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I just bought an adapter so i can use a second monitor, but it seems to not fit fully onto the port even if it is compatible. Any Ideas?

Hi all, Not too knowledgeable with laptops and AMD so was looking for some insight. I recently bought a AMD laptop from Dell, which has the laptop version of rx460 4gb. When i go through dxdiag in the search option however, the graphics card just says "AMD Radeon R5 Graphics." Is this what it...

Hi all, I apologize in advance for the newbie question. I have several i7-6700 CPUs I'd like to test it on a pc currently configured with i5-7500. Mobo is Gigabyte H270-HD3. When I simply swapped the CPUs, windows won't load and keep restarting. It looks like the i7 CPU is recognized in the...

I overlcoked my 1050ti asus to 2 ghz, and i can get through windows log in but when im logged on it keeps crashing after like 10 sec. No classic bluescreen, the screen just goes really darkblue. I use a non overclocked amd fx 8320, asus m7a97? motherboard, ssd.

Hello everyone, I'll get straight to the issue. My GPU does not work (No display detected) on my MSI 970 motherboard. The lights come on all the fans spin up. It worked before but I came home from a holiday and now it's not working at all. It works on my old motherboard ( a mini gtx ) but for...

It needs to be at least 450 watt. It would really help. (Its for gtx 660ti) (i dont mind if its used)

Hey all, so a couple years ago I bought a EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked Graphics Card. I am now planning to purchase a second to run in SLI with the first but am having trouble identifying the exact card that I currently have and was wondering just how exactly the second card needs to...

What gpu should I get for gaming pc rig a rx580 or gtx 1050ti

Hi, I've been lookign around the forums for this question but all the answers kinda confused me :/ Does a h100i fit ina Corsair Spec 03? i did check on google also and seems like the fans would fit because h100i would be 240mm and in the top the case have 2x 120mm slots. Thank you!

VGA_led is lit up red when using my gtx 1070 graphics card and does not show anything on the display however, when not using the graphics card it does boot up and there is a display. I have just built my pc and it was working fine with the graphics card earlier on and then I restarted it and...

The CPU temperature will go up to 70-77 degrees Celsius when rendering 3D image or video. I want to know that would the CPU be damaged if keep that high temperature for a long time (e.g 8 hours)

Hello! So I recently found this old dell monitor at my grandpas place, and It was perfect to use as a third monitor. However, it only has a DVI port. And my main monitor which is a 144hz monitor already uses the dvi port on my GPU. So, I thought hey I will just get a DVI to HDMI or DVI to...

Hi. I have been having this problem overclocking my cpu. I have an old system that I want to experiment overclocking on, but whenever i change the FSB the system locks up and i have to reset the CMOS. Even if I change the FSB by 1 it black screens and I have to reset the CMOS. I have tried...

My laptop has been having this problem where it freezes and makes this buzzing noise. It happens when I watch videos. If the buzzing sound lasts long enough it usually ends in bluescreen. I don't know what to do and would appreciate the help. System specs Asus X550V Windows 10 OS Build...

Will it work?

i have a sony vaio VPCEL1E1E laptop with 4GB RAM and AMD E-350 processor and AMD Radeon graphics.now a days its very slow on windows 10.so can i upgrade with latest AMD processor?

I have had a system built for me that only now I have seen has an insufficient power supply. So far, initially I was unsure as to whether the OS was unstable so I repeatedly kept trying to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the system would crash after about 10-15 minutes, each time...

I would like to get a completely new pc (case and all) and i want it all to be good enough so I dont have to upgrade for years. I have a set budget of around 1,000-2,000 dollars . GPU: I want my GPU to be NIVIDIA brand ( I dont know why ive just always liked Nividia) something very fast that...

Hi guys, I have multiple problems with my laptop (hp). For example: I can't adjust de screen brightness, I can't install programs, I can't do system recovery, shut down the pc takes way longer as it takes normally. But the weird thing about these problems is that, it all starts after a few...

I am looking to get a new graphics card for my compaq sr5139uk on a small budget. theres 4 particular graphics cards available in price range, but wondering which would be most effective for my system computer specs are; Core 2 Duo E6550 Operating speed: Up to 2.33 GHz Number of cores: 2 Socket...

PC Specs CPU: Intel core i7-4930 Liquid cooled by Corsair h100i MoBo: EVGA x79 dark bios v2.13 Memory: 4x corsair dominator 8G (32G total) GPU: EVGA gtx 980(previously 2x 780ti) PSU: EVGA 650gq PSU (previously xfx pro 850) HDD Main: Samsung 840evo 250G ssd HDD2: Seagate ST2000 2Tb SSHD Hello...

I have a Asus H81M-E(Intel H81 Chipset(idk what that means)) and need to know if this vengeance lpx 3000 MHz, 2x8 ddr4 will work on it. Thanks a lot to who ever helps.

My apologies if this is not the right section. It's past the allotted time that Tom's allows for questions with answer but without a best solution chosen. Can the OP select a different answer?

Hi I'm wondering if these parts will be Compatible with each other Hopefully If they are I stop changing stuff cause this has been so frustrating to do if you can tell me if they are good to go I'll greatly appreciate it and if not what changes I'll need to make...

Hey, lately I've noticed my PC isn't running like how it should. I get horrendous fps drops in almost every game. If I use fullscreen on Overwatch, what should be 144 fps, I get 95 and below. I'm not sure what information is needed, but this is what I got. Motherboard:ASRock Z97 Killer CPU...

I have this 250gb maxtor SATA HDD, bit it isn't detected by the computer. And i don't mean Windows, instead, it's installer. Can anyone help me? By the way, the drive does power up and spin up. It's just not detected by the computer.

Is it worth getting a monoblock over a cpu block only when doing a custom loop? I've been doing some research for doing custom loops in the future because I eventually want to move to one. The one big thing I have noticed is that some people say that the VRM heatsinks alone don't cool the...

Hello, I'm making a desk, which i can basically describe as a simple box. I want to mount my pc inside the desk, so that it isn't visible. The hardware of the pc is: Mobo: Asus P8B75-M LX plus CPU: Intel core i3 3220 GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD7750 PSU: Corsair CX500M 500W Hard drives: Samsung...

Pretty much anything i search for on Youtube, the first result is a random video with a Russian title by a Russian channel called 'Анна Тарасова'. The next few videos are relevant to my search but then if i scroll down more there is just more Russian stuff. i have never heard of this channel and...

Hi, 2-3 days ago I noticed that I was started to get unwanted lag spikes while gaming. I thought it was short temporary and didn't bother to look into it. Now, a few days later it still haven't vanished, so I opened hardware monitor in to see if the spikes was caused by overheated...

I'm getting a FX 8350 and a MSI R9 380 Gaming 4GB. Will a Inter Tech 500W PSU be enough?

I just upgraded the motherboard, cpu, and got a new 120gb ssd for the operating system. It booted to my old hard drive fine however, I was having a look through the bios so I could try and install the windows 10 to the ssd, I changed it to boot to the new hard drive and put in the windows 10...

Hi there guys I've bought a Dell XPS about 2 years ago for my studies. Since the beginning in thought something (speed, performance) might be a bit off, but i never really much cared as everything worked as good as i needed it to work. Now lately i was noticing really slow speed of my...

I bought h110m pro VH plus along with gskill ripjaw ddr4 2400mhz is it ok to combine it with other brand like team elite 4gb ddr4 2133mhz thanks in advance

Just like the headline says. I would like to know if there's any laptops on the market which makes it very easy to change hard drive in it. Like a small backcover over/under the harddrive with a few screws or similar?