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Hello guys, I bought a new 2TB SSHD for additional storage, I have a 250gb ssd as a boot drive. I installed it into the PC fine, but I've never done this before so I have to idea how to get a new drive to work. The sshd is not showing in 'devices and drives' but it is visible in the windows...

Lets say i have a sapphire rx580 8gb. Are gpu's only compatable with intel or amd or does the gpu not even care? Will this card work with my ryzen 5 1500x My mobo is a msi 350 mate Sorry im a noob

1) with sd card in reader, when I try to open it shows "please insert a disk into sdhc (G:), tho when I go to task bar to safely remove sd card, it shows the option to eject sdhc (G:)....... why doesn't it know there is already an sd card inserted? 2) now i click to safely remove and eject...

Hello, I'm building a pc and I'm having trouble looking for a good cheap gaming motherboard that will fit a gtx 1050 GPU and an Intel Pentium g4400. if anyone knows or can find one that would be very appreciated.

My bios Keep saying that "new cpu installed" It happen on Everyboot Before this Happen What i did is Take the cpu out and clean the old thermal paste and apply new one. Mobo :Asus p5q Pro Proccessor : q6600 Ram: 6gb 2x2gb 2x1gb cooler: Hyper tx3 Evo I try Flash The bios still same Cmos...

Heyo! Can anyone put together a $500 build that will run games listed in the title like a champ? Thanks :) (Not including OS/Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard)

I just bought a new labtop with the new i5-8250u processor. However, when tuning using the intel XTU, I realized that the cpu never reaches the claimed 3.4 GHZ. It only hovers around 2.5GHZ because of power limit throttling. So I tried to experiment by bumping up the TDP limit from 15w to 20w...

Hi guys, i'm currently dealing with an annoying problem. When I play certain games (The one's i've played where i've encountered the issue are Skyrim, Team Fortress 2, Sanctum 2, and Dying Light) I lose signal to my monitors, and sometimes the audio cuts out briefly when they lose signal...

Hi, recently my old laptop broke so I salvaged my 256gb m.2 ssd from it. I got new laptop yet to be turned on. This laptop has less memory (126gb) than my old ssd so im thinking about replacing it. However my old ssd has the os + every file from my old laptop. I did some researching and I...

hello i want to upgrade my pc with extra 8ram but there is an issue. i had 4gb ram and wanted to buy another 4ram, my friend gave me same 4gb ram to test on games for fps and other things before i decide to buy new.my board has 2 slots and my 4gb ram was in 1st slot for a long time from the time...

Looking to spend 500 on the three and a cooler to go with it. Id like i7-7600k or no k since I don't oc

I recently scratched all the dust off my old gaming rig to find out my graphics card has had enough. I've been out of the seen in a long time. Just wondering if it's worth an upgrade or not I have a budget of $800 AUD Current hardware Gigabyte G31M-ES2L Mother Board Intel core 2 duo E7400...

My laptop suddenly restarted and when it came back on the screen is now black without any backlight. I plugged in my tv via HDMI and it but i cant drag anything over to my laptop it just stops where the tv is even when display is set to extend. It is like there no screen installed on my laptop...

Hey My computer has had extremely slow wifi since i moved it across the room. before i would get 5mbs now i have difficulty reaching 1mbs. i have tried reseting computer restarting computer removing adapter reinstalling drivers. any help would be usefull Yona Millner.

bought a used pc for someone and dear god how I regret it, but now it's done and I have to deal with it the specs : Amd APU A10-7860k with Thermaltake Nic L32 cooler asus a88Xm A 8 Gb 1666 Ram Thermaletake lite power 450W Amd Rx 550 4Gb Oc sapphire pulse 2 thermaltake case fans 120mm When...

Hi all, I am looking to upgrade my pc - I play Ark Survival, and Player Unknown Battlegrounds amongst other things, and I would like to increase my performance, so everything runs more smoothly. I have money to spend, but not endlessly which is why, I prefer, if possible to just replace one...

Hello, My current SMPS CX500 CORSAIR is not working like properly like when I start my machine my home power supply is disturbed resulting in power trip at home So now I have to buy a new SMPS but I don't know which SMPS is compatible with my current machine specs and also I checked on cooler...

I currently use an ASUS RY-AC68U as an AP connected to my fios router (WiFi disabled) with gigabit service. I am looking to get the best WiFi speeds in my multi-story home. Best I can see over WiFi is about 360 measuring on same floor as Asus. Is there a router or mesh system that will get...

Good Afternoon! I am in the process of upgrading my system. I built it in 2012 and have found purchasing a new I/O panel and USB 3.0 panels harder and harder... So, I will be starting to put together a new rig. The biggest question... CPU - Intel or AMD? I won't be doing much in the form of...

So I don't ask for advice but I really need help so here it goes I have a gaming PC and when I play games like rainbow six siege call of duty etcc then after a while the power supply shuts off and it's annoying cause the screen goes black and the computer keeps running then i have to wait a...

MSI Z270 + i7-7700k

Hey guys i have a problem with my cpu fan, it came with my AMD FX6300, it's makes more sound than the other 6 fans i have installed around the case so i'm looking for another method (water cooling or a normal heat sink) anything for around 70$ here are my pc specs CPU: AMD FX6300 Motherboard...

Hello all good tech people, i'm owner of old laptop, ASUS N53SN. I'm wondering if there is any way how to make more USB ports on my motherboard?? ... in case i don't want to use usb hub for splitting the electric power... hdmi port is not working for example, could i replace it with usb?

First, this is my first time actually posting on this forum, if I put my post in the wrong category then I apologize and ask that someone please point me in the right direction. Thank you. So I will try to keep my description as short as I can, but I am looking for help and advise for a friends...

As of this morning, my PC refuses to boot. The MOBO lights come on and it powers up for a few seconds, then shuts off and attempts to reboot. The fan lights don't power up, and no BIOS screen shows up. So far I've tried every possible combination of RAM sticks. I have noticed that without RAM...

Hello everyone, i am planning to build a second pc strictly for editing purposes because i have a old gaming pc which is sufficient for the time being. I already have a gpu (gtx 1080) and power supply(corsair cx650m) and want to buy another components (cpu, mobo, ram, hdd+ssd, case etc). I will...

Hello guys, Probably one of the most asked question in this forum is probably about fps, and what causes it. Same with me, literally about 3 weeks ago everything was fine fps in Cs:Go was around 200 all the time, when I wake up and it <removed>started to drop from 200 to 60, randomly, and It's...

I have a Toshiba Satellite R945-P440 when I turn it on it says Password =_ and I can type in it but i can't access anything. I've tried a number of different things to get out of this black screen that just has Password =_ but to no avail I can't get it to work. Can someone please tell me...

Hello, I have been having stuttering and lag issues with some of my steam games lately to the point where it is sometimes unplayable. The stuttering gets worse when I try to play online too. Then just yesterday it literally took about 10 minutes to load a new campaign in Warhammer Total...

Hello. I just build my new PC with an AMD ryzen 5 1600x. I was about to overclock it with the Ryzen master tool. I set the "memoryfreqency" i thinl it is called, up and i had to restart my PC. it turned on a few times, and shut it self off again. Now i cant even accsess my BIOS on my "ASRock...

Hi, I am looking to find some software to have a video input that I can play a video through. I need to have it because in my foreign language class, we occasionally use a website called https://letsrecap.com/ the instructor uses it to 'check our pronunciations', but I'm fairly sure she just...

Hello, whenever I want to watch a video, every three or four seconds, the video will randomly pause. After about fifteen of those pauses in a row, it will skip the video entirely and go to the next one. I have tried deleting the app and still nothing has worked.

My question is, with an R9 390, would it be more beneficial to get a 16:9 1440p 27 inch monitor (hopefully 144hz and IPS) or a 21:9 1440p 34 inch monitor (also with 60+ refresh rate and ips panel) and if I do go with the 21:9, should I upgrade my graphics card to either crossfire 390's or a new...

Hey guys So my campus supplies us with 4 ethernet ports which is not the problem. Problem is that if i connect a router to it it either doesn't pick up or it just dosconnects if theres more than one device connected to it (only one device per login). However if i connect my laptop and use...

I'm planning a build for my dad, and while I have decent knowledge on what parts to combine and such I do realize that I have no experience in deciding parts for regular usage PCs, and that I risk putting in some parts that may be way overkill. Right now I'm deciding on what chipset to get for...

Purchased parts for a new pc build: Asus Z270E motherboard Corsair vengeance lpx DDR4 2400 RAM Intel I5-7600k processor (and other parts that i dont think are necessary to list) After setting everything up, I had the ram in a2 and b2 slots as suggested in manual - powered up. Lights and fans...

I'm looking for the best antivirus for gaming that will not interfere with the games at all

Hey all! I have got some extra cash as of late, about $400, and I'm looking to spend it on an upgrade for my gaming PC. If anyone has an easy way of listing all the components my PC has in it that would be awesome, otherwise I will start typing a list out. Cheers.

Hello there i had a computer last week that 1 or 2 minutes after the computer is turned on it got a blue screen or a scrambled voice if i turned on a video i went to an electronic store which told me that the problem is with the hard drive and it could be because the hard drive it self is...

I've recently bought an EVGA 550W G2 from a warehouse deal from Amazon. I've made sure to face the fan towards the vent of my Corsair Carbide SPEC-01 case and run the PSU on eco mode. I've also changed the thermal paste as I was changing my processor to an i7 3770k. The only components I've...