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MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard It has a armor plate from what i see, is it protecting a better then normal audio?

Mobo is z68ma-d2h-b3 rev 1.0 (f1 bios) who owns a same mobo. have issues on overclocking and I am just a newbee on OCing. Thanks a bunch,

My computer keeps getting a BSOD (blue screen of death) randomly after I installed a new STRIX GTX 1070. I tried reinstalling the drivers, power ports and everything and nothing seemed to fix it. If you have any ideas please let me know! The error I get is: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (ddkmd.sys)...

I never played any competitive FPS on the PC before, but now that I signed up to Origins Access I'm gonna play Battlefield games. I've always used the cheapest stock mouse (HP, Dell, etc). So my question is, do I really need these 100$+ mouse in order to be competitive in these FPS (those with...

My sister was playiñg games on the computer when the screen suddenly went grey, and then the pc shut down after 5 minutes or so. Now the pc will not boot fully with the graphics card plugged in, tried both PCI Express slots. It is acting as though the PSU is insufficient yet the computer has...

Hello, thinking about buying a new computer, current budget is at around $1200~ CAD. My current plan: https://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=26961651 Have I missed something, and/or is some parts shit and should be replaced? Been like 4 years since i last put...

Honestly, who doesn't want to play as a bouncy little ninja who can throw shurikans with the greatest of accuracy? Genji can do that, and more, and is seriously fun to play once you get the hang of him. Main attack/alternate fire. Genji's main attack is a highly accurate shurikan through. If...

Alright so let me explain my situation. I was up all night playing games with my friends on my PC, so I know it worked when I went to bed at 7 a.m. I woke up at 12, and saw my new case had arrived. I transferred everything over, and went to start it up, and boom. Nothing. Monitor enter power...

I finally managed to get to 5ghz on water cooling. With some modding, lapping and time, I would say everything turned out pretty good. 4790k at 5.0ghz 1.41v MSI G45 gaming custom loop from EKWB I got pretty lucky with my chip because I was able to overclock it all the way to 5ghz just using...

Yesterday i decided to upgrade my computer to Windows 10, everything went successfully but later i noticed that i can't chance my brightness.

Ok so right now I am using a 1TB HDD to run my os and everything else I have installed on my pc. What I need to know is if I get an SSD what will I need to do? I know you have to reinstall windows I have a copy of windows 10 and a key but do I have to reinstall drivers for my graphics card...

I have been trying to forward these ports for a few days now and none of my troubleshooting has helped so I came to this forum for help. I reset my router to factory defaults so that we have a clean slate. I then went through the very basic port forward routine. I went to my router's page and...

To my understanding, dust accumulates through the cracks in the chasis in a negative flow, and dust comes in through the intakes mainly. But I do not understand how more dust is coming in through the cracks than intake fans for negative and positive respectively. If the surface area of...

Will this Asus board (P5KPL-VM) work with a Xeon E5462? I know how to do the 771 to 775 but wondered if there would be compatibility issues due to differences in FSB speeds (1600MHz on Xeon but mobo only supports 1333MHz) Thanks

Hi, I am looking for a Tier 2 600W power supply for a decent price, I thought between 60-70 euros. I don't know if they exist, but if they do and you know a good PSU, please respond. It will be used with a R9 380 or R9 390 and Intel i5 6500.

Hello, I guess I should give you some of my basic specs that I know... CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1100t (3.3ghz) GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 (4gb) RAM: 16gb AzzA Titian 1000w power supply Windows 10 64bit motherboard: GA-770T-USB3 (gigabyte) I don't know what else you guys need, so feel free to let me...

Seemingly since upgrading to windows 10, my pc has been overheating and freezing while playing games. At first I thought i was using too many mods in skyrim, but even a low graphics game like firewatch has been experiencing stuttering and freezing. After i've been playing a game for a while...

I want to play games on steam with my brother but on one PC. I started like this: 1. Using Aster program I split my PC on two work stations(that means each screen has his own mouse, keyboard and sound) 2. Open steam on 1. workstation 3. Open steam with sandboxie on 2. workstation 4. Open Dota 2...

Hey guys I just bought a fractal design S and placed two rads, with a 360 on front with 3 fans exhausting air out! And a 240 rad on to with two fans blowing air inside, and I added a third fan on the to as well :) The rear have a 140mm fan blowing air out! So in summary I have 3 fans on front...

I need help finding a alternative to my motherboard. I trying to have a red theme to my first build and have know clue what to look for in a board. Obviously I want the board to be red back close to the same price range as the original. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant...

Hi All, I compared HD 6970 and R7 370 in GPU boss. In which Both are almost similar and many areas was dominated by 6970. There is almost 35$ difference in Price. As far as I know 6970 will need a lot of power. Suggest me ur comments. Will MSI 970 Motherboard compatible with 6970 ??... I...

I'm new to this site and i wanted to know if the ax1500i fits in the 750d. The corsair site says the maximum psu length for the 750d is 220mm. The ax1500i is 225mm. I wanted to know if the extra 5mm will make a difference. Thanks in advance.

The past couple days, maybe even weeks, I have been experiencing BSODs and application crashes. Many Googling and testing with no fix. I usually never post on forums with problems, but I really do not know anymore. First some basic information. I bought my computer and built it myself around...

So, I've got enough money to upgrade one component of my system. Current specs: Pentium G620 2.6GHz Socket 1155 Intel DH61BE Motherboard 4GB G.Skill DDR1333 Memory XFX HD6770 1GB Video Card 1.5TB WD HD Antec Earthwatts 450W PSU The only intensive use is for gaming (some chemistry and physics...

Hey guys! I've recently bought a new GPU, R7 370 4GB, so having a little extra cash, I'm thinking what to buy next. My PC is probably one of the weaker ones here, seeing what monsters people can afford. :D My current specs: Mobo: ASRock A790 GMH/128M GPU: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4GB CPU: AMD...

When i played the bo3 beta I was good. I had a 2 k/d or higher constantly. When the game released I also played well. My average k/d was 2.16 and it kept going higher but suddenly on a thursday I became so bad. I had the feeling I wasn't that precise anymore. I had trouble shooting people from...

Hey guys i'm in bit of a problem here..currently assembling my first workstation with youtube's help but i'm stuck in the part where i'm supposed to mount the cooler(Noctua SE-2011) onto the motherboard(MSI X99S gaming 7). My case is Phanteks Enthoo Pro if that helps. In the initial stage the 4...

What parts do you think i need for my pc that could make it run games better? Here's my pc: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series graphics card, a AMD_Athlontm X4 760K Quad Core Processor, 4gbs of ram and if you need to know anything else just ask. Not too good with the computer building stuff. Thanks in...

My new bought monitor is restarting all the time. When it turns of i hear a little clicking sound and the light which indicates if its on turns off then it goes on again. The acer logo is shown and then its starts normally. I have tried disable sleep mode and adjust the brightness. My computer...

I saw a lot of posts about the comparison of different GTX 970 models but none of them had different variants of MSI and GIGABYTE compared, like MSI has two variants for gtx 970 Gaming 4G which costs me 30k in rupees...

Hey... I've been looking to upgrade from my current setup of an I5-3330 @3.0ghz but I'm not sure if I should, as it doesn't really seem to be failing me too much... My max budget for this is 400$, with motherboard included, I'd also preferably have a Wi-Fi option on the board, also I can...

i3-4170 MSI B85M Gaming G.Skill Ripjaws X 2×4gb Kingston SSDNow V300 120gb Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270X

please help, i reserved, in my country the UK, its the 29th and i was supposed to get the upgrade today, why havent i got it? please help, it is around 10 oclock though and im not sure will i get it later?

Fact: I installed my PSU upside down with the fan facing up in a bottom mounted case. Fact: I did not realise that there is apparently room to take in air from the bottom in my case (Corsair Spec 01). Question: So I assume turning it around so the fan is taking in air from the bottom should be...

Hello I recently build a new gaming pc and I am experiencing lag issues when playing games. Frames will be dropping to 1 to 5 fps. Sometimes I have trouble streaming videos causing lag and stutter with audio problems. Specs Cpu: Core i7-4790k Gpu:Gtx 970 8 gb ram Windows 8.1 750 watt psu

can anyone make this build cheaper or better i want to play future games at high-ultra at 60fps http://evatech.com.au/pcsummary.php?sysid=53877 CPU: Intel Devils Canyon i5 4690K 4-Core 3.5Ghz Motherboard: Intel B85 Chipset ATX Gaming Edition RAM: 16GB DDR3 Dual Channel Blue Series Case...

Hey guys I'm buying pc for around 25-30k(Im from india). I'm planning to buy this pc- GPU - gtx 750ti Mobo - gigabyte b85 Processor - i3 4130 HDD - seagate baracudda 1 TB, any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

I have an MSI R9 270 and last month I bought Wolfenstein The New Order. I thought i was up to date on drivers but apparently not, so after seeing nothing but a mess of blue squares on screen when I started the game I went and got the latest driver, not sure what it was to be honest. Everything...

This is my first build and the release of the new gtx 980ti intrigued me enough to ditch the gtx 970 sli, and opt for the single, more powerful, card. Due to the gtx 980ti being a new release I am not sure what the compatibility requirements for the rest of the system. Hopefully my build so far...

Sorry for the wrong category but I couldn't find anything for devices. I own a Logitech M705 Marathon Mouse and have owned it for about two years. God, I love this thing! For a while now the right-click has been exhibiting an odd issue. Every so often when I right click on an object in the...