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Hello, My PC died suddenly. I played Skyrim last night and when I turned it on today, it showed no sign of life. I took it out and tested the PSU. I guess the PSU is ok because I connected the green and the black wires of the connector and the fan was working. I think it might be the motherboard...

So I bought a Samsung M.2 NVMe 970 250gb today and spent 15 hours trying to move my Windows 10 over to the new hard drive. For a long time it wasn't working on so many levels I cant remember anymore. Which got me to going into boot settings and formatting all my hard drives I had so I could...

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I updated the drivers while plugged into amd rig (1950x), then i went back to my i5 rig (was using it to test) and ater updating the drivers it posted... great i thought... so i put my 8700k rig backtogether and pluged the evga 1080ti back in and no post again but will post on AMD.

Specs for reference: CPU: Ryzen 2600 MOBO: Gigabyte B450M DS3H AM4 RAM: Ballistix BLS2K4G4D240FSB 8 GB Kit (4 GB x 2) DDR4 2400 PSU: EVGA Supernova NEX650G GPU: EVGA GTX 760 SC Just upgraded 3 weeks ago from: CPU: FX-6300 RAM: 1x8GB Crucial Ballistic Sport MOBO: AM3 Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 So...

So I have this old Hitachi drive from 2008, its been in a pc from storage and is super slow. It is super quiet and doesn't have any audible noises besides the hum of the spinning. Though, its super slow. Booting time can take up to 2 minutes with nothing installed on the drive except OS. Opening...

Look At this. My performance so poor because pcie x16 3.0 working on pcie x1 3.0.i tried to render ,but it didnt change. how can i fix that problem ? GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970

Wondering if anyone has the best spec's for a PC build for Video editing & .AI + .PSD graphics, only other thing that seems to slow me down is tons of chrome tabs that seem to hog memory in the Task Manager. Would be willing to invest another hundred or two if the jump is that much more...

I just recently cleaned my CPU with steps as follow: Using Air compressor to remove dust Removed the Fans and disconnect their wires, and slightly brush Removed CPU & CPU Fan, Replaced thermal paste Removed (2)Rams and Slightly Brush the Sockets Video Card I replaced the thermal paste...

pc really slow after clean windows install i just installed windows a few days ago it lags watching youtube videos cant even handle csgo over 20 fps and it keeps stuttering and haveing lag spikes please help

In my bios, it's showing a USB I haven't had plugged in for a year in the boot option #1 however I'm trying to get another USB to show up there, please help.

Can I use Noctua NH-U12s if I have 4 Sticks of HyperX Fury ? If it matters than its DDR3.

Hi I jst built my first pc around August an i had everything running smooth but out of nowhere just last week this weird problem showed up where every time im turn up or down my volume in game my fps drop from 120 fps to 0. My gpu and cpu temp stay between 50c and the usage on both is around...

Hey Guys, i'd like to upgrade my rig since I haven't purchased a new component (beside GPU's) since a long time. And if possible i'd keep some things. At the moment I use an ASRock Extreme4 z77, i7 3770k (air cooled with a Noctua NH-d14), 32gb of ram, 1080 ti and a Corsair AX 850. I am...

Hey, my xfx rx 580 seems to not see that I play flash player games and keeps gpu and ram clock at idle state which is 300MHz each for RAM and GPU. I know it's power management to make clocks low when not needed but my radeon software doesn't have any option to turn off that power efficiency...

I have downloaded Office 2016 but the readme file is unreadable. I looks like broken or something. The text in the file looks like this: Is there any way to fix the text files? Maybe its related to some Russian encoding or something I don't understand.

When I turn on my Dell Inspiron 15 3000 the screen stays black? The caps lock button is illuminated & the Disc player ejects?

I have a Linksys E1200 and I am having to do a cold boot (unplug it and replug it in the reset button does not work) to it about every week. I will have internet(wireless) on my device and then one of them will claim that it is not getting signal (connecting, saved, secerd over and over again) I...

I had just finished my first build and was installing windows 10 through a usb today however every single time I plug in a usb my computer just says "Please Power down and connect PCIe power cable(s)." This only happens when a usb is in however, with mouse and keyboard I am always booted up to...

Hello, I just built my first PC last week. Here are the specs. Aorus Gigabyte RTX 2070 i5 CPU 9600K-3.7 GHz 16 GB Ram ASUS Z390 Prime-A EVGA 850 SuperNova Corsair H100i Pro Yesterday, I was getting about 120 FPS on Overwatch. Today I am getting about 80 FPS. The only thing that has changed...

For a little background, I just rebuilt my PC as I wanted to move from an E-ATX to an ATX motherboard and a smaller case. Initially I installed everything in my new case, turned the system on, installed windows, and then set it to install its updates overnight while I slept. I installed no 3rd...

Hello, I have a question pertaining expanding my storage devices. I am trying to maintain a clean look with minimal cabling in my rig. I have a Maximus X Hero Wifi AC motherboard with a 960 EVO already slotted into the M.2_1 slot on the motherboard. My question is: If I buy a WD Blue m.2 1TB...

Hi, about a week ago i've performed a clean install of windows 10 on my computer. Formatted everything and installed a new operating system. Everything ran smoothly for approx. Few days. Then the other day i noticed that after my computer went to sleep, and i moved the mouse to bring it back, it...

When I play games my hwmonitor has my cpu usage at around 50-70 usage and my gpu usage between 90-100 usage but in task manager my cpu is always 95-100 usage in certain games and my gpu is always under 10 percent usage. I also get weird freezes with massive fps drops in certain games I have...

My pc will turn on without any problem but when I hold down the power button or do a shutdown through windows the pc will turn off but Fans (running at full power), lights, GPU, CPU cooler continue to run. Pressing the power button again or holding it will just turn the computer on. also there...

I have a Gigabyte AB350M GAMING 3 board.Since I brought it I am experiencing a strange issue with usage of my Ryzen 3 1200 in selective games.I play fallout 4 on my system and I got 40 frames on high settings at 1920x1080.My GPU is an RX 460.When I try playing the game at ultra,the CPU...

I've read a few threads on this topic but didn't get the specific answer I was looking for. I have a PSU (Corsair RM750x) with only a 4+4 EPS CPU power and my new ASRock Phantom 6 Z390 mobo has both the 8 and 4 ATX connector. I did read the manual which clearly states how to align a 4 pin in...

Working on getting my Q9650 rig dialed in. Started with an ebay found Q9650 for $22... Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme cooler from a member of the TPU forums. Motherboard is an Asus P53Q from a member at (overclockers.com). So this is a true community build. The rig started life as QX6850 but I...

I Have Zebronics 945 Motherboard. I only want to ask that can it run Core 2 Quad CPU?

So basically im going to build my first pc and after alot of searching i have come up with two different cpus Cpu:intel i3-8100 Motherboard: gigabyte H310M Or Cpu: Ryzen 2200g Motherboard: asrock B450M-HDV both will have a Zotac gtx 1050 ti mini 4gb and 16gb (8gb x 2) of ram. I'm not sure...

So I bought Destiny 2 and wanted to start playing, but my fps were off. I went to check temps on my gpus and cpu. both gpu's were at 60 degrees and cpu was at 65 degrees, everything was normal. Then I checked my gpu usage% and it's sitting at around 60%. What could be the problem here? I have...

Hello, it been like a week now, that my computer restart when i play video games.. like Rainbow six siege,, but when i start PUBG, it take few secondes and it restarts.. when i'm on Rainbow six it takes to long( like 3hours) my pc config : CPU : i7-7700K, 16Go RAM CORSAIR, GPU : EVGA...

Hello Guys, Recently I'm feeling that my system unable to running games at decent frame rate. I'm unable to play AC origins, Odyssey, Shadow of Tomb Raider at decent fps(they're running but with lags) So I'm looking for an upgrade for my gpu My current system is Intel i5 2400 12 gb ddr3 ram...

hello everyone i'm trying to find model of this laptop in the image(the one in the front of the guy), i think it's an HP(based on the speakers position) i appreciate everyone who helps me to find it. check the image: see image

I am planning a new build this year by taking advantage of the Black Friday deals. I am currently running a MINI ITX system with an i5 4570, GTX 760, 8 GBs of Ram, and 550 Watt PSU. I want to upgrade to a system that will be able to last me at least 5 years and can play games at 1440p with 60...

Hey guys, i'm planning to build this pc as a work/gaming station that can last for a good time before I have to upgrade it. I wanted to check if you can notice any problem with this build. - CPU Intel i7-8700k - Graphic Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080ti 11GB - 32gb RAM (2x16) Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4...

Hi guys. So I built my first PC (a few months ago actually, back in August), installed Windows 10 Pro, no anti-virus protection installed on it or anything because expert technician says that it makes your computer unstable. I am just using the Windows 10 virus protection itself and that seems...

I have a 2.4ghz 802.n 300mbps wifi pcie card in my pc. However, my internet speed is extremely slow: its speed hits 1mbps and whenever I try downloading something it fails to do so. On Windows 10 I am connected to the internet and no matter what I do I cannot get a faster speed. Is it because my...

Hi, so I was building pc with GTX 1060 6GB in it, and I can´t decide between Ryzen 5 1600 with ddr4 3000MHz CL15 RAM and Ryzen 5 2600 with ddr4 2666MHz CL16 RAM, I was told that Ryzen benefits from faster RAM, but will it be enough to overweight the difference between 1st and 2nd generation? I...

So i recently got a new mobo and cpu and it wouldnt let me use my old windows software and keep all my stuff because i forgot to uninstall some drivers. So i decided to format the drive and install a whole new windows 10 on it. Once I get into windows 10 i am able to do some things but I believe...