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Hey everybody, first time poster. This is what I currently have, but the motherboard is dead (bent CPU pin) Budget Range: as cheap as reasonable System Usage from Most to Least Important: Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge and some mild gaming (like Battlefield 4) Are you buying a monitor: No...

Hey, so. about 3 weeks ago when playing AAA titles, my PC would reset out of nowhere with no bios error or beep codes, so I decided to reinstall windows in case of a faulty driver, yet that sort of fixed my problem, yet let another to arise, because now when i try to play any AAA title, my...

Okay, this is a sad post. I'm an avid pc builder, who buys parts used and flips PC's. Was having a great week. Had an i7 4790k paired with a z97 board and an i5 4460 with an h81 mini itx board. I was testing a faulty gpu in my z97 board and downloading drivers for it with the igpu. Suddenly...

Good evening, I was doing some research on how to overclock my i7 4790k, with the idea of improving my 3D rendering performance, but also with the hope my frame rate could become a bit better at CPU intensive games when playing on my 4k monitor. I have been looking many guides all around the...

What CPU is compatible with my pc? I'm trying not to make the same mistake. Also can a ryzen 3 2200 fit/work? serial number CNV72607ZD model HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p0xx Motherboard model 82FE Brand AMI Thanks

How do I get the right hand side of my screen back on google to delete my history?

I just replaced my old micro switches with some new omeron switches rated at 5 million clicks. How long it it going to last before it's going to fail again?

Hey everyone, i'm having this issue with my pc lately and after changing my motherboard, the problem just started to happen again. Well, i used to have a i3 4510 + h81ma/br, and it was pretty fine until i change to a FX8320e + m5a78l-plus/USB3. I changed it in the last month and in the same...

Hi all. My laptop already has quite an amount of flex when I got it a couple of months ago. Now this phenomena is getting worse: when I open the screen, the laptop starts squeaking quite a bit. Today it squeaks significantly even when I move the laptop around. Does this indicate a further...

Been experiencing some freezes lately, when browsing with 4+ tabs. Is it the fault of my cpu (fx 6300), or is it something else?

Hello. I want to buy a dedicated sound card to my PC for games and music. I'm using HyperX Cloud headphones. I want to change integrated onboard audio from Asus Z170 Pro Gaming because I hate this annoying "white noise" (and yes I tried to install different drivers and I tried to use different...

Hello, since 2-3 weeks my transfer speed from from desktop machine to my HTPC dropped to approx 30 Mb/sec from 100-110Mb/sec few weeks ago. I have following setup at home: - HTPC with SSD - OS installed only, 1 external HDD WD Elements (1TB) with media for kids - Desktop PC with SSD for OS...

Hello guys I want to buy a fresh msi gtx 1060 6gb .... But I'm scared that it wont fit....my graphic card that i have now is gtx 760....I have case: c-tech flamingo and motherboard msi z87-g43. Will it fit ? The gtx 1060 is a bit heavy so should i get some support for it ? PS: I've done some...

I am building a budget gaming pc. I would like to know if it is a good build. PLEASE SHARE YOUR KNOLEDGE. Motherboard-Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX GPU- Gigabyte AMD R7 370 256 Bit GDDR5 2GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP Overclocked CPU- AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor...

First time computer builder and I'm not sure if these two items are compatible and how to connect them with the cables. Could someone explain please?? Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING DDR3 2133 ATX AMD Motherboard PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 80+ GOLD Fully Modular Videocard: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB...

Hi, I want to upgrade my 4year old pc by purchasing a new gpu. I am wondering if what gpu can I buy that is applicable with my following specs. Considering the bottleneck issues if it will be paired with my old components. Please also take note that I am planning to upgrade my whole rig bit by...

I have a EVGA 550b 80+ psu just wondering if it would hold up to a 1070?

Hey guys, Over the last few weeks my computer has started stuttering like mad and frequently getting the BSOD. By "stuttering" I mean, my screen freezes, the sound gets stuck and I manually can't do anything for 1-3 seconds. Sometimes, the freezing is prolonged (10s or more) and followed by a...

laptop crashed and it wants to be rebooted...can't use HDD1 or 2...need USB version. where can I download the system recovery to a USB?

Hi there! I have been planing to build a new desktop for a while (just for gaming on 1080p and maybe 1440p in a few months ) and finaly got my hands on a Saphire nitro r9 390 and a new PSU and a SSD. My current mobo is Foxxconn H55M-S and the Cpu is a i7-790. I am well aware that i should...

Ok so i'm gonna be building a new PC over the next few months and I've been doing some research on the GPU I'm going to purchase. I found out the one i want doesn't have VGA (makes sense) so i decided i would find the page for one of my 2 monitors, but when i researched the model name that is on...

We are looking for 2 laptops for AutoCAD Civil 3D we already have 2 24" monitors each. We wanted help picking 2 laptops $2000-3000 ea

Alright, so I built my first Gaming Computer expecting it to be able to run games smoothly but its not. I play League of Legends, a game that is not very demanding and I get horrible FPS (10-40) when I know I should get at least 100. I ran a 3D Mark benchmark test and here were the results...

Hello, I've been trying to figure this out for the past week without much luck. I have a relatively new desktop that is at times taking almost five minutes to reach my bios screen. My specs are as follows: Intel i5-4690k Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H Mobo 8 gb kignston hyperx 1600 mhz Samsung 850 EVO...

The destination disk is disabled. What steps should I run previously? Am I forgetting to do something?

Hey, I recently finished building my first pc, I installed windows 7 on to a ssd. I also have a 2nd 1tb hdd installed into my computer however windows 7 doesn't seem to see it in "My Computer". Bios and drive management both see this hdd, I don't have the option to change the drive letter, and I...

so, i have an intel i-5 2500k 3.30GHz. i want to overclock to about 4.5GHz, im just not sure what cooling to use. i dont want to watercool, so what should i go with? thanks!

I'm hoping to sell my motherboard that came with my HP PC. I was hoping to do this on Amazon. Will another user be able to use it just like any other mobo or will it be limited and should I specifically advertise it as OEM? This is the link for the board...

Hello everybody, I have a Zotac GTX 970 http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/?gid=2487&graphics=GeForce%20GTX%20970%20Zotac%204GB%20Edition that I now want to overclock. The only problem is, I've never overclocked ANYTHING before. This is my first true build (I had a pre-built for a while...

Using existing 37770k, 16gb, 7770, 400 fanless seasonic PSU, 3tb seagate constelation HDD x 2, noctua cpu cooler, samsung ssd, Asus Blueray burner, I am rebuilding into a CoolerMaster N200 Mini Tower Case. On a hot day recently the HDDs were running at 60c in the previous case, which prompted...

I just installed a brand new GTX 980 into a gaming rig, and I noticed when I booted it up that the fans weren't spinning. They looked like they were trying to start spinning, because they were moving slightly, but they never got up to speed. Once I got the OS installed and updated and all the...

Hi there, I built my PC a good 6 months ago, and have had very few issues with it. I play new games, and also use it for work / writing etc. Recently it has been crashing at random times, but also when the system is under a lot of stress (loading games etc). Due to this, I updated all my...

Im thinking of buying a dell inspirion 15m531r It has amd quad core a8 5545m, 1.7ghz and 4mb cache procesor. The problem is that it has an integrated amd radeon hd 8510g video card. I dont know much about integrated cards but will i be able to play games such as assasin's creed 3, bf3 and...

Hello, I'll try to keep this short, but I feel like I need to be thorough just in case I am missing something. I recently pulled out my desktop for some spring cleaning and to install samsung evo 840 250gb drives. During this process I pulled my CPU and graphics cards ( all water cooled.)...

I've been researching here and there, until I came up with this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3fLom I needed a monitor, headphone, speaker and keyboard so I can't make the perfect FPS for a 2000$ build :/ How much FPS will I get in Crysis and Battlefield 4? I want to play almost all games at...

I decided that I will build my new gaming pc. You guys were right, it is cheaper and I can put the parts I want in it. I got multiple answers for this but I only want one. If my budget is 2000. What parts would I need to make a pc that can play any game on the market and game that comes out on...

so my evga gtx 770 just arrived today and I put it into my comp getting excited to test it out...but nope. So there was no graphics card in before it, just integrated from the i7-3770k. im running an asrock z77 extreme4 I tried to run evga driver update but it said it could not recognize any...

I currently have a old Cooler Master UCP 900W PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171033). I am looking into getting a 4670k CPU and a new MB but I realize that my PSU is not on Cooler Master's Haswell compatible list...