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if i disable hyperthreading on my i5 750 will i get better temps?

I recently have switched and upgraded my headphones to the Logitech G533. (which has a micro usb to usb) My old headphones connected to the yeti perfectly and I could listen to myself live which I liked. However with these new headphones there is no easy way to connect them to the mic for live...

Dad has asked me to build us a computer for the house. It will mostly be used for just searching the web and multitasking with "Microsoft Office" and "Adobe." Any input is appreciated. I'd appreciate it to be an Intel build and 12-16 GBs of RAM. Also please... please add $20 for a Windows 10...

Here the list of laptops that fit my needs: LENOVO LEGION Y720 Lenovo ideapad Flex 5 Lenovo Laptop 720s intel i7 and 512GB SSD Razer I think the Legion is the best choice but it's too heavy compared to the other ones. That's the only thing that is stopping from getting the Legion. Which...

I have an older Vizio and my firestick volume is too loud. Is it the tv or a setting on the fire stick?

Hey guys i bought Ryse 2600 and Gskill cl 15-15-15-35 kit .but stilll i havent bought mobo bcoz im confused .idk which is mobo supports BCLK OC and best RAM compatiablity .Plz help . I prefer b350 as they are cheap . but incase they dont have those features , ill go for x370/470. Thanks !!

I just bought a new dell g7 gaming laptop using the new i7 8th gen 8750h cpu and 8gb of 2666 MHz ddr4 ram. can I use say gskill or corsair ram instead of actual dell ram from the dell website? or should I play it safe and use the dell ram? I want to upgrade from the two 4gb sticks that came with...

Hi. First, I read a few related posts, but in my case there seems to be a slight difference, and the solutions there do not apply. Well, happens that when turning on the computer, after the windows logo (10), the screen turns black but I can move the cursor (login screen does not appear). If I...

Hi just looking for a bit of advice I have a rather old desk top and i'm looking to upgrade the graphics card in it done some research and for the core i have everyone seems to be suggesting a gtx 660 my mother board is a msi 2a9c my core is a i5 760 and the praphics card i have at the moment is...

I have a unusual problem with fan setting with my Gigabyte Z370XP SLI motherboard. I have four fans set up with fan curves. At ambient temperature two of these are set to run at about 550 RPM and two over 1100 RPM. When the computer is booted, the two which should run at about 550 RPM run at...

How to connect VU 55 inch android led tv with bose companion 5 speakers?

I recently bought a zotac 1080 ti amp extreme edition to replace my old r9 290. After installed new video card I booted up computer, my Asus motherboard first stuck on error b2 for seconds then proceeded post to a0 normally. However after all these video card still didn't output signal at all...

Pimax yesterday announced that it is facing more delays with the Pimax 8K production schedule. The company redesigned lenses the lenses again, and it is now awaiting delivery from the factory. The timeline now suggests Q3 delivery for backers. Pimax 8K Faces Further Delays Due To New Lens...

It's been a while since I've posted in this forum. I am mainly a casual PC user with a limited amount of knowledge. I built a PC in 2012 and this forum was helpful. I am currently looking to replace some of the older hard drives in the PC (I already purchased two 2tb Seagate drives from...

I am going to buy a gtx 1060 6gb (after it gets a little cheaper),but will my corsair vs 450 be enough for it? My system - i5 - 4670 h81m-s1 rev 1 2 x 4 gb ddr3 ram 2 x 120 mm fans 1 x ADATA SP580 Premier 120GB SSD 1 x 500 GB HDD

I was cleaning my computer earlier and noticed that one of my ram sticks wasn't seated properly, even though it showed up in my task manager. I reseated it and started the system only to have it crash while trying to boot into windows. I took it out and put it back in, but now none of my USB...

I have a desktop on which I run an Oracle VM VirtualBox (v 5.2).The Virtual Box runs Win7 and is extremely slow. e.g. upon clicking on Windows logo, Windows menu takes half a second to open. I would like to speed it up. Slowness is related to the host and not to OS installed on the VM, as it...

Used in this example, macOS High Sierra has many built-in images that you can use as desktop background. However, be it a MacBook Pro or any other Mac computer, if you’re new to the platform, you may find it challenging to change the wallpaper.Here’s how it can be done with a few simple steps...

Hi, thanks for helping me out with my problem, so i was playing pubg the day before yesterday and the game was running perfectly fine, with 60 fps on the same settings i always have, then, i turn my pc off and on the next day, im running pubg on 25 to 30 fps, not even by looking to the sky or...

this is what my benchmark returned : UserBenchmarks: Game 12%, Desk 31%, Work 20% CPU: AMD A8-7410 APU (2015 M.Ca) - 28.9% GPU: AMD Radeon R5 - 2.9% SSD: Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB - 85.9% USB: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB - 4.7% RAM: Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GB - 19.4%...

Which of these laptops would play The Sims 3 (with a few expansions) the best? HP Silver Iridium Ci5 15-cc050wm 15.6" Laptop, Touchscreen, Windows 10 Home, Intel Core i5-7200U Processor, 12GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive...

hi all. the last couple of days my games are crashing way too much and im getting ALOT of lag spikes. i also have the problem that how longer i play (per restart of my pc) it gets slower. i think its my RAM but i honestly have no clue. any help is greatly appreciated :)

I took apart my father's old ACER from the year 2011/2012 and was surprised to find this CPU, I am fully aware this is a CPU many budget gamers try first. Looking for a proper setup (motherboard, RAM, PSU). I don't want to encounter any incompatibility issues. I'm more than likely going to add...

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So, I am not tech savvy at all but I had a home office with two working monitors on a little Lenova thin client. When I was laid off, my employer only wanted the Lenova terminal back so I got to keep the two monitors. I didn't disconnect anything but the vga cable (one), mouse, speakers, and...

Guys help.I have a RMX 650 and i found out that it has a little Coil whine when under load.Isit dangerous/harmful and i should replace it ASAP or is it 'normal"

When I launch my computer I can't right click my taskbar, and I can't open the start menu. Also when I try running something as administrator it freezes for about 3 seconds when I click yes. I tried restarting explorer.exe but that works for about a minute and then stops working again. Any help...

My system is now around 8-9 months old, and i have noticed my cpu temps are actig up compared to when it was new. The first months i was running 27c idle and 37-40c on full load. 6 Fans are spinning at 1100rpm at all times. So recently i tried to overclock my cpu using the msi quick OC and XMP...

In the event viewer I find error message "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {6B3B8D23-FA8D-40B9-8DBD-B950333E2C52} and APPID {4839DDB7-58C2-48F5-8283-E1D1807D0D7D} to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL...

Is there any budget Graphics can that is hopefully under $200? Cards that can run games such as GTA V, PUBG, OVERWATCH

Well all my life I used Intel, never even thought of anything else. But right now the Z370 price is driving me down crazy. As a result I am now thinking of AMD. My previous system was a first gen i5 with an Intel board which gave me awesome service until the board finally gave up the ghost.... I...

I'm building a new computer and I know that I can't use my old boot drive, but can I use that old drive(with Win 10 os) and still have it work the same on the new os?

Hi Guys, I have made the following selection. I also wonder if all the component are compatible and if it would give good performance for PC under 500 $: -Amd fx 8350 black edition -Corsaire carbide 100r -Cooler master hyper 212 evon...

I cant find the connector on my motherboard for my hd audio wire from my case, i have an asus P9D-C/4L. please help because i can not find it in my manual and im going insane!

can my computer be fixed after it had been damaged by humidity?

I have a desktop and am trying to use a wireless usb adapter on it to connect to the internet. The issue is when using a usb adapter, it only gets speeds around 2Mbps when it should be around 28. Now when I connect the desktop to the same router with an ethernet cable, I get the speeds I...

I'm getting a BSOD randomly after playing a game. Different error each time (i.e. 0x124, 0x7, dxgmms1.sys, 0x1 Bad Pool Header, 0x19 Bad Pool Header etc.) What I've tried so far: - Memtest: I ran it for 10h - no errors found - HD Tune pro/Crystal Disk Mark: no errors found on my harddrive -...

is the processor of Acer Aspire v5 431 , running on a cpu Intel Celeron 1007U @ 1.50 Ghz upgradable ?

Hi, when I start my pc for few minutes everything is okay, but after while it's slows down when I do a speed test it shows 1,5mbs download what is 10x less what I should be getting real download on steam is 160kbs at max. Has anybody experienced this problem? If it's coused by any malware than...

hello, i have in my system atm SSD as boot drive and 2 HDD's from WD, one is old one caviar 300gb and one is 2 tb black. i have set in ballanced power mode for my HDD's to sleep after 5min but i experience some wierd waking up of both drives at same time. sometime it happens like 10min after...