i7-4790K

So someone brought me a laptop to work on, as they are having a hard time adjusting to windows 10 and are wanting to go back to windows 7. However there is a partition that contains some of the users data they were hoping to keep, roughly 250GB, labeled as the "backup" partition and about 250GB...

I am a gamer and a graphics designer with quite a specific question looking for some expert advice. What i am after is a triple monitor setup that can be mounted. Although, i want the middle monitor to be a gaming monitor (good refresh rate/response time) and the other two to be IPS and good...

im looking to upgrade my processor or get an SSD, my specs are; CPU: intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 3.40GHz RAM: 8GB GPU: GeForce GTX 750 Ti my HDD is 1TB with 651GB used and 260GB unused

Yep. I want to build a PC that is out of date. Here's the deal. My kids and I have started playing Borderlands together, and we are having an absolute blast. The problem is that I'm on my gaming PC, my youngest is on my secondary PC (which runs it fine), and my eldest is on the TV/media PC -...

I get 300mb+ downloading consistently, but my upload barely reaches 20mb. I have already disabled Asus's AI Suite III completely by uninstalling it all. (here's a quick speedtest, the downloading went down because I'm using it atm I guess) http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5001111223 -Comp...

Im working on a way to hijack your expensive gaming tower's power, storage, speed, graphics capabilities, everything...And use it on virtually any laptop via a USB 3.0, Ethernet cable. It works like this: Your laptop's screen, keyboard, jacks +ports, etc are all responding exactly as your...

Hello, My old mother board was damaged so I recently replaced it with a new motherboard. When I turn on my comouter, the led lights, fans, and my gpu turns on except the ports are not responsonding. This means all my USB ports including my dvi ports are not working. Pls anything will help.

Hi, A few weeks ago I was having problems with my windows laptop so I decided to "restore" it to a previous windows update. Since then, any time I try to play a game, not just those that require better specs, the games randomly freeze and then continue. Most of the time it happens when a lot is...

Hello Everyone I recently made ​​my own computer , touch wood everything is working properly . I have a question regarding the " asus optimal mode in the BIOS ." BIOS There are three options : -energy safe -normal -ASUS optimal mode . Asus H81M - K and processor i3 4170 3.7MHz and cooler cm...

Does this psu http://imgur.com/Y4eUNCI,support a nvidia gtx 550 ti and an amd fx 8350 on ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX motherboard?

Can I play games like: GTA V Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Prototype Minecraft CS:GO on these laptops: Aspire E5-551-T1Z2 Notebook or Lenovo - G50 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 4GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Black or Acer Laptop Aspire E E5-573G-52G3 Intel Core i5 5200U (2.20 GHz) 8 GB Memory 1...

I recently built my first computer, things were working fine for a couple of weeks but now the graphics card sometimes doesn't work. The monitor won't recognise the input (I have switched monitors and cables so it is the card/motherboard). I opened up the PC and pushed the card, and it did work...

Hi guys, it's been a long time since i don't see for components, and a friend of mine asked me to help her building a pc, she whants it for gaming and maybe 3D modeling. so i need a little help from you Whats the differences of the DDR4 Ram? im looking for the G.skill Ripjaws 2133 DDR4 And what...

Ok here we go. I have been using my PC for day to day use for about 7 months now without any problems at all. This morning, I turned it on and something weird is happening. The PC turns on and then it turns off again (this happens normally but today it turned off really fast) then it boots on...

Hi all, does someone knows if MSI 980 TI Sea Hawk fits on Corsair 240? worried not on the lenght but on the width with the tubes. Thx

I have a Toshiba Satellite C855-12X laptop and recently the dedicated graphics card AMD Radeon HD 7610m showed signs of failure (colored lines on th diplay, etc). How can I enable the integrated graphics card found on the processor? It doesn't show up in device manager nor in BIOS

Hi all, I would like to build low power Linux server and install Ubuntu on it. Primary purpose on it to learn about Linux and second one is to store my home Hikvison IP-Camera surveillance footage there and also use for personal picture/video backup. Now I have small Acer Aspire Revo AR1600...

I have a Maximus VII Hero motherboard and 2 sticks of DDR3-2133 4GB G.Skill Sniper memory sticks. My question is two parts since prices for DDR3 memory are dropping and I can pick up 2 more sticks of the exact same sticks for about $50, would I see a difference/would it help and is it worth it...

http://puu.sh/kkumS/2e90dfeb3f.jpg (image of both sticks) Hello there, I'm not too good with with this sort of stuff, that's why I'm here I guess. 32gb "DDR3 1333 DIMM CL9" vs 8gb "DDR3 1600 UDIMM" Would it be better to have more slower RAM or less faster RAM? I appreciate your answers.

I've looked through the forums and the only threads I'm finding on this subject question different coolers and overclocked CPU's. So please help me out and bare with me. I have a standard 4.0GHz i7 4790K processor. With the Corsair H75 liquid cooler. However I'm concerned with my temperatures...

Hello, my cpu is getting to100% even when playing old games like star wars battlfront 2! My rig is- Athlon 64 x2 6000+ 8gb ddr2 ram ASUS R7 240 2gb Low Profile 550w thermaltake psu. This has been happening for a while now, so any help is appreciated! p.s,my ram is weird. 1stick is 2gbs ddr2...

I've seen looking at motherboards and some say they support DX 11 and some don't say anything about it. Do motherboards have to support DX 12 to be able to use it? Thanks!

I am really new to computers, and my dad and I are planning to build a gaming PC. My dad has some experience in them, but I wold like to know what I need. Thx

hi. im testing an old pc (ddr2) it wont turn on . no fans or anything, what could be the problem, i know it could be the power supply. but beacuse its ddr2 and the ram isnt new it could be a fualty ram could it be the ram? if a ram is failed does the system turn on? i dont have a...

HP Touchsmart 320-1030 running Win 7 64-bit. BIOS is 7.15 Attempted to install A8-3850. Was not compatible. ("Error: Unsupported CPU installed. Will automatically power down in a few seconds.") So I bought an A8-3800. HP explicitly says this is compatible...

Im in the middle of building a pc and I thought everything was all good then I turned it on the fans and lights went on but nothing on my monitor?

Hi guys, I'm in a very big problem, yesterday a guy bring me a pc and a new Sapphire R9 270x, and wanted the instalation of the new card and a new case sentey halcon II. After I clean everything in the old case and put it in the new sentey case, and installed the graphics card, I tried to start...

I have dell optiplex 760 Motherboard model:0G214D power supply:400w I am going to buy nvidia gt 240 tommorow but the problem is will my motherboard support it or not?Recently i bought 9600gt that my motherboard does not support and the screen show "no signal" display,so now if i buy nvidia gt...

I upgraded from a stock HP mobo to an asrock z75 pro3 and now my heatsink fan is much louder than before, I set the desired level to 1 and temperature to 65 in the BIOS which helped make it a little less loud, but while gaming it still gets super loud and the only way I've found around this is...

Just installed new CPU (fx8320) and motherboard(asrock 970 extreme 2.0) and SSHD. Using RAM, video (gtx550ti) SSD and PSU from previous system, ram and SSD are relatively new g.skill sniper 4x4gb. So two nights ago, everything was running smoothly, CPU at about 38 idle and 46 under load for two...

Hello all, I've just made a custom rig pc with a r9 280x sapphire graphic card. Everything is new except the gpu. I've had some issues like "display driver AMD stopped working and has succesfully recovered". But when i ran a furbenchmark everything turned out perfect. Also i've had some graphic...

So, I am having a weird problem with my 560Ti, but first my setup: ASRock 970 Extreme3 AMD FX-8350 Black Edition (4GHz stock, Hyper 212 cooling) G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 (4x4Gb) EVGA GTX 760/560Ti (Non-SLI) So my 760 works in both the upper and lower PCI-e slots (x16/x4 respectively) And my 560Ti...

Is there a way to temporarily block a PC from accessing my router? I would like to shut off internet access to one of my kids PC during certain hours of the day. I have an ASUS RTN65U router.

Hi guys, so basically I have the dilemma of picking the colour of my coolant for my very first custom water cooling loop, I have included a picture of my case: http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm195/alichowry1998/... it is a fractal design core 1000 (I'm on a budget here!) and so basically I...

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I already have a gtx 660 but i don't know if i should update to a SLI of gtx660 or to a gtx 970 My pc features are: -RAM: 8 gb -CPU: INTEL CORE I7-3770k(3,5 GHz) (CPU COOLER: Cooler master Hyper 412S) -Graphic Card: GeForce gtx 660 -MotherBoard: ZZX-D3H -Power Supply: Cooler Master B700 700 w

I have a tight budget and I have look into building this: INTEL PENTIUM G3220 GSKILL RIPJAWS X 2x4GB PALIT GTX750 TI StormX Dual 2GB WESTERN 1TB BLUE What's left is the motherboard. And I've been seeing a lot of talks about PCIE thing, but I don't have a single idea what does those mean. I...

Hi all, I recently built a new computer and bought an EVGA 750 G2 Power Supply. Whining from the power supply can be heard from about 30 cm, even when the computer is off. The computer runs fine, and no whining can be heard at all when the computer is running. I took out the power supply and...

Hello, I was looking to getting a new gaming desktop and I'm buying from ibuypower. This is what I currently have any suggestions would be appreciated. Case: Raidmax Horus Gaming Case - Black Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (4x 4.0GHz/8MB L3 Cache) - Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor...

Nvidia GTX 550 TI 1gb vs Sapphire HD 7750 1gb I have one of each and I want to sell the weakest one... which one is better? Everything I see online is showing them almost equal so I was hoping someone would have some input. Thanks!