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https://imgur.com/KlLU9HO Hi guys I have an i7-3770k with a 980ti and I recently overclocked my water cooled cpu. Above is a picture for reference: The PC is using a P8Z77V motherboard. I used Aida64 and it said CPU throttling (3%) - “Overheating detected!” I ran the test with the following...

I recently built my first PC; I have been playing games and running 4, 5 apps while recording/streaming and playing at 144hz / 1080p on overwatch at medium graphics settings / I also played monster hunter for 45 min or so at highish settings and both games yield higher temps for my CPU than I...

I recently bought a RX 570, which for my FX-8300 is way overkill, I know. So I tried running some games and, of course, some are literally unplayable, Rainbow Six, for example, even with the lowest graphics, the CPU keeps stuttering and when my CPU gets at 100%, my fps drops to 20 ~ 40 and it...

So im wanting to paint my computer case, currently it is a military green colour, but im wanting it to be completely white, with some baby blue accents. As well as i will be taking off the side panel where there is a window on the case, and replacing it with a acrylic sheet that is the same...

Hi all you clever people, who've been so good to me over the years. Am admitting to being a senior cit now. My husband's turning 70 & is a watch freak. Trust me, he has just about every type of watch there is, except for one. An electronic sports watch. He cycles to the beach every day & swims...

I have 2 computer speakers that need new jack Jack has white ,green and bare silver while speakers have white red and bare copper

I am having 2.1 F&D speaker. It doesn't come with a earphone jack from where I can connect my earphone directly to the woofer but it comes with the male jack. Is there anyway to connect a female Jack in it from where I can listen to the music directly from the woofer by connecting a earphone plug?

I got a GA-H61-S3 is compatible with an i5 with like 6th gen? Or is it just the 3rd gen? And how much ram does it support. I got a gtx 750 ti also

Im trying to connect a second SSD to my computer. I already have an M.2 SSD connected and i ma trying to connect a regular sandisk 1TB SSD plus. When i go into bios and disk management my second SSD doesnt show up. My SSD is connected to the sata 1 port on my motherboard and another cable...

Hey there, I'm building a setup and it's going pretty good so far. The only thing that I'm not sure of is the CPU-MBO-RAM relationship. Here are the components in question: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x MBO: Asus PRIME X470 PRO RAM: Kingston HyperX HX432C18FB2K2/16 3200MHz The issue is that on the...

250w psu Gt 1030 ddr5 I3-2120 cpu x2 4gb ram 120gb kingston ssd 2 fans Mouse/keyboard Im a little worried about using this graphic card on my pc because the card said it requires minimum of 300W or greater than that and my psu is only 250w. Should i get a new psu ?

I recently upgraded CPU Mobo and Memory. I play PUBG, diablo, overwatch and still have some issues... for specifics i play pubg at "very low" settings across the board but still have issues at time rendering etc. Thought i would at least get medium with current setup. Whats messing me up...

Hi. I bought a new motherboard recently in amazon, the "aorus z370 gaming wifi", and after build my computer, I plug to woofer 2.1 in the back port (mobo) and headphones on front, and i ear to static noisr in headphones and in the woofer 2.1 and in my old computer this problem never happened...

so i've lost my GPU Rx 460 and i switched to intel HD 4600 and every game i play freezes in image only but it's running and i can control the game and hear sound of movements and footsteps even (MINECRAFT) freezes and i can control pc can (alt + tap) then switch again to frozen game ps, every...

It seems that I bought the samsung 28" u28e590d for the GeForce 1080 ti. It seems sluggish in 3840 x 2160. Which port is better for gaming displayport or hdmi. I just feel like I wasted my money

Looking to upgrade my Gaming/Streaming PC but not sure if what I've picked out will work. Currently got a; - GTX 1070 GPU - H87-HD3 Motherobard - Ballistix Sport RAM (28GB, don't ask) - NZXT CA-S340MB Case - Not honestly sure what the PSU is, might be a Corsair 550m So What I was considering...

ive been wondering if im getting the right fps in the games ive been playing, any chance it could be my specs? windows 7 64bit i7-4790 msi z97 gaming 3 32gb corsair 1600hz evga gtx 970 sc ive noticed that in bios the ram is set to 900hz as well

hi i have an internal 1 tera seagate hard with 12 health and 553 bad sectors. i want to sell it to somebody. Does it be usable for along time for him? i have no problem with this hard drive.

I accidentally touched a little from the bottom and also noticed dust on it. Will this still work as intended or do i need to repply thermal paste? If yes,can i have some good suggestions on what ya'all use?

Hey everyone, I purchased an old eMachines desktop and it has an MA061L-D3 motherboard in it. I've scoured the internet for the past 30 minutes trying to find a manual or any sort of technical information but can't. Would like to see a list of supported CPUs other than the Athlon II 250 for a...

so my question to everyone is is there a website u can go to to check see if all the components I'm gonna use is gonna all work together without any problems

So my Intel Core i7-8700K Processor is getting to 120 F and RPM fan speeds of only 700-800 I had gotten a notification that my fan wasn't working and I should check the connection and I did made sure everything was plugged in and everything was but I don't know if these things are normal what...

Sound on DVD not working only video. TV sound good

Hello I have a Microsoft Band 2 with a broken and ripped off power button. I'm trying to remove the solder from the contact pads but I'm totally unable to do it. My soldering iron is set to 315 C and the solder wire is melting just fine with a minor touch from the iron tip. Any advice? Thanks

Hi! I bought a HDMI to VGA dongle that also supports a 3.5mm audio jack, and i am trying to get it to work with my projector. I need HDMI due to the fact that my primary computer does not have any VGA inputs. However, this doesn't seem to work with the HDMI dongle. When i connect the vga to...

Hey guys I've spent the last week reading forums about getting stable FPS on AC origins I have above recommended specs for the game but the dips are so bad, My console experience was better. R9 290X tri X oc edition AMD FX 8350 8GB ram I suspected my proccesor to perform like balls, but I...

hi, thank you for reading my post. i am having some issues lately because when ever i turn on my pc i keep getting the blue screen of death when i sign in. i think its Firefox not sure, but when ever i use system restore it says cannot restore Firefox something .dll no files were change. so, i...

Random question, i have a virutal machine for kali linux and i want to make it an iso, put it on my usb and boot it to my laptop. how do i do that?

Hello guys I want to buy a PS4 PRO and a 4k TV. Do you guys know of some 4k TVs with a good image and "low" response time? I dont want one more expensive than 600€. The Hz dont need to be above 60 but its doesn't really matter much. Thanks for the attention.

Hi everyone i need help. I just cleaning up my PC from dust with brush. Before it, i put out all cable from motherboard, put the gpu, put the cpu fan. The i clean it up. After that, i put in back again the cable, gpu etc. When i press the power button, nothing happen with my pc. I see the...

Hey everyone I'm getting ready to upgrade my PC a little bit and only have about $400 to do so with. IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS I'M ALL EARS!!!!! here's what I have now, Asus m5a97 le R2.0 (NEWEST bios) amd phenom ii x4 965 be (3.2Ghz-3.4Ghz) "oc'd to 4.3Ghz kingston hyperx 8GB Ram 1600...

i stocked all my photos/videos in it. and its gone. how can i restore my photos? any idea? i tried recovery programms(disk drill, recuva). but it did not help.

Hello. I've just upgraded from GTX 750 to a GTX 1060 6GB and the problems have already started. After installing the GPU, I've reinstalled the GPU driver using a clean install and then I've ran some games. The first game was Monster Hunter World which ran just fine. Next one was Fortnite which...

Since 2 days, my browsers are not able to open any websites. I have used Mozilla Firefox & Microsoft Edge. I use EPIC PRIVACY browser occasionally and I tried it. It is able to open any website when its proxy is on but same problem when its proxy is off. There is no virus or malware detected...

I need help cuz i idk how but i lost my peripheral cable(for fans) and i need a new one. I am wondering...if all 4pin or 6 pin to molex are compatible with all psu . My psu is an old one, the seasonic x750 rm not the rm3

I opened only 2 tabs and look there are like 30 google lines in task manager SHould I downgrade this piece of [censored] or what [Moderator kindly asks that you mind your language on these forums]

So i have this 2TB Western Digital Hard Drive which i took out of an external hard drive casing due to the fact that it doesn't spin up when i plug it in, the light on the adapter of the external casing also flashes when the drive it plugged in to it. Upon removing the PCB from the drive i am...

Hi Everyone, This seems to be a common problem but i can't seem to find a specific answer. I have 6 PCs on my home network. (Along with various other phones and cameras and rubbish of course) The problem I am having is that certain machines cant see other computers on the network, they see...

My name is Carol. Bought a laptop today but doesn't respond....

my laptop is acer e1-572g equipped with amd radeon hd 8750m, intel core i5-4200u, 4gb ram, win 8.1 pro. the question is whenever i run any games especially new latest titles it just didnt have any option to use my dedicated gpu, only the intel integrated gpu. how can i make it to use the...