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Hello. I have a decent gaming desktop with a thick PSU filter. It has 1.5 inch tall feet, which deliver plenty of air flow to the psu. I was wondering if I can put my desktop on the carpet without anything bad happening. Thanks!

I haven't been around for a CPU release in a long time. I was looking at maybe getting the i9 9900k and saw that there is a $50 price difference on it between Amazon and Newegg. Is this normal? I assume that Intel has a suggested price these should be sold for and both Amazon and Newegg know...

So I ordered a new motherboard. The Z170-AR and then i found out i need a sixth gen processor to possibly get it started however i have an i-7700k. I was wondering if i absolutely have to buy a new cpu? i read on a forum on here that newer z170's come updated usually so they dont need a sixth...

Hello guys! Been troubleshooting for a coupe of days with the help of different people and I haven't been able to get a Crucial MX500 ssd to be visible in the drives list nor is it visible if I try to install Windows. The drive is connected in the bottom socket of the mobo, the one beneath the...

As the title describes im needing a case to fit the following https://pcpartpicker.com/user/gmanho/saved/ppqP3C The cases I am looking at are the following two, Thor V2 W and the Skyline-06-WR. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811353100...

I listen online to various audio files such as the litany of the saints, the rosary etc. Most of these files I can download for free and have but that means being at the computer to listen to them. I know nothing about players and just want something I can use to put the files on and listen...

Hello. I have a laptop, the OS is Windows 10 and the drive type is HDD. I recently bought a drive type SSD and installed Windows 10 on it. Now, I want to try the SSD, install it on the laptop, replacing the HDD. Just to try it, not permanently. My questions are, if I install the HDD back on the...

I have a Mac mini 1.4 i5 and I have a 3.0 i7 cpu will the i7 work in this ?

Hi guys I accidentally broke one of my fans inside my case. The fan was sucking air in from the back of the case on the left of the mobo, if that makes sense. My case is a Zalman Z11 and the fan that I broke looks like this https://imgur.com/a/Umb9LnC I'm looking for a great replacement fan...

I bought new pc and it had pre-installed windows 10 and it all needed an activation. So I handed it to computer analyst, But he unknowingly installed windows (that too a copied version)and thus I lost my pre-installed version of windows 10.Is ther anything I can do to recover my activation key...

The Processor is Intel Core i3-5005U 4th Gen 2.0Ghz. i'd mainly be using C# and java

Hi, I am having a power issue with my PC. I recently purchased a "Inateck Superspeed 7 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card" for more USB 3.0 slots to run my Oculus rift sensors. I also have a "Cable Matters Active USB 3.0 Extension Cable" with a 5v power supply to add more power due to the...

Hey guys. I'm between 5 motherboards for my Ryzen 5 2600. I'll mainly be using my PC for gaming but I also plan on using it for occasional browsing and what not. Idk if my GPU matters but I'll be sporting an MSI-Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card along with 16GB of ram. I originally was going...

I am running 4 monitors on my computer with 2 graphics cards....the other day I had my computer in sleep mode for a couple hours, then when I tried to wake it up, the fans and power stared pulsing on and off , I restated the computer and it continued pulsing on and off, no boot up..I put in a...

Modders discovered a secret "VrMode" in the Nintendo Switch that could hint at plans for the console to be a possible VR device in the future. Modders Discover Secret 'VR Mode' in Nintendo Switch : Read more

Is there anyway I can clock my RAM up to it's advertised frequency? Here are my PC specs: Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bit CPU AMD FX-6300 18 °C Vishera 32nm Technology RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-28) Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 R2.0...

Will an Acoustic Audio PSW-6 powered subwoofer work with my Sony STR-DH550 amp? The amp has two black RCA type outputs for the sub and the sub has L/R red & white RCA inputs as well as high level L/R +/- spring type connectors... thx

Hello, I've just bought a PC from a friend, the specs are: i5 3330 GTX 1050 10gb RAM 550w 1tb hdd So, i tried to turn it on, and it says 'No Signal Detected'. Okay, I removed the graphics card because the cables are all good, i removed the RAM, got it working but just for the moment. Now I have...

Which case is better for ryzen 3 1200 https://www.varle.lt/m/korpusai/ibox-pc-korpusas-i-box-orcus-x19-gaming--6457280.html Or this one - https://www.varle.lt/m/korpusai/genesis-obudowa-titan-750-red-midi-tower-z-oknem--8382989.html

Hi guys I'm getting an NZXT h700 case with a x62 AIO and I'm wondering how i should place the fans and aio? -Should the AIO go at the front with its 2 (140mm)) Fans and then move the 3 (120mm) fans to the top and leave the 1 (140mm) in the rear? Or should aio go on top and leave the 3...

Not able to reinstall windows 10, the usb that came with my windows 10 can't be formatted. when trying to open up setup or boot from usb it says that something is wrong with dll. i even tried to format my harddrive and install a fresh windows 8.1 on it. but no luck. seems like i have to install...

I have an SDD as the active partition for windows 10, a 1tb HDD and a 4tb HDD. I want to remove the 4TB HDD but after deleting the partition and removing it, it messes up my win explorer and applications. I assume this is because I installed win 10 with all the drives connected. How do I safely...

Need drivers for Universal Serial Bus Controller, and PCI Simple Communications controller, the disk that came with the motherboard is no help and the motherboard manufacturers website doesn't seem to have them, where else can I find drivers for these things?

Hi everyone, good evening. I'd like to ask you guys about how can I get audio from my monitor (D2342P LG) that I wanna use to play PS3/4 but I don't know how to get sound from my console. I've got this sound system Creative A520 and my monitor has a 3.5mm audio jack on the back of the panel and...

The tactic is great if you are an aggressive player or if you just want to get some action in the game. But remember, you will have higher chances of taking damage or maybe getting killed if you are not good enough in fighting at Fortnite. But if you want to try out this tactic, check out the...

what should i do next after upgrading and installing the processor?

Hi, I'm using second screen on my gaming laptop. My GPU is Nvidia GTX 1060. I checked my screen options and I saw my second screen using GTX1060. Laptop screen using intel gpu. How can I set nvidia gpu for my laptop screen. I don't want to use second screen with nvidia gpu. I connected my...

Hi i am about to buy a x3470 for renovate my old pc with p7h55 asus(1156 socket) motherboard, finally i found out this guy in youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJKANg0kIAM The motherboard is like mine a plain asus p7h55 (without m or any letter behind) if like can seen in the vid the...

I get this buzz sound from my speakers connected to my computer when the bathroom water heater which also has a pressure booster pump is turned on. Each time it is turned on, I get a buzz sound in my speakers; and goes when it's turned off. And I see the buzz comes via the headphones jack...

Hi! I just bought this used Motherboard and CPU: Asus P8h67-v + I5 2500 I had an I3, but instead of stuff working better I had huge FPS drops in games (Overwatch, Fortnite), I tried everything to solve it but nothing worked till I remembered to check the temperature I lowered the CPU...

Can "Ryzen 2000 Ready" Motherboards (like Gigabyte AX370M-Gaming 3) support Ryzen APUs without BIOS update?

Hi, just simple question. I have KIS licence for 2 PCs and I would like to add another one on renewal. I know you can't renew from KIS to KTS for example, but can you change the amount of devices you want to renew? I can't try this myself now as I can't renew it yet, but I would like to know in...

So I came back home after work to find that my PC has restarted and when I log back in I get an error stating: Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown. I'm not sure from what or how but the problem details are: BlueScreen: OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 BCCode: d1...

Hello..Today ( 12.06.2018 ) I went into my bios and i changed some graphic thing , i dunno ( i had 3 options - auto - CPU Graphic or something like that and epc , i dunno , i don't remember ) and now between the time when I start the pc and the welcome screen shows up the screen remains black ...

i decided to buy a 144hz 1ms 1080p monitor so i found the asus vg248qe but as u know it's old https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/7629ecb so i found a new one called asus mg248Q ... i mostly play [ bf series - cod - r6 - lol ] here is the specification...

Hello My PC specs: 8700k maximus x hero Domintor platinum 3200 2 x 8 GB (16GB) Evga supernova g2 750w H150i pro rgb AIO cooler 570x crystal case 1070 evga ftw. So i wish to try run my ram which is rated at the above speeds @XMP lower for compatibility/stability reasons. Seen if i can...

Hello, I just build my pc. But my graphics card does not detect. I'm using GEFORCE GTX 1060. Motherboard Z370M D3H with 16GB RAM. Windows 10 pro. How can i solve the problem?

Fortnite suddenly started running at less than 30 fps on my first monitor, but runs perfectly fine on my 2nd monitor, anyone have any tips to help me out here?

Hello everyone! So I have an i-7 2600k Sandybridge at 3.4GHz with two GTX 980's in SLi. I was just hoping to get some input from the community regarding my plan to upgrade from the SLi setup to a single GTX 1080ti. Would I see any significant upgrade? And also, I'm on the fence over upgrading...

Hello dear Community, my problem is i dont get my cpu over 49% in benchmarks. i tried to set the Maximum processor state to 100% but it did not ferform any better. I got this result at userbenchmark: Performing way below expectations and there stood that my CPU throttled at 49% by Windows...