Next Generation

Hi Guys! Newbie to the forums. Hoping to get some answers as this problem has become a frustration MOBO- Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 CPU - I7 3770k PSU- Seasonic 850W 80+ Gold Ram - Single 8 GB Stick most of the RAM slots are wonky HDD - quite a lot Here goes: Bought a new ZOTAC GTX 1060 6GB AMP! as...

I have the Thermaltake tower 900, i want to run led strips up the front sides and that's it, 21" x2. Id prefer rgb but only need a dimmable white. Any suggestions? Two trimmable strips are about all i can think of but the ones i can find are usually ridiculously long for my application. Any help...

I have to admit I am wayyy out of touch on the Sound Card department. Currently I am using the onboard sound on my latest Set-up. Think is, I am beginning to think its not quite good enough for me. At the beginning, I was quite impressed and satisfied with what it had to offer, but now I just...

Ok long story short: He bought a 600w psu but the fans werent spinning, so he plugged a 4 pin cable to the 3 pin PWR_Fan socket. Then a smoke came from that socket as he says. I know he did a dumb thing. Psu is a 600w cooler master and the mobo is gigabyte ep45t ud3r. Please tell me what is the...

I have a PC with the following storage: - SSD 180gb - 60gb full - HDD1 3TB - 1TB full - HDD2 3TB - 1 TB full - External HDD - 2TB [used also to backup laptop] What I was planning to do for backup are as follows: - Use MS Backup for backing up SSD to HDD1 [weekly] - Use MS Backup for backing...

Hello, I am posting this for a friend as his PC is not working right now. He recently completed a new build 3 days ago. Yesterday a windows cumulative update came through a shutdown his PC. Instead of rebooting to finish the updating process, The computer stayed shut off for about 30~ minutes...

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I used to Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit when there was no problem with ram. But after installing 32bit operating system this problem occurred. In fact I upgraded the operating system to windows 10 but nothing happened. The problem remained. Even now I cannot able to shift 64 bit Operating system. Now...

Was looking to build a machine for £500. I can build this for £530 and wandering if it's a good build for medium level gaming or would you change anything (similar budget) Processor - AMD Athlon x4 880k quad core. 16gb ram 1600Mhz 1T Toshiba Hardrive 120g kingston SSD 4GB Nivdia GTX 1050TI...

I'm looking for a good Linux image to create compressed backups. In the past I used SRD 11 and Ghost 15, and more recently AOMEI Backupper (all based on Windows images). I tested Backup & Recovery 14 (based on Linux) which is a total mess (not only that it deleted some files, but also, a restore...

Wifi is no longer available. Battery died and when I plugged it in wifi was gone.

First sorry for my english Hello, I am a developper and I am in unity 3d for now 3 months, I am starting to use blender for modeling. I actualy have a i5 4460 and a gtx 1070. On blender I am rendering with my GPU, the problem is that when I am watching tutorials on youtube during a rendering...

I am replacing my old i7 7700k because I thought it might be defective, it worked fine in my asus z170-a. So now I put in the new CPU which is the exact same as the one I used and now my computer won't boot, all the lights and fans come on but screen stays black, I also put my old CPU back in...

My Toshiba satellite L355D-S7825 is not wanting to connect to the internet. It says it's connected to an unidentified network and it doesn't get internet. At the bottom right of the screen it shows two blue computer screens. Other devices in the house can connect but this computer won't. It's...

I just built yesterday my new PC and the stock cooler that came with the FX-8350 is quite loud. Not just is it loud but it also can get quite hot while playing the simplest of games. The RPMs can get up into 5000s often. I was thinking on getting the Cooler Master 212 Evo; however upon...

Current - i7 2600k 3.4 GHz Need a CPU as cheap as possible that matches the performance at least. Located in Australia so AUD currency.

I bought new broadband Wi-Fi to use to my laptop but I don't know why I can't use it.. it shows IPv4 has internet while IPv6 has no internet access.. thus I tried using this Wi-Fi to my phone but here it works very fine. Can you please help me. I really have to use Wi-Fi in laptop I have urgent...

I have HP Compaq nc6220 with 2 GB RAM. Can i install Windows 10?

Hello, I've been trying to find a good notebook but that cost not more than 300 $ because I am from another country and the price will be 3x more on my currency (Yes its cheaper to buy from USA). So could anyone recommend one that's like or almost as good as Nvidia? I will be using it mostly...

So these are my current PC Specs - AMD athlon x64 4200+ Dual Core Processor @ 2.2ghz 3 GB of DDR2 RAM GT610 DDR3 2GB Graphics Card Now the Upgrades i have planned AMD Athlon x64 6000+ @ 3.0 ghz 4 GB of DDR2 Ram GT 730 2 GB DDR5 ZOTAC Edition So my question is, is this new config able to...

I am trying to decide whether to take the CCNA or the Networking plus to advance my IT career I am currently a level one help desk tech with an A+ and an Associates in computer networking. The classes I took to get the Networking associates degree where geared towards getting the CCNA degree...

I have a mate who I built a PC for and it's been used for gaming and is running well, but the CPU is limiting the GPU, so I have decided to find him a new CPU/Mobo combo. Currently, he has Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5GHz 8GB PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 Mini I have...

I have an ASUS b85m-e mobo with 4 ddr3 memory slots but I only have two sticks of memory (Hynix 2x8gb @1600mhz) does it matter which slots I put them into? Should they be close together?

The Mobo for this build is no longer for sale and im looking for a good replacement. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Yd9Dhq

I have recently built a new computer. Parts list are as follows: CPU - i5 7500 GPU - GTX 960 PSU - EVGA 500W 80+ Mobo - Asus B150M PLUS RAM - 8GB DDR3 1600MHz 1TB HHD The situation is that the computer refuses to post with no warning beeps. I have tried: -Reseating the RAM -Removing GPU and...

CPU:Core i5-6600 Motherboard:gigabyte h110m s2 GPU :Zotac Geforce GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 AMP! Edition IceStorm Cooling SSD : Samsung Evo 750 (250gb) HDD : WD 1tb blue RAM :Corsair 16GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2400Mhz PSU :Corsair RM Series RM550 550W 80 Plus Gold Certified Fully Modular...

Hello, so I've recently bought a new case for my computer so I put my motherboard and stuff in but when I tried to put my graphics card it doesn't line up right with the slots in the case. If I make it fit perfectly with the case then the graphics card pci connector is right below the pci slot...

So I have my PC monitor connected through DisplayPort, and I also have this nifty little DirectTV box which allows me to watch TV via HDMI. So when I switch from DP to HDMI, and watch TV, I don't hear any sounds with my headset. I tried connecting my headset USB in the actually box, but still...

Hello i would like to just know if it would be possible to upgrade my 970 to the 1070 in my Asus g20. I currently have a Gtx 970 but I'm not sure if my power supply will handle it. It's a brick which has 2 adapters in it like this. https://goo.gl/images/zMjS4G

If im going to buy a new motherboard that support up to 1886 Mhz can i still use my old 1333 Mhz 16gig RAM? P.S if it will work, can i do the same on a motherboard that support up to 2100mhz?

Hi.. i have had a gaming pc for like 2 years now and wanted to upgrade the ram...right now im using : Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 Crucial BallistixSport 2x4GB 1600MHz i5-4670K 2TB GTX 780 3GB i was wondering if i can replace my current ram with a 16GB DDR4 RAM (Corsair Vengeance LPX...

so im guessing its the different speeds, the new stick of 4GB is 1600mhz, while the other one is 1333, but i went to my friend´s house, and the 1600 one was working fine with other 2GB 1333 ones, so its maybe just my pc? what can i do? it says it has 8GB but only 4 can be useable? is the speed...

Hi, so basically I want to get a new CPU but im not really sure what to get, currently I have a I5 4460 and its just not cutting it for video editing. I have 32GB of DDR3 Ram and my mobo is the Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3. Should I go for the 4790K it should I save up more money and buy a new mobo and...

Does it take MicroSD in the expansion slot and which one would be best? Can anyone suggest a card from ebuyer or amazon?

Sorry for the vague title but I honestly have no idea what to call my set of problems right now... I'm having a few issues, the first and most important being with my internet. It seems every other time I boot up my computer it cannot connect to the internet, I know it is just a issue with my...

Hi, recently I bought a devastator II mouse and keyboard kit, the mouse has 3 additional buttons one which switches between three predefined DPI settings and two others on the side which can be bound to various things in game (I.E select grenade, melee, etc, etc.) However I have been wanting to...

Later this month (probably about the end of the year), I'm going to be installing a new PSU and GPU (and maybe a new CPU). It'll be my first time upgrading components and I'm confident about doing the hardware work, I'm not sure what has to be done software wise afterwards. Can anyone give tips...

Hello, My sister asked me as I am more experienced with computers but I still cannot decide what to get for her as a laptop. I want something that will have: 1. anti glare screen (she will use it outside as well) 2. fast processor 3. fast ram 4. storage hdd (more than 500gb and she will use...

My CPU seems to be dead. My GPU, Motherboard, Fans, And hard drives ALL stay on under one condition. That being I dont have my CPU power plugged in.

hi, ihave a lenovo laptop with windows 10 installed on it, a yellow vertical line has started appearing since two days, i have upadated the graphics display drivers software already.. but yellow line is still persisting... please guide me what to do..?