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This problem began about 2 weeks ago. I don't know why but every time I either turn on my PC, or wake it up, the fans speed increases to such a point where it sounds like it's about to explode. After 30 seconds, the fan dies down to idle speed but it then begins to make a revving noise. No...

I want to buy a 1060 but a friend told me its bad and i should get more money for a 1070 is it really worth it like how much of a difference of fps would it make in for example the witcher 3 or bf 1 on max if i get a 1060 ill get 8 more gb ram i got 8 now my cpu is i5 4460 if it mayters

i am building a pc for the first time mostly next week. i'm just waiting for the graphics card, the gtx 1080 to come. i have an idea on how to do it. i have watched countless of youtube videos. i can say i am nervous, 2k pc build on my first time is a bit scary. but the area around me, the pc...

so i have windows 8.1 it seems to crash and forcing me to manually restart everytime i let the disk usage get to high now im think that if i disable the apm/aam it would help but it seems thats not but i tried to disable it on crystal disk info but the options were grayed out is there any other...

I have 5 fans in my Chassie (zalman z9 neo). One of them has a normal 3 pin connector but i have 4 with the 4-pin molex and only 3 molex "ports" (?) on my psu. Can i connect the fans together and then put them in one molex port or what? Thanks for helping :)

So I recently bought and installed a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 LED. Going from the stock cooler I would Imagine that my temps would be A LOT better. I used to be able to stream while gaming and now I get horrible frame drops. I've reinstalled the heatsink multiple times to see if placement or...

Please have a look at the image: This is what I see when browsing Toms from Chrome. I do not see these advertisement on other browsers. And in Chrome, I do not see this kinda floating ad on other websites. I have checked chrome extensions, there's nothing fishy. Tried reinstalling chrome...

Hey so its my first time building a pc and ive had my friend help me out a lot and i wanted to double check its good so here is the link please post any feedback on my build down below:) I also need a monitor and have included one in my price range in the build please leave feedback on that...

Hey guys, my HDD is starting to fail (its about 4 years old now) and I want to buy an SSD to replace it...the only problem is I cannot find my windows 7 disc and don't want to purchase another one (I still have the product key though) Is there a way to backup windows 7 to the SSD/A disc that I...

So, I recently received a 960GB SSD as a gift which should be arriving this week. I plan on just making this the drive for the system and taking out my 1.5TB HDD and current 120GB SSD (Boot drive). I understand the whole thing behind read/write for SSD's and why it is better to use an SSD/HDD...

Hello, I have had my PC for two years but after using calculators and testing frame rate with my brother who was a very similar PC and my PC getting a lot fewer frames I am wondering if my PSU doesn't have enough wattage. I don't have crashes or my PC turning off just the performance Issues. I...

I bought the DDR4 2400 8gb x2 at the same time I bought the I5 6600k. When I was looking on intel, it only shows like 1600/2133. a friend of mine said 2400 wouldn't work so tried taking it back to the store to get 2133 but was told it would work fine, so figured Id get other ppl's opinion. thank...

can overclocking your gpu help fps in games that are cpu intensive (like csgo)

Hello guys, I've been having an issue with my dell inspiron 7559 which randomly stops detecting it's ssd and it doesn't even appear in the bios, I've tried removing it and installing it back on, but that did't seem to work, the thing is that at the next day the computer was working normally...

I've never really understood why some games are stuttery at 60- 80fps and only get smooth at > 110 fps using a 60hz monitor. I mostly play racing sims, so for example rfactor 2, assetto corsa, Iracing all do this. Some don't get to >100 fps so then I use vsync which smoothes it out but then I...

What is the best $200 gpu that will run games high/max settings. Please

1. What is your budget? Expecting to spend between $500 and $750. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" or less due to backpack constraints. 3. What screen resolution do you want? Doesn't matter. 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Doesn't...

I am looking to build a PC from scratch have a budget of £550 to buy everything but a graphics card this I have for free its a pretty decent one costing about £300. Just need idea's on stuff like processors ect...? I'd like to runs games mostly so was thinking along the lines of the intel i5...

Hey there TomsHardware community, I am having an issue with my computer and i can't seem to find the solution anywhere. For some reason my computer unexpectedly freezes without any prior notice. There are 2 types of freezes i experience. 1) While playing games, the computer freezes at random...

Hi all! i got a 3770k paired with a asus z77 mobo and i noticed that is reaching 4.2 ghz on full load on all 4 cores. i never touched the bios settings , the core voltage is 1.128 v when is on full throttle, i know this processor uses turbo boost but i think is only 1 core that reaches 3.9 ghz...