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  1. T

    How do I use Shadowplay FPS counter?

    I clicked the FPS Counter Box and positioned it in the upper left, but the fps number doesn't appear on my actual display in game or on my desktop screen. I tried pressing Alt F12 and that did nothing.
  2. K

    Pc crashes when ever I play games, Event Vieweer logs

    Hello everyone, I have a PC which I play games on yet whenever I play games 7 time out of 10 it will crash. Specs: nvidia gtx 980 msi gaming 7 motherboards Cooller Master M2 1500w 5930k cpu Liquid cooled cpu I have tried re installing windows, testing different gpu. The gpu does not over...
  3. W

    PC Restarts Randomly

    Okay, this is like nothing i've seen before. I bought this PC in January this year, here are the specs: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/cammieftw/saved/#view=2G9j4D Okay so until the start of August it has been working like a treat, but for some reason, out of no-where it decided it was going...
  4. J

    Sound bar, tv, and receiver help

    I cant get sound through my tv speakers or soundbar when I connect using my yamaha sound system. I have 5 speakers in the living room but would like to use the sound bar that's in front of the tv. the components are 1 55 in LED Vizio tv, 1 vizio soundbar, 1 Yamaha receiver.
  5. F

    How to make files download to HDD by default

    I want my files to download to my HDD instead of my SSD, how do I do so? I found in 'Settings' that the 'Storage' tab had some options to change it however even with HDD set to download location (for files, photos, etc.), my documents were still being downloaded to my SSD. Anyone know how to...
  6. Ferrariassassin

    Would a GTX 1080 be powerful enough to play Fallout 4 on medium settings at 720p?

    I have a 980Ti as of now and i get around 30FPS average on Fallout 4 even when all settings are on as low as they can go and at 720p and with no mods. I want to be able to get a stable 60FPS at 720p with medium settings and was wondering if a 1080 or two 1080's in SLI would be able to handle...
  7. A

    My first intel

    Hello all. Today i have got my first Intel PC. CPU is Intel I7 6700. Now,I dont know nothing about intels and how they physically react and work. The only thing i know is that they spend less power than AMD and by that i have expected them to be lower temp than AMD. But,as for temperature,I...
  8. DanTTTD

    Best GPU for sims and live rendering in Octane

    Hi team, I'm looking to upgrade my system, and am currently deciding which way to go with regards GPU. The goal is to run Octane renderer with smooth live rendering previews (I am also considering Arnold for the same purpose, though i know this runs off CPU instead). I am also wanting to...
  9. A

    CPU lowered throttle temp after changing cooler

    Hey, Straight to the point, I had an aftermarket air cooler swapped to a Deepcool maelstorm 240t water cooling was on a huge sale. So on the air cooler cpu would throttle at 65 degrees, after changing it, it started throttling and reducing its clocks down to 1.3ghz after 50 degrees, ran prime95...
  10. rko_gmr

    cpu gpu temperature

    Hi everyone, my specs are i5 2400 16 gb corsair vengeance zotac 960 4gb amp Idle cpu - 42 to 45C gpu - 37 to 40C Load cpu - 62 to 65C gpu - 78 to 80C (highest 81) is this normal i am a bit worried
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    My new laptop no longer recognizes usb 3.0 devices in one of its usb 3.0 ports.

    I have an acer aspire v17 black edition with 2 usb 3.0 ports and 1 usb 2.0 port. I have upgraded from 8-16gb ram and replaced the hdd with ssd. As the title says; only one of the usb ports refuses to recognize usb 3.0 devices. The other 2 ports see them fine and usb 2.0 devices are still...
  12. F

    My first pc build, help!

    So im brand new to pc and pc gaming and parts and since i play on gettimg a custom pc i gathered the parts i wanted but i dont know if the compatibility checks out or if its even worth my money. Any help will be appreciated thanks! My current budget is $1300 but will go as high as $1450. Parts i...
  13. M

    H81M-p33 and 2gb 2rx8 pc3

    Hello everyone, new here Really enjoy the help and usually not one to post or ask anything. I have and msi h81m-p33 with i5 Intel 4690k, 1Tb Hard Drive, Gtx 750 Ti with 500w to boot. I am at a wall till the end of the week, this all was an upgrade from an acer aspire which I still have the...
  14. Amaggard

    Is having real-time virus protection bound to slow down boot time?

    Whenever I start up my computer, it takes 5 seconds to boot, but then once I log on, the post boot process takes extraordinarily longer. I disabled almost every startup process, using autoruns and msconfig, and analyzed a few boot ups in windows performance analyzer, and narrowed it down to 1...
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    Looking for Wifi extenders

    Ok guys i need help getting a good wifi extender, I used dlink dap1320 so far it was good but disconnected sometimes, my router is downstairs because the tv needs it, so upstairs the Download speed drops. I was looking at some netgear ac750 but idk if that's good. Btw I live in Canada and plz...
  16. B

    machine check exception please help

    over the past couple of days i have gotten multiple machine check exceptions and my rule with blue screens is if it happens once ignore it but if continues seek help so thats what im doing. After doing my own research on machine check exceptions (as i have never gotten one before) i have deduced...
  17. D

    What component is damaged ? (Please Help)

    I have a HP xw6600 workstation.Everything in it is stock except for the processors and graphics. Today i turned it on and LED flashed 1 time and then no response. Then again I repeated this process for 2 times and LED didn't flash. Monitor Says that The Graphics Cable Is Not Plugged.(Plugged in...
  18. M

    I am having problem with two hard drives, the drive i had insatalled OS is not shown in boot priority. What should ido?

    I had recently added a WD 320 gb sata hard drive into my pc. i have an AMI bios. In my bios my WD hard drive is not shown in the boot priority, also it shows my old drive(which had formated and have the system reserved folder only) is shown as boot device. Also My empty harddrive is shown as...
  19. F

    New Graphic Card Problem. Please Help Me

    1.My Gtx 550ti gpu died few days ago..Yesterday i just bought a new Asus R7 370 gpu..so, the first thing i did was placing the gpu and turn my computer where vga cable still connected to my integrated gpu..so, i unistall the previous Nvidia display driver using control panel remove programs and...
  20. S

    Gtx 950 more fps than 7950!?

    System specs Athlon x3 425 Biostar 760 am3+ microatx 8gb ram 600w thermaltake tough power 7950/gtx 950 Hey guys for some weird reason my 7950 lags out dota 2and gets lower fps than the gtx950. Thats the only game ive tried with the two cards. Even with no gpu the game runs smoother without...
  21. A

    6 Monitor Surround

    Hey guys need help, having difficuty setting up surround on 6 monitor set-up, looking to get 2x3 surround mode, using Nvidia software, dual MSI Geforce GTX TF 960 Cards with SLI Bridge, system will read 2x2 and all the other 1X's but no 2X3
  22. P

    Intel Showdown : Intel Skylake Vs Intel Cannonlake ?

    Which cpu is good for you ? Which one will be fast ? (state ur answer :D)
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    Build or Buy NAS?

    I'm looking to either buy a nas or build one. I currently just have an external hdd connected to my netgear r7000. I was looking at the QNAP TS-251 but I want to get the best bang for my buck. My needs for this are: - $250 budget (Not including HDD's) - Low Power Consumption (Will be on 24/7) -...
  24. dsr07mm

    What wheel ? Simulations, races.. no budget limit, long term usage

    So I'm looking for good recommendation to get wheel which is going to work fine with pretty much all driving games lately without bothering and looking for emulators or not being precise. Euro truck simulator 2 American truck simulator 2 Dirt Rally F1 2015 including older F1's All kind...
  25. A

    Which case should i choose and why?

    Hi guys! After looking hours for possible cases for my next build, I have two cases left. Now I need your help to choose which one I will be using. Both cases are from Silverstone, SG06S-LITE and SG13B. Both of them fit my build and purpose so I just need to pick one of them. It's just so hard...
  26. L

    Needed Help with Graphic Card

    Hello i want buy graphic card for my desktop pc i want to ask if can i for PC SPEC Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz Mother Board: iQon.ie 945GCMX-S2 (Socket 775) RAM: 3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 Graphic: Intel 82945G Express Chipset I wanna Buy ASUS GeForce GTX 750Ti GDDR5 2GB Graphics Card...
  27. M

    Slow computer after upgrade.

    So I just upgraded my motherboard to my PC, as well as the case and added LED. The thing is, is my CPU fan noise is rather noisy (water cooler) and on SpeedFan it states that the core temps are 50+ C although my CPU temp is sitting at a stable 43C (idle). Is that a problem with my thermal past...
  28. D

    Whenever I plug my earphones in i have to twist it right to get sound quality. How do i fix it?

    Whenever I plug my earphones in the audio jack, i have to twist it right to get the sound quality. How do i fix it?
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    Is this normal? (GPU, PSU or MOBO problem?)

    My EVGA 980 Ti SC ACX2.0 has been having RPM spikes, I don't hear the GPU Fan's getting louder as you can see here even when the spike occurs it jumps from 2000RPM to 4000RPM for a split second but the fan speed % doesn't go up at all, does that mean this is a bug? occasionally I also notice my...
  30. F

    Unlocking BIOS to Access Memory Config?

    I just got some new RAM and ran cpu-z to make sure everything was correct. Well it's running at 1333 instead of 1600 but I'm thinking it is because the timing isn't correct. I have no option at all in the BIOS to change any memory settings. Is there a way to unlock access to these settings?
  31. Hrlyrdr22

    USB devices randomly disconnecting

    Windows 10 x64 Pro Mac OS X 10.10.1 FX6300 GTX750 Gigabyte 78-LMT USB3 motherboard I've tried the change power plan (I'm on high performance) and disabled the USB power management. I do notice in Device Manager that there's always this USB 3.0 controller that gets a yellow exclamation mark...
  32. KILL-DE-KANGAROO

    Windows 7 (and 10) System Lockup - Motherboard??

    Hope you guys can help. I have the below setup: GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard AMD 990FX 8350 (No Overclock) Zotac 980ti Xtreme 6GB (No overclock) 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM @ 1600MHZ 1000W Corsair PSU 1TB Samsung Evo 850 SSD 1TB Samsung Hybrid SSHD Now to the problem, my system randomly locks...
  33. S

    WTB New single or dual monitors could use help please

    Hello, A bit about me. I do computer forensic work, so frequently I have a monitor processing items, and one to email, surf, and in downtime I game. Here's a kind of twist you may or may not have seen before on here, I've got severe back problems, so I sit in a special recliner, and being in...
  34. D

    Laptop Hard Drive clicking sound

    Hello, Recently I bought a new laptop. In order to work faster, I removed the Hard Drive and put an SSD there. Then, I bought a second HDD caddy and put that hard drive into it and plug in to the DVD ROM port by replacing the DVD RW. It was working fine. Because I did this to my previous laptop...
  35. hotke

    I cannot get my RAM to run 1866mhz on both sticks of RAM

    I have 8gb of ram 4gbx2 and when i want them to run at 1866mhz only one works and turns into single channel i bought the sticks separately at different times.
  36. A

    AMD FX 8320 Overheating at IDLE (@Stock Clock and cm 212 evo)

    Hi! I have a Issue of overheating with my cpu. My IDLE temperatures are going too high! MOBO Temp- 36-38C IDLE- 48-54C While Playing GPU Intensive game like WWE 2k15(MAXED)- 54-55C NOT PLAYING CPU INTENSIVES ROGHT NOW but still i managed to test with GTAV- 59-65C Thermal Margin (as indicated...
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    wifi/internet issues: lots of odd problems

    Today i was using speedtest.net to try to figure out where the bottleneck in my slow internet was. so i use the website for over wifi, on my laptop. i got ping of 34, download of 10.44 Mbps, and upload of 3.09 Mbps. this is over the lynksys ea6200 router, and this is with my dell inspiron 15...
  38. TheNewBie332

    HDD Affects games crashing?

    EDIT*** HDD plugged into sata 1, changed to sata 6. It seems all my games crash, sometimes with a code, sometimes, silent. Specs: i5 4690k gtx 970 msi gaming 5 2 tb toshiba hdd 550w psu win 8.1 dxdiag 11 This is really annoying me. I bought my pc at cyberpowerpc, and it worked fine, but the...
  39. Luna S

    Netstart: The system seems to lack either network cards or network drivers

    I'm running a Windows 7 64bit I've been seeing the message: whenever I restart my computer to allow updates to install. So basically I haven't been able to update my system since April. I checked the device manager, but nothing seems to be out of order, only when I try to update the wan...