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I have a laptop. Model is Acer Aspire E1-531. I mostly do gaming on it. It’s incredibly slow on windows 10. Should I reinstall windows 7 or should i reinstall windows 10? I haven’t reinstalled a OS in a while. Maybe there are viruses in the laptop. What should i do? Windows 7 or Windows 10...

Hi! Today I wanted to play, as usual for me, almost every day. However, when I started my PC, its fans, and lights worked, but my kb and mouse had no lights, whereas they are rgb. My monitor got no signal neither. One surprising thing though, that I have a HyperX Cloud II, and the usb soundcard...

Hello everybody. I am going to buy a 43 inch 4k pc monitor. I am only going to use my pc ONLY for browsing the web and watching 4k videos on youtube. I am NOT a gamer, I don't even play minesweeper. My question is what are the minimum system requirements that will allow me to watch 4k videos...

Sorry I'm a 70 year old disabled female. I am clueless by what you mean by "Thread". Don't want to stream anything, just watch my own DVD and listen to my music. Help.

Hello all, I don't know if this is the right subforum for this, if it's not I'd be happy if someone could move it. Also I realise there are other threads on this topic, I have read them and didn't find a solution that works. On to the issue at hand: I have completed my build and wanted to put...

I put a gt 1030 in my Dell Optiplex 780 mini tower back in September-October and never had issues until last night. I tried playing mw2 but it was super laggy after a little bit I figured out it’s because my card isn’t recognized in devices manager. I updated bios I went into bios and changed...

Hello! I want to start streaming video games and such, but my streams are always laggy, and really low frame rate. I need suggestions. Here are my internet and PC specs: Upload speed - 1.19 mbps Download speed - 12.2 mbps Processor - AMD a4 6300 APU with Radeon HD graphics RAM - 16 gb System...

Hello! I am looking to upgrade some parts in my PC soon when I have some money... Here are my specs; which component should I look to upgrade first because I wanna make sure nothing is being bottlenecked; also remember that I am hoping to play VR and I want to upgrade my PC so I am able to play...

Ive recently built my new rig. In its current shape, there is no cpu cooler, no boot drive, and no gpu. (Waiting on my cpu cooler to arrive before transfering over my stuff from my old pc. Anyway, I will plug my pc into my wall outlet, and flip the power switch, and all i get is my white led ram...

Hi, We have a place with three houses that will soon get a new Internet connection, 100 down 10 up. I made a little sketch showing the layout of it: https://ibb.co/buH2T8 As the picture shows, we get the connection in the central house and want some kind of wireless connection to the others...

Hello, Last night I accidentally fell asleep with my computer still on. I turned it off when I woke up this morning. I'm trying to turn it on now and the motherboard speaker begins beeping. Its 3 long beeps and then either then nothing happens. Here's my setup: CPU: Intel - Core i5-6600K...

Hi. My laptop three weeks ago was having trouble with frame rates, any game I ran was unplayable because the frame rate was so low. When the laptop was well it ran most games very smoothly on high settings (Overwatch), or even on medium (Witcher 3). I tried everything I could to solve the fps...

Computer 1 is getting a new hard drive. I couldn't properly install Windows 10 on it so I put the drive in Computer 2. The install went well and it booted. I put the new drive back in Computer 1 and it won't boot. Both computers have the same motherboard, bios, bios settings, etc. Computer 1's...

random E: drive popped on my drives list after win10 update and it onl has 400mb

Here's the part list from PCPartPicker. Great website to check everything including compatibility and wattage. PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ysNj29 CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.89 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid Lite 120...

I am in the process of choosing parts for my first/new build. I will be buying an i3 8100 cpu, i want to be able to play upcoming games like metro exodus, state of decay 2 and crackdown 3 also be able to play games like, Middle earth shadow of war and some old games that i missed. Will a gtx...

Hi, I’m building a mini itx system for gaming, browsing and sometimes extremely basic photo editing. I’ve pulled apart and rebuilt many pcs and laptops in the past but have never built myself a pc from scratch. I’ve already picked out the parts that I think best suit my needs but would be...

So well hey, I recently upgradet my PC, and the only thing I'm still missing, is a good monitor, because my current ones are just crappy office screens.. So, what Monitor can anyone here recommend me? It does not have to be 144Hz (my GPU would not even handle that probably), 60 or 75 Hz is...

Well, the title describes it all. My gtx 1060 has randomly stopped working, and I don't know why. In the device manager, it says there is an error with it (Error Code 43). Even the windows diagnostics don't help at all. I don't know if this caused it, but before all of this happened, my laptop...

Good day, I have this MB: http://www.gigabyte.cz/products/page/mb/ga-z68ap-d3rev_20#support-dl I would like to buy new GPU like gtx 1060. But I have only last version of legacy BIOS - "FD". I have read that many od new GPU need UEFI BIOS. Which brand of gtx 1060 will run with legacy BIOS...

Hi, I'm Currently using a OCZ GamexStream 700W PSU I Bought used back in August or September of 2013, It Appears to still be holding up though I was Thinking of upgrading to Something newer & More Efficient as AFAIK it's not 80+ Certified (Granted from what I can tell it was released around the...

Hello I have a notebook (Asus U36sd) and it crashes randomly in a wierd manner. The screen goes crazy and sound is unpleasent. I have got some footage of this which I will link but this happens every often. Every time I turn on the laptop after 40 mins it crashes. Also when it crashes I have my...

Hey, I have a and athlon x4 880k and a gtx 1060 3gb 8gb of ram and my cpu usage is always 100% while playing games like tom clancys rainbow six siege and having awful frame rates even if I put all settings to the lowest I'll have maybe 20 fps for some reason llease help. Thanks

Hey everybody. Recently, my CPU has been eaten up by at least half every single time I start my pc up by a blank system process, and every single time I try to end it, it says I have to shut my PC down if I end system process (null) because it makes Windows "unstable". I did go to the file...

I keep getting random lag spikes on a pretty good computer. I have an i7 6800, gtx 1080, 32 gigs of ram. I have no idea why I get them. I get them on every game. I have a 144hz 1440p monitor if that matters. The warmest my graphics card has got is 82C. It idles around 38C. My internet isn't...

Hello guys, I was just wondering how phones can run Fortnite so easily. And almost all budget laptops but my pc cant run it. My pc stays at 20 fps in low settings at 500x400 resolution. I know this isnt supposed to happen, I have a powerful cpu. I just cant afford a new gpu for now. Specs...

problem no network device

Hi, first time poster, long-time tech support lurker. I've got a problem that as far as I can tell is unique, either that or my search terms aren't specific enough. I live where I work, and so I'm connected to a semi-public network. I have a large desktop that's a custom built machine with no...

While playing PUBG or The Hunter Call of The Wild, my pc's screen would go black with the message "No signal" and the fans would start spinning @100%. I have 60+ fps in both of the games almost all the time with small stutter in PUBG, but thats cause its unoptimized. The temps are about 80'C. I...

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Want to "upgrade" my CPU for a few years before migrating to Ryzen have a i3 4160 and two choices i7 4770 non k version And i5 4690k the first form162 dollars And the second for 154 i Will use it as a home PC with a touchscreen for the kids (easiest way for migrating them from the iPad into the...

Yeah i know im dumb. I werent concentrating and clicked on a link but i quickly went off it before anything loaded in. Whats the chance of me having a virus and im doing a antivirus scan. How can i make sure i am safe? thank you Henry.

Hello, Before a year, My motherboard ( GA-P81-D3 ) is dead and the power supply is also dead ( Cooler Master 500 watt ). I changed the power supply to Gamma 350 watt and sent the motherboard to warranty. The motherboard needed a month or two to repair so I bought a new motherboard ( GA-H81M-S2PT...

Hello! Im gonna build a mini-itx build and im not sure if i can fit all these components to my FD node 304 case. Is there gonna be issues with corsair cx600 and my video card? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JtN9TB

I have: Ryzen 5 1600 Patriot viper 2x4gb DDR4 3000Mhz AsRock AB350M-HDV GeForce gtx 1060 6GB AOC 144 Hz 24" monitor Crucial 480GB SSD TX550M Any ideas on what I should upgrade?

Hi guys, I bought a deepcool Gammaxx GT RGB cpu cooler. I tried to stress test it with prime 95 and i was shocked at the results. It was 80c degrees on 100% load. Is it normal? I saw some reviews about the deepcool Gammaxx GT RGB cpu cooler and they said their temps were in 50-60 c degrees...

Hi there. I've ran into an issue that I've been unable to solve by myself. Not even google has been able to provide an answer (or I might have seached on the wrong thing) The issue: One of my 2 screens goes black and Windows freezes on the other. After being like that for about a minute or...

My idea would be 60% gaming / streaming 30% video editing 10% working. I've never built one but finally have enough money to invest into a pc. I dont wanna go past 2500.I haven't picked out other parts yet, but just looking at the most expensive ones Cpu Ryzen 7 1700 vs i7 7700k - They're...

It will boot but user log on page won't load

I've recently upgraded my mb, cpu, ram and graphics but sadly i'm still running my old setup because the new one won't even post/power up(fan stop automatically as if the power supply shuts its power) and the cpu red led on the mobo light up. Tought it was the motherboards fault so i rma'd it...