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Hey, as part of my irregular pc cleaning I unplugged my PC from the wall and cleaned it of dust and such. Important notice is that i did not remove the ram sticks at any point of my cleaning. After plugging my pc back up, windows says that half of my ram (8.1GB/16GB) is "hardware reserved". I...

All worked fine the day before, all I did was boot up Starfield and after an hour my PC shut down (No BSOD) and rebooted. At first, I thought it was a Starfield bug with the last patch, so i went to play CP2077 and after 30 minutes the same happened. So that got me worried, I tried Black Desert...

Built my first PC 17ish months ago with everything below except had a 2060 and a hx850 then. Only upgraded to the 3060ti and hx1000 9-10 months ago. Specs - CPU - i7 10700K COOLER - NZXT Kraken X61 MOBO - Asrock B560 PRO4 RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x8GB) GPU - Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti PSU -...

Hello, I'm creating this form post today because I have encountered a complexing issue with my computer system. Additionally, the problem is with my systems mechanical hard drives and its transferring and reading speeds or read/write speeds. I have a total of six mechanical hard drives in my...

The computer itself will turn mon. my RGB lights ns tuff go off fans are turning can hear that the system is working. but sometimes when i turn off the computer it has trouble connecting back to the monitor and giving power to my keyboard/mouse/wireless headset adapter. I know that the headset...

I just got done installing my new i7 10700K and Asus Prime Z-490A Motherboard. Along with some new Corsair Vengeance 32gb ram and a WD SN750 NVME. So here is my issue. Before doing the upgrade process this morning, I got on the phone with Microsoft to clarify if I would have to do a fresh...

I've recently just purchased the GSkill Trident RGB 32GB dual channel kit (3200MHz CL16) and I was wondering whether it would be compatible with the ASRock x370 Fata1ty ITX/ac + ryzen 5 2600 ? I ask this because I don't want to open the box unless I know for sure I won't be getting BSODs all...

I have a very surface level knowledge on pc's and things regarding pc's so please forgive me if i say something stupid Pretty much I'm planning on upgrading both my cpu and motherboard from an i3 2120 and an Asus P8H61-MX to a Ryzen 3 3200g and a Gigabyte A320M-S2H. However I've run into the...

Hi, I really need your help. My friends PC is kinda new, maybe like 2 months old. I was here to build it for him. All of the sudden computer seems to crash, no BSOD just a plain error. PC stops outputting video/audio signal, all interaction is completely dead. You just have to hard reset it...

This is my first PC build, and I am unsure on what to get. Over the course of a week I have picked out some parts, but since this is my first time I am unsure if they match. Please tell me if these components match and work well together, also would you have some other suggestions for the sme...

So for context about a week ago the Macrium Reflect backups for my C: Drive (Corsair 240GB SSD) suddenly started failing, with occasional BSOD occurrences, so I temporarily stopped the daily backups and figured I would sort it when I had the free time. This morning I went onto Macrium Reflect...

My setup: -GTX970 -i5-4590k -Samsung SDD -Evga bronze 600W TLDR; Playing CoD makes my computer cause a power outtage (flipped breaker) for my room and floor of the house. Tried things, keeps happening. Thoughts on what the cause is or how I can stop this? A recent weird thing has been...

Hi all so I’m pretty lost when it comes to upgrading my pc. So I currently have an alienware aurora r7 with an i7-8700 16gb of ram and a gtx 1080. I use my pc for gaming as well as video editing, graphic design and architectural design. I was looking into upgrading to an i9 processor with more...

Hey guys, alright so I'm super frustrated. I just bought a used Rx Vega 64, guy said it was working fine, and indeed it seemed to be okay when I first used it. However, I had to reset my PC entirely, and after reinstalling everything, including the latest drivers and whatnot, I attempted to...

Hello guys, i was installing gpu in my computer, unfortunately 3 fan blades broke off. Its not symmetric and because of that it causes noise. GPU model is GTX 650 1GB MSI. Does anybody know where can i buy replacement fan?

So resently my computer has been running a little slower than usual. Not the main problem but might be useful. The main issue is that when turning on my pc, after a few seconds it just instantly restarts, as in turns off without warning then turns back on. Once it has done this once it just...

Just purchased a used RTX 2080TI, which has a Alphacool already connected to it, placed it into my system, all connected fine, I just didn't put the rgb on as i don't have a rgb header on my mobo, and its running at 90 degrees, is their anyway i can find what is causing this and simply fixing it...

Hi, PC suddenly turned off and since then no signal, after checking inside CPU-Fan was not working, changed it, new one works, still no signal. Tried another Monitor, another HDMI cable, tried another graphics card, unplugged graphics card and tried via motherboard VGA, no signal. BIOS reset...

I have a modem/router combo called the Smart RG. Whenever it rains, my internet cuts out and I go into the browser and it says 'internet is online in routed mode with an IP address of _____'. Nothing loads in any browser and the browsers say that there is no internet connection. But tonight, it...

Hey guys so what's the best router out there to buy to play games online flawlessly, and to download things the fastest I can? Thanks for the help guys!

Hey guys! Let me start by saying I’ve done much trouble shooting, and read over other threads to no avail. My problems started with the latest windows 10 update. I ran update and shutdown a couple night ago. I booted up my pc the next day and it continued the update. However, halfway through...

I feel like there is an obvious solution to this, but I just upgraded from a GTX 650 Ti to a 1050 Ti. My problem is that I am seeing the same performance as my last card, sometimes even worse. The new card seems rather inconsistent. When I am running Minecraft or CS:GO, the frames range from...

Hi Guys I'm building a new Gaming system, not a very high end one but good enough in my budget. My problem is, I am new to this and I don't know if the Parts I've selected will fit together. Also need suggestion for a 24" Montior, GPU and PSU, also do I need to add any Network card for...

Hello there, Apparently I had installed Windows 10 in UEFI mode by accident and wanted to switch to Windows 8.1 because I just didn't like Windows 10. When I uninstalled Windows 10, I realized I made a horrible mistake: the hard drive was the first boot option. Whenever I booted up, it just...

Hello everyone this is my first time posting here, thought I would try here before Reddit. My power just went out and came back on after about 45 - 60 seconds. Once my computer turned back on it didn't show the screen where it shows the brand of the motherboard and the boot to BIOS option. It...

Sorry in advanced for sounding like a total noob. Planning my second build with the Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard. I just found out that it only has two on-board fan inputs. One for cpu and one for system. Only one of the inputs is PWM. I was planning on getting two 3 pin...

Hey guys please add anything or completely remake my pc if you have too! http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rPkwzM Thanks! :)

first i want the price to be somewhere around 1000-1100 First pc build i can make is I7 6700K MOBO Z170 150-180~ PRICE RANGE HAVENT ENDED WHERE YET RAM 16GB PSU 650W SSD 240GB GPU- R9 280X 3GB - ALREADY HAVE IN ON MY CURRENT BUILD ANDD BECAUSE THE ABOVE PARTS ARE EXPENSIVE I CANT BUY GTX 1070...

I am a graphics designer and freelancer and need to upgrade my pc to increase my workflow. This is my current setup I5 3550 8gb ram gt 610 gpu Now i was wondering if i have to upgrade my cpu or gpu depending on maya's usage. Bootom line : Gpu uprade or cpu upgrade?

I had to replace a bad hard drive in my Pavillion DV9700 lap top but when I put in my Win 7 OS install disc, the DVD reader would spin up but the ready light would not come on and would not boot. I bought an external USB DVD drive but noticed that USB DVD is not a boot option. What can I do?

i want to know if my pc build wil not get a bottleneck. my specs: AMD FX-6300 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 OC WindForce 2X 4GB HyperX Savage 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Motherboard ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0 eagate Desktop HDD 1TB 7200RPM 450 w power suply

Are these parts to build a computer compatible and ready to build? ASRock H97M Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I54460 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 WD Blue 1TB Desktop...

After update from 15.12.2015 a can't open windows 10 - driver power state failure windows 10 i can't go to safe boot when I chose it after a few minutes computer shut down himself. Pls help. Thomas

I have a serious problem. I have my pc since december and it has a intel pentium g3258 for cpu. The problem is that for some reason it uses a lot of usage even 100% sometimes. For example I can just surf the web and its gonna be 5-20% and it can grow to 70%, and when I open a game or skype it...

Hi -- I'd like to upgrade my Asus P5W DH Deluxe from 4GB to 8GB (I have 64bit OS and memory remap to see all of it). I read that if I do 4x2GB PC6400 then the board will downgrade from 800Mhz to 667Mhz. But the cost and availability of 4x2GB vs. 2x4GB seems much better. If I go the 4x2GB and...

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Currently I have a G3258 with an HD 7950 HIS IceQ Boost. This was mainly going to be used for coach gaming. Etc, I have a gaming rig with sli 980s hooked up to triple monitors, and instead of fumbling with cables every time I switch to the TV I'd like to just power on my new computer and play...

I have just finished my first gaming rig and everything seems to be running fine. There is one vital problem though. No video is being displayed on the monitor. I've made sure everything is plugged in right and yet nothing happens. My build is here...

Which Ram do you recommend for the i7 4790k and a Z97 mobo ? What do you think about this options: *F3-1866C9D-16GXM *CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 This are good Ram kits for the i7 4790k and a Z97 mobo ? Which one is better for the i7 4790k and a Z97 mobo ? What Ram should I get for the i7 4790k...

So as it says in the description I'm looking for what would be the best to upgrade on my computer. I mostly use it to play games and sometimes editing. My case GPU slot is pretty small (don't have the option to measure it atm) so I can't fit any of the newer ones without buying a new case as...