hardware

Good Morning, I have a gaming PC that I built a number of years ago, it seems fine but I am thinking of upgrading some bits to make it a bit more capable of future gaming. Can you recommend any upgrades: Power Supply Corsair RM850 Motherboard MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON Processor Intel...

My local bookstore/hackerspace has been donated a pallet of cheap imported routers from a company called Atlas Media. The routers themselves are listed as 'AMW-DBR 1200AC' for reference, but this is not the original model number as they were imported from China and rebranded. The store would...

I had just installed a new m.2 and swapped out my ram for a 32gb kit and when turning the PC back on I got the dreaded power cycle. I cleared the cmos and that didn’t seem to effect the issue. I also took out the m.2 and replaced my old ram and it still power cycled (turns on for 15 seconds then...

When i play ROBLOX, i have 150-170 fps on low settings, but i get the same framerate on max, i went to check task manager and the CPU and the GPU were under 20%, when i put the game on max settings, GPU usage went to 60%+ but CPU usage was low, I am on a laptop and here is my specs CPU: Intel...

Specs: Motherboard: b550 tomohawk CPU: 3600(old) 3700x(new) Ram: corsair vengeance 32gb 3600mhz Gpu: msi 2070 Disks: 2 hdd, one external ssd and one samsung ssd(the ones attached to the motherboards forgot what they are called) Psu: 750w gold evga Case: corsair rgb Montior: samsung 24 inch FHD...

Hi guys. I have a problem with only one of my case fans, when i boot it up it starts to slow down, vibrate a lot and then stop however it spins right back up after. (this process happens for a few minutes before stopping) I have had this setup for roughly 10-11 months and this only started...

I was just using my Lenovo Legion Y540 laptop running Windows 11, simply playing spiderman remastered when suddenly my game's fps dropped suddenly and significantly, my laptop seemed frozen for a second until I tried to Alt-Tab out of the game, the moment I did I encountered this strange beeping...

For the past 2 weeks, my PC has constantly rebooted every time it's under load. This includes games, stress tests, benchmarks and etc. I decided to turn the pc on its side and it surprisingly ran with no issues whatsoever. I tried pacing the PC upright and it crashed like it has always done. I...

I've put 4 different type of ssds in my pc to install windows on it and nothing works!!! The ssds placed in my pc: WD_black sn750 500gb (Didn't work) SK hynix 500gb (Didn't work) Inland QLC 1tb (Didn't work) WD_Black sn770 1tb (Didn't work) Nothing works!!!! Windows 10, windows 11...

A long time ago, about 4 months ago I was playing a game, the PC crashed into a weird tinted freeze of the game. rebooted, a couple days later it happened again except this time a rainbow screen of death, the error was irql more or less equal. It happened over and over and over and became more...

Hi, I sincerely need help with the constant crashes and BSOD's I have been having after upgrading my build's mobo,cpu,psu and ram. Since the build went live, I have been experiencing the following BSODs: Kmode exception not handled (most common one) Driver IRQL not less or equal (second most...

My problem would be that for some reason I have an input lag and it's only and I looked in this program and it's because of 2 things LATENCY MON _ CONCLUSION _ Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts. LatencyMon has been analyzing...

I bought an RX 5700 XT for $120 on sale, I was looking around and I know it's a few years old but I thought it was a good buy. What do you think? (i know there are new models but i dont have much money to waste in a gpu) I wanted to ask how do you see this gpu for 2022 and future games in 2023...

Hi everyone! I'm building a new PC and I'd like your opinion on it. Any advice is welcome. I already have the monitor, but I added it so it's clear I'll be running at 3440 x 1440 Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9zVQNc CPU: i7-13700KF MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX B660-A GAMING WIFI D4 GPU...

i have lots of cpus which im trying to sell but im not sure if they work, i dont have any available computers that are compitable with the cpus is there any way to test these cpus?

Hi there, I want to upgrade my laptop (LENOVO B570e) Huronriver platform with an SSD and ram. The device is running chrome os flex but I don't like it very much and want to install windows 10. The laptop's current config is 2 GB ram (1033mhz), 320 GB WDblue HDD (7200rpm) and intel i3 2310M @...

Suppose there are two laptop having specs: Laptop A: Alienware x15 rtx 3070 & 11800H processor having PL1=PL2=140watt (Specs) Laptop B: Alienware x17 rtx 3080 & 11800H processor having PL1=PL2=165watt Default TDP@base for 11800H is 45W. I know that when PL2=PL1 with having infinite Tau then...

Hello I assume a mouse like Logitech G302 can hold some data? Since it autoruns software / driver, when you connect it. 1. Can you transfer malicious software to a mouse like Logitech G302, and then use it to infect a computer with malicious software? 2. Can you scan a mouse like Logitech...

It was performing quite poorly in a game I was playing, which I had played before on a friend's 920m laptop. Specifically, Goat Simulator at Medium settings, giving 30-ish FPS. Horrible. After a lot of research, this is the information I have: GPU usage is near 100% According to MSI...

Hey there everyone, So she's had this problem for a while now. PC will crash after gaming for a short amount of time. I initially thought it was high temps but they seem to be within reason. Not really overheating. I've adjusted fan her curves in BIOS and MSI Afterburner, in any case, to see if...

My GPU was malfunctioning, so I took it out of the pc for repair as its under warranty, but when doing so some plastic from the pcie cable got stuck in it so now the seller has voided my warranty. What can I do , and where in the Uk can i fix it?

Hi, so for around 6 months now i have had a problem with my pc where it randomly black screens followed by a reboot. This used to happen infrequently but recently the issue is becoming more prevalent and i worry for the health of my old HDDs. I'm actually a little worried typing this right...

Hello friends, I have a second computer in my office that I also use for Photoshop CC (always updated) but it is very slow comparing to the other pc. I believe the problem is the hardware. I really appreciate any suggestion for upgrades. Thank you! Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. -...

I have different values and stats on the same HDD, different soft shows me different stuff. So, as I understand the backup is only valuable option to preserve the data? In order to don't lose any valuable information. Is it right?

Hello, I just bought this pc and its making these noises and i cant pinpoint where its coming from or whats causing it, can anybody help? It makes them even when idle , just sitting in BIOS or desktop. Its definitely not a wire rubbing in a fan, doesnt seem like coil whine. MOBO speaker beeps...

Basically, at a random point of time when I reboot my machine it won't boot. It'll get stuck at the "ASUS" BIOS logo. And then when I unplug, reboot, and plug the SSD back in, it boots just fine. No errors during use! Another thing, when I try to boot off a USB drive with the SSD plugged in it...

My computer freezes, restarts or shuts down while playing games. It typically occours after 10 minutes or so. When I restart my computer and try to play again the error does not occour again. I have tried to stresstest and benchmark my computer without any problems. I have ran prime95, 3DMark...

Hey guys, I am having this problem for a week now... My PC just crashes and restarts instantly without me doing anything.. sometimes it's when I am in the middle of a game, sometimes when I just log in to my windows after entering the password. I have tried every possible thing available on...

I bought a Rosewill s500 RGB case that has a controller with a 3 pin VDG connector and a 3 pin ARGB connector. Both are 5V. My motherboard is an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z. I looked in the manual and don’t see any connectors that would work. Is there any adapters that would fix this?

Hi, I've had this Lenovo Legion 5P since January 2021, and in the last couple of months it's started having issues. Since buying it new, I have added a SanDisk 500GB SSD in the D: Drive slot and an additional 8GB or Samsung RAM. It regularly has Blue Screen crashes, with a variety of different...

I got a Kingston NV1 1TB drive a couple months ago and everything was good until recently when i started having corruption and speed problems. Did a clean install of windows 11 but the problems persisted. SSD health is 99%, just 1300Gbs written. Sequential read speed is 2100Mb/s while sequential...

hi, so recently while playing valorant ive noticed that about every 30 seconds or so my fps drops drastically from around 50 (which isnt that great on its own) down to 10. this makes the game unplayable and lasts for about 15-20 seconds. I checked gpu-z and turns out my gpu clock speed was going...

Around 2 years ago I build my first PC. I did not have an antistatic wriststrap to ground myself. Near the end of my build my monitor wouldn't turned on because the Ram wasn't fully plugged in so I fully plug it in while the PSU and the motherboard lights was on (I have Corsair Vengeance 2x8...

Partial question partial vent! I ordered a PC from iBuyPower about 2 years ago. PC ran fine as far as I could tell (somewhat of a hardware noob) until about a week ago I heard a noise from what sounded like the AIO. I downloaded HWinfo, speed fan, NZXT, and a couple other monitoring programs and...

My understanding was Speed Select Technology (SST) - Incorporating SST-CP/BF/TF where specific cores clock higher and reduce lower priority, P1 of specific cores increased and reduces for others and high turbo frequency P0n reduces for others respectively. What exactly controls this? Speed...