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So, as the title suggest i have recently built a PC on pcpartpicker, and i am looking for advice on things i could change or take out to make the comp better but still stay within my 800-900 budget. I want to run games like GTA5, Far Cry Primal, Crysis 3 and so on with near high or high...

I want a good pc build under $515 Canadian Dollars. I want it to play games around Medium - High Some games might be CS:GO, Fallout, GTA 5 An ssd or hardrive is not needed because I already have one.

Thank you for taking the time to view my thread, firstly... My sister got herself a extender for when she works at home, which is fine. But my Macbook pro keeps connecting to the extender which wouldn't be a problem if everyone wasn't on that, which causes massive slowdown and disconnects me...

So the big question of this build is that I have access to a free "Intel Xeon e5-2690 v3" Would love to use this but I'm worried about gaming performance. The requirements for this build are mainly streaming/capture from my PS4 and Gaming and slightly future proof (minimal upgrades the first 2...

Hi guys, I have some questions to you and will be glad if you help me. 1. Prime95 26.6 is recommended for thermal testing. What is the reason with this about AVX stuff? Is AVX FPU an overkill or consider a case that I tune my OC in 26.6 for 90 degrees and AVX FPU works then my temps go as high...

So I have the Intel dual core E2160 which is an old CPU released back in the q3 2008, it's a budget CPU, silent and doesn't require much power, but my question is: can I get it to work with the GTX 750 or 660, or 590Ti, my motherboard is the Intel G41MT-S2PT which has a 16x slot and does run at...

Which VPN provides absolutely no leaks? Is this even possible? Thanks

Hello People of the internet! I've been wondering something about GPUs. So here we go. How would 2 GTX 750s (Not Ti) Compare to a GTX 960 or 970? I've already got a GTX 750 and I was wondering what if I got another one instead of a GTX 960 for my PC build. I don't know if that would even work if...

Yesterday morning, I noticed windows had installed a critical update and restarted my computer. After I logged back in, I launched Firefox, and my computer froze. I restarted numerous time and it kept freezing. I started in safe mode, got everything off my hard drive (just in case), ran some...

HTPC parts Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (4 Cores @ 3.4GHz) Graphics Card - AMD Radeon XFX HD6670 2GB Core Edition RAM - 2x 4GB PNY (8GB DDR3 @ 1333) Power Supply - 520watt DYNEX Motherboard - GIGABYTE MA785GMT-UD2H Im rebuilding my HTPC/ lan pc with some of my older parts i...

Whats the best gpu for 1080p gaming with max out settings and it is value for money?

I just built a new PC. Trying to get the graphics card drivers and AMD drivers installed, and nothing seems to be working. I tried download install from AMD, disk install (via external hard drive, which seemed like it installed, but the MSI Live Update doesn't seem to be supported). Monitor...

After refreshing windows 8.1,the `windows` key/button has disappeared from the task bar

so i have just upgraded my graphics card from a gtx670 2gb to a r9 290 4gb and i have noticed a slight difference but not massive which i thought i would have. i can now play games like battlefield 4 on the very highest settings getting between 50-80fps when before i was on just high settings...

I need a gaming computer that can run minecraft very smoothly with lots of mods while recording as well as be able to play games like h1z1 CSGO and LOL

I have been plagued with issues regarding the components I have chosen for a PC I'm building, and so I have restarted from scratch so I can receive input for every individual component. This particular thread is dealing with which processor I need, either an Intel Core i5 6700k (6th gen) or an...

I recently had a horrible injury at work and it's very possible I might loose half my middle finger on my right hand. I was wondering if they make custom mice anywhere for missing digits. I'm a huge gamer so this sucks for me.

Hey guys, I ran into a little problem trying to decide which ram should I buy to upgrade my laptop. Currently I have 4gb stick with another 2 gb stick, they're both running at dual channel. I'm planning to remove the 2gb stick and add another 8gb stick to make it 12gb. I'm doing this because of...

Hello, how do i clean the pcie slot in the mobo without compressef air? Thanks!

Hey guys, I've received all the parts for my build this morning, took me 5 hours to get it all together but I managed it in the end. My specs are: i7-4790k processor gtx 970 gpu z97 gaming 5 mobo 1 tb ssd I've installed windows 10 on it through an iso on a usb, my question is have I missed...

Which cooling would be the best?

I plan on moving from the uk to the us in a few weeks i was wondering if my corsair cx 750 Builder series would work without damaging any components moving to the american voltages

Basically the title says it all, I'm not gonna overclock or anything so I chose the H97 and the z97 boards are out of my budget plus I wanna use my custom painted case coz its looks cool and it only supports mATX boards. Please guys don't suggest anything outside these boards coz its really hard...

Ok so i got windows 10 and it starts pretty slow. Im not sure what would be causing this. Would it be my hard drive dying or could it be my cpu or motherboard dying im not sure what i need to do. Also here are my specs: i5-3570k 8gb ram 1tb hdd radeon 7950 3gb If you have any ideas please...

I want to build a new low end PC for 720p gaming. I am going for the r7 250 and a pentium g3258. I want to know if the pentium can handle the r7 250 without over clocking and without bottleneck? Thanks.

Hi, Im wondering what are the best fans (2 in total) for a push pull configuration as well as silence, the QUIETER the BETTER! Price is not a problem, so suggest the best there is as well as a link where to buy. Thanks!!

Dear all, I have an old setup for several years, here is the list: Intel core 2 quad Q9400 Gigabyte EP-45 UD3R 2x2GB DDR2 MSI GTX 560 Ti 1GB Adata 60GB SSD 1 TB WD HDD Enermax PRO 82+ 550W My question is, if GTX 780 Ti will worth it. For example if cpu is not too old and this will be the...

I've read many tutorials on how to play music through mic in game but none of them allow the user to play music directly from youtube. Instead, they all require the user to download songs first and play with foobar plus virtual audio cable or morphvox. Is there a way to set it up so I can play...

Hey Guys. I own a 15' MacBook Pro Mid 2010 with a 500gb 5400rpm HDD and running OS X Yosemite. Is 58secs. Boot time and 10secs. Shutdown time good or bad? Let me know what you think guys. Really appreciate the help.

Don't understand. Online heaven ultra 740...Offline heaven ultra 1420.. I am stumped.

I am extremely new to building and could use some help. I have done a lot of reading on the forums, but could not decide on a motherboard. I would like it to be SLI capable for future addition of another 970. Price between 150-180ish. Also any other input would be appreciated. Intel Core...

I have installed driver,but my sound not working....

I'm trying to setup a Web/FTP site at a remote office that doesn't have a static IP from the ISP. We've setup a DDNS for the remote office and configured the SonicWall TZ 105 there so that our VPN will work. However, when I try to duplicate the NAT setup we have in our main office (which does...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/prDsrH i have chosen this PS for future proof, cause i'm willing to add two way SLI setup

i happen to have an intel s5000xvn workstation motherboard and i have searched around for an answer myself and mostly what i get is people being told that any card will work one site a geforce forum site the person asking the question said the board is picky as to what video cards it will...

Hi! I am in the process of upgrading some of my computer's components and was wondering what is a good cooler to get. I currently have an AMD A8-5600K I do not want to overclock it. I just want something better than the stock cooler as I have had many BsOD caused by the CPU overheating. Also...

I buy and download gta 5 on steam, then I open it and I play the North Yankton and Franklin intro, and a little bit of Gta online. I get 20-45 and rarely 50 fps in the game. I check the MSI afterburner, and the game is using only 30-45% of my video card. I dont know why the game isn't using not...

I have been facing problems with my new built, first i purchased the X-99 Deluxe the motherboard didn't start, just the start and reset lights were on. the board did not start. got it replaced by the agent for Rampage 5 Extreme paid additional amount, new problem the R5E would start, the cpu...

Hi guys I have desktop pc with amd cpu a8 5600k quad core at 3.6 ghz with integrated graphics 7560d overclocked from 760 mhz to 1013 mhz and video memory 512mb.Is it better from 9800 gt 1gb memory which has directx 10 older drivers or not? I have directx 11

Everyone said that VaporX is much cooler than the Toxic model. But when I saw here. It says: •Sapphire Toxic Radeon R9 270X 2 GB Idle: 84 °F / 29 °C Gaming: 140 °F / 60 °C •Sapphire Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2 GB Idle: 90 °F / 32 °C Gaming: 163 °F / 73 °C How so?