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Hello all, one of the future upgrades for my PC is going to be a CPU cooler, more specifically I was looking into the coolermaster hyper 212EVO but I think I might run into space problems. While choosing the RAM, I did not consider wether it was high or low profile so the cooler might not fit...

Ok I am building a new PC but I am wondering if I can use my current computers Harddrive in the new build. Right now it has windows 7 but I will install windows 8.1 on it by usb for the new build. So do I need to clean or wipe the harddrive before I install windows 8.1 or can I format the...

i tryed to delete mcafee,says needs permission,i ok,then i get a popup saying navigation to webpage canceled

computer - the user profile service failed the login, user profile cannot be loaded. I don't know how I would create a new profile if I can't get on to the existing one. Can someone help please?? Have an assignment due tomorrow!

Hello! I'm building a gaming PC for my first time. I'm at the most difficult part of building a gaming rig - The Monitor and GPU. I play a lot of League of Legends and similar MOBAS, as well as rts games and rpg games. I want to play next gen games like Titanfall as well as stream LoL (don't...

I need help deciding on a few parts for my gaming build + interested in peoples thoughts as I'm a noob. Factors: ■I don't have much money. ■I like products with long warranty. I am Australian, please dont link me to websites with US prices. I'm pretty set on the parts listed below unless...

Which is better ? -ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320115 or -ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless-AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n...

I'm considering the Cisco Net Academy course but not sure I see any benefit versus other methods. I could buy some home equipment, a network simulator or download GNS3 to practice on and even purchase tutorial videos. SO, can anyone tell me what the Net Academy course offers that the others...

Hello All, Recently i have decided to invest in a gaming PC. I will purchase this approximately around June or July. I have assembled a list on PCpart picker and i was wondering am i paying too much for what i want to do with it? I would like to be able to play games such as BF4 on Ultra at 60...

What's up guys, I've just picked up an Xbox One and am running into some issues. The audio from the Xbox One is coming through to my monitor, and that's great, however I have a pair of headphones plugged into the monitors jack that doesn't seem to be getting registered. i.e. Xbox sound comes...

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Whenever my laptop sells. Budget Range: $530 US Dollars, After Shipping. System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Think DayZ, Battlefield 4, Team Fortress 2), Web Surfing, Typing Documents. Are you buying a monitor: No Do you need to buy OS: No...

Hi everybody.in the last months I have an issue with bsod.at the beginning I thought it was my ram so I bought a new ram kit and a new mobo as an upgrade.today I had a bsod again.the last montha my Hdd make a weird sound and the Hdd led stays on then suddenly stops or a bsod appears like now.its...

If I live in the U.S., do I need to buy a special adapter? If so, what one?

Currently on my 212 EVO I have the stock fan pushing and another aerocool white led one that came with one of my old cases... If I were to put two Aerocool Shark 120MM on the Hyper 212 instead, would it make a difference?

I switched from my old router Linksys E4200 to new one ASUS RT-AC68U and suddenly I lost my 1Gbps to 100 Mbps. So tried 2 new switches to no avail. Speed is the same at 100 Mbps. After that found an older switch and when I connected the cable I got 1Gbps. Does any one now why do I get...

How can I download freecell and other solitare games to my laptop?

Here goes... My system: OS: Win 8.1 x64 MoBo: MSi G45 Z87 CPU: i5 4670k RAM: 8GB Yada yada yada Okay, everything was working great running integrated graphics waiting on my GPU to arrive. It came in yesterday ,just in time for Titanfall :) Now the problem: I installed my MSi GTX 760 2GB OC...

This is going to be my first build, and I'm hoping the components I've picked out will all play nicely with each other. Case- Cooler Master HAF 912 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case PSU- CORSAIR CX series CX600 600W ATX12V v2.380 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply...

Will this lappy allow me to play League of Legends & World Of Warcraft decently?

So I built my first computer in August of 2013 and it works fine except it freezes randomly at random work loads. I ran diagnostics and ruled out the hard drive and the video card so its either the RAM, processor, or mobo (my money is heavily on the RAM). Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155...

i recently bought a new hard drive (3tb) and its working well, and i have no questions regarding that. What i am asking is, is it alright to use the C drive (primary) to play a game, or watch a movie on netflix, while i transfer files from my external (E drive) to the new 3tb (D drive)? im not a...

Hello there, as title say. I get alot of artefacts/black lines everytime i type a letter or make anything move, flash, web animation cause alot of those. I get some in game too but its not as intense, actual performance is okay in game i get over 3k on valley benchmark while underclocked (i...

So I have never built a pc before, but I have watched lots of videos, and would like to build my own pc. I will be using it to edit videos in HD using sony vegas pro 12, I will also use it to play games but not that much (have a console). The total needs to be under 1200$, sorry I'm on a budget...

I just bought a new gigabyte z87X-HD3 motherboard, and an intel i5 4670k.For some reason it is running extremely slow. I open up WoW, with everything on low settings, and I get about 10 frames per second, I check task manager and all 4 cores are running at 100%. Why is running so terribly? I...

I've got a problems setting up my RAM to 1866mhz (Just bought Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb 1866mhz and an AMD FX-8350). So everyting works fine when set to default (1333mhz memory frequency) but as soon as I try to set it to 1866 my computer's getting stuck befor selecting boot option. Asus loggo...

So I just got done with my first build last night, it took me and my brother 8 hours to get it working. We were having issues with it, but to make a long story short we had the 4 pin floppy connector on the chassis fan header (we didn't know it was the floppy power cable at the time). It was the...

I've got a little over $300 to spend on a new laptop for school, does anyone have any suggestions for a cheap laptop? I've searched and found a few that I'm considering, but would love a second opinion! Toshiba Satellite C55D-A5380 or any other model HP 2000-2b09WM Fusion E-300 Lenovo G585...

The title says it all.I have a dead PC (narrowed down to mobo or CPU) and I'd like to salvage the HD and software. In past experience, Windows XP, 2000, etc. have all complained and thrown up BSoDs when I try to move an old drive with old drivers to a new system with different hardware. I read...

So I havent built my rig yet as I am waiting for maxwell and their performance boost. Im most likely going to get a gtx 860 which I expect to mine at about 500kh/s. I plan on mining the alt coins like dogecoin or new coins that come out, try to mine as many as possible while their difficulty is...

Hello My Specs are: Intel Core i5 3470 3.20GHz MSI B75MA-P45 Motherboard 8Gb Corsair Vengeance Ram EVGA GTX 770 2Gb Superclocked acx version OCZ OCZ-ZT650W Power Supply Seagate Barracuda 2TB Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD (Boot SSD) SanDisk 64GB Pulse SSD NZXT Source 210 elite (With 3 Noctua nf-f12...

New rig for 2014. I7 4770K sabertooth z87 mobo. Thermaltake overseer RX1 case Thermaltake NIC C5 Cpu cooler 120gb ssd 2tb samsung hd 1tb wd hd 800w cooler master silent pro 2 x evag geforce 760 2gb. Can anyone tell me if this setup will gel together. Will the cooler fit on the baord and will...

Hi so I recently thought of purchasing an SSD to add-on to my laptop (which already has a normal 750gb HDD). However when I opened the back I realised it already has a 64gb SSD on it. What I want to know is how do I install certain programs on the SSD portion of my drive so that those...

hello sorry this is probibly the wrong place to post this but im looking to build my own gaming pc and this is the rig i am looking to make Processor-amd fx 8350 Motherboard-Asus M5A97 R2.0 Graphics Card-MSI GTX 780 3GB GDDR5 twin frozer edition Memory-Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance LP...

Can't get to bios freeze with press f2 f12 showing bottom of screen & gateway has top half of the G cut off any ideas as I'm fresh out of them

I'm running an Intel 4770k and a GTX 680 currently, but I believe that my GPU is bottle-necking my CPU. I'm looking at getting either the GTX 780 or GTX 780 Ti but I'm having trouble deciding which. I use a 1080p monitor running at 144Hz and I'd like to get as much out of my monitor as I can...

I was doing a system restore on the kids old hp pavilion when he shut it off. I now have a "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter". we dont have any any of the original disks. I checked the cords and there firmly attached. I tried a vista recovery disk and nothing seemed to...

I am building a custom gaming PC and I am just wondering if this cooler...

This is for my build with an i5 3470 and a GTX 770. I want it to mainly be quiet and semi/fully modular. Thanks.

I have a problem and have tried almost everything to fix with no luck. When I play certain PC games, my Display will freeze. Leaving a still image of what was last on my monitor. My Keyboard and Mouse then freeze up and I cant CTRL+ALT+DEL (Or anything similar) yet I can still hear my friends...