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My second M.2 slot is rated a "M.2 Socket (PCIe Gen2 x4)" Will putting a M.2 NVMe SDD in there be a bad idea? or will I just be losing out on speeds. Really wondering if I will have any compatibility issues. Only using this for a Data Drive, already using my other M.2 slot as Boot. Board...

Guys. Im looking to get a 1080ti for my gaming pc. Even tho the prices are not great at the moment, i still am considering getting ut. However with so many different brands, i hope someone can tell me which is the best performance amongst all since I'm already getting it im willing to spend abit...

i'm going to be honest when i say I've downloaded torrents in the past, and sometime then i caught a nasty virus, it's a virus that goes unseen but you know it's there, it slows down my computer drastically and i'm pretty desperate to get rid of this virus, who knows what it could be doing on my...

Hi, I recently bought a new 144hz main monitor for gaming (the benq one in the title.) However, I have been using a samsung TV as a secondary "monitor" which I use for youtube/twitch/netflix/whatever either for active watching or passive playing, like music clips during casual gaming. I used...

I have a 3 year old Lenovo Y70-70 laptop w/ an HDMI v1.4 out. What I am wondering is if I use a Male to Male cable can I get the upgraded effects of a display port cable or am I just wasting my money, like the M2M cable will go no further than the original HDMI? As in HDMI v1.4 only going to 120...

Hi all. So I'm upgrading to a better pc and am concerned when it comes to the power supply aspect of it all. The specs (at the moment) is as follows: i7-8700K 3.7Ghz (But will most likely oc to around 4.4-4.8) Corsair Hydro H150i Pro ASUS Maximus X Formula 32GB (8x4) Corsair Vengeance RGB...

my external hard drive has far more memory than my laptop does and I am unable to download system updates on to my laptop because those files are on my computers hard drive. how to i move everything to the external hard drive

parts list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wBV3zM my friend approached me with this computer saying that it would turn on but no input would be sent to the screen. knowing that he was using a ryzen I assumed that his GPU simply didn't work. however, when I got my hands on the GPU and plugged it...

I bought my PC around 2013 and my C: drive had 500GB (490GB real amount) and D: drive had 1TB (981GB real amount) and I know that is okay. Up to this day I have reainstalled windows and had a LOT of new games, files etc on those 2 drives. Last month I realized that my C: drive is on 326GB and...

So originally i bought an upgrade for my current build by buying a Ryzen 7 1700x, hyper X 8gb ddr4 ram, a GIGABYTE AB350-gaming 3 motherboard and a Zotac GTX 1060. When the parts arrived i connected them all together using the new parts and my old PSU, CPU cooler and storage. Once connected i...

Hey, recently built my own PC, and started it up today with some success Only issue I am finding is that when i open up the My PC area of windows explorer there is no harddrive there. the only thing that appears is the SSd that I put in and the DVD player that I added. I have opened up the...

Lately i have been trying to install windows 10 on my computer. First time it seemed to work good , i was doing my drivers and then i got the first bluescreen . I got several more until Windows couldn't run anymore. I reinstalled it a second time ans then i got the message : Windows installation...

i can hear fans on the laptop and put a cd in and it "loaded" but it wont go to external screen or anything. how do i fix this?

I thought it should be 4.5GHZ? It's only showing one core at 4.5. Also my power usage isn't going above 80W and the load is only reaching 95%...

Hi, I would like to connect a sas drive to a pc with a sata motherboard via a sas controller. Is this possible? If it is can you recommend one?

Hi just had a quick question for anyone willing to give there thoughts.first of all im going to give my pc specs. GTX 950 2GB SC INTELL PENTIUM G3258 3.2 GHZ DDR3 SINGLE 8GB RAM 450W PSU MSI H81M P33 MICRO MOTHERBOARD And its regarding my ram i found out that its speed is only 1333mhz and it...

I wanted to play Richard Burns Rally so i downloaded it, i played for a few days and the game was wonderfull so i download RBR World which is an online mod with more stages and cars,i downloaded the stages and the cars now every time i click go,to start a stage the games starts loading a white...

So I am building a gaming/productivity pc and I would like (because that my max budget) to get a 6TB hard drive. I am unsure as to which hard drive to get, I don’t intend on getting the IronWolf(pro) series because it’s for my pc not for a mad, same thing for wd red. I don’t know whether to get...

Hello, I got GA H110M S2H and an i5 6600 . I dont have any problems with my cpu temps . I just want to change the stock cooler and buy another one . Will Cooler Master CPU Cooler Hyper TX3i / Cooler Master CPU Cooler Hyper H411R be ok ?

I have a laptop with a GTX1060. Gsync display that can output Full 1080p on the laptop display. But I use a external monitor that is also full 1080p but has a 144hz refresh rate unlike the laptop display that has a 60hz refresh rate. Running a few test on gaming, I have less then 45 C temps on...

I have a 750ti and an AMD six core processor and im having problems with overclocking because if I put higher any settings more than the ones I have currently, any game crashes. The temp is always below 80C

Greetings and Happy Holidays to All. I've just dusted off an old Dell PowerEdge 1800 in hopes of using it for a project. I've pulled the OEM RAID card and have it down to 1 500 gig sata drive. Here is the problem: When I press F2 to get into setup, it just sits there. It isn't until I pull...

My sharp Aquos smart tv turns itself on a few seconds after i plug it in. It then shows the sharp logo, after that it goes black and responds to nothing. remote or buttons on tv do nothing Did try to reset with holding the volume down and power button on tv, does nothing also the netflix app...

Hello guys I don't know what this file is but i was shocked when my windows notified mo of having low SSD memory. when i looked at it from a 40gb-ish ssd to 1.7gb. so i was like WTH happened and downloaded some files to look at where are these files are located. so here's a screenshot of the...

My mouse was working fine earlier, after a few hours it is not recognized by any PC, so how do i fix this? My mouse light is still on but when i plug it in, it plugged in and automatically plugged off.

Which graphics card is better. A gtx 780 3gb or a gtx 1050 2gb

Hi all, I should update my configuration for various reasons, creating a top/high end RIG, my main use is 4k Gaming (NOT competitive , I play everything) but I would also like a complete system at 360 ° that allow me to do everything without problems, especially a lot of multitasking even while...

So this is my first time building a pc. I felt like I followed the correct steps but when I turn it on everything lights up and the fans are on and after 10 seconds or so it turns off then repeats. I took out the motherboard,cpu, and power supply. When I connected just those things it did the...

I currently have WIN 10 on my main SSD, I am trying to boot from my USB which has WIN 10 on it however everytime I select it as my main boot method I always get send to WIN 10, it completely ignores the USB.

hello i am nervous about my rear exhaust fan i am seeing that it is running at 1169 rpm is it working well or no? because today i have put my hand on the exhaust fan and i felt that it is not blowing air strongly it is blowing air but normal. my cpu is i5 750 and it was running at 53 degree and...

My cpu is a i7 2600 My gpu is 1050 ti Ram 8 gb of ddr3 I can’t run many games without lagging and getting stuttering

Hi guys, need help diagnosing an issue I'm having with my Pc. I have had both my GPU and PSU for around 3 years now, and recently my Pc has been freezing pretty consistenly when watching videos (YouTube) or Gaming. What happens is, I get multiple stutters which causes the audio to buzz and...

Originally, my first graphic card worked fine. I bought a newer one and it wouldn't work with the PSU because it didn't have six pin connector. So I plugged it into computer with bigger PSU and pin but no go. Figured card was bad and returned it. Returned the original card to my first computer...

Hey So this is happening to me since yesterday. My CPU usually sits around 20 - 30 C. Yesterday I noticed that just browsing the web the fans of my CPU cooler where working, this is strange because usually these fans are not active so I checked my temps and cores were working around 30-40...

I got Watch_Dogs for free on uPlay from Ubisoft, and I want to run it with a decent frame rate and a reasonable resolution. To the mods, merge the threads if you have to...

I'm connecting my xbox one and computer to a set of speakers and would like both audio signals to work at the same time (music from computer and game audio from xbox) how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance for any help!

Will the Kraken x42 perform well if I game with a i7 7700k? Not overclocked

Hi, What is the solutions of the Asus Laptop Battery won't charge? I have notice the battery deceasing and until 0% and now it's dead looking for solution. I can't power on anymore. It is just 3 months old Asus SonicMaster. I tried the following solutions: **removed the battery and unplugged...

Hey guys, 2 days ago something started happening that has never happened before with my video card. It all started when one of my games crashed, I didn't think much of it and I stopped playing, but when I booted another game later that day, my whole system crashed. Now every time I boot my...

Which One is better as Trio is just released on 12 Oct still Gaming X is Key player.Can trio beat his older brother.