MSI RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING X 8GB (link to gpu). I'm using Corsair VS550 Power Supply. I don't have much money to...

I had 4gb ram, now i have 8gb. For example visual studio took 1 minute to fully load and be responding to input. Now it does for 8-10 seconds. The difference is massive. When i had 4gb, my RAM didn't "overflow" at all. So that wasnt the culprit. Maybe it finds free space faster when allocating...

Got a new SSD Samsung V-NAND 860 PRO 1TB when formatted and unformatted is incompatable due to the sector size, this has been on multiple different services e.g. Macrium Reflect and MiniTool. I really don't want to pay for other services. Anyone know how to fix this just ask for more specific...

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask you all if you guys know how to fix the black screen problem in Linux. I boot it from USB and select the UEFI in the BIOS, It loads but I can only hear the sound of Linux turning on but their is no video display. Can anyone please help me?

I'd like to install Ubuntu on my old desktop computer. I followed the Ubuntu tutorial to prepare a bootable USB drive with Rufus with the following settings: http://pc.cd/dJritalK. I configured the BIOS so the USB-HDD is booted first: http://pc.cd/T1GrtalK. However, when I start the desktop with...

I would love to build a computer but I can't because of some college restrictions. I found the nzxt build your own computer which I really like and they offer pretty fair prices after doing some research. Would there be something similar that anyone would recommend or maybe a prebuilt that would...

I just built my computer and there is an unsolved issue. When my computer boots, my monitor shows no display. I’m pretty sure the build is installed correctly. The fans are spinning, the mobo appears to be running and everything else appears to be running. I tested the mobo before I put it in...

The title says it all. Any suggestions would be much appreciated https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Vinnie-gar/saved/yt44CJ

As the title suggests, I'm trying to figure out how to update the bios on my ASRock board. The file provided http:// has a zip file that gets unzipped into another folder than contains AB35P4_2.5. I'm confused as to what needs to be on the flashdrive. Is it the Zip file, the unzipped folder...

So i just bought this LiquidPro 280 From coolermaster and its making too much sound i cant even watch a youtube video with not hearing this thing. I dont know if its this for sure but when hearing i hear it from this, i hear like something is going on and off every second . other specs: CPU: i7...

Hello everyone! Quick explanation of problem A 4TB drive shows up in windows, but has checkdisk errors each time I boot (it is not a bootable drive). A 2nd 4TB drive is only showing up as 1.677B. Neither of these drives are boot drives.. From what I understand, UEFI is only needed if these...

I`m buying this GFX card, but Ive noticed there are 3 different versions. Can someone tell me what the difference is and which one is best. Heres my Build so far : CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Memory: Corsair...

So after I launch CS:GO or Battlefield 1 my computer just shuts down on its own. After it is shut down the power light blinks and the only way I can get to turn my PC back on is to toggle the power switch on the PSU and then hit the power button after it has stopped blinking from toggling the...

Hi everyone I have a gaming pc which I built around 6-7 years ago, it was very good when I built it but pretty dated now. I would like to try and save money by just upgrading it rather than buying a totally new PC, probably doing upgrades of around £100 at a time although I could potentially...

Hey guys, i recently was able to buy a used i7 3770 online for $80 AUD ($60.51 USD). Was This was a pretty good deal?

Is this a good option for me? VGA Asus AMD Radeon R7 360 OC 2GB GDDR5 Eye-Finity Ready 128-Bits R7360-OC-2GD5 Price is about $130 in here. Is this a good version? What else could I give a look into? CPU: AMD FX-8350 8 cores Motherboard: Asus M5A97-EVO 4GB RAM Power supply is 450 or 500w...

So I am building a PC for my friend who only has about 500 euro to spend on it , with a small bit of wiggle room. I know its not much but it's all he can afford. He already has a harddrive so that doesn't need to be bought. Any advice or changes would be appreciated! Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz...

i am going to buy a computer with no graphics card and put a gtx970 strix in it is my motherboard compatible with it its a Gigabyte H81M-S2H with a Intel Core I7 4790 will it work? and if you need more information about the computer say here is the link to the computer http://bit.ly/1Xsc1O3

Will my I7 6700 (non-k) overheat if I download games off steam and battlenet without a CPU cooler? For some reason my cooler is supposed to arrive 1-2 weeks after every other part in my computer and I would like to download the games beforehand so that I can play right when it arrives. Will it...

Hi, i have recently set up an old pc as a samba server. It is located in a different part of my house and connect to the wifi router via ethernet. The wifi router is then connected by ethernet to my internet/wifi router in the main part of the house. Some research tells me that SAMBA does not...

hey everyone complete noob for software, but pretty good at making computers, i was wondering does windows 7, 8, 8.1 have any better gaming performance, or does windows 10 have trouble for games, or is windows 10 all good for it. thanks to everyone who answers ;)

I got a Powercolor R9 270 and I can't find how to know if it have an UEFI bios. Even powercolor"s site don't seem to care. Any idea how to check this? Right now the system have not been put toghter yet so I can't test anytihng... Thanks!

asus keyboard one key is not working or appearing random

Recently been having some issues with my desktop's display. Red horizontal lines flickering on the screen (mostly in black and darker colour areas) but after doing a clean driver install things seem to be okay except for my monitor's resolution. The lines are gone but the monitor isn't fully...

So basically I downloaded MSI Afterburner but when I start it I can't select anything. All the bars for the fan and voltage options are locked. They are all faded and if I click them nothing happens. A solution would be appreciated.

I ordered aa Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR3 1866 8GB stick to go along with my other 8gb stick of the same kind. I went into my bios before and changed my 1 8gb stick speed to 1333(default speed that mobo sets it to) because I thought the other stick would run at a different speed and I didn't...

Yesterday I switched from my Radeon 5800 series (don't remember which one) graphics card to a R9 270 OC edition graphics card. Windows installed its own driver for it, then I used the CD to install Catalyst Control Center and its drivers. I ended up getting blue screens quite often. So I removed...

I bought a Dell S2240L which has a 7ms response time, used it for over a week but I could see quite a bit of blurring whenever players started to run, or the gk kicked the ball etc(FIFA 15), basically whenever quick movements happen. This was quite evident so I had to return mine and I was...

I have a Microsoft student account and can download free software from Microsoft, and am trying out a dual-boot w/ both Windows 7 and 8.1. Webpage after webpage talks about how lean Windows 8.1 is, and how it boots faster and performs better. My Windows 7 boots in about 50 seconds. My Windows...

I just want feedback and any tips. Case----- Aerocool Strike X Xtreme Black Edition Gaming Case-- $109.00 Power Supply----- Coolermaster RS600ACABM3 Thunder 600Watt PSU-- $75.00 MotherBoard----- Gigabyte H97-Gaming 3 ATX Motherboard-- $139.00 CPU----- Intel Core i7 4790 3.6GHz 8MB-- $413.00...

Got firmware email. I proceeded and I lost my drive. Four hours to get a live person at Samsung. They only offered me a reconditioned drive. Does this mean that with the read write characteristics of ssd this would mean a drive with a shorter life.

Hi, my name is Joyce. I hope my english will be ok to explain the problem. I had for 5 years 4gb rams (2x2gb) working perfectly then I decided to upgrade them to 8gb (2x4gb) so I bought firstly HyperX Fury Blue 2x4gb but my os windows 7 didn't boot, so I change the ram with the corsair...

So today I downloaded an art program. Along with the program, other files and programs were downloaded as well (not very smart of me, I know). I deleted all (I think) of the programs and files and went to open google chrome to find an error saying "unable to connect to the proxy server". I...

Hello, I want to play this game (Planetside 2) and the minimum requirements are: CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 or higher / AMD Phenom II X2 or higher CPU Speed:Info RAM:4 GB OS:Windows XP Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 series or higher / AMD or ATI 4850 series or higher Sound Card:Yes Free Disk...

Just built a new computer and when I try to boot it it does that

Im having problems with far cry 4 with 5.1 audio. If I use my mobo (Z97 pro wifi ac) audio which is 5.1 connected to a 5.1 surround sound I get no sound after the intro. But if I switch my default audio to my gpu (r9 290x) I get sound. But using the gpu I can only get the sound to my tv...

Assassin's Creed Unity has some very steep system requirements. Ubisoft Recommends Intel Core i7-3770, Nvidia GTX 780 For Assassin's Creed Unity : Read more

hi gurus. im currently building my 3d modeling rig. im confused about cooling. i planning to oc my pc at highest possible ive read that cm 212 evo can handle my temp with about 4.2ghz ive also read that Noctua NH-D14 is a good fan thats allows me to oc up to 4.5ghz h100i and h110 allows me...

Ok you all know I have been looking for a basic laptop now. The last one I found is the one I'm opting to buy. I don't care how "old" it is. I just want to know if it looks ok for basics: word documents, internet, etc. Brand: HP 6510b CPU: Intel core duo 2.1 ghz OS: Windows Vista Business...