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Hello community, recently I've been monitoring the temps for my CPU and GPU, since that's always a good idea after overclocking. Doing that, I have seen some small, but to me illogical differences of temps while testing with Prime95 vs. playing CPU intensive games. First of all, let me list...

I'm creating a custom PC at the moment, and beginning to bring together my parts. For my cpu i bought the Intel i5 3570S 3.10GHz, thinking it wasn't really much different from a i5 3570K 3.40GHz. Can they still fit into the same motherboard as each other (like if i had both CPU's and put both in...

pc will run fine till i play a game or try furmark either one will make pc shut off like it was just unplugged then to turn pc back on i must unplug pc till light on mobo goes off then plug in boots right up rma first card as i thought it was the prob got new card and same issue amd fx 8350...

Hi, My MSI GTX-970 was broken(Garbage display) recently, and I'm looking for a replacement for it. I have a $300 budget. I'm not looking for a big upgrade, I just want to play the current games I'm playing and also some of the new ones. PC Spec: 8GB corsair RAM MOBO- GA970A-DS3p(1.0) - I know...

Does anyone know of any laptops with this very fast new dual core processor anywhere? I can't find it in anything.

so i have a corsair h80i and i have brought the fans bring air in from the back of cpu into the radiator as push and pull. there is a fan on the top blowing air out, now i dnt have fans on the front, now i was wondering can i use this as exhaust to keep air flowing? so it will be like this...

Hello, I need an adapter from VGA to either Component, or HDMI. I found an adapter on amazon, but I don't know if it will work. Does Intel GMA 3100 support Component through VGA? If you have anything cheap from amazon, please let me know. Thanks!

hello, currently my pc has an fx 8350 and a gtx 1070 and im looking to possibly upgrade to an intel processor, this one to be exact https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117729 but i dont know what motherboard to get or even if i should upgrade or not. can anyone help me with...

i want to get a new budget CPU cooler better than my current stock cooler that came with my fx 8300 in loud af and does not do its job well. first i wanna know which cooler is best, then i wanna know if it is more quiet and cools better than a stock cooler thanks...

Greetz @ all! I've read some threads about the (im)possibility to upgrade GPUs on lap tops, but since i did not find a topic about my specific model and since my lap top has 2 GPUs in it, I'm writting this post. So to add, my lap top runs 2 GPUs: 1) Inter(R) HD Graphics 4600 and 2) NVIDIA...

Hello people, for a longer time, every game I play starts to stutter and drop its FPS very regular, like in a 10-20 second pace. I am really frustrated, because I came to no solution after looking for days. I do play quiete often: Team Fortress 2, Counte strike, Tom Clancy´s Rainbow Six Siege...

I am a PC noob and am planning on building this as my first gaming build. I am planning on overclocking, as well as running Rainbow Six Siege, TC's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Battlefield 1, and other future titles on this. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MMtzCy Will all the parts work and allow me to...

Hello, new to Toms Hardware so excuse the bad thread etiquette, but im having a bit of an issue and its becoming quite ignoring. (could totally be a mistake on my end so help me out.) ..Decided to build a new PC .....grabbed all the parts .....Put it together everything seems to be working...

Hi ! I need to upgrade my GPU and I am stuck between RX 480 and GTX 1060.. I saw that AMD Improved their drivers and most of the users in the forum/s said that rx 480 is more future proof because of the 8 GB VRam and the better Performance in DX12, other said that GTX 1060 is better in DX11...

Hey guys, Im having some difficulty figuring out this problem and I really dont know what it could possibly be. I get 0% packet loss, 70,mpbs download & 17 mbps upload. For some reason, I am getting 20% loss in all the servers I join in CSGO and its driving me crazy. I used to play semi pro CS...

My Rig: Intel core i7 6700K Gigabyte GTX 980Ti 32Gb ram(8X4) Antec HCP-1000 Platinum Gigabyte Gaming G1 Motherboard Corsair 100i Cooler My Problem: Suddenly in all games I am experiencing drastic chenge in FPS.Before I used to pay at Constant 60FPS(Battlefield 1),now the FPS is fluctuating...

Both the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 and Windows 10 make good partners for each other. Both seem reliable, feature-packed and better than any previous edition. If you find yourself wanting to restore Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, it is relatively easy to do. This tutorial will show you how...

Hi guys, I am trying to connect my PC Desktop to a 1080p monitor and a 4K HDR TV (extended screen). I need to know if it will work. First I am not even sure if my desktop is powerful enough to output 4K. I tried picking 4K resolution under the PC display settings but my desktop looks so shrinked...

The drive got my attention with Hub in its title. Got an 8TB drive. Hooked directly to my desktop. Works fine so far. I really want to connect it to my Linksys router. Does anyone know if this will work? thx, Roger

I have a 1TB HDD and a 120GB SSD and I want to transfer the OS ONLY from the HDD to the SSD, the SSD has more than enough space for just the OS but I don't know how to do this.

I will play Just Cause 2,3 Watch Dogs 2 , GTA 4,5 and most of the modern games. Question is can my GPU and CPU handle them at high settings on 1080p?

Hey, broke my GPU last week. Now looking for one based on the following specs (for moderate gaming); Win7 x64 i3 3220 3.3GHz 4GB DDR3 MSI B75MA-E33 I'm a total noob when it comes to hardware. I want something to run PES17 & World of Tanks with high graphics, but I don't want to overkill...

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I ordered a barebones pc because I've never fully built a desktop from the ground up. I just got it today and installed a bunch of parts from my old desktop. I also put my old Hardrive with windows 10 into the new desktop. I've asked a few people and most said that putting the hardrive in the...

I really need some help. I recently bought a new graphics card for my pc (AMD radeon RX 480) from my old Radeon r7 200 series. I had a windows boot problem and managed to get it fixed by re installing windows. I then started to get blue screens of death randomly not too often though. A little...

Hi everyone, I'm doing a new build and have been trying to find a budget ATX LGA 1151 motherboard around 75-100 dollars. Any suggestions? I will also be using a 6600k if that helps any.

Hi, I'm going to build my pc next month but I can't find a case with two 4 pin fan connectors...My budget is a 100 euros. (If you can't find 4 pins, two 3 pins are fine to but I alo cannot find motherboards with two 3 pins and I don't want them running at 100% speed all the time if I plug them...

Hello guys, recently i broke my DeathAdder 3.5G. I really liked this mouse, i dont really use side buttons. But i like the grip, and i like how smooth and easy left and right click buttons pressed. Now i want to buy same mouse, but i don't have 3.5G at my local shop, since its old. I have 3500...

Can an i5-6600k with a GTX1060 work for todays gaming ?

Hello, everyone! I bought a new cpu/mobo/RAM kit recently, and I'm waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime, I decided to clean up my whole case and fans. Since I had no compressed air can handy to do a proper PSU clean-up, I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least dust off the fan. So I...

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/hZYdr7 This is the build I have decided on in the sugo sg13b. So far I have only purchased the CPU and PSU. I would like a quiet CPU cooler that fits in the case.

I have a PC that was working but then wouldn't after an overnight Windows Update. No idea of the problem as it was just going into Startup Repair and not being able to repair it. I formatted the drive, I ran SFC /Scannow which didn't find any problems, and I re-installed Windows 7 64-bit...

I'm having this issue with my 2 Graphics Cards (GTX 780 FTW's) my PC randomly went to a black screen yesterday, i rebooted my PC to notice that it would get stuck loading on the windows 10 loading with the dots going in a circle, it would freeze half way through, causing me to have to restart...

I recently noticed that the CPU usage begins to spike due to the "system" process about 5 minutes after the pc is idle (not touching anything), but when I move the mouse, CPU usage returns to normal. I assume that Windows is running something in the background, but I am curious as to what is...

Hello. This is my rig: Processor: Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6800K (3.4GHz) 15MB Cache Motherboard: ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1: E-ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s RAM: 32GB HyperX PREDATOR DDR4 3200MHz X.M.P Graphics Card: 8GB EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080 FTW GAMING - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP Power...

Hi guys, I am experiencing a really frustrating problem with, what a suppose, my laptop and more specifically the USB 3.0 ports on it. I recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad Y700 with Winows 10 Home 64bit and I need to archive a lot of video data, so the files are very large. That explains why I...

Hey, i've been thinking about upgrading my Shappire Dual-X r9 280 to a gtx 1070 g1 gaming. But i'm not sure if my motherboard is compatible with the graphic card. Thanks.

Hi A few weeks ago I bought a Zotac gtx 1060 gpu for my pc. I installed it fine and everything was working fine. After a few weeks it's suddenly not working. The monitor picks up the hdmi cable because it doesn't say check video cable but only shows a black screen. I used to turn the computer...

Hi, I have a Toshiba Canvio 3.0 1TB It is almost 4 years old. It had malware after I let my friend borrow if from me. The videos/movies in the drive began lagging erratically. I ran multiple virus/malware scans to fix the problem. I even formatted the drive. After formatting the drive, I tried...

Hey! So I've been told by many websites that i can't, but i can run Skyrim and ArmA 3 at low settings with decent fps, and Paladins at the highest settings with a solid 60 FPS. So here's my specs: -Video / Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 8400 -CPU: AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics...