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My spec Rx 570 itx 4gb I5 2400 3.1ghz Ram 4x2Gb Fan 3 Is MWE 450w enough for my spec?

This may be a stupid question but oh well. I'm planning on replacing my motherboard and cpu. I have an ssd which windows boots off and a hdd that just stores stuff. I know ill have to do a clean install of windows on the ssd which will wipe it but will i need to wipe the hdd that's just used for...

Hello Overclocking Kings and Queens (Gender Equality) :p I have a i5 2500k stock and a intel DH61WW motherboard. I tried to go into the bios to overclock because i am trying to get around 4.2 to 4.5ghz but i dont see any options to clock it higher than stock. just intel's boost clock which i...

I know this a dumb question, but I just want to hear other people's opinion about it. Is it fine to use a Ryzen 3 1200 paired with a GTX 1650 SUPER for now then upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600 after 5 months? Found a Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming X Motherboard from where I'm from priced at...

I have a Gateway DX4860-UB33P desktop computer with the original four 2gp DDR3 RAM cards. I've upgraded the GPU to a GTX 1050 Ti and the power supply to match. I also have a 1tb SSD installed. If I were to buy an 8gb RAM card, can I just replace it with one of the existing RAM cards? I don't...

Hello all! As the title states I would like to try and OC my pc. I should also state I'm quite bad with computers and I don't know much about them or Overclocking for that matter. All help is greatly appreciated! OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Ram: 16gb ddr3 Corsair vengeance Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO...

I have an ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO WiFi I have it all set up and plugged in right but when I go to boot it up with the EATX12v_1 and v_2 the power supply just clicks twice and that’s it. When I unplug them both it boots up but not fully. My specs ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO WiFi EVGA 650 G3 Gold...

I am currently trying to help my friend spec out a pc for about £900 (a little room for movement.) This is the build i have come up with (some things are unneccasary such as nice case, nice cpu cooler). He wants trusted brands (Such as cooler master, corsair, MSI,etc). Could I just check if the...

Hi guys, i already started a thread for my GPU OC but i still got questions on other things, since its the first time building a PC of my own. For now i only used my computer to play games and i am pretty much a newbie to everything else. Everything i know is limited to what I've read in recent...

First time ever building a PC. After much research, I think I got most of what I want but as a first time super newbie, I'd like to get some feedback. Assumptions and Needs I know there is no one size fits all - every person has different needs and requirements. I have no budget constraints...

hello folks, i temporarily got this RX 570 https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8GB-Sapphire-Radeon-RX-570-Pulse-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1295291.html I pushed it to 1500mhz@1150mV and 2250mhz@935mV - firestrike was runnig perfectly fine but i got a green screen after playing 1hour...

Need some help with getting this right. PCPicker: CPU - Intel i7-9700KF 8 GHz 8-Core Process Cooler - Cooler Master ML120L TUF Gaming Alliance Edition RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard - MSI Z370 Gaming MS ATX LGA1151 Memory - Corsair Vengence LPX 64GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200...

So i have an old rig that i've bought couple years ago, and it is slow af, i've done plenty optimizations and its still sucks ( compared to nowadays boot speed), so i planned to install a ssd to my rig which has a b85 g43 gaming mobo. is it possible to install an ssd onto my rig ? sorry im...

HI everyone, im in my mid teens and have a huge interest in building computers. The problem I can't overcome today is the fact that I don't whats the best motherboard to get. It needs to be LGA775 and support PC3-10600U ram ( hopefully more than 4gbs), and lastly it has to be micro atx, I work...

Hi all! I'm brand new here so please excuse me if this is in the wrong place or a totally stupid question but I really hope someone can help me here? I built my PC just before Christmas last year (my first...woop!) and everything's been going great but I have just stumbled into an issue I don't...

Hi everyone! Long story short... I am a newb to this website/forum and was in need of a little help if possible? So I have an Acer Aspire T3-710 PC specs as follows: i7 6th Gen 6700 @ 3.4Ghz 16GB Ram @ 1600mhz (2x8) 64Bit Windows 10 Home + Student edition motherboard from what i can gather...

Hello fellow gamers! I have quite a decent rig right now which serves my needs, let's say, just fine. Although it performs well now, I want to make a future proof pc that can last for at least the next few years. Right now i have an old haswell cpu, which still packs a punch (i5 4570), 12gig...

Hello I have 500$ to spend on a new PC already have GPU and SSD and the GPU is 1050 GTX ti 4gb and please leave nice desk and chairs and mouses OUTSIDE of the build so any builds u can come up with to help me thank you

I build my pc in 2015. At the time I posted in this forum, I wrote that I needed a pc able to edit video and maybe play a game or two.. at the time all these parts and monitor came to be about $1400 and now as you can see the part list only comes out to about $470. Well times have changed for...

Hi, today I bought the MSI TOMAHAWK B350 AM4 motherboard. On the box it says “Microsoft Windows 10-Ready”, I would like to know if it means that I won’t have to buy Windows 10 and I will automatically have it for free. Thanks

Here is the card I’m looking at I’m wondering what you guys think about it http://

I'm looking for some threaded inserts for some brass standoffs and basically a standard size pc screw but i cant manage to find any i would like some help.

PLEASE ANSWER ALL 3 QUESTIONS 1. Hello, I recived my ibuypower gaming computer . I wanted to change my colours on mek 2 keyboard so I download hera. And I touched something and suddenly my keyboard went wrong. Sometimes it types one letter infinitely and when I type it types wrong letter. So I...

Simple request. I often write elaborate posts explaining what I want and why but this should be simple enough. I have a z620 with only 2 Sata III ports and I need more. I also need it to reliably handle being written to and read frequently and under heavy load as I run simulations and render...

I've tried almost every solution there is: Restarting PC, Restarting Router, Reseting Router, ipconfig /release etc. , netsh etc. I am wondering if anyone can help me in my situation, i'm open to any suggestions even if it means repeating the solutions above. Extra info: -When ipconfig /renew...

Hello there! If anyone could help me find the best gaming monitor that would be great. the requirements for the monitor is. - g-sync - at least 144hz I mainly play CS: GO, where i get around 300fps, therefor a 144hz, or above monitor would be great. However, i also play other games where my...

So i just installeren mu new pc fan but after like 2 minutes of werking fine the pc Saïd bad system config info what To do?

I just built my computer, I am in the process of getting Windows 10 installed, and I realize I'm going to need drivers for anything to function. What drivers will I need and where can I get them?

Hey folks , i'm trying to figure out the problem of my computer . My pc was completely normal until the last 3 days , the first 2 days i appear mysterious driver crash - game crash - screen turns black for a few seconds quite constantly when i play video games . The weird thing is those 2...

i have core 2 duo e7400 , and want to use nvidia 1060 3gb ,does this work??

Hi. I was trying to discover how much dedicated memory my graphic cards have, but I'm somewhat confused. I found how much dedicated memory the Intel Graphics HD 4000 have, but I don't know where to find the dedicated memory of NVIDIA GeForce. I had opened the msinfo32.exe, as recommended...

hello members, i am having a hard time dealing with my system crashing. It started with random crashes since it is fairly old system and the psu and cpu fan were getting old so i thought dat is the problem, i replaced the psu and got a new cpu cooler.the computer was still crashing. then i put...

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/culzone/saved/#view=ZWCp99 BCLK = 100mhz My cpu is overclocked to 4.7 ghz at 1.3v My ram is clocked at 1866mhz that I currently have. Should I have a problem getting 2400mhz with my new ram that I just bought? since my overclock is high. New kit Hyperx savage DDR3...

Ok, my pc is being delivered from thusday-friday, i choose my parts after days and days of asking, reading reviews etc. But know i am trying to choose a monitor, i am not someone that wants 4K 144HZ 3XSLI GTX 980 and anything like that. The reason why i got a gtx 980 its because it was at a less...

Currently I have a computer desktop that I use for gaming, I run 3 clients of a olddddd mmorpg called Rohan, they barely take up anything it's so old. And in the background I would like to do 60+ fps 1080 p gaming. I've played some games like AC fallout 4 project cars etc and they seem to be...

I have overclocked my cpu (AMD 8320 Black Edition) at 4816MHz with cpu voltage at 1.410V. When I go to see my cpu's temperature at HWMonitor says 79C but in AMD Overdrive says that Thermal Margin is 13.5C . Which of these says the truth? My Specs are: Mobo: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 Ram: 2x HyperX...

Hello, first i'd like to introduce my problem :) i think its very well known in gamers community, however i dont understand why is this happening so im playing only 2 games - Dota 2 and League of Legends. Both of these im playing on the lowest details, lowest everything, but it doesnt rly...

i have some Q to choice the best for me Q 1) IS there big different between i7 6700k and i5 6600k to add 100$ it is worth cuz i5 (240$) i7(340$ ) Q 2) is there big different between gtx 980 and gtx 970 to add about 200$ ? cuz gtx 980 (520$) and the gtx 970 (320$) so it is worth to add 200$ to...

Ok so I built my PC about 4 years ago. When I built it i put a 120GB SSD for my Windows 7 OS and a 3TB HDD for extra storage. I was hoping to use it for gaming, video editing, music production, Etc. Early this year, when I turned on my computer, my 3TB hard drive was no longer showing up in my...

Hey guys I've just built my new computer however am getting heaps of BSOD saying bad pool caller. I've downloaded blue screen view and here is what comes up. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mkgxarl8r71xpao/bsod1.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/4z3il1e3qrhxnqt/bsod3.png?dl=0...