incompatibility

I'm relatively new to PC building, but this is my forth build so far. I have two RAM kits, one in my personal rig that works fine, 2x8GB Crucial DDR4-3200 CL16; the other is a 2x16GB kit, also Crucial, DDR4-3200 CL22. The RAM is brand new, the motherboard isn't, but is working fine with my RAM...

Hi! I currently have an ASUS H97M-E motherboard, paired with an Intel Core I5 4460. This is a PC that was built years ago, with the sole purpose of getting me through high school, as I had a PS4 for gaming. However, I'm now getting into the PC gaming world, and the first thing I need to get is a...

On Microsoft's own support site (https://support.micr...b4-54f7d7275705) it says 'Office 2007 (Version 12) is no longer part of mainstream support and hasn't been tested on Windows 10. However, Office 2007 will install and run on Windows 10' - which is why I purchased it. I bought genuine...

Hi Tom's Hardware Forum Community, I'm having issues with my first ever PC build. Here are the parts I'm using: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G ASRock B450M PRO4 Motherboard 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200 ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 560 Thermaltake Litepower 350W NVMe M.2 SSD 256GB Seagate...

My monitor will randomly go black while playing games. Happens 3 or 4 times a week, but only while playing games. The pc needs to be restarted to get it to turn back on. When it goes black though the pc still works normal. Sound is still working as i can hear the game, so the monitor is the...

I have a geforce gtx 1060 with 2 DP monitors connected and an HDMI going to my AV receiver. The audio works on my receiver but in my computer's display settings the receiver is showing up as a third monitor. If I disconnect that 3rd screen in display settings then the audio doesn't work. I can...

Hi everyone, I hope you can help me figure this out, because this problem has me at my wits end. My laptop keeps randomly freezing. It completely locks up, meaning nothing works and I can't even enter the task manager. A forced shutdown is the only option every time it freezes. The freezes...

This build will be used for editing photos, videos, and recording in 1440p and/or 4k Going to buy all the parts in the list, and use the AiO as a temporary cooler, then save up some more and build a custom water loop in about 2 months. I'm also thinking about switching the motherboard for a...

Okay. I have just bought and installed a new GPU for my brother and after many attempts of trying to fix it, I have come up empty handed every time. Here is the problem: I have just bought and installed a EVGA GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 for my brother for his computer and since I did that, no 3.5mm...

Hi all, I'm ordering parts for a new build and I was wondering what PSU wattage I should get, I'll link the pcpartpicker list, I was between 500w and 600w. I will not upgrade this system in the future. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VrNRxr

So I bought this used graphics card from ebay(with the warranty). I just noticed that the smaller ends of the heatpipes were melted. The original owner of the graphics card said that he/she wanted to return it because they wanted a different one. My friend said it couldve been used for mining...

They're huge. tried various methods (such as the pressure method + flashing colours) to clear them up but only made them worse, any solutions? buying a new monitor is the next step, just seeing if there's anything I can do to salvage it. The monitor is a BenQ FP937s.Thanks in advance.

I have the following desktop - HP Compaq dc7900 Convertible Minitower I plan to install the following graphics card - HIS Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 My system configuration is as follows - Core2Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz 2GB DDR2 RAM 250 GB Seagate HDD DVD-RW Windows 8.1 32bit I opened up my...