gtx 980

hey, i'm currently using a 2500k that is on a stable 4.7 gh, i'm however seeing quite a lot of youtube videos where cpu's with a higher threadcount show higher frames or lower min frames. upgrading to a 2600k would cost me an extra 40 euros, upgrading to a 3770k would cost 90 to a 100 euros...

Samsung magician said to plug my new SSD into the port where my old one was. Is this necessary? Initially, I plugged my new SSD where the hard drive was. I got a read/write speed of 500ish. When I plugged SSD into the old SSDs port, it got cut in half. Is it ok if I plug my new SSD into the...

Hey I have been having problems with my computer for about 2 weeks now. I was running smoothly with Windows 8.1 with the following specs AMD FX-6300 Processor Gigabyte GA-78LMTUSB3.0 MOBO Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB RAM ASUS RX-470 4GB and a 550W 80+ Bronze EVGA PSU I recently decided to upgrade...

So i found a computer somewhere and i want to buy a monitor for it, but im not sure if it even works. When i turn it on all the fans spin properly but im not sure if it really works. I dont want to waste my time and buy a monitor for nothing. So is there a way to tell if the computer really...

I am going to be building my own computer, it's going to be used for gaming/mining ALT-COINS : Parts list ->https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/somewhatme123/saved/#view=kwMWZL there is just one thing I am worried about and that is the total heat output, I am not wanting to go into liquid cooling...

So I need a new rig because I just had hardware failure. My target budget is $1300 US, with a limit of around $1500. I do not need a PSU as I have a brand new, never used EVGA 850watt (it was my PSU that failed on my old rig and I bought that to try to resuscitate it unsuccessfully). I am...

My lenovo laptop is charging fine and the lights are suggesting that the laptop is turning on when I press the power button however the screen stays black and the fans don't turn on but I can hear the internals working and I have turned it off and on but the problem persists, any help would be...

Installed a new rig. My first to be honest. I cannot seem to get this thing to run. All parts are there, but I can't pinpoint a problem with it. The PSU and Motherboard are functioning (Ran tests with them) The motherboard just sits on its standby green LED and nothing happens when I push the...

OK, First here are my Pc specs ASUS MAXIMUS CODE VIII INTEL i7 7700K EVGA GTX1080ti SC Black edition 16gigs of gskill trident ram 3000mhz 960EVO ssd m.2 EVGA Super nova G2 1000watt PSU Corsair H100v2 CPU COOLER Here is my issue. I upgraded my GPU from a 770gtx to a 1080gtx. When i did this my...

My PSU is a Corsair HX750w and it comes with 2 integrated cables, the CPU and the 24 Pin. I recently bought the white sleeve kit from corsair and was wondering if its okay to run my 8-Pin power cable from the PSU rather then the integrated one. Temps seem fine but maybe it could degrade my PC's...

Heya guys! I created a FileVault using Bitdefender. Now I saw a new logical drive under the name :Z was created. I used the BitDefender's control panel to delete it yet when I got into my storage options where I can see my disk partitions a untitled parition is still visible (see image)...

Hi there, I am going to purchase a used Intel CPU (i7 2600k) but it doesn't come with a heatsink, will my old Intel CPU heatsink (i3 2120) work with the new CPU. The CPUs share the same socket so I'm hoping it will be ok? Many Thanks

I recently bought some Bose QC35 headphones. Every time I re-pair these headphones to my Windows 8.1 computer, I have to set them as the default audio device again, otherwise the sound comes through the computer speakers instead. I noticed that windows doesn't automatically notice that my...

My acer laptop doesnt have a removable battery pack and its not turning on but when i press the power button the blue power light just turns on for atleast 3 seconds and off again but i can hear the fan turn on and off the same time as the power light

Does ASRock 970A-G/3.1 motherboard support booting from m.2 slot with NVMe SSD Samsung 950 Pro 256 GB? and support booting from PCIe slot x4 ( Samsung 950 Pro 256 GB NVMe SSD with riser card) ? Currently am planning to buy ASRock 970A-G/3.1. Which protocol is being used in M.2 slot in this model...

I'm frustrated, I've literally tried everything what I could find on net, but nothing is working. On Recording Devices it shows that microphone is plugged in, but it's not working. I've just changed to my new pc (on old pc (literally yesterday) the mic was working fine, so it's not the problem...

I had the AMD Radeon settings 17.3.1 and when I tried to do a clean install of the new 17.3.2 driver and restart after i install it the AMD Settings doesn't show up as an icon on my start menu. Is this because it's an "optional driver" and doesn't include the AMD Settings app?

So basically my amd FX8320 has had 8 cores and 8 threads, but recently 4 of them disappeared. Task manager does not say that there are any parked cores. Having 4 cores and 4 threads less is making my pc very slow. Please help! Thanks :)

So basically I tried to use some Skull Candy earphones as a mic, they wouldn't work unless I put the headphone right next to my mouth and talk into it. So I bought a new microphone and now it is doing the same thing. It only picks up my voice if I put my mouth onto the headphone of the headset...

Hi, I do not know much English and I will use google translate. I have a question about a pc that I configured almost two years ago. When configuring for example the bf4 in ultra or high, I have a very variable fps and wanted to know what is failing.I appeal to you because I believe it is where...

Can a dell Optiplex 755 board fit in a BTX case?

So basically my birthday is in the March, and as most of you know, Ryzen is dropping March 2nd. I had an i3 rig setup that I wanted to build for my birthday, but after checking out Ryzen prices and benchmarks, I was thinking of postponing my build for Ryzen. I know that Intel processors are...

CPU - Intel i5-4690K (never been overclocked) CPU cooler - Corsair H60 Hydro. used both for 11 months now I'm not sure for how long, only noticed a few days ago that my cpu temperatures have been sky high. When computer is idle it will average at 40 even venturing up to 50ºC. Under mild stress...

So when i play a game like CS:GO or H1Z1 my bot monitors goes black at the same time like they have no signal but the computer still runs.

So I reformatted my laptop yesterday which has a gtx 860m in it and I went to use a program to update all of my drivers called Driver Talent. After that finished I went to check if everything is okay and it seemed that my computer was running off of the integrated graphics, so I went into the...

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The lawsuit for the gtx 970 went through in December I believe and I bought 2 of them so filed to get my 60$. I was wondering if anyone knew when I can expect to actually get the money from the suit? If anyone is not sure what I am speaking of: https://www.gtx970settlement.com/Home.aspx...

I have a headset that has a audio port and a microphone port. My PC only has 1 port, so I have to use a splitter. I've been using them for a while but over time they start to make my headset only play audio in the right side. It works perfectly fine if I unplug the splitter and plug in just the...

So i bought the game Stranded Deep a few days ago because i know i meet all the requirements, but i still seem to lag really badly even with all the settings on low. I updated my graphics driver yesterday as well, These are my specs. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.6GHz 4GB RAM Graphics...

i thought i got arctic silver 5 but i got arctic silver aa whats the difference? here is the one i got https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z9XG0I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and here is arctic silver 5...

https://www.bitsofclay.com[/img]why is there a shadow at the bottom in my frames when photographing my jewelry.

So, I just built my first pc last night and used a case one of my friends used to have. Essentially, everything is fine minus the two usb 3.0 ports on the front. The issue isn't that I don't have 3.0 slots on my mobo, it'seems just that it is simply full size usb plugs running from the port to...

Hello everyone hows life? Ok so, I have a Evga GTX 970 and a MSI 970 at SLI. What I want to know is should I go for the Kraken G10 for both of them and then a small liquid cooling corsair or something? The reason being is I plan on getting an ultra-wide curved 35 inch 3440x1440 IPS 100Hz...

As title suggests, I am looking for a power supply, max 165mm. The EVGA G3 line up is brand new so I don't know if they're much better than the G2 and therefore much better than the Corsair? But the G3 is about the same price as the P2 variant so I wonder again which one is better. Looking for...

Hello all. im planing on giving myself a greate christmas gift this year. i am going to build my self a gaming/media mini pc. So far i have tried to pick parts that is more than good enough to play the newest games at a as high graphic as possible for years to come. also i would like the...

2 wifi but my fastest wifi wont show up in my loptop and on my sister's loptop but inn my brothers loptop it showed up.

I have a broken GTX 560m Card in my Toshiba Qosmio x775 Laptop. The card Bricked some time ago, and gives me an error in device manager. Since then If i install the drivers from Nvidia, the device will show up, but upon restarting the computer to finish reinstalling it the computer will crash...

I was going to buy this http://pcpartpicker.com/product/7RKhP6/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-windforce-oc-6g-video-card-gv-n1060wf2oc-6gd Instead of the gpu in here! CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.00) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve...

My System is Following 1. CPU - i7 4790K 2. Mobo - ASUS Z97 PRO 3. GPU - AMD R7 260X Sapphire 4. PSU - Cooler Master G550M My PC stopped suddenly, i tried the reset button several time but it did not work. So i opened it and tried the paper clip method of the PSU. The Fan Runs. So i thought...

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