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Hi all, I am about to purchase a new gaming PC. I've pretty much decided on the spec (and its coming in around the 1500 mark for the base unit)... just unsure who I will get to build it. Many will say "build you're own, its cheaper!"... but I can't be bothered with all that, and money is not the...

Novatech, Chillblast, PC Specialist, Scan PC and they 3x department, Amari how do they compare, any experience of them, worked for them? Which are better? These are who Im am short listing for a workstation purchase and trying to find out whats not listed in their sites ie customer service...

Video Have taking this to a repair shop to be fixed and they reported it as working and ran a 1 hour test it while in Windows, I know it must have worked as Netflix reported a login for that area at the time of the test. Is there some easy fix for this issue? The lights in the bottom right of...

My pcs specs right now are an athlon x4 860k, 8dgb ddr3 at 1600mhz, zotac 1050ti oc 500w psu, a igabyte fm2+ motherboard the rest is pretty standard but im not sure what to upgrade im defenitly upgrading the case the a nzxt case but for cpu i think i will go ryzen 5 2600 and motherboard Asus...

Hello, I’m new here Last night I tried to over clock my GPU, (MSI GeForce 1030), I got the clock up to about 240 and everything was going grand, I then went up +40 and my display driver crashed, now windows are stretched horizontally infinitely, fonts aren’t loading, icons are missing and...

Hey all, I recently put in a water cooler for my cpu, a masterliquid cooler, but I noticed something, I mounted the fan on the top of the case using a push pull fan setup, but just recently I noticed an awful grinding sound when the fans run full speed - I removed the top fan “pull fan” and...

What is this? My ping was 17 in 2 matches yet it felt like I was stuttering around sometimes. Especially noticeable when moving from side to side and trying to aim, but not all the time. It messed me up in several one on one encounters. At one point at the end of my 2nd match, my ping went from...

Hi everyone, I recently built my first PC but I haven't been able to get a display on my vga monitor with the GTX 1080, I have tried all connections (DVI to HDMI, HDMI, HDMI to VGA etc...) but still no display. I would really appreciate some help as I have been trying to figure this out for...

This is my rig: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/QzgbKZ So I want to run two MX300s in Raid 0, so should I buy a raid controller or should I do it through software. Is one better than the other, and how do you actually set it up?

Hi, I have built my PC from scratch, finally, after some time searching and buying parts and finishing the pc case opening the top,etc. (it was a crap, an AIRIS case worn and dirty). The total price wasn't so high, probably 70€. The parts I used are: 2x160 GB Fujitsu HDD Core 2 quad q9550 2,86...

Hi There Just wondered if someone could shed an opinion on my current setup that I've been working on to see if it is a decent build - Specs are below, only thing left for me to get is the graphics card MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Socket LGA1151 Skylake Motherboard 16 GB RAM Corsair Vengeance 16GB...

Hello so i have quite new desktop pc (MSI GAMING M3 MB,i5-6600,8GB DDR4RAM, some EVGA 500W PS, Win10 64) and it´s quite annoying, that when i put it into sleep mode or it falls asleep by itself (no LEDs, fans ON) and i want to wake it up by pressing power button, it turns on the fans and LEDs so...

i successfully upgraded to windows 10...after that my Seagat external drive is not being recognized by Seagate Manager like it was before the upgrade...it is drive "H" and shows in file explorer...have tried the simple things like cables, plugs etc. and nothing....any help? thx...p.s. i am new...

I downloaded and played fine this game for a few days. but to fix this one minor problem it was suggested that I restart my computer so I did but now the game after logging into a character in the game world is instantly frozen. if i try to tab in and out of it. it works fine for about 3 seconds...

Hi I'm new to building desktops and I was looking for a good build for a decent gaming computer. My budget is ideally $600 but I do have a little wiggle room. I have no components ahead of time. I do have a friend of mine who has build his last 2 or 3 desktops and he'll be the one helping me...

I am unable to connect to any WiFi connection. I've tried many adapters, different USB ports (2.0/3.0). I've even tried using the WPS button on my adapter and router. After entering my WEP key, it gets stuck on Verifying and Connecting. I am currently using my laptop's Wifi, through a LAN shared...

Sir ,I have intel i3 2120 3.3 GHz processor. What is the best motherboard and graphics card for this processor without slowing my pc performance. Need the quickest and easiest solution for this. Plz hurry!!!

Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions on what could help fix hitching in games? Or is there really nothing that can be done? With GTAV, and countless other open world games, it always seems to hitch when driving around the city at 60FPS. This hitching is when textures/assets etc. stream in...

As the title states, I just installed a Gigabyte H81M-H motherboard and an Intel 3 4160 CPU in my PC. Since installing them, my computer's been running slower than before (both parts are upgrades from my previous). The Gigabyte site is telling me I have the most recent BIOS for the mobo (it's...

Hello everyone. I just built my first computer and everything went smoothly except for the cpu fan. It isn't spinning. When I power on the case, the fan turns slightly for a second and then doesn't move. The same process is repeated when the computer is powered down. My motherboard is a Msi...

So you have a computer with Intel HD Graphics 4000. You're probably wondering, How do I turn this old thing into a gaming machine? Well, there are a few things you can do, some being software-side and others being hardware-side, and the last being just buy a new computer. There are a few tweaks...

The GTX 980ti is about $150 overprice. It is not aggressive pricing regardless of how expensive the Titan X is. The Titan X is overprice garbage and should not be compare in price to the GTX 980ti. This is great marketing by Nvidia to fool buyer into thinking they got a great deal just...

Hi All I have got intel 3258 paired with asus h81M-v3 and by using cpu-z id , the stock voltage reaches to 1.089 at its stock speed , the temperature is high yet when i play Nascar using intel integrated graphics cpu temp reach to 60 degree @3.2ghz and 1.089v (stock voltage) with stock cooler...

ve gaming a lot. I bought a laptop back long ago, now it runs games like CS:GO on the lowest graphics possible. So time for a new one, but good gaming laptops are way expensive which can run latest games at highest visual quality as possible. I need a portable rig though, I remember mini PCs...

My mouse wont scroll. Wheel , right and left click work perfectly

well I did a newb move, I played with amd overdrive to improve gaming performance yep and i got my system to crash.. hooray blue screen... well at my first my pc was chasing its tail and kept rebooting crashing and rebooting, then i finally powered it on and off... barley logged in then i...

So as of right now I have budget of $700-$800 (This isn't including OS or Mail-in rebates) for a Gaming PC I'm planning on building soon. I'm wanting to be able to play CS:GO, LoL, BF4, GTA, CoD:AW, etc... At max too medium settings at 1920 x 1080p (with the minimum of 60fps). I'm also wanting...

Earlier today my screen went black and white out of no where. I am running an radeon R7 260x with the latest drivers and this just happened out of the blue. So far the only way I have found to get color back is to uninstall all of the video drivers.

I have a i7-5820 on an Asrock Extreme4 x99. I have the CPU ratio set to "All Core" and the All Core set to 44. So the system boots and says the processor speed is 3300Mhz. The OC Tweaker menu says Target CPU/Cache/BCLK speed is at 4400 Mhz/ 3300 Mhz/ 100.0 Mhz. When I run any stress testing...

I have a problem with my 1 month year old computer, when I'm playing TF2 it would just close randomly. Could you help me guys!? SPECS : CPU : i5 4460 GPU : MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G COOLER : Intel Stock Cooler RAM : Corsair Vengeance 8GB [Dual Channel] PSU : Corsair CX600M MOTHERBAORD : MSI Z97...

I can't see my flash drive or open it

Chasis: NZXT Phantom 410 = P4,390.00 Processor: Amd Vishera FX-8350 Black Edition 4.0GHz = P8,950.00 CPU: Cooler Master Hyper 212X = P1,699 Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ Killer Series = P5,070.00 or ASRock 990FX Extreme4 = P6,990.00 Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 770 Super Clocked 2GB...

i am using torrent for a bit already since i got my pc and every time i download any 1 gig of games or etc... it gave me a normal speed for my internet about 200kb or 300kb before. but today i just find out that everytime i download any torrent that is even 700mb or higher i only had a speed of...

I was looking into the H440 case by NZXT for its aesthetics, water cooling capacity, and its silent operation, but im wondering about a few things. It has white led accents, even on the black and red model of the case, and i was wondering if it was possible to change out the white led located...

I want to upgrade my pc because its quite old.I m not going to buy a new mothebroad or a new pc.So i want to suggest me some good graphics cards and processors for ddr1 Specs:2GB Ram ATI Radeon 9600 Series AMD Semprom 2600+ Windows 7(Graphic Card drivers is not...

Hello. Recently I replaced my old A10-5800K with a A10-6800K. The install went smoothly and everything was grand, but some games are performing worse than before. Take Battlefield 3 for example, I used to play on medium/high settings at 60-80 FPS but now I struggle to stay at 40 with lower...

Hello, I have a Dell Studio XPS desktop with a Single NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 graphics card fitted. It has two outputs on the back for monitors but I can get no signal from the second output. The literature on the web says that this card will support two monitors. Both monitors have been...

im having this problem where if i attempt to use a macro on the windows 7 lock or login screen the enter key would appear to be stuck after desktop loads. im rather sure its razer synpase as the problem was removed when uninstalled and a quick google search revealed that others have had this...

I have been recently getting this problem with the message above. This happens when i run a game on about medium settings. But looked around and saw some people saying it is a physx issue and if you put physx on the cpu it solves the problem but I dont know if my cpu can handle it. I have an...

I have a Sans Digital TR8M+B 8 bay HDD storage unit that connects via 2 Firewire cables to a SATA Port Multiplier card. The problem is that the hard drives freeze during transfers or any data access. I plug them directly into the motherboard -- ZERO issues. Speed is fine, SMART data is fine...