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[Moderator edit to break up a solid paragraph of text.] *** This is for HOME USE. Very, very limited budget, so please don’t suggest things that are thousands of dollars. I am working with what I have available. Windows 11 Pro machine Looking for help to see if I can cross flash the eeprom...

I have a pair of 9361-8i w/ CacheCade (no battery backup). Over the weekend I had one of the cards say that a hard drive failed and couldn't rebuilt; 1 out of 5 (RAID 5), 8TB enterprise class that I got in May. MegaRAID Storage Manager couldn't even see the serial number or anything. I...

I have two 9260-8i (one an IBM OEM) and I got a 9266-8i a few months ago to upgrade one. Built a new RAID 5 and been running it since April with no problems. Yesterday I was streaming a video from the RAID, and setting up some downloads for it, which I've done many times in the past. This time...

Hello I'm at a stump. I have a LSI SAS9200-16e that connects my 45 JBOD enclosure to my server. Motherboard is a SUPERMICRO X8DTH-IF If the JBOD is turned OFF then the computer will start and get into windows but obviously then you don't have your hard drives from the enclosure. If the JBOD...

Friends I have a couple of HP Elite 8200 SFF that are very useful hardy older systems, and I'm needing to add-in a RAID card and was thinking of one of the Dell-rebranded LSI cards - . 2 Questions I can't find clean answers to: in the past, HP has been "one to watch out for" in adding...

almost all video files, mostly over 10GB each. Connected to an LSI 9260-8i. Previous RAID I made was eight 3TB drives in RAID 5, 256kB stripe size. I'm leaning towards 512kB, or even 1MB.

I've got a Quanta Stratos server with an LSI HostRaid 2008 controller. I've got 24 SAS drives in it. No matter what I do I cannot get configure RAID 10 across all 24 drives. I've no experience with LSI controllers, I've only ever used PERC and I've always been able to generate volumes across all...

I have A Dell PowerEdge R710 running Server 2016 Datacenter with 2 LSI HBAs flashed in IT mode. One internal spinning 8 2.5" drives and one external to spin 4 potentially 8 3.5" drives in a homemade SAN. The problem I'm having is that when the SAN is powered on Windows won't finish booting...

Hello folks, I am in the market for a RTX 2080 for my new rig that I have all set up with a Corsair commander, RGB fans and a few light strips. I also have one of the Corsair RGB keyboards to go with the setup. Does anyone know if there are RTX 2080s that have iCue support? I don't necessarily...

I have a local network - win 10 pc, win7pc, modem/router, Ethernet cables. Was working properly - eg I have Lightroom on the win10 pc, and the image drive on the win7 pc. No problems. An electrical storm was forecast so I turned everything off and disconnected the Comms cable from modem. Later...

Hello, I have had a gaming PC for a little over 2 years now, and I am looking to upgrade some of my parts. Previously, I had bought a pre-built iBUYPOWER desktop, so unfortunately, I do not know a lot about the "building" or modification process (pertaining to gaming computers. In short, I...

Can i use RX460 2 GB Asus On the FX4100? Is there any bottleneck?

So I've been preparing for my first build. I got most of my parts in and unboxed many of them just to make sure I got everything I ordered. I have plenty of desk space to work with (It is a wooden desk, not a metal one.) Considering there is a very minor amount of dust floating around, is it ok...

So i was going to overclock my rx 580 from 1380mhz to 1440 ish and even a little overclock crashes the game. I don't know what to do. The driver is 17.10.1

Hello! Is it worth buying an ultrawide monitor for me? I have an RX580 with an Intel i5 7600k. I will be gaming and just using it for schoolwork, I moght also use it for photoshop and stuff. If you have experiences with ultrawides or normal 16:9 with high refresh rates or even both could you...

[color=blue]Hey everyone. I wanted to put my money on a 2 TB hard drive since I am running low on my 500 GB, wanted to know if refurbished HDDs are safe to buy? I can find them relatively cheap so.. Thanks.

I bought a powercolor HD 7870 on ebay and It worked fine for the first 10 min after I installed the drivers and then I got a grey screen ,which forced me to shut down my pc. When I turned my Pc on again I got a blackscreen right after the windows startup symbol. I then went into safe mode...

The asus software that comes with the motherboard is showing 80+ degrees while the realtemp software is showing 88-93 degrees. Which one is more accurate and to trust with?Mines an overclocked i7 6700k with asus maximus viii hero motherboard.Liquid cooled with id cooling 240l.

Hello! My computer is a custom computer that I built, and it has been running extremely fast until last night. I moved it downstairs to attach it to the television, and upon doing so, things started running very slow. Now it is back upstairs and on its original display, but it is still running...

Hey guys recently my 2TB WD Black HDD has been taking longer to load up games like Fallout 4, Witcher3, and Siege(really long on siege). Using samsung magician software the Seq. Read and Write is 39/40 MB/s and Random Read and Write is 148/236 IOPS. When I check S.M.A.R.T. everything checks ok...

I heard that xbox one s can play 4k games. Since it can play games at console settings, 4k, and dsr, what is the gpu that is equivalent to the xbox one s?

So I received a laptop from a family member just recently (He says he got it from a yard sale without a charger) and when I finally got it charged and turned on (After a serious charger hunt went down) I'm both locked out of the HDD by a user password and the Bios by another Password. I've...

This is the PSU: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003HE260I/ref=ya_st_dp_summary I just bought this recently.

So I'm thinking of upgrading from my MSI 970 to a 1080 in the future in order to play games in 4K, and in the trailer for the 1080 it does state that the card will be able to run games at 4k 120hz. However, I would like to know if it will be capable of running games at 4k 144hz? This may seem...

Hello everyone! So at the moment I have this PC; http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16883227436 I am switching to Intel and would like to start out with this i5: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xwhj4D/intel-cpu-bx80662i56500 Is there anything from the PC I currently have that I...

Hi Guys Computer was running fine for almost ayear, sent it to sleep one night and the next day won't turn on, it was showing a message saying Updating Bios, dot not turn off system to prevent bootup failure (I did not updated my bios , i dont know why i had that message), disconnected...

Hi, i have a pretty extensive budget but i would like to know is there any difference between the 960 and 970 and is the 980 really worth it for right now ?

Greetings, First time in the forum. I decided to join after many years of using this awesome website. I have searched for an answer to my question on the web but have found no answer. I am setting up a wired network for my home, I am purchasing ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 router and a On-Q...

So I'll be building my new ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2 into my ENERMAX Fulmo ST ECA3270, and curious bout the fan speed control, the case is suppose to have a switch to manually control fan speed, will plugging the case fans into the motherboard bypass that control and just give the bios/program...

Hello, i want to know where can i get a custom sleeved PCI-E 6x2 pin cable because the one i got from my Seasonic 620W M12II Bronze is very stiff and getting in the way for me to easily close the case panel. I don't need a whole set of custom cables just one for my gpu. Thanks!

Hello. So i recently got a new computer on this computer i installed Bioshock infinite. I ran fraps to check my fps while i was in game. It turns out that the game was running at 60 on ultra settings. But when i started moving camera around i noticed screen tearing like the game would jump a few...

3 days later my Motherboard quit working,when i install a new motherboard can i use the same windows 8.1 key again or do i have to buy another key?

Hi everyone! Im planning on building a gaming pc around 550 pounds. I need help with choosing the parts. I'm not an expert in this ''PC building area'' but i know some stuff. I planned out a build and any advice would be much appreciated. BTW I dont plan overclocking CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 3.2...

I just built my computer in January and within the last couple of weeks I havent been able to run any games. Before the games ran perfectly but I went a couple weeks without playing any big games and now when I try nothing works. The games start up, I get the intro trailers and that kind of...

I am getting a msi z87m gaming matx motherboard and I have a r9 270 at the moment but will get the gtx 970 but if I got dual gpus would It be better to get two aftermarket gpu or one reference one and an aftermarket one to stop one blow hot air to the one behind and will this fit nicely in a...

Toshiba DT01ACA100 - 80$ Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000DM003 - 87$ Seagate SV35.6 ST1000VX000 - 93$ WD Black WD1003FZEX - 120$ 120$ is the maximum budget

So yesterday I downloaded a file and it ended up being a virus, straight away deleted it & ran Avira & Malwarebytes over my whole hard drive. Now my system shows as clean but for some reason, I get a high CPU Usage on one core, then it jumps to another core, mostly around the 94-100% area with...

Hi, I've had my computer for a while but for the past year or so I've been having this issue. I'll play any game and after a while my computer will crash. It will go to a black screen and then I will hear all the fans stop. The power light is still on but there is no disk activity. Its...

I found it quite stable @ 4.6GHz with Vcore 1.248v and VRin 1.778v. I found it quite low compared with others data. And I don't see much improvement over 4.4GHz. Can anyone explain that? My config: Air cooler (Max Temp 77C running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility) Cache 4.2GHz DRAM 1600 8-9-8-24-1T...

Hey all, been having a bit of a rough day with my new memory. I bought some corsair vengeance 1600mhz. I installed it only to end up in a bsod. Which carried over through my old memory, I figured it maybe my so that caused it, so I did a reinstall which seems to have cleaned the issue. My new...