i7-4790K

I have the i7-4790k and MSI z97 gaming 5(bios updated) The system freezes when igpu driver is installed on windows 10 64bit (windows update/MSI website/intel DSA Tool) Using a 1TB WD Blue HDD and Corsair vengeance 1600mhz 2x8gb Tried with different HDD, different set of ram sticks and different...

Hello brothers, I have a problem I'm dealing since i brought my pc, i thought that my pc is beast, but it seems like it lack performance. When I play any games i got random framedrops, stuttering and low fps in majority gameplay. My Spec: MSI Gaming 5 z97 (prob best for my CPU, updated BIOS)...

Hi folks, Something strange is happening for me, specifically in Call of Duty Modern Warfare - hoping I'm missing something simple but it also feels very odd. Seeking advice to try and make sense of it. My system details at bottom.. I installed CoD MW only a few weeks ago after upgrading my...

Replacing the CPU in my rig, from i5-4670K to i7-4790K Devil's Canyon on my Maximus VI Gene. ASUS website says the board and chip are compatible since bios 1504. I have 1603. When placed in, can't even get to post. Error LED code 00 (or D0 most likely which means CPU initialization error) When...

Hey, I've got a Intel Core i7-4790K CPU and Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB G1 GAMING Graphics card. I'm thinking about buying the 1920x1080 240Hz asus monitor called "XG248Q". Will my pc handle that? Im playing games as COD Warzone and CS:GO at a 60Hz monitor at the moment. Both at medium-low...

Okay, Hello! I bought this i7-4790k off Ebay a while ago. (Yes I know, used components are scary.) However, it works alright -- except, if it goes into turbo, or anything over 4Ghz exactly, my entire computer will lock up after a bit and I have no choice but to hard-power it down. And this even...

Hi, my current build is this I7-4790K Asus h81m-plus motherboard 16gb ram Gtx 1060 6GB I just got my i7 the other day and it's in fine condition, My I7-4790K is hitting 90 degree temperatures when idle, I have ordered the corsiar Hydro h60 liquid cooler, do you guys think this will lower...

I have a gtx 1060 6gb, i7-4790k, 16gb ram can i handle 2 144hz screens? i know i probably can't play games on both of them, so i need one for gaming and the other for youtube or something. i looked up on the internet but there were some diffrent opinions, so i ask it here. ( for the people...

Hey guys. I built my current PC in November 2015 and I use it for gaming. Right now I'm on 1080p|60fps|medium/high since I'm unable to go 1440p with my current specs, but I aim to game in 1440p|60fps|ultra. I recently had to buy a new monitor and I anticipated my upgrade and bought one that...

Hello and thank you for reading as I could REALLY use some help right now... so I just got a Intel i7-4790k cpu and I put it into my current pc switching out my old i5-4430. When I started the pc up, everything turned on in the computer, but neither my monitor or my mouse and keyboard detected...

I'm prepare to buy a PC for 3d modelling. However, in my nation, a combo of i7-4790k more expensive than i7-3770k nearly 200$. So, I wonder how much CPU i7-4790k better than i7-3770k in 3d modelling work? Is it really worth for that price? Thank you for helping. ^^

Hi all, CPU: Intel i7 4790k (I only use it for gaming) 4.0 GHZ overclocked to 4.4 ghz (was done automatically via bios, and it seems fine). RAM: Kingston 16GB (4x4) 1333mhz Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Power Supply: Strike 500 watts SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB HDD: Western Digital...

I’ve got a Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H with an i5-4590 & I’m going to swap the i5 for an i7-4790K. I know the motherboard isn’t great for gaming & I certainly won’t be doing any overclocking. But these are the components I have in front of me. Can I just swap the cpu’s & away I go? Or are there...

Recently my asus z97 died, what motherboard should I buy? I dont want to buy used parts or upgrade What would be your recomendation? Thanks.

I have recently been looking to build a new PC. My old PC has the 4790k, and I am looking to get the 8700k for the new PC. When I went and compared the two on UserBenchmark, the 4790k was more expensive than the 8700k. I don't understand why that is and if that should be worrying about buying...

Good evening, I was doing some research on how to overclock my i7 4790k, with the idea of improving my 3D rendering performance, but also with the hope my frame rate could become a bit better at CPU intensive games when playing on my 4k monitor. I have been looking many guides all around the...

Not sure if i will describe this well. But im looking for a 3.5mm splitter, so i can plug in my headphones and speakers, but i dont want both playing at once. So there would be a switch to go between jack 1 and jack 2. which is the headphones or speakers. I hope i elaborated that well. Thanks

on my touchpad single tap behaves like double tap ...windows 10,acer laptop..it started acting suddenly when i was using laptop

I'm looking to make a purchase of a used MSI graphic card. It's been used for 7 months. The seller says that the warranty and serial sticker is at the back. I was just wondering, if anything goes wrong with the card if I'm still able claim the warranty.

Hello everyone. So I have this power supply (https://www.pccasegear.com/products/43134/cooler-master-mwe-gold-650w-power-supply) and I was wondering if these cables from cable mod (https://cablemod.com/product/cablemod-cm-series-vs-550650750-modflex-cable-kit-white/) would be compatible. Thank...

Hello, My fps in all games has suddenly decreased from 120 to about 30. Even when i lower the settings the fps stays the same. I have already reinstalled my graphics card drivers and that didn't help. My specs: Intel Core i5 6500 3.20GHz 16gb ram 1063Mhz MSI B150 gaming m3 Geforce GTX 1060...

So I just bought my keyboard from amazon and everything was good for about a week, untill i started getting issues with my keyboard, when i tried to walk ingames it acts as if i keep pressing and letting go of the w button instead of just holding it down, making it impossible to sprint as it...

Alright, so I have a question that I am not really sure of. Does it make any difference no matter what side the fans are on an AIO radiator? So basically it's pulling air through the radiator instead of pushing it. (Not really sure how to word this, hope you get it?)

Hello! I just overclocked my FX 6300 with 970DE3/u3s3 and i have now a little problem :/ I didn't changed anything except the cpu bus frequency from 200 to 260 ( 260 x 17.5 =4550). My windows booted after this and i get a blue screen. I restarted my pc but i have now no screen, no beeps, no...

Hi ..I bought a Gpu gt 730 a while ago..at that time i didn't knew anything about gpus.so i bought it anyway from a local store ..the thing that i find weird is my gpu's manufacturer ... i googled the brand and found nothing but this site...

Hi there everyone. Thanks for taking a quick look. I bought this second hand PC from a shop for $5 its a dell inspiron D06S001. The problem I'm having as of now (please bare with me as I am rather new to messing with bios and boots) is I don't know the administrator password. Because it was...

Can i use two one channel RAM at the same time? Its the same type, speed and same brand.

I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden my Toshiba external hard drive has become extremely slow to the point that it constantly causes windows explorer to crash. I cant transfer anything on it and when I do try, it says things along the lines of 'MS-DOS' (function or failure I cant...

Hi, I have a HP rp5800 and here are my specs: i5 2400 LGA 1155 4gb pc3 10600 ddr3 240 pin ram Toshiba 500gb HDD sata 7200rpm One fan Radeon 7000 series 240w 80 plus gold 90% efficient psu I was wondering if a gigabyte gtx 1050 oc 2 gddr5 lp would be compatible power wise, I don't know my...

Couple days ago I spilled some water on my Macbook Air. So, I turned off my laptop and tried to dry it off. The next day, I turned on my mac and everything seemed to be working fine. So I realized that my mac doesn't recognize the charger anymore when it's turned off. I tried to charge my mac...

Hey all, Let's say I want to connect my sound card to an external DAC/Amp and I connect it via optical fiber. I currently have 2 such sound 'cards', one is onboard ALC1152 and the other is a Xonar DG. Just wanted to check, if I connect the external DAC to Xonar DG, would the 'origin' sound be...

How can i fix that? I've checked several times and it supports PAE, NX, and SSE2. CPU is Pentium 4.

Hey guys I am buidling a pc and have doubts about the compativility and gaming performance of my selected components. Wich are...

Hello everyone, I am planning to buy some DDR4 rams, but I have a question, the rams that I wanna buy are 4gb, and I wanna have a total of 16 GB , I have 4 slots on my motherboard but I wanna know, if I buy 4gb individually, will all 4 work or do I need quad channel? rams...

I built this PC about 5 years ago, it was the first PC I ever built. About a year ago I started having problems such as date and time changing and I sometimes could not wake up the PC from hibernation without doing a hard shut down and then rebooting. Occasionally I would only get a black screen...

E8400 core 2 duo 3.0ghz 6m/1333 256mb ddr2 ati hd3450 dual monitor adapter 4gbram 250 gbhdd windows 7 64 bit Microsoft office 2013 and photoshop. Does this sound like a descent computer and will it handle rocket league?

One morning my Asus Vivobook just won't turn on. I got a little worried because, even though it is plugged in, it won't turn on.

So I am aggravated by the continual pop-ups of JW Player on all of Tom's reviews and articles that are all over the place! I guess commenting on the reviews doesn't help...I guess they just delete these comment. I try to go to the Contact Us at the bottom of the home page and get some...

Is there any way to update this on my own? The motherboard is a gigabyte h170m-ds3h. I have an i5-7500. When I tried to boot the new rig I don't get any signal from my gpu or motherboard. I was told this is because the motherboard needs a bios update for Kaby Lake. Is there anything I can do? I...

My rig's looking to be like this: Mobo: ASUS PRIME B250 series CPU: Pentium G4560 RAM: 1x8gb or 2x8gb GPU: XFX GTX 285 1 SSD, 2-3 HDDs I took the Cooler Master PSU calculator and it gave me a Wattage load of 413w, recommending me 450w. The XFX GTX 285 is recommended to be used 630w or...