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Since my computer was bought five years ago I had a Raid 1 (mirrored) setup on my pc. Last week the computer would not boot up past the BIOS POST screen. I went into BIOS and had to reset it to default. Now I have messed up my RAID configuration. If I turn off RAID in BIOS the PC boots into...

Hello, I recently had an issue where I lost a drive. Its a WD 2TB hard disk. it was brand new and I recently transferred a few hundred gigs of data onto it. It was stable for about a week so I recycled the old drive. A few days ago the drive failed. it wont register when installed internally...

Hello everyone, i have at the moment a fm2+ socket motherboard with a AMD athlon X4 860K CPU. i want a better CPU, but with the same socket. i saw on internet the AMD A10-7890K Processor. is it worth $100 upgrading it? Will it increase much FPS in games, or tasks like just browsing or whatever...

Hello everyone, I'm new here so if I'm in the wrong section I'm sorry ;v; I have a 140mm fan location on my side panel, and I don't know if have to go with a AF or SP fan. I heard that SP fan was for very closed spaces, but I have a Inno3D GTX 1060 iChill x3, and just above it a Asus Xonar DGX...

I'm looking for advice, my wife enjoys taking pictures and is good at it aswell (not being basis) but she only has her phone and a cheap digital camera at the moment but I want to get her a professional one, what I would like to know is should I get her a bridge camera first or just go head...

I have already done the checklist, and when I turn on the PSU, and turn on the pc, all it shows is the left side mobo vanity lights, and the standby lights, none of the others turn on. The ones that I am talking about are here: https://imgur.com/a/1LI8s

Hi everyone, I built my first PC a month ago, with the help of an experienced friend, and everything was all good until today. Before today, idle temps for the CPU sat at around 35c. Now for some reason, after playing a game, the CPU is overheating and the cpu fan speeds are going up and...

This problem first occured couple of weeks ago, when I turned it off and then tried to turn it on it wouldn't. After pressing the power on button the fans start to work but nothing else happens, no signal on monitor, no signal to the LEDs in my mouse (Steelseries Sensei) and can't enter BIOS...

Hello, This issue happened since the new update. Although I get more frames I get these annoying fps drops / freezes. It acutally stopped happening for a few days then started again. Its really fustrating as I play this game alot. Any suggestions? Thanks Ryzen 1600 970

My computer boots Windows 7 but I don't remember my password.

Hi everybody, Just got back into Skyrim after a long hiatus and I'm having a nightmarish time trying to diagnose this issue. I've got a load order with around 115 mods, and I'm getting constant and hard freezes when I load my game.. No CTD's, just either hard freezes randomly after a while...

Hi all, I'm looking to build my first PC, here is the part selection on PC part picker. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions to get a better bang for my buck or other components to swap out with. Here is the list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/GXW69W How does it look? All help is...

i was playing overwatch with my newly bought radeon rx 460 and the cpu i had for a long time the amd fx 4100. the main reason i bought the graphics card was because i was getting incredible lag in-game but still with the new graphics card i still got really bad frames so i wondered was it my cpu...

Had this problem for quite some time. GPU keeps overheating and shuts down in a couple of minutes playing a game. Temperature rises very fast and the fans dont seem to be working. I've tried Setting manual fan speed in both Afterburner, Speedfan & Global Wattman. I've tried reinstalling drivers...

Question in title... Sidenote: I reset my windows 10 pc (ran into issues after registry cleaner.. sigh) in the future is this necessary with a full reset, and can i not just use device manager to update drives or is it unreliable?

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Does it matter which monitor I use to game with to have better performance than without the GPU?

Hi, I have decided on a PC build and I am sticking with it. Here it is: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/86j3Yr The main games I am probably going to be playing are Overwatch, GTA 5, PUBG, and other quite demanding games in the future. What tweaks can I make to the system to make its overall...

Hi all, I seem to have a hardware failure with my laptop's screen, I'd just like to know which exact part needs replacement. The brightness is OK for a moment after you login or turn on the screen via the hardware button combo, then it dims. Not related to Windows, I've booted to BIOS and...

*EDIT : I'm sorry that i posted this on Motherboard section, should've posted this at component section. Hi guys, i wanted to ask what cooler is good enough for my 1700x + Asus B350M-A + Corsair Spec-01 Case I heard that Noctua NH-D15 is a good cooler, but i saw from the google that it's so...

I would think that it would be the opposite because gamers need fast speed and intense graphics while business people just type words and have presentations correct? I just bought a used Dell E6420 that was called a "powerhouse" when it was released 6 yrs ago at $1800.00 with a HD 4000. I...

Thoughts on this build? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Ts6tJ

Hi.. so brought my first built, the components are z270e strix mobo. 7700k. h115i corsair extreme liquid cooler. 16gb tridentz 3000mhz. gtx 1080 ti aorus xtreme and s340 elite. so i built by my self and booted up windows.. everything seems okay.. i overlocked the cpu to 4.8ghz.. when i stress...

hello everyone I ordered gigabyte gtx 1060 xtream gaming 6gb and now I am broke :( I just wanna make sure my EVGA 500 W1 https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1498871866&sr=1-1&keywords=evga+500w will be able to handle the...

Last night google chrome was functioning completely normally like how most people expect it to run but shortly after my computer just got a blue screen for no reason. After logging back into my PC chrome wouldn't load any pages. It would simply say that there is either no connection or that I...

Hello . Are my components compatible ? What should i change at this build? CPU : I3 7100 3,9 GHZ GPU : XFX Radeon RX 480 OC Edition 8GB GDDR5 MB : GIGABYTE GA-B250M-D2V RAM : HyperX Fury Black 8GB DDR4 2133MHz CL14 PSU : Corsair VS450 450W HDD : Seagate BarraCuda 1TB SATA-III 7200RPM 64MB...

I am looking to buy a Msi gtx 1060 gaming x 6 Gb and I found the normal gtx 1060 gaming 6Gb what is the difference between the gaming x and the gaming version? I have heard it only changes the overclock defaults. Does this mean I can still hit 2 GHz with the gaming version? Also does the...

Hello, I am back again looking for help on some PC upgrades. I am mostly trying to make sure my computer is ready with the new release of Destiny 2 and Battlefront 2. I currently can play PUBG on ultra with 30-60 frames. I was thinking of maybe upgrading to a i7-4790k Quad Core. Any other...

Hello all I recently got an Elitebook 8470p and was just looking to hook it up to the TV at work to watch movies. I got an active Displayport to HDMI cord, since it doesnt have an HDMI slot, and assumed thats all I would need to hook it up to the TV at work (since i cant stream there) What am I...

As the title would suggest, I have been getting this error whenever I open up certain applications. This first happened a while back with the 32bit version of Adobe Photoshop CS6, I started using the 64bit one as I am using a 64bit system and it worked fine. A few days back I installed a new...

I am looking for a 2 in 1 laptop with dedicated GPU. I am just a casual gamer not really into heavy gaming. And do you think Integrated graphics like Intel HD 630 is good for gaming.

I upgraded a Toshiba Satellite 2435-S255 laptop with 2GB PC2700 RAM and installed Windows 7 Pro with no problems. The laptop had a 2.6GHz P4 running at 533MHz and I wanted to upgrade it. I replaced it with a 3.06GHz P4 with hyper-threading; the BIOS recognized it and is running it with no...

So I just put together my pc everything was working fine as it started up my graphics card was working but right as windows installed it stopped working had to plug it into the on board graphics on the motherboard. How do I get it to work. The graphics is gtx 1060 and the motherboard is msi h110...

I have a Gigabyte z97x-ud3h-bk motherboard with 2 x 1080s in the top two pcix16 lanes (even though they are x8 i believe when both in use) i also have 2 x pcix1s and another pcix16 (though its only really a x4) I am trying to run a riser from any of those slots to a 980 video card. I have...

Looking to build this new PC with existing parts. I only use my PC for gaming only. Looking for advice on mobo, ram, and processor. If its over kill or needs improvement. If i could save money that would be great! Heres the list. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2VVLLD

I have a Toshiba Satellite P845T laptop (Intel HD Graphics 4000) with no lcd screen but I need video. When I connect either the VGA or HDMI neither work on a monitor or tv. I know for a fact it is not the motherboard for it was brand new.

I am looking to build a Gaming PC without peripherals with a budget of £500. Can someone please assist me with this? Thanks.

I know this question has been asked many times, however, I haven't seen anyone with a similar use for the CPUs. So here's the breakdown: I spend most of my time video editing/rendering in After Effects (sometimes in Vegas). I also do a pretty good amount of gaming too. I'm looking to get into a...

Which Budgets CPU/GPU setup would be the best for a budgets of 400$ *used*. MSI Radeon R9 270x 2gb - Intel i3 EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - Intel i3 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 - Intel i3

So I've had my 6700k for a while now and haven't overclocked properly yet as I want to get a better cooler first, and I figured the default 4ghz base and 4.2ghz turbo would be enough. Now I don't know that much about Intel turbo boost and I always figured mine was working fine as it said just...