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Supermicro and Thermaltake have teamed up to present another fantastic giveaway for our Tom's Hardware members. Up for grabs is the the Thermaltake Core P1 TG Mini ITX wall-mount, tempered-glass chassis and the Supermicro SUPERO C9Z390-CG-IW motherboard. Get ready to game in style. Enter in the...

We've teamed up with our friends at ARCTIC to bring you a very special cooler bundle giveaway. Featuring the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 AiO cooler, along with high-performance BioniX fans of your choice, thermal paste, and a whole lot more. There are 3 prize packages and lots of ways to enter...

The Patriot Viper V370 RGB 7.1 virtual surround sound gaming headset is designed to provide an enhanced PC gaming experience. Engineered with a closed back and ergonomic ear cups, the V370 blocks out environmental noise and fits comfortably over the ears to keep you relaxed and focused on your...

Hi all, This morning my PC crashed when starting a game and did not wanted to start up again. The automatic recovery did not work and gave an error, I tried the all the options it gave me in the advance section, even the system reboot without the deletion of files and even this did not work...

Hp zbook g2 Core I7 4th gen cash 6... 2.8GH quadro k2100m 2gb Ram 8 Hdd 500 Is this laptop can run adobe aftereffect, primiere and autocad??

Hi guys, I would like advice for a possible change of case. Actually I have a Phanteks p400, good case if it were not that does not support any AIO above 120mm at the top, the fixing of a simple MSI GTX 1070 is impossible to use for the screws behind and the part of the power supply is really...

I am currently running an AMD RYZEN 3 1300 chip with 16gb of DDR4-2132 (1600mhz) memory. Built this machine a year and a half ago (approximately) and was my first build in about 10 years. I am aware that there is an opportunity to expand memory and the processor. I am seeing an AMD Ryzen 7...

My friend who just upgraded his GPU from the 1050ti to the 1080, doesn't seem too satisfied with the upgrade. While the fps has increased considerably (1920*1080) there are frequent drops in his framerate, he also told me that his frametime tends to jump to 27ms while playing BF1 in full lobbies...

Hello, Recently I have thought of upgrading my computer by installing a SSD but there is a problem. I'm not sure how to install windows onto the SSD. Do I have to use window's install media to do this? Alsoi, what will happen if I do install windows onto a SSD when I already have windows on my...

how bad will it be? as of the site ( http://donate.thebottlenecker.com/#calculator ) it tells me it has a 13% bottleneck. any estimated FPS in GTA?

I was challenged to build a retro gaming beast. I'm only allowed to use a PCI graphics card, not express. Have any recommendations? Tell me the most powerful PCI cards you know! Edit: By "retro", I mean I have to use old equipment, such as a PCI card, DDR SDRAM, and all that.

I just upgraded to my first ever Ryzen CPU because I heard they are amazing to stream on. Upgraded from an i7 6700k. So upgraded the Mother board to a gigabyte x470 gaming 5 and installed. Kept my same Ram 16GB 3000 hz and a EVGA 1070 GPU. Clocked Ram to 3000 and CPU to 4.0 When not streaming...

will my mercury pi945z supports zotac nividia gt710 2gb ddr5 graphics card?

It’s actually called the “bezel-free kit,” and it performs its magic trick using no active electronics of any kind. It’s literally just an optical illusion. Asus Erases Bezels On Multi-Monitor Setups, Using Trickery : Read more

Dell Inspiron 15 5000 shows the network adapter in the Device Manager but it is not recognizing my cat5 cable (tested on another pc to ensure functionality). Webcam is not functioning. It says there is a missing dll file. Touchscreen function is also not working. I ran tests at bios startup...

This is my setup right now. CPU: FX-8320 OC @ 4.0GHz FAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo MOBO: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270 2GB OC Edition (1020 MHz Core Clock) RAM: ADATA XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz PSU: EVGA 600B 80+ Bronze Question 1: Should I focus on upgrading my GPU...

I currently have a m4n68t motherboard and for the life of me i cant figure out if the gpu im looking to buy will work on it. I'm looking to buy a sapphire Rx 560 pulse 2gb but i don't know if my motherboard can support it, been researching all night but i'm too new at building to know anything...

Not going to beat about the bush, I have spent lots of whatever currency you use on this rig, just wondering where it stands. 7820x Aorus 1080ti xtreme waterforce. Aorus x299 gaming 9 32gb g.skill trident 3466 ram Thermaltake riing 12 360 Be quiet 1000w psu Be quiet dark pro 900 Sea...

I need a processor, which is very good for games and is very good for work. I've noticed in some tests, the i9 7900x delivers much better gaming performance than zen1950x, but it loses a bit in apps for work. The price difference between them is great. i9-7900x for R$ 3.800 ( REAIS BRASIL )...

is it safe to undervolt cpu by lowering LLC and offset mode? my mobo is i7 7700k and asus z170 pro gaming

Hello, i recently purchased a GTX 1080 TI (Unfortunately can't take it back) and found out my monitor doesn't have a DP.... So i'm currently running with an HDMI cord and i'd really like to somehow get 144hz back. Is there any possible way (Without buying a new monitor) to hit 144hz again...

I will be getting a coffee Lake processor when they come out. I have not overclocked before but I'd like to do some mild overclocking via the software that comes with most motherboards these days this time. I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on which motherboard manufacturer has the best...

i have windows 10 pro edition, intel i5-4760k @ 3.40ghz AMD Radeon R9 200 Series 16 gigs of RAM this problem has been causing issues since i bought the pc from a friend, it started with black desert online where it would let me play for a while before going to the blue screen, now it happens...

Hp notebook, got water on my screen which ran-down and into the casing at the bottom, where the inverter is ....... now, while it powers-up ok, I can hardly see what's on the screen, it's so dim. Will this water that's accidently lying there eventually evaporate to give me a bright screen back??????

This release, like the preview builds released in August, are meant to help the company put the finishing touches on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for its October 17 debut. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16288 Readies For Fall Creators Update : Read more

Hello, friends. Trying to get some help for a friends PC. Specs: CPU - FX-6300 GPU - GTX 1060 RAM - 8Gb (2x4Gb) Mobo - Unknown (will attempt to Identify this weekend) PSU - Unknown (refer to Mobo) OS - Windows 10 (Specific Edition Unknown) 64-bit Problem: A few months ago, when the system had...

hi, i bought a usb tv stick and came with a software (blaze hdtv 6.0) that doesn't record videos in good quality, and i downloaded other programs like pinnacle but it doesn't recognize or read the stick neither the laptop itself.so can anyone suggest a good software for windows 10 to record old...

Hi everybody, straight to the point; I need a Complete PC build (including Hardware and Software configuration) which can do these: 1- Should have 2 series of Standard I/O. 2- Most of the time it will be used by one person. In this case extra series of I/O (mouse, keyboard, headphone, etc.)...

what windows version is the acer chromebook 14

so if i lower my vcore voltage (the mobo has set them to 1.300V by default)...will i get lower temperatures? my vcore temp http://imgur.com/Jp8lU5E my temperatures when doing simple tasks(the temp is to high imo) http://imgur.com/Ze49XUU and this is the bios settings and how i spread my...

Hello , im from Europe and i need help by choosing CPU,GPU,MOBO and Ram preferably from mindfactory.de Can you build something ? Ryzen/Intel budget is 900€

Hey guys! I'm building a Ryzen 1600 + RX 580 PC. The only thing which I'm having problems with is my RGB synchronisation and thus the motherboard + gpu choice. My case is a P400S Tempered Glass. It has an included LED strip and some RGB at the front. These can apparently be synced to Asus Aura...

Well as expected, Philippines has the most expensive internet charges and by paying about $26 or P1300 for a 3 Mbps internet, the Ping is still that high about 112 and spikes to 144 during a game in DOTA 2. Is there a life hack or something to alleviate this madness? We have been trying to...

Already have 1080ti. The CPU cooler is compatible added a Cooler Master AMD AM4 CPU Cooler Upgrade kit https://pcpartpicker.com/user/arcondo/saved/6JmZLk

Dell Inspiron 15r Windows 8.1 will not install any mouse. Drivers have been uninstalled/reinstalled, numerous malware/virus cleaners run, updates, bios options prohibit. I have no idea what has happened to ALL of the usb ports, both sides of the laptop. Any ideas? BTW, there was some file that...

Im stuck between two pc's. 1. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jF4NBP 2. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MXYWKZ this pc is for fps,rpg's and many other games i dont know which one to go with.

I built my computer about 2 or 3 years ago, and I havn't had any big problems with it until today. I turned it on, and the fans and the internal LEDs turned on, but the power button wouldn't light up like it always does. It also won't display anything on the screen. The disk drive makes a lot of...

Hi, I have an issue where every time I restart my laptop it Blue Screens. The error is Page_Fault_In_Non_Paged_Area. I know this can stem from ram, and have done any and all troubleshooting I could find. Only fix I've found is to remove the cmos battery and standard battery. Then dissipate...

I currently have Philips 231E (1920x1080@60Hz) monitor, but I want a better gaming monitor that will go well with my new GTX 1070. What I am seeking is a 23''-25'', 144hz, 1ms, 1920x1080 monitor. There is a lot of things about G-sync, V-sync, and such that I don't understand, even after reading...

Guys I am not an expert at this topic, will this duo work together? 2nd question if u have time to ask: how many FPS can i earn in CS:GO? Pentium G3250 GT 710 2GB 8GB HyperX Fury RAM 16:9 1360:768 everything LOW, only shadows on HIGH