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I'm looking for recs on parts for a new build. I'm on an extremely tight budget and really can't spend more than $250 (I already have Windows, so price doesn't include that). I don't do any extreme gaming. My main use would be normal internet usage (email, social media, browsing, etc) and...

I was just wondering if theres some magic way to get both xbox audio and pc audio to play through one headset or make it so that my xbox sound goess through my pc? is there some special converter or something. i want this because i use discord and wanna hear audio too

Hi guys, I'm really struggling to understand what monitor features I should look for based on my needs so any help will be really appreciated. Basically I will play 3A games like The Witcher 3, Mad Max or MMOs and Mobas like WoW and Dota. By characteristics I mean: - I'd love to have a 27''...

Hello, i was playing league of legends when suddenly screen got black. After restarting pc the screen is not turning on, monitor says no signal, when i take out gpu and connect to ipgu it works fine but when pcie gpu is inserted both gpu and igpu stops working.

I was wondering if this is a good PSU.

the case is a aerocool qs 182

Hey there, I'm a writer, I have a desktop computer and a recently deceased laptop. I mainly used my laptop for writing and my desktop for editing. As I could lounge in my lazyboy and write and sit upright and focus on editing on my desktop. Since the death of my laptop I purchased a cloudbook...

Hi. I have a MSI GTX 970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= And I recently purchased this monitor...

This is my first PC and I am trying to keep it to about £700. A parts list can be found: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/3ICXQB7K2UM7C/ref=cm_wl_huc_title Any advice or other things I should consider? Samsung 250GB 850 EVO M.2 SATA SSD EVGA NVIDIA GTX 950 SuperClock+ 2 GB with...

Hey guys, So about half a year ago, I had a water cooling accident. This occurred whenever I added in the chipset block to the loop, and the block had a leak in it. It's safe to say that my board is screwed, but that's about the only thing that I think was damaged, as my old 7970 seemed to still...

Can some one help me? Help please! This is my first time building a gaming pc and so i got a friend to help me get some parts for my build, i used Pcpartpicker to plan my gaming pc build and he told me to use the MSI 970 Gaming ATX Am3+ Mother board for my build but it says there was an...

I currently own a dell optiplex 745 sff with a Pentium D dual core 945. I would like to upgrade to core 2 duo E6700 but I'm not sure if my bios supports it (2.6.6) would it plug strait in and boot up or would I have to update the bios Thanks

I am building my first gaming pc. I have had nothing but laptops since forever and I wanna play higher end games on my pc. I am aware of the cost of this pc but i can get the money. Just need to know if there are any parts that i should replace or anything like that. If you know of parts that...

So on my GPU (GTX 970) there is a DVI-I port and a DVI-D port. I am wanting a dual monitor setup but the monitors have just a DVI port. Can I use the DVI cables from there ports to the monitors and have them work the same and have good resolution? EDIT: On GPU the DVI ports are dual link.

Hello, I just installed my new AMD FX-8350 and EVGA GTX 960 and now when I turn my computer on I can go to start Windows and it will take me as far as the sign in (sometimes it crashes and takes me to BSOD before that) before it either restarts or goes to the BSOD. Did I do something wrong on...

Het guys, I want to upgrade my graphic card to an ASUS Radeon R9 380 But I don't know if my pc can support it. Can you please help me My rig spec: OS : Windows 10 Home 64 bit CPU : Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.4 GHz GPU :R9270-DC2OC-2GD5 PSU : Delta 500 watts power supply RAM : 16 GB DDR4 2133...

Hello, I'm having a issue with my PC. Last night I was playing like every night after a hard day of work and all of a sudden my PC went off. I tried turning it back on but nothing shows on my monitor, I tried everything i could, disconnecting everything and let it sit for a while, cleared CMOS...

Hello,i am experiencing low CPU usage in CS GO and low framerate,also the gpu is always 99% Why is this happening ? CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5 GHz GPU: Msi 210 1gb ddr3 RAM: 4GB

Hey guys, Over the last few weeks my computer has started stuttering like mad and frequently getting the BSOD. By "stuttering" I mean, my screen freezes, the sound gets stuck and I manually can't do anything for 1-3 seconds. Sometimes, the freezing is prolonged (10s or more) and followed by a...

I am going to wipe my hard drive using a DOD approved software, WipeDrive. When finished I want nothing on the pc except my OS back the way it was when I purchased it, all personal information and traces gone. How do I accomplish this?

So my windows installer folder is pretty big for no reason after I updated windows. So I found this wicleanup this and gave it a try, and it says that I can clean up to 10gb from that folder. So my question is: Is it safe? Should I erase all these "unused" msi and msp files?

Are these good specs, and will they run games like counter strike at good quality. Also do I have a good gaming monitor? WOT spoilered by moderation team. You could edit that down drastically by just removing all the lines that say None.

Hello everyone! I'm Currently looking into a custom water cooling loop for my new PC build. I want to water cool my CPU. I've spent a lot of time looking into water cooling for my 1st build but just never went through with it but now I really want to invest in a high quality water cooling...

So I just upgraded my motherboard to my PC, as well as the case and added LED. The thing is, is my CPU fan noise is rather noisy (water cooler) and on SpeedFan it states that the core temps are 50+ C although my CPU temp is sitting at a stable 43C (idle). Is that a problem with my thermal past...

r9 270 paired with fx 8320 So I'm playing csgo and I get from 200 to 80 constant drops which makes the game look very laggy. I try to find a problem since before it was 180-250+ and apparently my gpu usage is only 20 to 28% while my cpu is at 50% is it possible to fix this by increasing the...

Right first here is my pc specifications, CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital Caviar...

Hi, I haven't build computers since High school so please be tolerant. I don't want change case so rest of components have to fit there. My biggest worries are about CPU cooling because there is not many options. I know only about Silverstone which I have here and Noctua NH-L9I, interesting...

Does i5-4690k will bottleneck with GT740-DFOC-2GD5 2GB GDDR5 ?

I dropped my laptop yesterday and it was working fine after that for the rest of the evening (about 4 hours or so. Today morning I booted and my main desktop showed up but i cant use anything. It seems to have frozen! I'm extremely worried that my hard disk might be damaged but seeing as how it...

Hi, I have been looking around for a new monitor for my gaming computer and just wanted to get some tips and suggestions on what I should be looking for. So far I am leaning towards getting this (Link) but I am unsure as to whether it will be to small since I am currently using a large TV as my...

Hello everyone, This is my problem: in game lag. I can, for example, watch HD youtube videos with no problems, but when I try to play games like BF4, WoW, or DOTA 2 I get a bunch of nasty, choppy lag. Here are the results of my latest speed test: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4782633374 ...

How do I get the camera to zoom in and out on my acer Aspire E17? I have a virtual class and my face is huge even though I am 2 feet away.

Okay so I managed to get a third screen and I wanted to hook it up. At first I was having an issue with the fact that my last port on my graphics card (XFX AMD Radeon R7 250) is a DVI-D and the screen is a VGA. Obviously my problem was digital to analog. Well after some research I found out that...

Im currently looking for a cheap motherboard that can support AMD FX 8350 without throttle or getting too hot. I do have one requirement is that it needs to have usb 3.0 header. My budget is 100 dollars :D. TY FOR HELPING!!! The cheaper the better;D Also ram is 1600mhz

I've spent many hours coming up with my perfect build AT THE PERFECT PRICE! However I noticed last second that the case I had my heart set on was called an mATX case... so more research later and my perfect ATX build was no longer perfect (what a goose right?) But this led me to wanting to...

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I can get a GTX 980 for about $30 more than an R9 390x, should I go with that or is there no point?

Here is my current specs Z77X UP7 MOBO I7 3770K 8 GIG DDR 3 RAM GTX 770 4GB ANTEC 620 WATT PSU 1080p MONITOR Now, im looking to upgrade my GPU when i have the cash because my GTX 770 is falling behind and current release games i need to tone down some graphics to get a solid 60FPS Will the...

I've updated all my drivers, installed all windows updates bar one which continually fails and my system heat is a continual ~30C, yet my computer freezes every time I run a game! Here's the MiniToolBox dump; MiniToolBox by Farbar Version: 25-07-2015 01 Ran by Fearghall (administrator) on...

I have just upgraded to Windows 10 using the windows tool and i liked the new software very much. But,its running very very slow and when i returned to the windows 7 it was fine like it used to be. have you experienced this? can it be solved?