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Alright, so here's the issue. The ONE SCREW does not align correctly. I believe this is because the Ryzen 5 heatsink may be defective. Is it defective like I think, or is there an easier way to fix this? All the other ones went in straight.

so... i need a new hard drive i have a pc that mostly turned on 24/7 from 2014, only turned off when moving or a power outage (less than 20 over the past 5 years) right now i have 5 internal hard drives with 3 more slots in the case from top to bottom ST4000NM0033 (2016) (media) Constellation...

I have a broken pc with these specs: CPU: FX6300 RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Mobo: msi 970a-g43 GPU: Radeon r7 360 (sapphire) Drive: Toshiba 500gb hdd PSU: 500w bronze I dont need it for any work and im not even going to be using it, i just want to host a minecraft server on it. How much...

Hi all I'm looking for some advice. My PC started playing up at the weekend, videos that played on the day before started stuttering and couldn't cope with 1080p streams. I reset Windows 10, but it failed. I then decided to wipe the SSD and try to install from scratch. Now the windows 10...

Hi guys i just build a new pc and read online that if i use my old hard drive it will ask me to install windows on my new one and delete all my files on it. However when i started my new pc it just opened windows as if nothing change and i was in my desktop with all the things i had on it. I...

Nvidia presented its fourth quarter and fiscal 2019 earnings today, which reflected a surprising 45% year-over-year loss in gaming GPU revenue. Overall the company performed better than expected after it lowered its earnings projections last month, with the $2.21 billion fourth quarter beating...

Hello, so i have a problem that has been going on for a while now. So I have a windows 8.1 64x system and i have a ASUS GTX 1050 Model: PH-GTX1050-2 and the latest drivers won't install. I have tried many choices, and none of them worked. I hope some person would help me. Before I move on Here...

I built two identical computers from Maingear and Origin. Origin I get the $1500 34” rog monitor, shipping for the pc free So it’s abour $600 in savings versus main gear for essentially the same thing. Would I regret getting an origin pc or should I just suck it up and go for the Maingear?

Who is better Galax GTX 1050 ti 4gb EXOC vs Zotac GTX 1050 ti 4gb OC?

i have a Samsung N150 plus yesterday while i was watching YouTube the laptop was not responding it stopped working so i turned off and then turned it back on but it didn't boot to windows it was stuck on the loading screen on boot i have tried using hiren bootcd and doing a low level format and...

Planning to upgrade PC almost after a decade. Purpose : Only Gaming And I look forward to CPU with integrated GPU Current Rig : intel core 2 duo e7500 4 gb DDR2 RAM GTX 760 2gb ( 5 years old) CoolerMaster 500w ( 4 years old ) Planning to Buy : 2400G with suitable budget motherboard and 2x4...

It has to be in slot 2 (For my board), so 2/3? Or is it still 2/4 even if they are different brands?

I purchased a boxed copy of Warhammer Mark of Chaos off of eBay recently and the was able to install it easily enough. But I cannot make the game run no matter what I do to the settings. I have tried running as administrator, in Windows compatibility mode for XP, Vista, 7, and 8 and yet nothing...

Why does an app that I download to my smartphone need access to my sd card and to be able to even delete files from my sd card?

I have an alienware 17 r5, i9-8950hk, gtx1080 (not been long just 3 months) and still i get 20-25 fps on Tekken 7 and not just tekken any other basic title on CHARGING! Yeah it runs better on battery. When i start the game in first 5 mins it hold it self and run smoothly on 60-61 fps but then it...

Hi i have around $100 in my pocket, what should i upgrade for my PC? Spec : gtx 1050ti g4560 team elite+ 8gb 2400mHz 450w psu H110 Motherboard 1TB HDD no SSD what so i upgrade?

Any help would be appreciated. Building a computer with Metis Plus and Rog Strix B450-I. Some things are not explained in case or Mobo manual. 1) There is a (typical) 4 pin connector for the CPU cooler, but next to it and not in the manual is a 5 pin (one row of 3 and another row of 3 with...

Looking for a the best PSU I can get for under $100. It's going in my current system, but I want to be able to use it in my next system that I will be building in the next year or so. Requirements: Full modular Gold+ rating or better Capable of handling at least a Ryzen 7 2700x and a RTX 2080...

I'm confused so I need your professional help. What would be the best graphic NVIDIA card I could get under $400? I'm looking for NVIDIA because I won a nice Gsync capable monitor but my current card is AMD. Below is the PC I built about 3 years ago: Processor: Intel Boxed Core I5-6600K...

I have a Ryzen 1300X on an MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon MoBo, 16Gb Corsair RGB Pro 3000MHz RAM, Corsair CX750M PSU and XFX RX580 GTS Black Edition (8Gb). I upgraded my monitor to the Dell S2719DGF for a little future proofing for my next GPU. I set up global wattman to max power, and my windows...

Hi, I have a ryzen 2700x with 16gb corsair memory with a 2080ti GPU a new Asus mobo and corsair 800w psu. A month or so ago I noticed my PC rebooting when playing bfv. I was able to play hours at a time before it rebooted again. Now it reboots upon loading the game. I reinstalled windows and...

Hello, I have had my computer for a few years now and it's always worked fine, I had not turned it on in around a year and wanted to set it up again so I de dusted it like I've done before and plugged it all in and started playing it again, it has worked fine for a week now and was working fine...

I'd like to know if my 1155 socket motherboard which supports second gen processor's work with a first gen one like an i5 750?

I just bought the Ryzen 3 2300x and was wondering: Does it work with the ASRock B450 Gaming K4. I can't find it anywhere on the support lists, but it says it will support all 2xxx ryzen CPUs. Thanks in advance

Right, I need help Im currently upgrading my current system, I already have the GPU, SSD and RAM solved im now stuck on the CPU Should i use the i7-7700K or should i spend more for the 8th Gen? i'll use my system for Heavy Gaming plus some Editing and a bit Rendering, I dont know what should...

So I just got a Ryzen 5 2600 along with the b450m gaming plus mobo and it says I only have 2 cores and 4 logical processors. When I tried to enable all the cores on msconfig it says "System configuration cannot save the original boot configuration for later restoration. Boot changes will be...

So I just built my first PC and the display fails to pick up a signal. I have my usb connected with windows on so i assume it isn’t that. My gpu and ram and pushed in as far as they’ll go with pci cable connected to gpu. I’m confident I sat my cpu correctly and connected both cables (the large...

Hello, I've got this problem with a "Lenovo Legion Y520-15IKBN". I bought the device during the summer of 2017 and had no problems in the first 4-5 months but I am dealing with this problem since the spring of 2018. The problem: -The laptop freezes only when it is charging. -It does not freeze...

Been planning on cleaning out the fans, heatsink fan, graphics card and PSU in my computer, and heard that 'rubbing alcohol' can help with cleaning the dust off. Does anyone know what type of 'rubbing alcohol' I should use, and would any of the above components be damaged if I was to use said...

Hey fellas. So I've recently built a new PC, specs are; Asus x470 prime mobo Corsair vs650 power supply Gtx 1060 6gb Ryzen 5 2600 CPU I built it yesterday and it all worked fine, I was a tad concerned about air flow so I decided to add another case fan. I have plenty of room for it in the...

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I am planning on buying an ssd and came to a problem that i have no space in my drive tray and need to figure out how i could free space or a different approach such as external ssd?

This post is a sequel to this: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3876074/framrate-drop-spike-system-bottleneck.html -got framerate drop spike, people help me pinpoint the symptom which is cpu temp. -replace my crappy after market cpu fan to super duper one [CM hyper212 dual fan] but...

Hello Guys! I' ve got a problem with my card. When i run benchmark in Rome 2 total war it can;t go over 18 fps. No matter of settings used. Same on lowest as on high. Even though on my old 1gb zotac gt 730 it reached playable rates of about 35-40 frames. Problem appears in every total war game...

Hi, I have MSI AMD B350M PRO-VDH AM4 Ryzen/Athlon DDR4 and ryzen 3 1200 cpu. I want to upgrade cpu to ryzen 5 2600 but seemingly I need to update my motherboard. How do I update my motherboard? I want to minimise costs in upgrading and look to avoid having to buy new motherboard as well as new...

I am running a dual channel kit of gskill 16gb x 2 ripjaws v. F4-3200C16D-32GVK Only getting 2133 mhz. What settings should I change in the bios to try and get closer to 3200? Anyone know this bios well?

Recently i have noticed that whenever I play rainbow six siege my cpu usage goes up to 100% when I don't remember it doing that earlier. I'm not sure if this is normal or not and I would like other peoples opinions on this. Whenever I minimize the game and ctrl tab over to youtube or whatever...

I recently put a 2070 gpu into my system and I am wondering if my cpu is bottle necking my gpu. My cpu is an i5 6600 non k. I am looking at upgrading to a ryzen 5 2600. Would this be the right move?

Fortnite maxes out my I5 6600k overclocked to 4.1 ghz on all low settings and even lower resolutions. I’m running a gtx 1060 6gb with it. My game stutters a lot and I can tell it is the cpu. Why is this? Anything I can do to fix it?

Hi , I have i5 650 and Amd 5700. unfortelly when i oc my CpU i damaged chipset DMI. Actually have 7 x beep somentimes pc run and i can Play normal. What i should Fix Motherboard and buy i7 870 Or Buy FX 8320 and motherboard Please , answer me. I m so sorry my Englisch is bad. Cheers