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    Will this fan splitter work with my motherboard?

    Hi all, Ordered a fan splitter, but as per the third picture, it's only showing 3 pins instead of 4. Will this fan splitter work with my motherboard and fans, and will the fans still have the auto fan speed adjust control (PWM)? Case fans...
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    [SOLVED] shark fin antena

    Guys..im using asus rog maximus XI Formula motherboard..it comes with a shark fin antena,is it necessary to use it?cause i can still get wifi connection without plugging in the antena, or does it improve the wifi stability?
  3. zrkraus

    New to OC, would love some advice

    So just recently I upgraded my CPU to an i7 8700k, and I know that with this gen of intel processors you have the ability to put it into "turbo mode" which essentially gives you access to the full 4.7 GHz capability of the CPU. Im running an asrock z370 killer mobo, and a cooler master hyper 212...
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    [SOLVED] Will these components be good for 144hz gaming?

    Im planning on upgrading to ryzen 2700x. Will this processor give me stable 144fps in games like fortnite, black ops 4, rainbow six siege etc. I am running a 1070 gpu and don't mind playing games with medium or possibly low settings. I always play 1920x1080 res. and 1080p. All answers are...
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    [SOLVED] Difference between Intel 4790k and 9900k?

    Hi guys.. I have a standard system setup of a Intel 4790k running at 4400 MHZ in turbo mode. 16GB ram and a GTX 960 2GB Video Card (1080P monitor)... The system is still great but when I originally built it I went a little cheap on the GPU thinking i will upgrade to 4k GPU + Monitor down the...
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    help me for choosing right psu

    first of all sorry for my english i have only 2 option for new psu first is : coolermaster v650s second is : fsp hydro g750 my system is : i5 3570k 4.2ghz ~ 4.8 ghz 12gb ddr3 1600 mhz cl8 gtx 760 2gb >>> i have a plan for gtx 1060 6gb one HDD 7200 rpm five 120mm case fan help me to decide
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    RMA Troubles with Deepcool

    So...TL;DR: PC ran fine for almost a year One day, 30-40 fps in Rocket League for some reason DeepCool Captain 240 EX RGB leaked MSI GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC semi-dead, 445pts in 1080p Furmark benchmark RMA request directly to DeepCool, they will ship an AIO replacement and agreed for 650CAD to...
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    How to connect Bluetooth transmitter receiver to speakers

    Hey guys, I have a 2.1 speaker setup which isn't Bluetooth, however I one of them battery Bluetooth receiver transmitters that plugs in the aux, however I have to turn on the Bluetooth receiver everytime I want to use the speakers via Bluetooth (only use bluetooth), and if nothing is connected...
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    Urgent help regarding buying a laptop

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-Laptop-15-6-Full-HD-Intel-Core-i5-8300H-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-Graphics-1TB-HD-8GB-SDRAM-15-cx0056wm/483750580 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/dell-g3-15-gaming/spd/g-series-15-3579-laptop/fndog3f1421hbseq4...
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    Compatibility issues with motherboard

    Hi guys I was wondering if you could help me in regards to piecing some hardware together to make a build. Basically I have two parts below being the motherboard and case. I was wondering if you'd be able to tell me if they would work together and that the motherboard will support an i3 2120...
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    Which cpu for VMware workstation (4-5 vm’s + host)

    Hello, As above, will a 4 core i7 8565u run 4-5 vm’s okay with 32gb of ram? Either through hyper-v or VMware workstation. I’m looking at 2 different laptops, one is a dell inspiron 7730 which is proper workstation grade laptop. It has a quadro p3200 and room for up to 128gb of ram and a great...
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    Can't get past "Press f2 or del to enter uefi bios settings."

    Motherboard : asus h110 plus Cpu : i7 7700 Ram: 16gb corsair Gpu: 1080 ti msi When I boot up the pc it freezes at screen saying "Please press f2 or del to enter uefi bios setting." None of the keys work, tried clearing cmos and tried without hdd and ssd but still not working.
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    Amazon's Smart Home Sale Includes $10 Smart Plugs, Bulbs

    A can't miss deal for budget-strapped smart home fans. Amazon's Smart Home Sale Includes $10 Smart Plugs, Bulbs : Read more
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    My laptop can't detect ethernet

    Okay so I've told all my much more tech savvy friends about this issue and when none of us could figure this out they told me to make an account and ask here. So basically, I have an AlienWare 17 laptop and when I plug in any ethernet cord (ones that confirmed work) my computer doesn't detect...
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    Please Help! Need schematic for EVGA X58 LE motherboard!

    As the title says, I have one bad component on the board "D11" and I have no way of knowing what it is. Or if anyone with this board can tell me what it is, it would be greatly appreciated!
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    RM750x good psu?

    Hi! i just bought a new PSU its an corsair RM750x after my evga 500b bronze just died :( I want to know if i did a good choise for use in my pc and upgrade in a future This is my pc: Gtx960 4gb ssc fx6300 3.5ghz 1tb 7.2 sata disk asus m5a78l-m usb3
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    Laptop HDD not detected in BIOS or Windows 10 installation from USB

    When I boot my laptop without a USB it boots directly into the BIOS. There are no HDDs in the boot order which I can see. When I put the USB with the Windows 10 installation media in, it boots to the Windows 10 installer. However, when asked where to install Windows, it says 'we couldn't find...
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    Asus PCE-AC88 network card crashing my pc

    Hi all, Issue : 10/28/2018 I'm trying to get my asus PCE-AC88 card working. I can boot to windows and the card works. Within a few minutes I get a blue screen of death. The screen doesn't even last long enough for me to catch the error code and the pc restarts. This will be an endless loop. I...
  19. _dawn_chorus_

    AVX2 vs SSE Frequency?

    I am reading this history of bins from Silicon Lottery: https://siliconlottery.com/pages/statistics and I am just wondering what the difference between those two frequencies are? I have never overclocked before so I am a total newb. Which of those would be the frequency when people state they...
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    i5 GTX 1060 bottleneck?

    I have an i5-4460 and a GTX 1060 (3GB). In Overwatch, for example, my CPU cores are pretty much always at 100%, resulting in some fairly sub-par performance considering it's a 1060. Should an i5 be bottlenecking this graphics card? My friend said that even an i3 should run with a 1060, so what's...
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    Compability between them

    Hi im going to build myself a new gaming computer , and i wanted to know if it's all compatible or not thanks anyway CPU- AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6 Cores 3.6GHz/ 4.25GHz GPU- GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB MOB- MSI AM4 B350M Gaming Pro RAM- G.Skill Kit 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200MHz PSU- Corsair CX450...
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    GTX 970 Upgrade to RTX 2080

    I know it's been asked before but i will ask again. I have had my GTX 970 for 4 years now and it's been a fantastic card, but is it time to get the RTX 2080? I have an i7-7700K, 16GB ram. I want to get the RTX 2080 and a new Corsair RM850x White 850 Watt. I only play race sims, Assetto Corsa and...
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    2 usb 3.0 ports on case, do I need 2 usb 3.0 headers on the motherboard?

    I've never done a build before so this may seem like a really dumb question. Though I think that the usb 3.0 ports turn into 1 usb 3.0 connector to the motherboard. don't really know though so I'm asking. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  24. arif1752002m4a1

    Good PSU at Cheap Price

    Hi. I am in very tight budget. And I have all components just need new PSU of about 400 watt. I need good PSU for stable system and long life. BTW I am from India. Where some Popular PSU aren't available like seasonic at my price around 3500-4000 only. About 50-55 USD.. Here are some PSUs...
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    The 5g network option does not appear.

    Earlier today, Frontier had installed a new router that with a new router since we updated our plan. Our router should be able to operate on 5ghz Wi-Fi as well as 2.4ghz. For some reason, when I try to search for this network on my Samsung Galaxy S9+ or my Sager Laptop, nothing comes up. The...
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    CPU restarting every time

    Hi, today morning when I turned on the CPU, it just starts ok..after 3 to 4 seconds...cpu turnds off automatically and then again started...again repeat same thing...pls suggest
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    Keyboard colour change

    How can I change the colour of my keyboard of MSI GP63
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    PC does not turn on

    I have a problem... My PC wont turn on, I press the power button and it lights up and fan starts spinning but then immediatly stops and turns of. Only way to get it to turn on again is to remove power cable but then it just does thr same thing again. I have changed cables, all cables are plugged...
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    RAID controller disabled in BIOS, RAID is showing in windows 10

    Hi, Mobo: GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming I booted in BIOS and activated Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology, then I created i RAID 1 setup with to 1 TB disks. When Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology was enabled my bootdisk (250GB SSD) disappeared from bootdevices in BIOS, and I was not able to boot in to...
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    Bsod - IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_EQUAL

    Happy Sunday folks, Hi everyone, I recently built a new PC and everything was more or less good until last Tues night where I got a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen. I've been trying to trouble shoot it, but I cant quit fix it. I've tested my RAM and hard drive and neither had issues, so I'm...
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    Asus H81M-C And GT 1030

    Is it compatible?
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    Water cooling help?

    I have recently purchased an rx 570 and it gets a little warm and i would like to cool it more efficiently what is the least expensive way to do it other than just air
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    What size fans can i get for my gaming pc?

    I currently have this pre-built https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower-desktop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-1tb-hard-drive-240gb-solid-state-drive-gray-black/6180826.p?skuId=6180826 and i would like to know what size fans i can get for the front, i dont really need for...
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    I don't know which to get

    I have an and athlon ii x2 245 CPU in my old rig, but i want to upgrade to a quad core CPU. I have a biostar mcp6p Mobo and have a price range of no more than 45 dollars. I was thinking of the athlon ii x4 645 or a phenom ii but idk. Is there another CPU that's better for the price and compatible?
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    960 evo, or 860 evo?

    Looking for an ssd for my gaming pc. The things I do on it are: video editing, 3d modeling and game design, and gaming. Should I go with the 960 evo which is m.2 based and supposed to be super fast? Or would I see barely any difference with the 860 evo which is SATA? I'd obviously like to save...
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    Combining two harddrives

    I currently have a 1TB harddrive and I was wondering can I buy another 1TB harddrive and then combine the two so my pc it thinks i have 1 2TB harddrive
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    Can i use it?

    Hi Guys, Can i buy the zotac gtx 1070 mini and use it without OC? I heard this 1 cannot OC because of not enough cooling system.I just want to use it for a good 3-4 year without upgrading and also dont mind on OC. I pair it with my 2600x ryzen 5. ps:IDK how to use overclock but i play game.
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    Move Over GPUs: Startup's Chip Claims to Do Deep Learning Inference Better

    Habana Labs, a new AI chip startup, promises to deliver much higher inference performance than even a machine learning-optimized GPU. Move Over GPUs: Startup's Chip Claims to Do Deep Learning Inference Better : Read more
  39. krecha64

    X58 Pro-E - Can't get to post with X5650 (Video)

    System (all used): X5650 X58 Pro-e 1060 3GB 3x4GB 1600MHz (Tried with one stick.) CM V550 AIO Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_G8WOsxpJo&feature=youtu.be I've just got all the parts today and got to build the pc. Motherboard seller claims it has the newest bios available installed, so...
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    How to connect Philips spa 4040b 5.1 home theater to lg 32lb 5820 tv? Please suggest

    How to connect Philips spa 4040b 5.1 home theater to lg 32lb 5820 tv? Please suggest