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Hello Tom's Hardware community! I'm gearing up to build a new gaming PC and would greatly appreciate your expert advice. While I've done some research, I want to ensure that my choices align with both my budget and gaming requirements. My budget for this build is ideally between $1500-$2500...

Basically, I flipped my 4070 system right before black friday to upgrade my cpu and motherboard to ddr5 and get a new case at 0 cost, I side-graded my gpu to a 6800xt but the performance difference is massive in a bad way. I know they're supposed to preform the same, which is why I don't...

I've read some old posts where people are saying Intel Arc only supports DirectX12 natively. For older ones like 9, 10 and 11, it uses some "DXVK" thing which isn't like native DiretX12. It's like some emulation. I also read some article saying that Intel is dropping support for DX9 so the...

I have 2× E5 xeon2630v3 2.4 mhz on a unknown chinese mobo with 4× sticks of ddr4 3200mhz( reduced by CPU to 1600mhz) If i overclock my CPU to 3.2 mhz will it support 3200mhz and not reduce it?

I have an ASRock H110M-HDV R3.0 motherboard with an Intel Pentinum g4600 processor with a Nividia Geforce GTX 970 graphics card with an MX500 disk and a Modecom MC s85 500 power supply. My brother gave me an Intel core i5-6400 2.7 turbo 3.3GHz processor because he bought a better one (we have...

Hello all, I am returning again after prematurely marking my last post as solved. I thought my issue was resolved, but it had only improved slightly but never went away. A little over a year ago I build a high end gaming and workstation pc. Ever since it was built, it has been stuttering both in...

Hello. would like to know if it is possible to improve this Laptop, I don't know much about that topic and from what I was reading, only Celeron and Pentium processors can be installed since the board has an HM70 Chipset (Panther Point). Is that so? The only thing I improved was the RAM, from...

Hello my computer case is a Thermaltake Tower 100: https://www.thermaltake.com/the-tower-100-snow-mini-chassis.html My motherboard is a mini-itx MB Asus Z590: https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-z590-i-gaming-wifi-model/ The CPU is a intel i5-11500...

I have an Optiplex 7050 SFF that has been repurposed from office use to personal use. I have upgrade my PC before, by adding more RAM from 8 GB (originally) to 16 GB RAM, and that's it. Now I want a better performance so I have much smoother gameplay and I can record gameplay footage or stream...

Specs: mobo- gigabyte z87x-ud3h, bios version F10b, cpu i5-4670k, cpu cooler-Hyper 212X , gpu - Asrock rx 7800xt challenger oc, ram: corsair 4x4gb @1600 mhz dual channel, ssd: Crucial MX 500 500gb My cpu is like 10 years old. never tried overclocking before. But now to reduce my gpu's...

Basically I'm looking to upgrade my i5-10400F I still think the 10th gen is good enough for an upgrade path considering the i9 option is the cheapest in my country. I've got an MSI B460M-A Pro board and I've read people saying it's a bad idea to pair an i9 with a budget board and the highest...

Hi can someone help me out my CPU is stuck at 800Mhz/0.79Ghz. CPU: 10900(NON K) Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Everything was fine until I updated Windows 10 tonight Bios reset done. Removed CMOS battery, unplugged everything and held power button for 30sec and reconnected everything...

Hi! yesterday I received my new gaming laptop, a HP Victus 16 with an i5 11400h and rtx 3050, once I installed all my apps I decided to use HWmonitor to check the temperatures of the components, after opening the app the first thing I saw was that the max temp from the cpu it had already hit...

Hello As an option to buy a laptop for developing purposes, a friend did do mention of NUC. My concern and main question: Does NUC work with Linux? It for `Fedora` and `Ubuntu`. To only install Linux I have the secondary accessories: monitor keyboard the pendrive with the iso file Once...

I just recently bought an RX 6600 and I can clearly see that there is a HUGE bottleneck between the gpu and my current i3-6098p cpu. I knew there would have been a big bottleneck but not to the point where I can't even get 144 fps on league of legends with max settings, or in Dishonored 2 I...

My pc got some weird virus that eats up c drive space and i wanted to install windows to solve that but i just discovered my dvd drive doesnt work anymore. Its an old pc and the dvd drive hasnt been used for ages. I cant download the windows installation media from microsoft web due to low space...

I currently have a Rtx 2060 i5 8400 system but I'm looking to upgrade as this PC can't really keep up with the games I'm trying to play (Alan Wake 2 for example). My 16 GB RAM is only 2666mhz as well. I haven't been up to date with PC hardware for a while so I need suggestions on Graphics cards...

Hello all, Would a socket 1151 motherboard with an Intel C236 chipset from an HP Z240 Workstation take Non-ECC RAM? Thank you.

Hello all, Can someone tell me the differences between theses Intel socket 1151 CPUs. a Xeon E3-1220 v5 (Skylake), a Xeon E3-1220 v6 (Kaby Lake), and a Core i5-7400 (Kaby Lake). Regarding performance, power consumption, heat, etc. Thank you.

Hi, i have a this old computer system for over a decade now though it was just sitting there collecting dust in my store room for like past 5-6 years. Today i finally decided to take it apart to see what's inside it (it doesn't turn on). i have removed everything very carefully except I can't...

Specs: xxx xfx Rx 580 8gb i5-10500 6c 12t Msi b460i gaming edge wifi 16 gb PNY xlrb 3200 mhz I’ve been trying to figure this out by myself for almost a year now, whether it’s replacing parts or just a problem I can’t comprehend. I’ve looked at so many threads and tried to find a solution that...

Hello, everyone I'm here again for a problem, but this time a simple one. After the last problem I decided to update my computer (Motherboard, CPU, RAM). Since I want amd for some reason so I bought amd ryzen 5 2600, B450 and some ram. The main question is if I put these new components into an...

Hello. My CPU suddenly locking FIVR control to undervolt, no update, nothing new added/modified to the system (BIOS included) I have successfully undervolt my CPU before as you can see on the picture, but now it do nothing to CPU, even locking me out from modifying voltage. Here's things i...

Hi, recently purchased a gaming laptop, it has an RTX graphics processor, and an intel CPU. I went to enable the variable refresh rate in Nvidia control panel, however the option wasn't there to enable it, it shows up on the intel IGPU's driver, but not nvidia's. On my desktop, I have 'Set-up...

I have an i5 13600K and MSI motherboard (MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI), and i've been trying to undervolt, but the only thing i've been able to make stick i changing the CPU lite load from the default 12 to 1. This lowers the voltage by about 0.1 - 0.125 (from 1.350+ to 1.250), but from what i'm seeing...

Hello, I recently upgraded the overall cooling of my rig after getting a 4080 and running out of room with my old case due to the size of the graphics card. I upgraded my case to the Lian Li Lancool 216 with the Lian Li Galahad II Trinity AIO after having a case with <Mod Edit> airflow and an...

I looking to build a new computer since my current computer rig is 13 years old. I am looking to start buying the parts in October for a build date later this year. I am looking for suggestions on the parts listed below or any alternatives. I am trying to stay around a 1500 to 1800 price...

Hello! I'll start by posting my specs: CPU: Intel i9-13900k @ 3GHz with a Corsair H100i liquid cooler GPU: ASUS ROG 4070ti Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite PSU: Corsair RM1000x 1000W 80+ Gold OS: Windows 11 I built this PC back in March this year and it has ran smoothly so far. My...

Hello everyone, I wanted to discuss a persistent issue I've been facing with the service host state repository service on my PC for the past few months. This problem has consistently slowed down my computer to the point of it becoming almost unusable. Today, I want to share some valuable...

need help asap, just upgraded my pc, went from an 8700k to a 12900k with a z690 wifi motherboard. i got everything up and running but no matter what i do drivers wont install. i have wifi barely working but its slow and the internet wont open intel or msi for driver download but i can open...

Afternoon all, just built a new rig the other day 13700kf, 4080 (Full spec below). I got a H100i Elite Capelix XT with it which is a 240mm AIO but am now thinking that isn't powerful enough. That or something else is wrong, or maybe i just need reassuring these chips run mad hot lol. On idle...

Have an overclocking question. I have the latest bios version on my MSI z390 gaming edge AC motherboard. running an 8700k... I realize these arent the latest and greatest but it doesnt matter right now, im just experimenting with overclocking. I had been running it basically set to auto voltage...

I've been using this PC for approximately 6 months perfectly well from Jan to June. One day, it failed to POST, so I took it to the store. They diagnosed the issue as a malfunctioning RAM module, replaced it, and the PC booted up fine. It worked perfectly well for the next 6 days, but on the 7th...

Hello, I recently tried to upgrade my system, however I’m now having issues with it not powering on at all, I’ve tried the new parts and put back the parts from my old build as I thought motherboard was faulty, now it won’t power on with my old build in place, I’ve contacted NZXT support and...

My current setup is a bit dated and I'm looking to upgrade but my budget is tight at the moment. The setup I current have js: - Power Supply - OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro - Processor - Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core, overclocked to 4 GHz - RAM - 16GB DDR3 - Mottherboard - Asus...

Hi! I am thinking about upgrading my current system to a 13th gen CPU (And with that, my graphics card) but I realized that the 13th gen will be the last gen supporting the socket LGA1700, making me doubt in buying a whole new motherboard with no ability to upgrade later down the line without...

My CPU is an I7 11700k and under load it getting to around and above 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Is this normal is is that way hot?

Hi, I have a laptop with Intel integrated graphics and Nvidia. Intel was default and i could set which applications should use Nvidia. Since this is a work laptop using Nvidia all the time uses too much battery. And that is the problem now, the Nvidia card is used all the time, it never...

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I have a HP Pavilion dv6-1314tx laptop and the motherboard is Quanta 3628 with an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600. I wanna know what CPUs are compatible with this motherboard and laptop model?