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So the problem is my rig is overheating and stuttering when i want to play games like BF4, BF3, GTA IV ect on high. My GPU could handle it easily even on medium my rig starts stuttering after a 20-30 minutes of playing due the heat. PC Specs Processor: AMD A10 6800K with stock cooling PSU...

I plugged two 8pin connectors into my zotac 970 amp omega and after turning the pc on, I smelled burnt Plastic... I had previously had the 970 running fine with an 8 pin and a 6 to 8pin, but I wanted to support two full 8pin connections before I attempted to OC. The card still powers up as far...

Need help with choosing between the RipJaw DDR4 3200 vs 3300 as there is a $250 difference. Need help with finding some cooling for the M.2 SSD as they are said to run HOT. - New Build - Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor...

CPU fan slows to a crawl on a 4 pin connector, ~90-100 rpm, when plugged in all the way. My guess is that the PWM pin wire has a short. When I move the wire the fan will speed up to normal or stop spinning. I've done a temp solve by bending the PWM pin on a different header (Front header...

These are my last 2 builds and one of them are going to be the victor. They both come at around same price, however I have no clue performance wise. Intel build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cYhgCJ AMD build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7dm7P Can someone tell me which build is better performance...

I have windows 7 home and need to upgrade to professional as Sage taxation won't run on home which my laptop is. Can anyone let me know if I can upgrade.

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I have tried to find the best method to apply thermal paste, but not everybody all agrees on one right method to spread thermal compound. Whats the best way to apply thermal compound? How much paste do I put? A pea? A grain of rice? Some say to spread the paste with a credit card or spread it by...

CPU: AMD (Piledriver) FX-4350 4.20GHz (4.30GHz Turbo) Quad-Core Unlocked Processor Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2048MB Graphics Card RAM: 8GB PC3-12800C9 1600MHz DDR3 Memory (32GB Supported) Motherboard: GIGABYTE AMD 760G Chipset Motherboard Cooler: AMD Socket AM3+ CPU Cooler Audio...

These are my specs i5 4690k R9 270x ASUS Z97-K I was playing titanfall on integ yesterday and it wasfine but when I put in my new gpu today there are so many drops, why?

I'm not new to pc's but i cant figure out why i have had so many blue screens, can someone please help me figure out the problem? sometimes i get a blue screen if i'm playing games, or even browsing the internet! i had one today when i tried to update my Windows Experience index. i have the...

I just got done downloading some mods for my skyrim game and now everytime I try to go into the game it closes without any warning

Hey guys, I decided to install Liquid cooling to my PC, Cooler Master Seidon 240m. This happened a couple of hours ago, before, my PC ran beautifully, but I was worried about heat from the CPU, which is why I installed the cooling. For some odd reason, I can no longer boot my PC. I press the...

what is the best ram frequency to use on an SLI setup of gtx770's and o/c as well

Hello there, I have recently ran into some trouble... My PC Wasn't running as well as it used to so I decided to try and just reset the whole thing using the windows 8 reset, restore or refresh. I have tried all three and they each fail and say something along the lines of "Could not reset, No...

Hi, I am buying a Cooler Master Hyper T4 CPU cooler for a Gigabyte 970A-D3P, Using the CPU FX 8320. I was wondering am I able to just use the clips (No backplate) on the cooler in the already placed plastic mounts on the motherboard? Thanks

Hello everyone, i recently built a new PC that i will be using for Gaming, Modeling, Animation and a bit of Photoshop like stated in the title. To go with that PC i want to buy a new monitor and i will use my old one as a secondary/reference monitor for when i work on a project. I was looking...

I have read some post here n other sites. i do understand the basic for this that it have a small flash which will be faster in booting, n some work load. But since i planning to buy 1TB HDD or SSHD. i need to know few things more. I am sure it will handle browsering, streaming, net, chatting...

I want your help to build pc with Case Midi Xman Gamer Black-Silver please if you can say me what motherboard, psu, gpu, cpu to get inside thank you!

Hi, We had a power outage that lasted for about 2 seconds. When I went to power on the comp nothing happened. The power onboard PWR LED on the MOBO is lit solid. I pressed the power button and the case fan lit up and spun for 1 second then nothing. I removed the GFX card, WIFI card, Capture...

I have a pretty new drive that already seems to be failing me. My computer constantly freezes for no apparent reason. My drive is a 500GB Hitachi hard drive. It just contains some steam and origin games, about 100GB worth. Heres a screenshot of what I saw . Why is my drive already failing...

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I looking for a motherboard that good with gaming and multitasking I want to know if i have to get a atx or micro atx or something else?? I just don't know...the cpu is a Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core and i want to know IF ican overclock and i im just asking and i don't know what...

So for the last 4 months i have had a Zotac GTX 770 AMP! 2GB, i have been using an HDMI cable to attach it to my Acer G246HL monitor capable of 60Hz at 1920x1080p. Over night (Less than 10 hours of being turned off) The monitor is not recognized by the HDMI connection from the graphics card to...

I have the XFX R7-260X from here against the EVGA GTX 750 Ti from here in my eye of possible graphics cards. Which is one is a better bang for my buck? I would be open to other candidates but won't exceed a budget of $200. If it helps, I'm upgrading from an XFX Radeon HD 6570 2GB DDR3 card.

Hello, Is this system ok with my 650w PSU I keep having doubts it's enough power?? Also my mobo and PSU listed below have connectors for ATX 24-pin AND ATX 12v 8-pin should I use both of these? and last of all does this graphics card just connect to the mobo then the PCI-E cable from the...

pcpartpicker: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/user/maxwowo/saved/3kM323 can it run skyrim modded on ultra smoothly?

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Hello people! I'm looking to get a powerful gaming laptop and the Alienware 17 and NP9570 (Sager) caught my eye. Which one is worth getting over the other?

Hi guys, Ive just installed a new GPU to my mobo.. I just want to make sure that i've put it into the correct slot, I know some mobos have pci 2.0 slots and 3.0 slots. On my motherboard 2 slots are black, and one is yellow coloured. Which of these slots is PCI 3.0 and which is 2.0? Thankyou in...

I'm putting this under videogames because of the circumstances of this problem I am receiving. First up: My specs. Asus N61JQ-X2 ATI Mobility Radeon 5730, currently using available driver from AMD Catalyst. 8 GB RAM. 500GB Seagate SSD/HDD Hybrid drive. Now, this is a problem that I have been...

My PC configuration is this Intel DH55TC Motherboard. Intel i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz ATI Radeon 6770 1GB DDR5 2048 MB Ram PSU : Corsair VS550w UPS : APC 600V Actually, When i play games like Counter Strike then no restart occurs, but when i play games like DOTA 2, Crysis 3, Assasin Creed IV, other...

Hi, this will be my first time building a PC and I was wondering if the parts I have picked out would work well for me and whether I should replace any of them. I will be using the PC for heavy gaming and my budget can't go much higher than $1000 (excluding monitor), any feedback is greatly...

i have windows xp 32 bit and graphic card geforce 9500 gt.intel pentinum duol core cpu 2.7ghz.can i run it

I am trying to think of where and what price I should sell my 360 at. I have the Star Wars bundle with everything except the ****** game. I also I have Mass Effect trilogy, Battlefield 4, Assassin's Creed 4, MGS HD collection, Red Dead Redemption GOTY, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Black Ops...

What is the best DDR 3 Memory I can buy for my laptop. Something better than DDR 3 yet? I don't think so. I now have: DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V • Thanks

I've done some research on SSD's and Hybrid drives and was just wondering some few things. How long is the typical life span on an SSD and Hybrid drive? I know that writing to the SSD is the main thing that kills the lifespan but with the hybrid It stores things on cache, is that the same as...

I have a samsung sa350 syncmaster 24' monitor LED. Got it from the store used. All it does when I plug it into my windows vista is flash HDMI, then analog, then shut off by itself. Itll immediately trun off if I press the change button. I installed the driver and firmware...same issue. Maybe...

Hey I will not overclock my cpu, don't want the extra power consumption and to pay more monet for exlectricity. Or is it worth to overclock? The custom cooler, I'd never use that! So noisy and they get hot. 212+ evo is a good one, but I'm a bit afraid of instaling it ( don't want to mess...