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My friends on a £250 budget for a gaming PC, I know tight, to run no mans sky and other games like it. I've gone over sadly by £12 the build Is here: phenom ii x4 965 - £42 asus m5a78l m lx v2 - £40 Nova tec 500 watt PSU - £20 500gb hdd - £25 8gb ddr3 ram -£25 Aerocool QS-101 White Edition -...

Hi there, first time posting so let me know if I'm missing anything! It all just started today, for the past two days my laptop's video driver crashed when I was watching a fullscreen video on my laptop screen, which disconnected only my second display until I restarted my computer. Anyways...

Can 990FXA-GD65 motherboard support FX-9590 220w CPU?

Hi everybody :) I'm thinking about going up from my current setup (i5 3570K and SLI GTX770) to i7 5820K and SLI GTX1080. I read some stuff about comparesing Haswell-E and Skylake but it was always with single GPU. Is it worth it? Would this be a good setup? Thanks for the answer. :)

When I use the logitech g430 headset with the included sound card i do not hear audio and the microphone does not work. I would appreciate some solutions. Thanks.

I had recently added a WD 320 gb sata hard drive into my pc. i have an AMI bios. In my bios my WD hard drive is not shown in the boot priority, also it shows my old drive(which had formated and have the system reserved folder only) is shown as boot device. Also My empty harddrive is shown as...

i have a 1090t and looking for a good gaming upgrade. why would a processor with less cores and lower clock speed beat a cpu with higher clock speed and 2 extra cores? i was looking at a fx 8370 but i was told a 6600k would beat it hands down. so far with your help i've chosen an i5 6600k, 16...

so i just bought all my components and put it together...nothing happened when i plugged it in and switched it on. is there anywhere i can take my computer to have it checked out? and maybe fix the problem before i break something

I had just completely uninstalled my AMD Crimson 5.12 drivers using the AMD uninstall utility it rebooted and all was working fine. I go to install the drivers again but its been stuck on "analyzing system" for 20minutes. Ive installed the R 900 series 8.1 64bit crimson 5.12. Any idea why it...

Can Lenovo H320 Desktop upgrade From i3 to i7

Okay I'm not sure where to put this. I have a new build with an i5-6600k, gigabyte z170x gaming 7 motherboard, and a powercolor hd 7970. It seems that if I try to use the card in the x16 slot I get crashes and such, but if I use it in the x8 slot it seems to works fine. I can use my old 550ti in...

Hello everyone ! So my friend's brand new PC just arrived today , but it has a small problem.. Soo he only has an old monitor which only has VGA.. The new PCs specs are : i3 4170 , gigabyte GA H81M-S1 , ASUS GTX 950 STRIX OC 2GB.. The problem is that he forgot to get an DVI-I - VGA adapter for...

I opened my laptop to clean it following a guide on youtube. I put everything back and ran it once before putting on the back cover. After seeing the login screen, i shut it down, put the back cover, screws, and turned my lappy on. I got the unmountable boot volume blue screen I have tried...

hi! so we have this SONY Bravia TV at home. it is a 40 inches full hd with 120hz refresh rate. it has 2 HDMI ports. so my question is if I connect my gtx 960 using HDMI can I maximize the refresh rate by setting 1920x1080 @ 120hz? or my card will only read 60hz? thanks! i'm confused with the...

Earlier today I swapped my motherboard, CPU, and Case. Now my pc wont turn on or give any indication of turning on, no fans spinning, or LEDS. When i hold the on button a blue LED flashes around 10 times and then stops (MSI Z97S Krait) I have tried booting with one stick of ram, (Tried both of...

My motherboard only allows me to oc to around 4.0 ghz so is it worth it to get a 212 evo or get something a bit cheaper?

Is a antec 620W high current gamer modular psu good?

I want to buy a motherboard for playing games like Dota 2, COD, NFS, Company of Heroes etc. Which budget motherboard should be best with these assembles. 1) CPU: i3 processor 2) 8 GB Zion Ram 3) GPU Asus R7240 DDR3 2GB 4) 500 GB HD

So, it's just happening randomly now. It used to just be when I was playing games, but now this POS BSOD whenever it wants. Here's the minidump: http://pastebin.com/uupraSSp Please help, as this is limiting my ability to do anything productive. My PC CPU: Intel i5 4690k stock. GPU: Asus GTX...

So i want to build my first pc and this is my hardware: R9 380 Fx 6300/i5 4460 Msi z97 or 997 mobo But ui want to max every game, don't need to have 60 fps, 30 is enough And my question is what cpu should I chose the fx or the i5 I have a 1280x1024 monitor and I don't want to buy another one, so...

i have a issue, i am getting everything i need for my computer, but the gpu, as i dont have the money for that YET. My question is, until i get a dedicated gpu can i still run basic games like terraria, web browsing etc? -i will be getting gpu as soon as i can afford one. What gpu should i...

Hey, I have around 400€ that I can spend on new components for my PC. Here are my specs: Now I asked some people and they said I should take this: CPU: i5 6500 (210€) Mainboard: Asus H170 Pro Gaming (120€) RAM: 8Gb DDR4 RAM (günstiger reicht) (40€) Case: Wenn es günstig sein soll das...

how big of a power supply do I need to run 2 msi r9 280oc in crossfire?

Im not sure if i posted this question at right place but i wasnt sure under which tag to post it . Basically ive been using my sensei for 4-5 years now and recently i noticed that it sometimes skips right click (about 1 skipped in 10ish clicks ) and sometimes when i hold it down it briefly...

Here is my current PC Current CPU I5 3330 3.0GHz Current Mobo no worth the mention Current GPU MSI GTX 760 2gb OC Current Ram G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2133 8gb x 2 (not changing) Current PSU Ultra 550W ATX I am planning upgrade to the following components CPU I5 4690k Mobo Asus z97-a or Gigabyte...

I would like to upgrade my pc to play some of the upcoming titles like Far Cry Primal. To do that I need a better processor and I don't think my motherboard could support a newer one. I would like your guys help and suggestions please. System Specs: Operating system - windows 7 ultimate 64 bit...

Hello Guys im looking forward to buy the Sapphire R9 390 Nitro and im not sure if it will fit in. The lenght shouldnt be a problem but im not sure bout the rest may u can help me! Here is my computer: http://support.hp.com/de-de/document/c03422159 Thanks for the help :)

GPU: GIGABYTE GF GT420 2GB GDDR3 PCIE GV-N420-2GI (REV 2.0) (Wanted GPU) My PC Specs. CPU: Intel Pentium G2030 (3.00 GHz) Mobo: MSI H61M-P20 (G3) (MS-7788) RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Current GPU: Intel HD graphics. PSU: 350 Watt Can I change the graphics card?

Hello I Have a Phenom I 9500 Cpu and just installed windows 7 and then upgraded to windows 10, fresh reinstall, my pc also came with windows vista 32 bit, but it works well with windows 7 64 bit and i never checked my cpu before but its like around 160 just ideling, and installing small...

I recently purchased these to record gaming videos. When i go to plug it in in the back panel the realtek audio manager comes up and i select red for mic and green for headphones. i can hear just fine but my mic isnt working at all. I forgot to mention i'm using windows 10 as well.

can someone tell me the best light weight gaming laptop that i can buy in Canada for under $3000, that can allow me to do heavy gaming, programming, and video-editing. I was thinking of the Origin EON15-X cause of its desktop processor, but i do not which components i should choose.

I have an i5 4690k processor and a GTX 970 graphics card. Thank you!(This is my first time building a PC so if I sound a little clueless at times I am sorry)

I have the HP Envy 700-414 and the title explains my question.

Hey there. This is the first time I've ever posted on a forum so I'm very new to it, but thought I'd give it a shot to see whether anyone could help me. 2 years ago I bought a pretty slick gaming rig (I'll post specs shortly) and was able to play most games at 60fps, as I had hoped. However...

I'm planning on putting a computer build together that will play the majority of PC games out there at 60 fps at 1080p resolution. I need a good Intel CPU to go along with it and one that won't bottleneck the 390. I was thinking that i5-4460 might be a good choice. Does anyone have any other...

Is this PSU enough for an AM2+ MOBO, Phenom x3 8650, dvd burner ,500gb hard drive and a low profile 5450 radeon?

I'm planning to do some changes to my PC Fans to reduce noise and optimize airflow. I have a thermaltake Chaser MK-I Currenty it has 2 frontal 120mm Aercool shark LED fans 1 Side 200mm Coolermaster Megaflow fan 1 Top 200mm Coolermaster Megaflow...

As the title states, I'm wondering if Bose earbuds work on PC. I just bought a pair recently and have been using them on my laptop fine, but now I have just plugged them onto my PC, and there is no option there reguarding any earbuds. Could someone tell me what to do to get these to work on my PC?

Hey (I'm new here) My friend recommend that i post my planned build on here, so here it goes AMD FX-4350 4.2ghz (4 Core) Kingston HyperX Fury 2x4gb DDR3 1866Mhz MSI Radeon R7 360 Gaming Edition 2gb GDDR5 WD Blue 1TB 3.5 HDD Samsung SH-224FB EVGA 500W 80+ White Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit...

I was using. My laptop then it just turned now it does not turn on or charge