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Hi all, I am about to buy a new laptop but need some recommendations, which one to buy. 1. What is your budget? 600-800 EUR 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 13-15.6" 3. What screen resolution do you want? Full HD 4. Do you need a portable or desktop...

I want to teach a hands on class on routing with CISCO routers. I want to use at least two routers. I'll have several desktops connected to each router eventually so, at some point I will need to switches as well. I am on a budget. I'd like to pay less than $100 for each router. I want rack...

I have been charged with designing and making a circuit that makes LEDs brighten or dim to an audio source. The LED datasheet is KY59-TLHB4201 .At the time I thought I had a much greater understanding about electricity than I actually did. The questions and answers on this exchange have been...

Hi there. Just looking for some advice for a gaming system. If I'd paid £300 for the system below, could i drop in a PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB Red Devil Graphics Card (£295) and everything work fine or would I have to alter anything?? Would it be worth adding an sad drive for game...

The title pretty much says it all. Also, how do I find out what mobo I have? If I were to upgrade my mobo and cpu, what's the best I can do using my existing DDR3 RAM?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Xander_Crowe/saved/BPBccf I threw this list together from various guides, with playing games at 1080p/144hz in mind. I just want some feedback on the final product, as this will be my first gaming PC (that I've built personally, anyway). I got the 1080 so that I...

I'm thinking of purchasing a lenovo thinkpad P71with 8 gb ecc ram, 256gb ssd, nvidia p3000 6gb. I'm wondering if I will still be able to upgrade the hard drive, ram or graphics card sometime later on if the need arises?

Hello everyone , im new to this forums. So the thing is , atm im using a 6100 i3 cpu and i wanna upgrade it since when destiny 2 launches on pc i wanna play it , while streaming or recording for youtube and i know the i3 will have trouble doing that , so i wanna upgade. Nowi have 2 options ...

and what do you think they will drop to? i understand the lowest they have been is $200 for some models and as ethereum mining is not as profitable as people thought, would it be worth getting a cheap used one that might be dumped into market in the next few months?

So lately I have just started noticing that on my newer PC Build when it turns off the screen will turn off but the fans will run loud or it seems to be the fans and I am not sure which one's it doesn't seem the CPU fan is spinning any faster than normal so could it be the GPU fans? It does this...

Hey guys, I got a GTX 970 at the moment and im actually planning to upgrade because i have a 1080p@144hz monitor. Should i wait for the GTX 11 series or just buy a GTX 1070? Regards, Branco

Hi folks, I'm going crazy when it comes to choosing a motherboard. I have my preferences, but I would like to see what alternatives you can recommend me. I have an i7 7700k in mind and there are my choices... ASUS https://www.asus.com/es/Motherboards...-Z270E-GAMING/...

Hello Everyone, I have an older (2004) harman/kardon avr130 reciever that im trying to set up with my Magnavox blu-ray player (model no. NB500MG9) and Vizio Smart TV (model no. E601i-A3). This is my first home theater set up and I have watched all the videos and read all the manuals I could find...

Hello guys, This is my first time trying to build my own pc and I want some help I've been thinking about buying the following: -Case Tower: Raidmax Ninja II Black/Orange -Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Plus LGA1151 ATX Motherboard -CPU: Intel Core I7-7700 Kaby Lake Quad-Core up to 4.2GHz -GPU...

Hello!Long story short my desktop PC lost sound.There's a red X on speaker icon in taskbar and whenever i click the icon it enables troubleshooter.Troublshooter says,that there are no devices connected,which obviously are and that ''Audio service is not responding''.What i've done so far...

Hi there, if you're reading this I will like to seek your help and advice. I am from New Zealand, and in need of a new solid PC. I want it took aesthetically appealing, as well as perform most modern games 1440p 60 fps no problem. I will list details down below. Budget: $3000 NZD Use for...

Hi to all reading this. I am not a big fan of laptops, nevertheless, I am currently studying abroad so I had to buy one. I wanted something not too expensive but also something what would be able to run some newer games, let's say, at medium settings and older games at ultra. Therefore I went...

I really like LastPass but I'm not sure if it's safe. I mean if someone somehow hacks into my LastPass account I'm in trouble. I did some research but I'm still not sure. What are your thoughts? Mod Edit for Language

I have a Corsair liquid CPU cooler. I know that usually when you shut a computer down, the fans are supposed to keep going so the CPU doesn't heat up real fast. This doesn't seem to happen with my liquid cooler. I have it connected to the CPU cooler socket of my mobo. The other fans in my PC...

HI, i have recently purchased a system with the following config: i7-7700K (not OverClocked) with intel CPU fan/heatsink (apprx $5 ) 16 GB DDR4 RAM Asus H170 -Pro Mobo Samsung 500GB SSD + Seagate 3TB HDD MSI 1060 GeForce GTX - 6 GB Antec GX1200 Case Corsair RM650x 7700K batch # L641G639...

Hello guys, I wanna play ARK but i don't know what gpu to chose. My current gpu has only 1gb ram and the game plays on 5fps with that card. I have an Hp Compaq 6000 pro sff. A 240 Power suply and a motherbord that supports Ddr3 ram (i have 8gb ram.) my budget is around 100 euro ( I'm from...

Hi. I wanted to build a PC with following components CPU core i5 -6600 HDD 1tb blue SSD 250 GB Samsung Evo GPU zotac 1050ti mini Ram 16gb Case Corsair ATX case I need help with motherboard ,Cooler ,Fans and PSU ... I Need components that are cheap but good... My budget is not too much ..I...

Hi all, here's my build list: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Motherboard: CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 (Purchased For £64.99) Gigabyte GA-B150N Phoenix-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For £65.00) Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (Purchased For...

Hi. If I connect second monitor to my laptop and work "on it" everything is ok. But if I just switch working to monitor of laptop, second monitor starts to go black often for 1-2seconds. I don't think It is HDMI port failure, and second monitor is ok, i tested it, HDMI cable is also ok. I choose...

I want to build a PC to play world of Warcraft legion, every expansion my PC manged to break at launch so I buy a bad one to do me over. I just wanted to know if this PC will play the game at reccomanded settings at reasonable fps. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GMHLpb

my rig: mobo Z170 pro gaming. Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6gb OC edition. intel core i5-6600k 3.5GHZ. 16gb ram. DRAM freq ~1070MHz. NB freq ~3900MHz windows 10 pro. 60hz monitor. (full information here (if needed): http://pastebin.com/5M8udZxU ) What do I need to upgrade in order to be able running...

Hey I have just bought a gtx 960 and put it into my Hp Pavillion Elite 530sc. But it is not working. Please help.

I have a peculiar problem which I shall try to expound here as clearly as possible. Quite randomly and almost always on start up, if I click on one desktop icon either the adjacent icon is activated or the topmost one in that column is activated. This also happens when there are two-three...

I have a a total of 8 routers/switches, with the biggest switch being about 19"x19". I want a 12U server rack for upgradability. I saw 12U server racks on ebay for under $70. I want something with good value, for my home lab. Are those cheap ebay server racks any good?

I started download a 16gb torrent using utorrent. I stopped and started it many times but yesterday it showed only 810 mb remaining, so I stopped it and now when I started download re-downloading from start! showing remaing 16 gb. I deleted only the torrent and redownloaded it from the torrent...

Hey All, I was recently in a rush to switch off my phone but accidentally turned it on again... So instead of waiting all the way through the start-up when the Samsung logo appeared I pulled out the battery and put it back in so it would switch off. I only tried to switch my phone back on...

Hello, I was wondering if I could play Arma at like medium settings with 30fps: Essentially a HP pavilion 500 with a couple upgrades i5-4460S 2.8 GHz 8gb ram Gtx 960 SSC 4gb vram Thanks.

Hello to All DIY, Got this UPS BNT-1200AP by Powercom. First time plug in to power: In background I relay can be heard or some kind of switching unit. When power button is pressed short , beeps short, LED that indicates AC on switch ON and then after 2 sec OFF again. When power button is...

I'm having a very peculiar issue which hasn't applied to anything I've seen yet, and might take a second to explain. So I built my PC last week, everything is fine but I would like to use my tv as a second monitor, which I've done before but on an older system. My monitor is connected to my...

I really don't know a lot about computers. I can build something given the parts...but I do not have the knowledge to go out and shop for some of these things myself. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 6 years ago USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: I want to play Legion on a medium setting if...

Hello So about 8 months ago, I managed to buy myself a new GPU (Asus GTX950 strix OC 2GB) because my previous one was too old to run anything new. My CPU is an i5-2300 (2.8 GHZ up to 3.1), it is quite old but I thought it should still handle most of the current existing games. But things didn't...

I just bought this this morning. But I haven't opened it. https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/ec can anyone help have a look on this, if I should exchange to anything? I was looking for Evga 1060sc, but sold out.

So I'm not so great with those things but I need help picking out a good gaming motherboard. It has to be Socket 1150 , ATX would be the best choice too. I'm not so good with wording questions and all that so if i need to say anything more about what hardware I have comment down below. Any help...

Can someone tell me if the new amd drivers are causing any gpu temps to rise my r9270 was always in the low 30s on temparture but since the new driver update it spikes up to almost 50 degrees!!! Wtf??? Can someone share a experience I have decent airflow and ok cable management it's never booted...

hi, this is my first time building a gaming pc, which is the best motherboard that will run games such as tom clancy division, black ops, csgo, battlefield ect?