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Recently I purchased a BenQ XL2411 monitor to improve my gaming experience. My old 60hz mointor is now my secondary display. Since upgrading my ability to watch Twitch clips and streams has become very limited, although I am not certain that my problem is linked the new refresh rate. Twitch...

So the rear fan that came with my case (Corsair Carbide 200r) doesn't seem to work on boot... Unless I open the case up and give it a little push.. From there it is fine. Is there anyway I can fix this? I have tripled checked that it is in the right socket/pins. Would I need to install a new fan...

The asus z10pe-d16 Ws workstation motherboard has two (LGA 2011-v3) cpu sockets. My question is can I run two intel i7-6950x 3.0 10 core cpu's on this board? and if I can can I run it on a windows platform?

Hello, I Want some suggestions for my first skylake build. i will use it for gaming only. Specs : CPU : Intel Core i5-6600K Motherboard : MSI Z170 Krait Gaming 3X RAM : 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200MHZ GPU : Zotac GTX 960 Amp! Edition 4GB (Already Bought) PSU : 550 Watts Gold Cabinet : Not...

I bought a pc recently within 2 months. Custom build. I7 6800k X99 deluxe 2 32gb ram Thermaltake rl120 water cooling Gtx 1080 And i turned my pc on today and a somewhat loudish noise came out of it. I felt my pc and the tubes were extremly hot aswell as the cpu. I checked my temps on hwmonitor...

Hello everyone, I am looking to upgrade my CPU i was wondering if this is a good deal. http://www.newegg.ca/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=Homepage_SS-_-P2_3071210-_-08262016&Index=2 It is $454.99 CAD Thank you everyone BTW i currently have: R9 380 4GB fx-6300 8GB of ram Asus M5A97 LE...

Hiya! My motherboard broke so I had to buy a new one. I bought an Asus P8H61 and today I took apart my PC and rebuilt it with my new motherboard. I turned it on and it booted to the message "Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert Boot media in selected Boot device and press a key." I...

Alright, I've recently bought a Zotac GTX-960 4GB GPU and a 500W Aerocool PSU, but whenever I play games on high settings, like Rainbow Six: Siege, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, and WarThunder, my PC crashes for no reason, screen just goes black and I can do nothing. I have to turn off the PC and...

Hey guys, Recently I bought the asus vg248qe monitor and I had no problem with it at all. But a friend told me about blue light and after reading some reviews, people talk about headaches and eyes problem. I never had head pain or anything, I feel like my sleep is better since I change from a...

Hello everyone! This is my first thread here in the forum, hope this question can help me and help others seeking a solution for a similar problem. I currently live in a student accommodation with less than 200 meters from my university however i cant connect to the university wifi from home...

is there anyway to revert this to default the sound tab without reformatting my pc http://i.imgur.com/GmuG93X.png http://i.imgur.com/A9E48Dx.png I kinda messed it up can you teach me how to reset this Thanks Mod Edit for Language

PC will shut down randomly during use no matter the amount of stress it is under, when it shuts down it will then begin to turn on and off repeatedly before any beep code can be heard, I've swapped out my PSU and changed both position and type of RAM cards used, this hasn't changed the outcome...

Guys I need help should I get 2 24" or 1 27". I will be pretty close to the monitor, about 2 feet my be 3. Her is my set up. pcpartpicker.com/list/gRqmgL It will be mainly for gaming.

I have an MSI Z68A-G43 Motherboard and I'm trying to use a GTX 1070 on it. I'm currently using a GTX 670 with no problems. When I plug in the 1070 the motherboard does one long beep followed by two short beeps indicating a GPU problem. Do I need to replace my motherboard to use a 1070 or is...

Hello, I plan to buy a gtx 1080 card soon since they are beginning to finally come in stock, however, with such a high price tag and so many models to choose from, I want to make sure that I get the best bang for my buck. With a gtx 1080, I hope to do VR and 4k gaming and am considering running...

So after searching I came across GPU shack.com where you can buy refurbished gpus for much cheap. My question is is the xfx R9 380x dd any better than the msi 380 gaming one? I haven't really heard about xfx brand as well. Xfx - http://gpushack.com/collections/gpushack/products/xfx-r9-380x-dd...

The Windows taskbar has always offered fast access to frequently used programs, files and folders and continues to do so. While it looks like a bit of a mess at times with a riot of colored icons, it is no doubt one of the most-used elements of the Windows OS. If you are setting up a new install...

Can anyone suggest me a good graphic card under 350$... Checked online but it's all confusing.

Hello everyone, I just finished my first ever PC build only to find out... the PC doesn't turn on. What could be the cause of this? I tried unplugging and re-plugging cables, I constantly turned the PSU switch to the On position, the Power, H.D.D. Led and Reset SW cables are all plugged in...

If anyone has a way to get this phone back up and running please help me. All that happens is the hourglass just spins. I would APPRECIATE ANY HELP.

Good morning Tom's. I'm trying to decide what speed of DDR4 to pair with the Asus ROG Maximus VIII Gene motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132569&ignorebbr=1 2133 is the baseline that is guaranteed to work. I've not had the best experience pairing...

I have an old HDD from an old computer that has pictures, videos, and more saved on it. I wanted to know how to attach the HDD safely to my new computer and retrieve the old photos. My new computer has 1 HDD with windows 10 on it as well as a SSD. The old HDD has windows vista on it so i'm...

Here is my current build. R9 270 2GB A88x-G45 motherboard A8-6600k APU with Intel HD graphics 3.6 GHz 8GB Crucial RAM Windows 7 64 bit 400w Be Quiet PSU http://teguhcakep.hol.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6ade9_B0088H48FK_41y8aS0W8jL.jpg this case (don't know model name) I'm looking to...

I run a Dell M7710 with a 4K display. Attached are a Wacom Cintiq 21UX (1600x1200) and a Dell U2713H (2560x1440). When I was running Win7 Pro, any app that I called adjusted itself to the monitor resolution, So, e.g., any app would occupy its smallest space on the highest resolution monitor...

so i currently have a intel pentium g3258 with dual core and gaming isnt really good for me with this so i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on any quad core cpus thats under 150 or any quad core cpus (lga 1150) that can play current gen games (maybe under 200 if there isnt any thats...

Does anyone know how to stop the message, Your computer needs to be cleaned? I cannot log in there.

I recently bought a second hand Ferrari GT Experience wheel for use when playing Assetto Corsa, but I'm having serious problems with the steering. Whenever I steer, the movement is VERY choppy, often there is no response until about the 45 degree mark and then the wheel jumps to that point. When...

hello, i am having a big problem right now, for the last couple of months playing games like rise of the tomb raider or fallout 4, after 15-20 minutes my UPS starts to beeps continuously until i alt tab the game,so i get rid of UPS & directly take power,but because of that my computer restarts...

EVGA NVIDIA GTX 750TI 1020MHZ Graphics Card. I'm looking at this graphics card to replace my one on my alienware laptop. Will it be capable to run rome 2 on high or higher graphics settings?

Hello, I have some experience configuring builds and such and I configured this using PCPARTPICKER, obviously. I want to make a decent bang for the buck $1000 build. Any tips? (Please note that some items, like the really cheap and crappy keyboard are per my friends request)...

So Im looking for a 27" 1440p IPS monitor. Specifically one with really high contrast ratio, colours, etc. Just graphics in general, the one that shows highest image quality. Doesn't have to have a high refresh rate, response time or ms. I guess one that is not too expensive would be best. Thanks

Recently when i turn on my computer, after it posts, I hear a beeping sound followed by a click coming from one of my hard drives. The issue stops a few minutes after posting. (I am not certain on the location, I just think that's where it's coming from) My windows drive is a ssd, so I know it's...

I have a tablet that was being spied on (the person spying could see all activity) I did a factory reset and the tablet went from version 4.42 to 5.1.3. I would expect a lower version or the same version not a newer version. Any Ideas as to how this happened.

First I have extremely basic knowledge with anything tech. My son is autistic and he was playing on a learning site and pop ups kept popping up. So I thought I'd try and reset to a earlier time. Three hours passed it was still stuck on the same screen so I thought maybe it had frozen so I shut...

I've got a old Dell Inspiring that came stock with a AMD Athlon II x2 240 and 2GB of RAM. Since I've had it I have added another 2GB of RAM and a GeForce GT 720 2GB video card and a 500 watt Thermaltake PSU. Fallout 4 on lowest settings https://youtu.be/Tsniz0LNsP0 What I want to do is just...

I have an old computer on windows 7. I want to swap that computer from a hard drive to SSD and want to do a clean install as there is so much junk on that old computer. I have a windows 10 KEY (not disc) that I bought. I have 2 other computers in the house. Here is my question. Can i hook up...

I am using lenovo g500s without plugin my laptop does not work. Now I am forced to sue my laptop like a pc. If i remove my plugin it shuts off in the next second.

so yesterday as im updating my video drivers windows crashed. it wouldnt do a system restore for whatever reason thus i did a reset. it said it would keep all my files and it did for the most part but firefox got deleted. and thus all my bookmarks and history gone. for whatever reason sync wont...