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Hey everyone, recently I built a high end PC and have been experiencing poor performance in games. A good example is in GTAV where I get around 80 fps at 1440p and during the graphics benchmark even dip below 40fps. Compared to others with the same specs, I should be getting upwards of double or...

My computer I built a while ago has been performing well but now that it's getting closer to summer it is extremely hot outside and hard to keep my room cool as well and will get even hotter where i live. I'm unsure exactly at what temperatures my processor(i7-7700k) will overheat or throttle...

Specs * Intel - Core i7-4790K 4GHz Quad-Core Processor (no overclock) * Corsair - H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler * Asus - Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard * Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory * Samsung - 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive * Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB...

I'm basically asking if this is okay to do. I've connected my speakers (creative T10 2.0 Speakers - 10W RMS) to my monitor (benq zowie rl2755) via the headphone jack. I did this because I realised that the speakers on the monitor are piss poor so wanted to use my computer speakers but was...

Hey guys, my current build is a 955 Phenom II BE paired with a r7 250 1GB. I am a casual gamer and only play FIFA and CSGO. As my build is fairly old, I'm thinking of getting myself a new PC. Here's what I have thought CPU - Ryzen 1200 GPU - 1050ti 4GB I'll get a b350 mainboard to go with it and...

Would a Ryzen 5 1600 (overclocked of course, I'm hoping ~3.8 GHz on the stock cooler) bottleneck a GTX 1080 at 1080p?

Hi, hope someone can help me, I recently built my first pc but my games are all crashing from league of legends to rise of the tomb raider, some times it crashes from the start and other times after and hour of playing , i dont know what the problem is. This is my build: MOBO:Gigabyte...

Hey, I am planning to get a chromebook. It has to be x86 because I will be installing Linux algonside ChomeOS with Crouton. I am a developer so Linux is a must here. Hence, I want to have 64gb storage at least. It has to be at max 14 inches, as light as possible to take to college. Which one...

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Going nuts. Windows 10 boots up to welcome screen with correct date and time, I press a key or click the mouse, looks like the logon is about to appear, but all that happens is the time and date disappears. I'm able to click on the power button, press shift and restart for safe mode, but the...

Building my 1st PC and want to have 4 case fans and I read that I shouldn't use a fan splitter on the motherboard but to connect it straight to the PSU. I need a mobex to 3 pin adapter + fan splitter to be able to connect my fans. Problem is my PSU doesn't have molex connectors so I'm deciding...

I just bought the Dell s2716dg and I'm having a connectivity problem with the display port cable that came with the monitor. The cable works fine if I plug it into any other 144hz capable monitor that I have, but not the s2716dg. Any ideas friends? p.s. HDMI does in fact work on the s2716dg...

Hi guys I am really sorry if I do not have much knowledge on building PC's and stuff. I chose this graphics card cause it's the best that I can afford haha. I just wanted to ask if this graphics card would be compatible with my build currently? :) Help and comments would be much appreciated. I...

Hey guys, On a very limited budget. Just getting into pc gaming. Looking for the cheapest pc that will allow me to play games like Smite at medium settings at high fps with no hiccups or lag. I found a deal on a used rig with the parts listed below for $150. Hoping to get more knowledgeable...

Want to buy a new graphics card for my PC its used primarily for gaming so looking for something that can handle Total War games playing huge battles/campaigns and other games such as Arma 3, CSGO (I know you don't need much for that) and basically any other games that I feel like playing...

I want to record video while listening to music but I'm using USB 7.1 headset. so i need two audio pin so i can split them. https://imgur.com/a/mx88w

I currently have an Auna MIC-900B-LED USB Cardioid Studio Condenser Microphone (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B014LBXYCY/ref=twister_B00M951R24?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1) and I'm wondering if I can buy an audio mixer to further improve the sound quality. Can I even purchase and audio mixer for a USB...

i have read and followed the steps in http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems my motherboard is breadborded reset the cmos removerd the graphic card and hard drive it was working fine on ubuntu until i restarted it, then it never turned on...

I did a fresh install of Windows 7 on my laptop but after one whole day of trying several things was not able to get the check for updates to work. It just hangs forever. My laptop is Asus UX31a. How do I get the latest drivers updated. Last time everything got fixed with the automatic Windows...

is this a good PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W G2 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply https://www.mwave.com.au/product/evga-supernova-750w-g2-80-gold-modular-power-supply-ab58319#detailTabs=tabShipping

I'm unable to get the mobo wifi to connect to my network. Every other device I own connects flawlessly. It shows me a list of available networks (strong signal), I choose connect and put in my WEP and I keep getting the error "cannot connect to this network". I've reinstalled my system from...

150 is the pricecap, for a i5 6600k, stuck between asrock and gigabyte, though the mATX boards seems to get a lot of negative reviews EDIT: best overclocking for both cpu and gpu of course

Hello everyone! So I'm building my PC next month and this is the build I've come up with. I will be recording editing and posting videos to YouTube. The games I will be recording are: Rocket league, CoD, Minecraft, CSGO, Left 4 dead 1 and 2, and Overwatch. Will this build be good enough to...

So I'm working on a Macbook Pro 13" Early 2011, and it appears as though the hard drive is shot. I have reformatted it to NTFS on my PC, and it is not working on there either. I've tried a lot more than that, but the hard drive is definitely done. In order to diagnose the laptop, I plugged in...

Hey all, I have an issue that is causing my computer to freeze while watching YouTube videos, playing games, or after sleep mode. This all started after my motherboard burned out and I sent it in for warranty repair. Let me start with my current system: AMD FX 8350 MSI 970A-G46 Motherboard...

Hey guys After doing lots of research for my budget of 5k rupees i have finally decided upon two cards. Sapphire Radeon HD 7730 2GB DDR3 Nvidia gt730 1gbddr5 Which of these two do you think i should buy? Thanks for helping me out guys.

Hi, I have a problem with booting from a USB flash drive. I have set priority in BIOS to USB and of course put an image of Linux distributive on my flash drive, but it just boots into WIndows! What can I do?

Hey friends please help me build a new gaming PC. I am from India and my budget is 50,000 rupees. I would like to play games till 2018 in mid settings with 1366x768 resolution. Thanks in advance

Hello, First of all I want to describe my PC which is as follows: Q8300 @2,5ghz 4GB DDR2 800mhz RADEON HD6770 And recently I've been searching for answers on buying cheapo' CPU like Celeron G1840 which showed pretty much the same results (winning in single core operations slightly and losing in...

I have been stuck with this issue where my computer crashes very often. Now the last few days it has become more common and now I have decided I can no longer ignore this problem. When the computer crashes the screen turns into some sort of green screen. Picture: PC specs: Windows 10...

I have 2 SSD and I was wondering is it possible to move something from one to another? My 128 is halfway full and I just got a 240. Or does it not matter? I was hoping to use my 128 as my boot and my 240 as my gaming.

Hello, I have read the how to's and watched videos and straightened the many bent pins. But I still am not getting anything spinning. PSU has been tested with paper clip and works. Do I just continue to work carefully to make the pins straighter? From what I learned all I need is power...

I've been experiencing random lockups (mouse and keyboard both unresponsive) requiring hard reset. Sometimes it runs for hours without issues and sometimes it locks up minutes after login. :??: So I ran windows 10 memory diagnostics and it locked up during the extended test at 21%, the standard...

cm690III front 2X cooler master jetflow 120mm OR 1x cooler master megaflow 200mm (whate beetter performance noise not important)

My friend just got his PC built from a Family member. Specs: i7 6700k Asus Z170 Pro Corsair 16gb DDR4 MSI 980 4GB EVGA 850 Watt Corsair 450d Obsidian Hyper 212 EVO ( I think) - I haven't been able to see it in person but the keyboard and mouse at lock screen will NOT work, it lights up at boot...

Hi I'm looking to upgrade my pc's specs, and i need some help. I have a 3 year old gaming pc, and i want to get some better performance out of it. I was thinking abouy upgrading my "Radeon 7700 series" to an "Sapphire radeon r9 380 nitro"...

So I have the following issue. My CPU0 occasionally spikes to 100% and stays there, out of nowhere. Rest of the cores are fine and don't spike, but just that one core is at maximum, in idle! There are no high temps or anything like that. Whenever the CPU0 (thread1) is at 100%, the computer...

The price is about the same (1000€). I prefer the second one because it's bigger (17.3''). My only concern is the processor which is of an older generation and the graphic card is 2GB lower in the one I prefer. ASUS Gaming NB G552VW (FHD 4GB VGA) • Intel Core i7-6700HQ (2.6 GHz-3.5GHz • 6M...

Hi everyone, I have two GTX 770's in SLI together The PSU is FSP 850W Aurum PRO Series Modular PSU, 80PLUS Gold The motherboard is Asus z87 Expert Motherboard. First time asking this question had led to a believed overheat issue, I have since installed another 3 noctua case fans (Total up to...