Kaby Lake

PSU: Fatality 550w GPU: MSI TWIN FROZR N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC MB: MSI MS - 7673 VER 2.0 RAM: 2x 8gb G.SKILL DDR3 Just got a new hard drive and I'm trying to install Windows 10 via a dvd. However I can't get the bios to boot from the dvd. Ive made it first priority to boot from then CD/DVD drive...

I'm trying to update the graphics manually because I think they are out of date, but I am unable to identify which version of intel hd graphics this so i would appreciate for someone to identify it for me, and give me a link to download if possible DxDiag: http://

I'm currently in need of money and need to sell my custom built gaming desktop, which I built about 2.5 years-ish ago. I have no clue what a fair selling price would be today. Specs: PSU: Corsair CP-9020076-UK Builder Series 550W CS550M ATX/EPS Gold Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING-5 RAM...

is it better to have 16 gb of ram across 4 sticks or is it better to have 16 gb ram across 2 sticks?

I currently have a 1 TB HDD that I bought when I originally built my computer in 2013. I'm not running out of space (470 GB used), but I would like faster boot times, and seeing less of 100% disk usage when I have a lot of programs up. So I want to upgrade to an SSD. Could I buy something like...

what would happen if i would install a hdd wrong i installed one and it came with a cable that goes to the hdd and then to the motherboard and one cable from the PSU and to the hdd and i want to install another one but the cable thats suposed to go to the motherboard comes from the PSU and it...

Can I transmit Bluetooth record player to Bluetooth hearing aids?

looking for a good sub $300 cpu for gaming. I usually run Fortnite:Battle Royale, CS:GO, all different kinds of call of duty's, H1Z1, pub G, and possibly some Destiny 2/battlefield. Also, if you ghave any other suggestions on what is should upgrade or change, please let me know. Specs right now...

Hello all, No one may know, there isn't a ton of technical details yet, tis' fine :) Anyways, anyone know if they fixed the Fallout 76 engine so it doesn't be stupid tying the fps to the physics engine? That seriously ham-stringed my experience on Fallout 4, so I hope they at least smoothed...

So i was watching MOE get rekt in csgo, and my windows notification bar said some usb thing was installing(i cant remember what it said exactly). And about 5 seconds after that happend, my audio went out. I cant hear ANYTHING.I have windows 10 and i can specify more specs if needed. Please help me

I have an LG oled65b TV hooked up to a yamaha RX-A1060 AVR. ARC and CEC worked well, I could get sound from the TV to the AVR and I had volume control. Then, I hooked up a PC to the receiver via HDMI and the ARC stopped working. It took me a while to understand that this was the problem. I...

my aircooler water pump not through water in grills its new cooler

Hi all, EDIT: Undid the motherboard screws and took off the monoblock. Turns out I screwed up with the thermal spread. I wiped off what was there, reapplied the paste in an "X" pattern, and reseated the monoblock. I haven't turned it back on yet, but I'm hoping that will fix the problem. I'm...

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I have taken a break from gaming for a few months and just got back, while playing Fortnite, my GTX 1050ti is being used 40%-70% while playing causing me to have bad FPS. How do I fix this? Also my cpu is right below 30% which is a Ryzen 1600

is it worth buying a gigabyte gtx 1080 for £470? seems like a good deal on amazon, only £30 more than a 1070.

Greetings! I wasn't sure which forum to post and ask this question so I thought why not Tom's Hardware?! Here is my dilemma. I have a new home with a whole home lan system. Pretty much I have a giant box in the wall downstairs with a bunch of lan cables that run into different outlets in...

Can I update Windows 10 1709 to win 10 1803 through iso file by keeping my personal files and apps. But without resetting it.

Hi, I have not logged into my account on tom's hardware in awhile. a couple days ago I went to log in and it said my password was invalid. so I went to reset my password but it keeps giving me a error saying the password reset had failed. I sent a couple emails to support and never...

[In Games] Mouse shift to second monitor when aiming to the right in a rapid way. Hey, I posted about this before but now this is getting to annoying. When i play PUBG, and lets say a car coming from my left going to my right and im trying to spray the car while following it, my MOUSE goes to...

I'm not sure where it came from but it's 37.6MB free of 449MB (basically almost full). I would just ignore it but my pc keeps giving me these pop-up notifications telling me that it's almost full and it't annoying. What should i do with this random drive?

Hey guys, The question I have, since I'm about to get a 144hz monitor ( yee :D ) is: If I have the monitor running at 144hz and a game, lets suppose, at 120fps, will the v-sync still eliminate the tearing? I really like to have v-sync on because I hate screen tearing and it makes a lot of...

I use a external GPU (NVIDIA GTX 1080 ti), and in the past few days my GPU has turned off suddenly while playing games. I attempted to install new Nvidia drivers, turn down the power usage and up the fan power through MSI but it still shuts off. I’m not sure if the reason behind it is the...

I don’t understand sometimes a blue light will flicker and rarely the fan will twitch could it be power supply?

What’s the lowest wattage card that will game on triple monitors?

I’ve recently bought an electric cigarette but to my disappointment it does not come with a wall adapter for charge. However, I do have multiple adapters at hand but I’m not sure if I should take the risk of using them on the device. It says that for charging to use a 500mAh (0.5A) but most of...

Desktop inspiron 580 factory fitted 1tb hard drive saying self monitoring system has exceeded parameters in it's normal range and causes issues when booting up, quite prepared to buy a new drive if it's needed but not 100% sure I have a second drive fitted in desktop as backup for music and...

Does anyone know how I can solve this: my fans were running quietly and my CPU temperature was more than reasonable, about two days ago I installed Corsair link software, I opened this up and immediately my fans started becoming much louder so I uninstalled it thinking "well ok then i guess I...

Case: ASUS G11CD Gpu: GTX 970 4GB Cpu: i5 6400 2.7 GHz Mobo: H110-1(exclusively made for prebuilt) Psu: Delta 500watts. My mobo has the LGA1151 socket and I just want to upgrade the cpu so any suggestions?

I have the Thermaltake tower 900, i want to run led strips up the front sides and that's it, 21" x2. Id prefer rgb but only need a dimmable white. Any suggestions? Two trimmable strips are about all i can think of but the ones i can find are usually ridiculously long for my application. Any help...