Home Theatre

I am trying to connect an old LG flat screen tv I have to an even older stereo I have with no luck. The D/A converter I have does not support 5.1 and I know this can be an issue. I have read that if my D/A does not support 5.1 then to change the optical out settings of my source device to PCM...

Hi all, I have a problem with my home theatre setting and hope you guys can help me out. I bought about 4-5 years back a bose cinemate 520 and a 4K Sony TV to go with it. At the time, I settled for 1080p as 4k content where not a thing yet (and oh, the GB required for a 4k movie). Recently HVEC...

Hello guys i was wondering if i should upgrade my monitor first or gpu since i use a 60hz ips monitor and also a gtx 1050ti by asus. Was wanting to buy ACER PREDATOR XB252Q 24.5" GAMING MONITOR (240HZ, G-SYNC). To mentioned that i am only interested in playing in 1080p resolution and i play...

I've had my new PC up and running for a week or two now, and I've been encountering consistent hard freezes during use, entirely out-of-game, usually on Youtube. My system crashed about once a day at 3200MHz, once in six days at 3000, once a day at 2666 and once a day at 2133 under equivalent...

I have a very strange problem. I was playing on my computer but suddenly the was no audio anymore(I have the 945GCM5F-V2(FSB1333), at least I think because it doesnt stand on the mainboard itself, but my BIOS version is 17.2) .But my Volume was set to about 75% on both my computer and my...

Which one better. 2600X in AsRock X470 Master SLI or AsRock B450 Pro4

Hey guys, i just bought a new TP Link wifi device and installed it on my pc, when i turned my pc on everything worked just fine until the windows logo appeard. The loading circle stucked and my pc freezed for like 2 minutes and it got me to a blue screen. I tried restarting my pc like 5 times...

HELP,!I am building a new computer, it's mobo- gigabyte z390 aorus master Cpu-Intel i8700k Gpu- gigabyte rtx 2060 gaming Oc pro6g Evga 750 watt gold Samsung970 evo m.2 mvme nand ssd 500gb Samsung 970 evo nand mvme m.2ssd 250 Gb Updated the bios on mobo . The mobo doesn't acknowledge the gpu...

My current setup is a GTX1050 FX4300 CX450 GA78LMT R2 Mobo. In the next years i will be saving up a lot of money for new pc parts. First (somewhere around August-December) should i get a Ryzen 3 or Ryzen 5. I have a budget of around 800£ to spend on parts. If something i will get a B450...

I recently saw a post where a moderator said that he didn't think a Corsair H45 AIO cooling was sufficient enough for a i7 - 8700k cpu. I also have the Corsair H45 AIO Cooling but I have a newer cpu of i7 - 9700k, which came with my prebuilt PC. In idle its between 20-30 degrees and during...

Hello guys i really hope u can help me with this cause this is drving my crazy... When i play i have sounds for like 30 secounds, then the sound starting to disapear, its getting lower and lower until there is no sounds at all, and when high sound apear i get sound again for like 30 secounds...

I am thinking to buy ryzen 5 2600 or ryzen 7 2700 which one you recommend? My main occupation is gaming Thanks

What is the difference between 1080p(.mp4) and 1080p(.mkv)?

Hello folks, I am in the process of assembling my new gaming rig and I am down to just choosing a new graphics card. I currently have an RX580 from my old box that I installed before the motherboard decided to die on me so I started building a new box. I am looking to get 2 1440p monitors to...

Hi.. Could someone help me to choose the right psu? I know that the Corsair's RXm and TXm series are best in quality. But, Unfortunately in my country RXm are priced too high and TXm are not available. The vengeance series are available at a lower price range. But i couldn't find any reviews...

Hi guys, I recently bought the HyperX Alloy Elite RGB keyboard and am absolutely blown away. Coming from a cheapo keyboard, the board is an absolute revelation. However, since I'm big on cable management and customizing stuff, the incredibly thick and stiff cable is really bugging me. Is there...

So I bought a EVGA GT 1030 for a build i was planing and realised I had an old Advent SE2102 (specs are on http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/pc/SE2102.htm) lying around running Linux Lite but for some reason when ever I plug in the GPU and try and boot the os the screen freezes and nothing...

I see a cpu motherboard combo posted on newegg this morning which is the ryzen 7 2700 with the asus rog strix x370-f gaming. I was looking to upgrade my current build and this is the perfect opportunity. The only thing i'm concerned about is if the cpu and mobo would work with eachother out of...

So I've tried to request an rma to amazon,the thing is bought from 3 mounths ago (10/12/2018). I found a guide and cant find the option Return or replace items. And thats it my PSU just died and I cant rma it,cant get anything done on my pc. HELP and thanks.

I've been having major packet loss and latency issues on my home network for the last month and a half. I've had absolutely no problems for the last 6-7 years, then all of a sudden out of the blue one day these problems started, almost as if someone flipped a switch. I'm on a very old copper DSL...

I get high fps on games around 250-280 but when i look right and left it feels heavy and choppy. I have a 240hz monitor (im sure its at 240hz ) a GTX 1080 , 16 GB RAM and i7 7700k CPU. What is causing this ? Games are unplayyable tried formatting windows etc. Whatelse could you guys suggest me ...

Hello, recently ive been experiencing frame drops while recording games with obs (this is only with higher demanding games like forza, for honor, and fortnite.) aswell with very high cpu/disk usage in task manager. instead of lowering my settings i am looking for hardware updrages i can buy for...

When multitasking computer slows. Would upgrading memory help with this? Noticed some are CL 11, CL 9. Which best for this computer? i5-4200M at 2.50 GHZ Would G.Skills Ripjaws -DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800); CAS Latency 9: 1.35V; Dual Channel Kit

I'm looking for a GPU with similar performance to my old R9 380 for a gaming PC, hopefully I can find one by next week some time. Currently using it for Sekiro and Resident Evil II. I don't really feel the need to go beyond what I had beyond performance-wise and the AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB seems...

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I'm relatively new to this, my problem is the following, I recently got an rtx 2070 strix and I'm a little paranoid about the temperature of the gpu because it reaches 78 degrees and being a strix I think it's too much, or I'm wrong? I have to worry or everything is fine? First of all, Thanks...

Last when laptop was working well I shutdown it . After a couple hours and I wanted to turn it on but it did turn off and on itself with completely black screen . I tried to remove the battery and press&hold the power button for 30 sec and then for 60 sec but it didnt work for me. I captured...

Hi , currently i have two systems 1 - i5 8500 with rx 580 8gb 2- i5 6200u with intel 530 can i use the laptop just for streaming and use the PC for gaming ? will be laptop be able to handle it?

Hi, Currently I am using GTX 970 on 6th Gen it with gigabyte H series mobo. Also I've zowie xl2411p 144hz e sports monitor. My question is Should I go for 2070 rtx or will that be too much power which I can't utilize due to my monitor? Don't have that much budget to upgrade everything atm...

Is it possible? I already have a monitor (1360 x 768 resolution, I don't wanna upgrade it yet), peripherals, a 240gb Kingston SSD and a 1TB WD Blue. All I need now is a Case, PSU, RAM( 2x4gb DDR3/DDR4 , mobo and CPU to pair with a GTX 1060 3gb, and that's where I need help. Thank you in...

Hello Everyone, I need help on a laptop dell inspiron N5110 whose not getting any display and not even making the windows sound. i tried to reset the bios still the same. Can some help me with this?

Hi i need to know if these parts are all compatible I am building a PC for my brother and i don't know much about pcs if anyone could help that you be great thanks. View: https://imgur.com/a/cjZnCoB CPU...

Hey Folks, I just rebuilt my pc by upgrading the motherboard, cpu, GPU, and RAM. I use to have a Athlon II 640 x4 with 8GB ram, AMD 7850 GPU, Samsung EVO 256 gb, generic SSD 480 gb, MSI AMD 880 board and 750 watt powerspec psu (only few months old, replaced a 650 watt antec earthwatt after it...

Hello, I am looking for a laptop for school, and there are so many models I don't know which one to choose. I am a freshman and currently I have a older Dell Xps 13 laptop with core i5 4200u, the battery is not that good, only like 3-4 hours max,the performance kinda sucks also. As of right now...

Hi there. I'm really new at pc components and I'd like to build myself an entry level "gaming" pc, just a budget one. My motherboard is Biostar Racing B250GT3. (https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=862) This motherboard does have an M.2 x4 and an M.2 x2, but my question...

Hey there, I have a problem with my new keyboard. I bought (5 months ago) a new keyboard -motospeed ck 104- and everything was fine. Today i formatted my pc and clean installed Windows 10. After that some keyboard shortcuts does not work. For example, when i try to change language the shortcut...

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming OC White PRO , GV-N2060GAMINGOC MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G Both now are same price which manufacture should i go?

Hello, im picking a motherboard and i found this motherboard with good price but in description i found it has SDRAM 2666mhz so i wonder what it is and if its compatible with this RAM. Thanks for every respond ! Links: https://www.alza.sk/asus-tuf-b360-pro-gaming-d5289344.htm#fotovideo...

I was planning on buying a Prodigy Case and am confident enough that the case supports micro-size motherboards, but after I checked on the website, it only supports Mini-ITX motherboards So my question is will my motherboard (ASRock H81M-VG4) fit in the case although it is small enough for a...

What's the better upgrade? I currently have a RX 580.