Multithreading

We all know Hyper-Threading fired up in the beginning of the 2000's with the Pentium 4's. My question is - When did that technology move over onto the AMD counterpart and become a thing there too? I have searched a little bit on the topic but do not know exactly the years and models by which the...

Hi everyone, The way I understand a CPU (also known as processors) is that it is an actual physical component. Now, CPUs can have multiple cores, which are the processing units used to carry out tasks ( I am not sure if an single l task means a single program) and can be from 1 to many. Cores...

I have a HP prebuilt from which I have upgraded every component except the motherboard and CPU. I want to enable Hyper/multithreading and increase core voltage for cpu in the bios but there is no way to alter these settings. There was a BIOS password which I cleared using the jumper on the...

what exatly does a slave IDE and do you really need it for your computer to work

How do I order a charger port for my lp. I have the part number

Pc is only about 3 weeks old but I just started to notice the grindng noise its making. it seems to happen every 3 seconds. Please Help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbpPpnLcSA&feature=youtu.be ( Listen closely as it was hard to pick up sound )

I just bought a pc with following specs : Intel i5-8400 8gb ddr4 ram Saphire nitro+ rx580 Asus TUF gaming b360m Toshiba dt01aca100 1TB ZM 500-TX (PSU) (500W) 6x rgb fan I was playing rainbow six siege with this pc on ultra 60fps and this pc reboots randomly without any warning, after reading...

TechPowerUp updated the GPU-Z graphics card monitoring utility with the ability to detect fake Nvidia graphics cards. GPU-Z Can Now Sniff Out Fake Nvidia Graphics Cards : Read more

Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z370P Link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145048&ignorebbr=1 CPU: Intel i5 8600k Link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117825&ignorebbr=1 CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 Cpu cooler Link...

I have a HP pavilion x360 convertible 14-ba074TU..with core i5 7th generation 7200U...8GB SDRAM...128 GB sandisk SSD..1TB HDD...and Intel 620 graphics..do it has a PCI slot to install dedicated graphics cards?

I changed my wireless router PW and ID. My laptop and nook both automatically show a way to log onto new router info. My printer (HP Laserjet Professional P1102w does not provide a way to connect to the new wireless router ID and PW network. What do I do?

Hi, I recently bought GigaByte h170 d3h Motherboard. And I want to install 16 GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM. Due to my low budget I can only afford "Corsair Vengeance® LPX 8GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz C14"Memory RAM.So my question is can this mother support mentioned above RAM or it will be bottlenecked...

Everything looks blurry and washed out. It is even cut in the edges. The things I have tried: Completely reinstalled my gtx 750 ti driver Scailing to 125% or anything doesn't fix it. It says the recommended resolution is 1024x768 even If I run full hd, but even If I am running on that...

I played league today and realize that i have 30-10 fps and when i opened task manager to see something and went back to lol i saw that i had 140+ fps. And i realized that i had 30 fps because i didn't have the taskmanager opened. Why is that ?

Hi all, I was wondering if i should get a GTX 750Ti as a dedicated PhysX card for my GT1030. Is it worth the money and does it increase performance or is the 750ti too good for the gt1030? I currently have in my system a GT 1030 with a old GT 710 as a physX card but i feel that the GT 710 is...

I was just searching around for a new graphics card for my pc and I stumbled across this website that is selling a GTX 1080 for only $420. Does anyone have experience with this website or anything similar and do you thing it is a legitimate website or is this just a scam? I don't know how this...

This is my 6th identical laptop with the same issues. among a lot of problems my laptop shuts down and turns itself back on without any warning or reason and has been doing this since the beginning. also problems with cursor jumping, scroll bar not scrolling, letters not typing and other...

Hi, so recently i bought my new "gaming " laptop and I have problem with games... so the laptop is HP Omen 17-w012ng and I play Battalion 1944, when i setup in nvidia to run games on high performancce and with my nvidia gpu it just doesent work, i also tried disabling my integrated graphics but...

Ive recently got a GTX 960 all drivers are installed and the graphics card is lit up in my pc. The sad thing is though its not even running. Even in task manager is sais i have a GTX 960. Please somone help me out.

I’m currently overclocking my GPU (1070 ti) with Msi Afterburner. I got my core clock up to +185 MHz. My question is about the memory Oc. I feel like mine is really low. So far I’ve only gotten it to +115 MHz. My Unigen Heaven crashes at +125 MHz (as I was writing this it crashed at +100 MHz)...

A common problem that Windows users have encountered when trying to update Windows 10 is the “Unsupported Disk Layout for UEFI Firmware” error. How To Fix Windows 10 Unsupported Disk Layout UEFI Error : Read more

Hey So I have a ASUS ROG G750JX and have been using it for roughly 4 years now. Before I ran into this problem around two months back, my Laptop would randomly crash and i assumed this was due to poor cooling, so i would sometimes game with my window open and that would solve the problem...

Hey there guys. This is my first post. So basically, as you read in the title, im looking to what i can upgrade on my pc. I have this exact pc:https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC-Xtreme-GXiVR8020A-Gaming-Desktop/dp/B01HNBLHAA . Not the new version, the discontinued one. It basically has: -CPU...

I bought a Nzxt hue+ nothing lights up neither do the HUE tab on the CAM software.

I just finished up my watercooling loop and filled it with EKWB CryoFuel Red solution. I am currently bleeding the system and I'm worried as the bubbles in the images look more like condensation then trapped air bubbles. Before this I opened up the monoblock and cleaned the inside as I...

I am writing this on behalf of my friend. He believes the issue was caused by removing the power to his external hard drive(seagate 8tb up + hub) before his PC was entirely off. He cannot access BIOS. He can get to the Falcon Norhtwest startup screen and access anything that isn't the BIOS...

So recently I have installed a Grid +V2 to control my case fans. However, I am now having issues turning on my PC. The only way I have been able to get it running is funnily enough to remove all my USB devices as well as Ethernet, power on and re-plug all of them in. If I don't do this the PC...

If i have an exe file in a bootable usb, then can i execute that file during booting?

i just posted another build recently i plan on getting been messing around with builds, im waiting for black friday to buy any parts, how do u guys feel about this build? overkill for 1440p? alot of this stuff i went for as well is for aesthetic and performace http://pcpartpicker.com/list/chVTPs

Hello everyone, i installed my ram ( 4x2 ) next to each other, my motherboard doesn't have colors so i didn't know that i need to put them on 1 , 3 or 2 , 4 to get dual channel i added my ram on slot 1 and 2 , thats why i am getting single channel, so i want to get dual channel and move the...

Umm hey, I'm trying to stream csgo with my 4790k but I get pretty bad fps drops in game.. I need help tweaking my settings to the best possible ones so I don't have such a performance hit on csgo.. Currently I'm using "very fast" at 2500 bit rate and 1280x720p 60 fps.. I'm not dropping below...

I'm buying a new gaming pc and I also need a new monitor. I'm not sure which one of these two is better. The dell monitor is slightly more expensive than the benq one, but not too much. Dell 24 Monitor | P2417H: http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-p2417h-monitor/pd BenQ RL2455HM...

hey guys, i bought a Zotac gtx 1070 amp edition about a month ago and everything has been great. on idle, the GPU would normally downclock to 350mhz. but for some reason i noticed today that the clock is staying at 1600mhz. what can cause it? to my knowledge i have not changed any settings. I...

Alright so let me explain exactly what has happened. I bought and built my brand new gaming PC, and of course needed Windows. From a trusted website, I bought a $60 Windows Home OEM key. After typing in the key and downloading Windows, it told me I needed to restart. I restarted, and being...

This this is to help me, and to other users who might just select the same parts that I have ! Looking to see if this iBuyPower PC is worth $1190 Can it play mainstream games such as BF4 - GTAV - Assasins Creed - Arma III - · Processor :: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor (4x 4.00GHz/8MB L3...

Hey I just bought a new i5 4690k and installed it on my Asia H81m-E problem is my screen now does not display. All my cables are connected and the power works fine as when I switched back to my old i3 it works fine. Can someone help me out? thanks!

I have a Samsung led smart TV and tonight the hdmi ports have just stopped working. I have tried factory reset and unplugging and plugging back in nothing has worked

hi i have a msi 970 gaming mother board and i was wondering what is the best cpu to put on it? money isnt a issue, i have a 8320 right now with a gtx 960 and only getting 20 fps on every game even tho i have watched people with a gtx 770 and a amd 8320 and they get 40 fps on max setting. i am so...

Hello, I have a Sabertooth X79 in a new build that i have tried without effort for over a year to boot up. Have read every forum, and anything else to learn what i can to get this board to at least boot up. Understand I can get my way around on a PC, but not savoy enough to figure this out. Did...

Just started to build my new PC Owned Fx 8350 MSI 970 gaming Hyperx 1600mhz 16gb Seasonic 750w km3 Nzxt s340 Deepcool CAPTIN 240mm Suggest me a GPU between 970 or 390 or 390x with brand and where I get in India . Budget less than 40k inr