old build

I have an old system that I primarily use as a Plex server/Media PC. Recently, the GPU died, and so I need to figure out a new alternative. I had ordered an AMD RX 5500 xt on a good deal, but when I boot with it, the Bios screen flashes (and I can get into BIOS) but after that, I get a black...

I wanted to get into BIOS to change the boot order on my computer. When spamming delete or f2 on the splash screen, it would bring up a black screen and if I moved my mouse, it would bring up a green cursor that could move but there was nothing to interact with. I couldn't leave this screen with...

Approximate Purchase Date: This month Budget Range: 300$(?) System Usage from Most to Least Important: playing/streaming - RPG games,MMOs nothing too fancy/demanding Are you buying a monitor: Yes Parts to Upgrade: GPU,Monitor and PSU to match I guess Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred...

My computer is getting rather old. I built it mid 2016, and it was incredibly fast. It still does fairly well for what it is, but I need to build a new one. The specs: ASUS Rog Maximus VIII Formula Intel i7 6700K Corsair H115i water cooler 32G DDR4 Sata 1TB SSD Corsair CX850 M Power...

Green vertical lines on monitor, orange triangle on gpu(device manager) 2 monitors not working(only one works at a time),gpu doesnt show on task manag Hi, so i was just playing a minecraft mod(Rlcraft which requires good specs) on my pc when it suddenly crashes, then i get an error saying...

So i stored my PC for almost 2 years as i had no room for it. I unpacked this past weekend, cleaned all the parts and tried to boot up. As i stated no signal from GPU or onboard graphics when GPU is installed. The system starts up, Post and sounds like it fully boots, but no signal either from...

Hey Guys, Was wondering if anyone had any advice on this for me. Ive had my pc for about 4 years now which I built myself. All of a sudden 2-3 weeks ago I tried to play a game (The Forest) through steam, and upon starting the game my pc would just shut down and restart. All fans, lights and...

Currently running a Dell Precision T7400 I got used for $200 a few years ago; has been working well since then aside from a few memory sticks burning out intermittently (most have been replaced; currently at 12Gb 6x2 DDR2). However, this rig hates losing power and tends to act up if booted...

Hi there, I currently have a pretty old system which has an lga 775 socket with a pentium e5700 dual-core processor at 3ghz attached to it. As said in the title i would like to upgrade my cpu to better handle video editing, but i currently dont have the budget to upgrade my motherboard so i...

Hi, I am a newbie to computer hardware. I have the following system (old one, built in 2010-11) Intel Dual core E5400 2.7GHz Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L motherboard 4GB DDR3 800MHz RAM 500GB HDD No graphics card. Windows 7 ultimate I am into WordPress & PHP website development and my typical...

Let Me Start Off With The Specs: Motherboard: Intel An430TX CPU: Pentium 200 MMX PSU: Some old 300W, I know its old because it has a floppy 4 pin linked up with the 4 pins Molex GPU: I Don't Know buddy sold it to me, came out of an IBM but it works Sound card: Same Deal^ RAM: 128MB PC100...

Hey guys, I'm having trouble figuring out the most effective upgrade I can invest in. Planning to do the update this month, and have approx. $4-500 for it. Currently, I have the following: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50 Ghz GPU: ASUS Radeon R9 270X They are on an ASUS B85-PRO GAMER...

hello world i have an older system i wanted to rebuild with newer hardware. it haz 2 xeon processors and an old gtx gpu and some old ram sticks. nothing fancy. so after couple weeks and a forum post later i now have my third PSU installed. a corsair RM 850x with 2 CPU connectors obviously. i...

Hi I'm building a rig with old components i live in Ecuador and Is really expensive to buy technology here. So my MSI k9a2 platinum died and i bought a gigabyte ga-ma790x-ud4p for my AMD Phenom X3 8650 and i need a GPU that doesn't bottleneck with these CPU i apreciate any suggestions

Hey guys, My friend asked me if I could upgrade his PC for him. Just the CPU and Motherboard. I am having trouble deciding between these two: Intel Pentium G3258 AMD A6 6400K They are both about the same price but the AMD has a higher clock speed... By the way it's not for gaming... he does...