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So i'm currently planning on doing a sizable upgrade any time now (pretty much as soon as i have some feedback). My upgrade includes: R9 280x -> GTX1070 8gb 1600mhz ram -> 16gb 1866hmz ram 5 year old crappy TN monitor -> Brand new IPS monitor. My biggest question would be, is the 1070...

Hey wanna make sure I don't screw this up. Currently I live in a basement and have a router hooked up as, I think, just an access point. My main internet line is in the 1 port not the globe port. My neighbor was saying I should hook it up normally for the new one, Internet cord into the globe...

Hi guys Lemme tell u my problems with my Pc, I was playing borderlands 2got it from steam then suddenly it freezes Idk what happened the power button won't work then I plug off the cable then put it in again It won't boot nothing in display, no sound from inside I'm confused please help me...

Hy guys i am from India i wanted to purchase a laptop I have to laptop 1 is dell i5 4gb ram for ₹19000 2 years old 2 nd one is hp i3 4gb ram for ₹17000 9 months old Please suggest me which one is better to purchase

this morning my computer had reset. there was no minidump so i didn't think anything of it. there was bad weather the night before and i thought maybe there was a power outage. it happened again this afternoon, still no minidump. i get home tonight and yet again the computer had reset AGAIN...

recently i just bought a second hand pc, and then I realized that the bottom filter of the case for psu are missing. is it going to be a big problem which cause significant damage to the psu or even the whole pc? can i just use the pc without the filter in long term?

I bought this SSD to put my operating system on as well as everything on my startup. Everything is plugged in and I'm just trying to make sure everything works before I try and move my OS to it. Whenever I try to put anything onto the SSD it says "Please insert a removable disc" and my disc tray...

I've seen threads on all kinds of tech sites about a similar issue to this, but none of them quite match up to my case, so here goes... So I've been using a Dell Inspiron Windows 7 laptop for about 3 years now. Up until recently, it worked just fine with no issues. (with the exception of a...

(NO OVERCLOCKS JUST STOCK SPEEDS) Pentium G3220 G3240 G3250 G3258 Core i3 4130 4160 4370 6100 Core i5 2500 3570 4460 4590 4690k 6500 Core i7 980X 990X 2600 3820 3960X 4770 4790 4960X 5775C 5960X 6700 So how do all of these CPU's addup? what FPS can these CPU's get in games like Black Ops 3...

Hey guys I have: CPU: Intel i5 4570 @ 3.2GHz GPU: AMD R9 280X 3GB RAM: 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 at 1600MHz Windows 8.1 64 Bit Will this run Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Arma 3 and DayZ mostly maxed out on 1080p at above 40FPS? Thank you

there is a lighting effect i want to do that deals with the ripple effect. what i want to do is to make only a few keys activate the ripple effect but for the ripple to spread across the whole keyboard. the only thing i can manage to do is for only the few keys to be effect by the ripple...

My old gaming laptop broke (ASUS G75VW) and I had built a new computer, to save money I used the hard drives from the laptop (2 750GB HDDs). The computer booted up like nothing had changed except it's impossible to change the resolution (stuck on lowest setting) and a lot of software is very...

Hi! Its close to Christmas time, so that means its time to start looking for upgrades for my PC! With the parts listed below, what would be the best part to upgrade? All that I currently do on my PC is gaming. If you recommend a part(s), please keep the total price under around $200. If you say...

Hello, I'm trying to overclock my 4790k, but i'm running into some problems, I'm currently using these guides : http://www.overclock.net/t/1490835/the-gigabyte-z97x-overclocking-guide http://www.overclock.net/t/1401976/the-gigabyte-z87-haswell-overclocking-oc-guide But the problem is some...

Guys please in terms of performance and durability which is bes,is it the hp compaq dc5800 microtower or the dell gx760 minitower.A friend is give me one of these computers for free.pls which is better

I have a HP G6 Pavilion laptop. when I power on it and after the few minutes, it was hibernated. Why this happen like?

My specs are Nvidia Gtx 780 ti (average temp: 75celcius) In game Intel i7 4770 (averge temp: 75celcius) in game Asrock z87 extreme6 mobo 750w power supply I can't for figure out why I'm lagging, such as in Vanilla skyrim I get a low fps of 40 when I should obviously be getting a stable 60fps...

I ran into something that seems funny to me so I’ll ask here if this seems normal. I have a Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H mobo. It has a PCIex16, then two x1’s and finally a x4 slot. No onboard video as I did not buy an APU as I intended to run a separate video card from the start and didn’t know that I...

I built this PC and installed windows 10 on it. Everything appeared to be going smoothly until I would start up a game. After a couple minutes my pc would crash to an error_memory_management screen. Sometimes it would crash to irql_not_less_or_equal. Occasionally it would crash to...

Hey My friend gave me 8gb (4gb x 2) of ram from his 16gb (4gb x 4) kit. It is the Corsair Vengence Ram. Will the 8gb of Ram work for me when I put it into my Computer without using the other 8gb he has?

I have an old pc (Acer Aspire x1700) I don't do anything with. I want to turn it into a game server hosting pc, but this pc isn't qualified for that. Should I buy some better components for it, or should I buy a new pc? If so, what components should I get?

I am planning on building a gaming computer next week. I have thought out what I believe would be a solid gaming pc for medium to high settings on most games. My budget is £670. This is my current planned build: Case - Corsair Carbide 200R Motherboard - MSI Z97 Gaming 3 CPU - Intel core i5-4590...

Hello I need some help /recommendations with choosing some headphones under 150$. I will using them to listen to hip hop, pop, and classical. I have my eyes glued to the whole grado lineup, Sr80e and Sr60e. I know they don't have much bass but can some one tell me how they sound with ten holes...

On Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, at the beginning of a match, my game will freeze for 2-10 seconds (varies on different maps) and sometimes it will be choppy for first 30 secs. When I look at Afterburner, it shows the GPU, CPU, and Memory just spike and pretty much stop working for that few...

I'm looking for a gaming pc I'm leaning towards a prebuilt model because I don't have an OS. I'd like at least 4 cores which would probably limit myself to AMD but overall, the most important thing is good performance and upgradeability. I'm going to be upgrading to a Radeon R9 280X shortly so...

I only need a Case, CPU, Motherboard and PSU :) http://www.dabs.ie/products/intel-core-i5-4440-s1150-3-10ghz-6mb-8XTR.html http://www.dabs.ie/products/xfx-550w-core-edition-80--bronze-psu-8K0S.html...

Hello, i have 4gb ram ddr3 and amd a10 6700, if i put more ram the cpu will make less heat? Or should i get a watercooler.

Tera Rising ArcheAge Peria Chronicles Project Black Sheep Monster Hunter Online Kingdom Under Fire 2 Icarus Online Bless Blade & Soul Black Desert Online Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Motherboard MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB)...

I made this pc not long ago and would like some input on it, I feel like its not bad but it doesnt run aswell as it could. Please tell me what i can improve. I can barely game because my fps barely hit 30 but if it's not gaming it works magnificently! Specs: Motherboard - BIOSTAR AMD A55MD2...

In my laptop is an hdmi input but i dont know how to connect my xbox360 on it to work as a monitor. Is it even possible?

I had to flash my bios to make the card work. I plugged in my monitors to the dvi and hdmi otputs on the card, and it's outputting the same image to both monitors. It shows only one monitor in windows. Is this a software or hardware issue? It only came with a mini dp to dp adapter.

Approximate Purchase Date: Tomorrow Budget Range: Under 1k USD Helping a buddy pick parts for a new pc. He wants it to be future proof for many years. Main use will be gaming. no overclocking and 1920x1080 monitor for now but he wants the options open down the line. This is what is picked...

Hi, Thank you for reading this post I changed my mouse pointer and saved it but when i restart the pointer change back to default so anyone got any suggestion on how to solve this (I'm running WINDOWS 7) Thank you....

Hi, I'm upgrading my gaming rig shortly and I'm looking for some advice on what parts to upgrade, and what parts to leave alone for now. I'd like to spend around $600 or less on the new parts seeing how the current parts in my pc are brand new besides the gfx card Right now I'm using 60Hz...

I was a little disappointed a few months ago, when I upgraded my motherboard and cpu (amd fx 6350 6 core), because my performance didn't really increase all that much. Anyways, I was wondering what's a good card, between the price range of $100-$280(if really good can be slightly above). I'm...

Hello everyone I would like to hear some opinions about this system that i'm going to buy in a near future. Fist of all I want to say that all these parts are from my locals stores and I cant order anything form the outside because I live in a small island and the shipping costs are out of this...

how come web pages are loading very very slow if at all. and internet keeps disconnecting and connecting. its not a problem with the actual internet. It also powerwashed due to critical error

can anyone recommend a power supply for this rig? http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ thanks

when i play csgo i get huge lag spikes 500 latency i cant even play on minute its lagging 24/7 its not my firewall i closed all my computers connected to wi fi is it my internet connection? i have a gaming computer cpu i7 2600k 3.40ghz gpu nvidia gtx 550 ti 8 gb ram

I am using an ASUS VI Hero and I'm wondering if I should remove the little plastic/foamy thing on the I/O Shield?