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    Question Why does my pc keep shutting down?

    Hi 🙂 I've bought a new PSU (Corsair RM750x),(the previous PSU burnt). After installing the new one, when I turned on the pc, motherboard beeped and after that, it boots without any beep, but it runs very slow and shuts down randomly. What do you think about the problem? Can the problem be the...
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    [SOLVED] New Motherboard Old cpu

    Hello, so i dont have enough money to get a new whole PC so i decided to upgrade the PC piece by piece my current pc specs are so low (i3 4160U, amd radeon R7 240 series, 6 ddr3 ram) so, i decided firslty to chage the Motherboard and get new ddr4 rams and after i will buy cpu and gpu i wanted...
  3. techflame700

    [SOLVED] In theory, what is the slowest CPU that can run Windows 10?

    Title says it all. Also, for the record, I am not actually going to attempt to use / build a machine with whatever CPU it is (obviously). This is just a question I can’t seem to get out of my head for some reason. The CPU requirements are so vague I don’t even know where to start. Here’s a link...
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    [SOLVED] Can I overclock this CPU on this motherboard?

    Hello guys, for ages I have wondered if I can actually overclock (and how?) this old generation CPU. I would love to get some newbie-friendly guidance as I am not really much versed with computers and hardware in general :). Here is the CPU and motherboard: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core...
  5. oliver.kausland

    Question Overclocking old CPU

    Hi, I have a Amd athlon 2 x4 640 which is a bit old. I was wondering if I could overclock it or is it too old? Here the specs: Gtx 960 500w 8gb ddr3 1tb hdd msi 870a-g54 Amd athlon 2 x4 640
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    Question Cpu spiking despite having new glue and cpu cooler.

    Hello as the title says my cpu is spiking despite having new thermal paste and a cpu cooler on it i put it on a month ago. I recently installed A GTX 1060 in my system and now my cpu is spiking like mad when gaming(destiny 2 mainly) the core readings on my core temp jumps to like 200 degrees...
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    Asus crosshair formula z bios update 2016

    First off by no means am I an expert at computers or any variation thereof, I am a MMORPG gamer, and I just recently upgraded my old pc parts , biostar tz68+, i3 3220, 8gb ram, 1tb hdd, windows 10, msi gtx 760, to an Asus crosshair formula z, amd FX 8150, 8gb 1600mhz ram, FX water cooler, 250gb...