Hardware Upgrades

Hp pavilion G6-2146sl AMD A6-4400M Dual Core 2.7 GHz + Radeon HD 7520G 4GB DDR3 SSD 240GB [In-Game] CPUIDHWMonitor+TaskManager : View: https://imgur.com/a/FfhY6fq League settings are all on the lowest comfiguration. I get on average 20-30 FPS (or lower). It is unplayable for me. The funny...

I’m looking to upgrade from my i5 7500. Which is a better? The i5 8600K is $280 and the i7 8700 is $340. I’m looking to game on it.

So I currently have a PC I built close to 10 years ago, -AMD 1090t BE (not overclocked, had too many issues) -Asus M4A89GTD -8gb Corsair dominator gt ddr3 (sorry cant really describe it better than that) -WD blue 500gb SSD (recent install, main/boot drive) -WD 1tb hdd (caviar I think?) -Radeon...

Hi I'm in an idea to shoot short film. My budget for video gear is low . That's the reason i decided to use mobile to shoot. Suggest me smart phones with better video quality . My budget is 180$. Thanks in advance.

I just got a new Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD to upgrade from my 500gb secondary drive. My primary is am SSD. Installing the new HDD, it shows up in bios (MSI 990FXA Gaming mobo) on the board explorer. It shows up in the device manager as its model number with 1.81TB of storage, this device is...

Title. I have read everywhere that it shouldn't bottleneck,but it does. There are tens of posts even on this site that say that it shouldn't. Games like Arkham knight and Just cause 3, the cpu is 100% but the gpu floats around 60%. Even in Far cry 4 it bottlenecks it. Only game that it seems to...

i've been wanting to play PUBG since it was out. I was wondering if i can play it with my computer. Specs: Intel i3-4170 GT 1030 8 GB RAM

Nvidia Control Panel use to be operable without any problems loading at all. Now when i want to change 3D settings, it freezes my PC therefore i have to force restart my PC. Heres what i did so far to try to fix this problem: -Ive downloaded DDU and deleted all my drivers and reinstalled them...

hi guys, i had a desktop HP Compaq dc7900 with speaker, and recently i've change the old desktop with workstation z210, but i notice something didn't happen with the old desktop, the workstation make like bomb sound when i turn it off or when i restart it ! i didn't change the speaker i still...

since some weeks my internet is just so shity it disconnects every 20-30 seconds when it has some good times it disconnects every 10 minutes. doesnt matter if i use my comptuter with the lan cable or my mobile with wifi its disconnect the same way. i tried everything to do, reset the settings...

Hi all, My girlfriend and I are both gamers and streamers on Twitch. Our previous internet speed could not support us both streaming, so we decided to upgrade yesterday to a 300/60 speed. Connected to the same Router, using the two pair of LAN cables, which are completely the same - we even...

I have a MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G and a ASUS Radeon R9 380 STRIX-R9380-DC2OC-4GD5-GAMING 4GB and was wondering if I could use them together. Here are links to the card. http:// http://

While getting all my parts into my new case, i realised that i needed to take the front panel connector for the USB 3.0 case ports out of the motherboard to fit my graphics card. While taking it out i had a lot of trouble and the bracket that is on the board around the pins came off. If i plug...

My download speed is slow on chrome and other applications, but on steam I'm getting 4MB+ download speeds, how can I fix it? e.g on chrome downloading a small file of 8 MB takes about 20 minutes to complete

Hey all, so i need to know if the i7-7700K will work with my mb : GA-Z170-HD3P i'm praying it does because in alot of new titles and some older ones my i5 6500 now is heavily bottle necking my gtx 1070 in 1440p :( and i wont have to money for a mb aswell. thanks for reading

Hello, I've started to learn 3D and my computer can handle the work up until one point. I'm on a mac at the moment and I would like to build/buy a pc that can handle a lot of modelling/rendering. I'm working in Blender 3D right now and I'm planning to go with Autodesk Maya at some point. I...

Hey so I bought a new computer with an asus gtx1080 ryzen 5 1600x 16gb ram and I bought a nixeus nx-vue24b monitor for christmas. I am trying to set the monitor to 144hz but no matter what I do, going through nvidia panel, the dsiplay settings, I can not get anything to show me 144hz. It says...

Model is aspire e-522. 4years of usage My acer aspire e-522 wont turn on and wont charge. I was using it when suddently it turned off and stopped charging. It hasnt turned on or charged since. What do i do

My PC Turns Off Instantly After I Plug In My Razer Deathadder Chroma Mouse And I Have No Clue As To Why. Whenever I Plug In My Keyboard And Other Mouse Both With RGBs, It Works Fine. I Don't Get it.

I currently have an Asrock X99 Extreme6 motherboard and Im looking into getting an SSD. I know where to mount it and how to I just don't know what cables I need to buy and where to connect them. I am getting a Samsung 850 Evo 500GB and it only comes with the SSD, a disk and a few booklets...

So i decided to mod my r9 290x with the arctic accelero iii i followed the steps(and guides) and i installed it now when i install the graphics card the pc will turn on,fans are spinning(the gpu one included)no beeping but the diplay,mouse and keyboard are not on.When it has intel hd...

When i turn off the pc and take out the power plug and put it back in into psu and turn the pc on the bios goes to default and i cant load the saved profiles it makes me crazy im using p8p67 pro and i7 2600k

Hi. Just wanted to ask you a quick question. My mobo supports dual channel ram. Currently I have only 1 stick 4gb ddr4 ram. I want to know if the size of the second stick should be the same, so the dual channel is in use, or no (for example is 1x4 + 1x8 a dual channel or it should be 2x4). Thanks.

Hi, I've been having an issue with a computer I built. The components are as follows: Motherboard: MSI 970 CPU: AMD FX-8350 RAM: 8 Gb (2x4) GPU: MSI GTX 1050 Ti PSU: EVGA 400 N1 (400W) Symptoms: Within 15 minutes of boot, the computer freezes. It will not respond to any input, and the only...

Hi everyone, I want to buy the Asus ROG STRIX B350-F Gaming motherboard and the Corsair Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8) DDR4 3000MHz memory kit (CMR16GX4M2C3000C15) for a Ryzen 5 1600 build, but yesterday i read the QVL's of the motherboard and i realized that the RAM is not listed in that list. So...

I used a higher volt charger for my laptop but immediately I tried plugging it there was a spark so I stopped the processes immediately, then I used a lower volt charger now it indicated charging but not charging and now it won't boot even after using the right charger.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3291473/sound-coming-psu-friends-describe-fapping-sound.html Made this a while ago and I just got a new psu (evga b3 550) and the noise is still there. Any ideas? I'm positive it's the psu, I took it out of the case and booted up the pc, it's 100% the...

Hi Brand new card (Gigabyte - GTX 1050 Ti OC 4G(rev1.0/rev1.1) installed and for some reason the fan speeds are running at 3000 - 3200 RPM. I've installed the latest video card driver as well as Gigabyte utility application. I've tried adjusting fan speeds with the official software and most...

What should i do? my cards had fan problem after 1.5 month of usage i rma'd it and Msi contacted me offering only partial refund and no replacement due to lack of supply. Amazon where i bought it no help, even blocked my negative feedback of the product.

FIrst of all the info on these boards are awesome. Thank you. I'm in build mode. Haven't built in over 14 years, but i am comfortable with it, so bear with me. I ordered the G4560 based on an article on the following article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html Paid a...

So im in the process of building a new Ryzen build but wanted peoples thoughts on fan connections. the mobo is a strix x370 and i have the nzxt s340 elite case. Ive got 2x nzxt 120mm fans that came with the case currently in the top and the rear, ive got the wraith spire cpu cooler and ive got...

I just plugged my PC with windows 10 into an RCA HD tv via HDMI. When I switched over to the proper source it read "1080x1920" and the windows logo is clearly high def, but after about 5 seconds the screen refreshed and read 1080p only and the resolution looks crappy. I have my PC display...

hello guys i just got a 450watt DELUX Psu (DELUS ATX450 p4) from a friend of mine and i putted it in my pc it has a 20pin connector i noticed my mobo requires 24pin so i ignored that and installed the psu and i am using the pc now for 1hr everything seems stable temps, cpu gpu ,ram loads...

I am getting into 4K video editing and was wondering. Can I get away with using something like a gtx1060 or rx480 or do I need to drop the money on a quadro and if so, which quadro for entry level stuff? I will be using i7-6700. I will mainly be using Pinnacle Studio 20 for my software

Hi I really need some help. I'm considering two custom built desktop options, and was hoping for some input before i pressed the 'buy' button. (Purchasing for general use, and adobe software use - Multimedia, video production, photo editing etc) The two configurations are below A Case...