Macbook

Hi, I have a 13 inch Macbook pro mid 2017 and I want to get an external GPU to boost performance as well as playing games (Apex Legends / Fortnite / Overwatch) Mainly. Current specifications: 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5 7267U 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Integerated Graphics Card Intel Iris Plus...

Hi, I would like to know, which one of these Macbooks is a better choice to buy. Either Apple MacBook Air 13,3 (2017) or Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13,3 (2014) The Air is newer but I would say worse than the Pro. I don't have any experience with Mac yet, so I don't know what to expect. This...

Looking to buy a mechanical keyboard next week. Currently looking at the Coolermaster SK630 TKL version. however wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. I do prefer linear switches not married to any brand or even linear switches but I would like a TKL layout. Been looking for a while but...

Looking for advice on this PC. Broke My PC up and sold it due to me going to Army Training and that ends this month so looking to rebuild in July. Yes I know Ryzen 3000 is out in July and I'll swap out the CPU and board according if it's worth the price. Going for a Good value ITX build here...

Hi My girlfriends Macbook air (early 2015 Intel i5) won't charge. I delivered it to an licenced Apple Service Center in Norway, where they told me water damage was found. They wanted around $1200 to fix it - apparently they had to change "The motherboard, the keyboard and one cable". She says...

I'm interested in buying either a Macbook Pro or Surface Book 2 and I'm interested to hear people's thoughts on the two. I'm aiming for 15" 16GB Ram with at least 500 GB memory if not 1TB. I work as a graphic designer, mainly on patterns so I'd be using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop a lot, but...

- I'm looking for a KVM Switch that allows me to operate both my Macbook and my Desktop computer (Not Simultaneously) with the same peripherals and the same monitor. - I intend to plug the monitor into the desktop directly using HDMI to DVI, and HDMI to HDMI into the KVM for the MacBook. - The...

I want to learn and master programming , hacking and PEN-TESTING . So I need a great laptop for it. Could you give me some suggestions for it?

Can I connect a Thunderbolt 3 HUB to a MacBook 12" (non-Thunderbolt 3) USB-C port and still have all HUB ports usable (ignoring drop in transfer speed)? HUB in question: OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock https://www.owcdigital.com/products/thunderbolt-3-dock-14-port I know OWC sells USB-C HUB model, but...

Hi, I'm in the market for a laptop to work on the go: web browsing, editing in Wordpress, writing in Word, some light Photoshop, watching movies... Nothing too demanding, but it's important that I can do it smoothly. I have the chance to get a 2012 Macbook Air (i5-3427u, 4 GB RAM, 128 SSD) for...

Hello Everyone, I am looking to jump into VR with the upcoming Rift S and Rift Quest VR headsets. However, I cannot carry my PC to a place-space I can play within. I have an RTX 2060 Zotac Mini without virtual-link, and a boot-camped MacBook Pro 2018. I was thinking either one of these...

I woke up my MacBook Pro and it hanged and after it caught up, I saw the section of the menu bar where the time was pink, corrupted and missing. Various icons in the menu bar were missing too. This has never happened before, but I've seen this before with my Xbox and when that happened it was...

So my brother has an Xbox one 500 GB. he is going to save up for a 3TB WD external hard drive, but he wanted to use it for bother xbox and media usage on his Macbook. Can he partition the External hard drive where he can use 1TB for his xbox, and then when plugged into his Macbook, use the other...

Hello, earlier this week i found my old white macbook laptop that has a cracked screen, i used this laptop back when it came out (i think 2008 or 2009) in those days it was a very fast and efficient laptop (im a windows user now btw). one day the screen broke and i remember it costed like half...

So I own MacBook pro-2017, but I have an issue with the storage. The deal is that "system" takes up close to 300 GB of storage (precisely it is 291,21 GB). I have tried several cleaning programmes but nothing seems to work, so I'm asking if I have to do a hard reset of my mac or if there is an...

So my Classmates "new" macbook pro's keyboard isn't working. The only thing that works is the mousepad but she can't login We have tried resetting the SMC and the NVRAM but nothing seems to work. Any help?

I recently ordered this adapter from ebay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HDMI-Male-to-VGA-Male-Cable-Adapter-Monitor-Lead-HD-15Pin-1080P-Converter-Laptop/123280604078?var=423705603530 I have a moniter that only has VGA connectivity and I wanted to connect it to my macbook, that has an HDMI...

Ok so i dont know why but now every device appears to have the same mac only one pc is with the normal mac. And its messing with my static ip config because well now every device has the same mac.

Hello, Is a 2 monitor setup possible with an Intel GPU from an i5 8400 (IGPU 630)? System board is Asus TUF B360-PLUS GAMING. The board has an HDMI 1.4b and a D-Sub port. Win10x64, latest drivers, btios, etc. The manual seems to indicate it is possible, but I'm not sure. View...

So I'm looking to provide a streaming services where I stream multiple live feeds out. My questions is how much bandwidth would I need for this? I use a website to test my bandwidth: Ping ms 5 Download Mbps 46.88 Upload Mbps 5.59. A site say the average is 18gbps. I came across two different...

I have an i3 IvyB 3.4ghz PC that will not play 4k files. The graphics card is way too old - Saphire HD6450. What would be a good card that would play 4k easily?

Hey there, I have i5 2300 2nd generation processor System name : p6745f Motherboard name: Manufacturer: Pegatron Ram 8 gb ddr3 Power supply 400 watt with 6 pin Graphic card: gigabyte gtx 750 ti 2gb ddr5 My graphic card is not working when I connect my graphic card to my motherboard my...

I'm looking to buy a decent gaming laptop, with GTX 1060 i7 8750H. At the moment, I'm deciding between Acer Predator Helios 300(PH317-52, not the 144Hz panel), MSI GP63 Leopard 8RE(8RE-403XPL), Lenovo Legion Y530. Feel free to suggest other laptops. I'm not really looking for a great battery or...

Can you recommend cheap laptop only for writing and internet with easy to modify hardware like replacing and upgrading built-in webcam, microphone, wifi, bluetooth, cpu and other parts.

I have zero gaming plans! I am assembling a computer for editing photos and video. I am looking for the best monitor option to pair with a 2060 graphics card (most I could afford). Is a 4K monitor with the 2060 a bad idea? I really like the Asus Pro Art 32 inch but the 1700$ tag is heavy...

Guys please help me! I have very recently assembled a new desktop pc. My new amd athlon 200ge cpu should be running at base speed of 3.2 GHz, but it does not actually run at its base speed of 3.2 GHz. While it does reach a speed of 3.2 GHz when it is required (such as heavy work etc), but it...

i have this old motherboard "H61M-S2V-B3" and i wonder if This cpu "Core I3 3220 "would work with it + gtx 1050 2g the problem is that the cpu require Different version of bios Upgrade than the one that the vga card require so i don't know if the cpu and that vga card Would work together on...

I have HP laptop PROCESSOR : intel i5 5th gen 2.2GHz GRAPHICS: AMD Radeon R5 2gb RAM:4gb DDR3 1500MHz Can I run GTA 5 smoothly on this laptop?

One of my friends just built his first gaming pc and its specs are: Motherboard; Gigabyte B360M DS3H, Cpu- i3 8100, Gpu- gtx 1060 3gb, 16gb ddr4 ram, 500w powers supply, and 1b hardrive. After getting set up today he tried to play cs go on it and is only getting like 15 fps when he should get...

A while back, I got a 450 watt evga when first building my computer. I was planning on upgrading my gpu and I couldn't find a cord for the pci-e. Should I buy my own? Will it fry my system? The manual mentions a pci-e cord but doesn't come with one. The model is Evga B3 450 W 80+ Bronze

In multiple games I have been experiencing frame drops (lag spikes). I am usually running these games at 70-90 fps and my frames randomly drop to about 10. At the same time this happens, my CPU usage drops. I have been troubleshooting for about a week now and cannot figure out why this happens...

When i'm playing skyrim on high settings it always crashes within a couple minutes. But when i play on the lowest setting it almost never crashes. I also just recently got my gpu which is the gtx 1050 ti and before i got that i was playing portal on low setting with a couple frame drops but...

Just built a new PC and connected it to a Samsung 28" UE590 UHD Monitor. The monitor came with an HDMI and a Displayport cable. When I connect the monitor to my graphics card with HDMI the monitor will go black and after a second it will turn back on. A HDMI sign is displayed on the top right...

I'm building my first pc and currently trying to connect the 2 4 pin connectors with CPU on the side. I can get one of them in but I can't manage to get the other in. Is there a way to put them together so they can be plugged in as 1 8pin?

I used an air blower to clean my PSU last month (I now know that was a mistake). Since then, it's been making this weird noise. At first it was just after booting and then it would be mostly silent until I shut down and restart. Now, it got more frequent and annoying. It didn't sound alarming...

Hello everyone, thank you in advance for your responses. The past few days I've been having issues with my pc booting into an error message while playing Rust, telling me that power supply surges were detected during the previous power on. I am using a surge protector and I haven't made any...

Just some quick notes and observations, no judgment. Facts are as follows: 1 The FX 9590 is a 220W TDP CPU designed originally for servers. 2 There are only a small handful of motherboards that can support this VRM eating machine. 3 a 240mm AIO is about $60-80 4 some of the listed "compatible"...

Hi, I need to purchase a really simple but reliable HDMI input switcher, to allow a user to choose which one of two inputs they want to show on a screen. The users will not be particularly tech-savvy, so ideally I'd like one which simply has two buttons on the unit itself, and you just press...

Hello, I have been having some weird issue with my computer for the past few weeks now. My system won't boot sometimes or most of the time if I have plugged in (having plugged into the power). Meaning that, the fan would spin of both the CPU and GPU, but the it won't display anything. Not even...

Hey, So I want to install a new game, but needed some space. I freed up just 19GB on my SSD, so I selected all files/folders in my C: folder, and they registered 45.6GB taken. However, if I go into the properties of my drive it says I have taken up 91GB. Where is this other 46GB? Is my SSD or...