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So, it started about a month and a half ago. I had my GTX 1080 in it and it began to have coil whine and then I wasn't able to play games because when anything graphical-based (games for example) started it would freeze and I would have to alt-f4 out of it. I sent the graphics card in for repair...

When I listen to my microphone the only way I can hear myself at moderate volumes is to make the boost 30db in Windows. Issue is it adds tons of static (even with the microphone unplugged) and even with it at 30db I can tell it's still not loud enough (even with Discord also being at 200 input...

So I currently own the 3570k and it's still doing just fine for solely gaming but for for some CPU intensive games, if i have twitch, twitter, a google search est. It hurts my performance a lot as it pegs my CPU at 100%. So do you guys think it would help for gaming + multitasking if I...

I've seen that higher spec of Acer Nitro 5(i7, GTX 1050ti) do have the secondary slot for hard drive since it said that its come with 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD. I wonder if lower spec(i5, GTX 1050) also have this feature. Would somebody can make this clear?

Hi everyone, I have an issue because the sockets that are supposed to go through the motherboard are closed of. I cannot install the back piece of my liquid cooler since the layout of the socket is there but it doesnt go trhough to the other side, they are blocked. Any info on what this is or...

Hi, I'm from the beautiful island of Jamaica and i'm kid of young to the overclocking stuff but I only do what I understand because It's the only PC I have to use (so i'm very careful about what i do). So one night i was on the internet and I saw a video on YouTube with Linus showing how to...

im wondering what to upgrade in my pc next? i currently have r5 1500x rx480 8gb ab350 gaming itx/ac 8gb ram 500w psu fractal nano s freezer 33 4 case fans 2tb hdd

Good afternoon and thank you in advance for any help I get. I recently moved into a custom built house, with a multi-zone audio system installed. Unfortunately the house was not custom built by me and I have no idea how to use the system to its full potential. I am a home audio NEWB, I know...

In Far Cry 5 I have a gpu usage of 30-50 and it causes the fps to drop to the 50s. I have a 1080ti, i7 6700k, DDR4 16gb 2400mhz, and my monitor is 1080p 60hz. V-sync on or not I still have a low gpu usage and my cpu usage is around 60-75 so, I know it's not a bottleneck. I don't have this...

Hi, be gentle! I haven't built a pc for must be nearly 15 years. I thought it's time for an upgrade. So I bought a x370 killer sli mobo and a ryzen 5 1600x cpu and some gskill trident z F4-3000C15D-16GTZR I didn't realize it wasn't on the qvl until last night. I've updated the bios to 4.6 but it...

Hello...i have a Acer Aspire E1 571G from long time ago, but never had this problem before. When i play game or watching something for about 1-2 hours its suddenly shuts down and turns on again. I dont think that is a heat problem because I have a fan pad to cool it, its not even warm and i...

Well, hello there! i am terribly new to forums, but i hope i did ok enough.. i did read through some topics around here, but i did not find that exact problem. I've build a new system with these components: - 600w psu - GA-AX370_Gaming-5 Mainboard - Ryzen 7 1800x - corsair vengeance Ram 16gb...

I need to replace my cm tx3 evo cooler but it seem there are many choices so i look into noctua nh d14 and cryorig h5 universal for my I5 3470 but i just don't know how to make sure it fit my xigmatek asgard pro? Any help will be appreciate. May i ask some,my rig is i5 3470,asrock h77 pro4mvp...

My hp laptop says not bootable

I'm building a new computer and I know that I can't use my old boot drive, but can I use that old drive(with Win 10 os) and still have it work the same on the new os?

I can buy a used i3 8350k for $100. I would then wait for intel to release new budget motherboards. I know that the whole point of this cpu is to OC it with high end boards, but can you OC it even a little bit with cheap B boards? I5 8400 is my pick but 100 on an i3 8350k is a too good of a...

Dear tomshardware community, I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that can't properly shut down or sleep/hibernate (restart is fine). What happens, frequently after some hours of usage, is that uppon asking the PC to shutdown/sleep, it will try to do so and then the screen goes black. But the...

Hello all, I cant get the motherboard to give me video when the GPU was installed. Discovered in the BIOS that I can change from auto detect to iGPU only. Now I can get video through the motherboard. I cannot however get any signal through the GPU (HDMI(GPU)-DisplayPort(Monitor)) | The...

I currently have an RX 460 2gb. It works just fine, I would just like to get something with a bit more power. Would the RX 560 4gb be worth it, or would the upgrade difference be minimal? I am aware of the two different models of 560 and would go with the 16 CU model.

Cougar recently introduced a new line called the GX-F, and in this review we're testing its 750W flagship. The GX-F750 is fully modular, 80 PLUS Gold-certified, and its noise output meets the LAMBDA-S++ requirements. Cougar GX-F750W PSU Review : Read more

Titan Fall 2, Rise of Tomb Raider, I'm sure others will freeze a few seconds then unfreeze. I've looked at Afterburner and see the GPU drop, but have no idea how to figure out the cause.

I have a Dell XPS 9550 i7-6700HQ with 32GB RAM. I have run UserBenchMark and it is telling me that my RAM is "Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled" The RAM is Crucial BLS16G4S240FSD.16FAD 2x16GB There doesn't appear to be a...

Hello people I have a z270m-d3h with an i7700k, 8gb ram, two additional fans plus the eveo master running on the CPU. A 1060 3gb GPU and a bronze PSU EVGA. Everything runs smooth, I have a little problem though. The TMPIN2, which I think it's the north bridge on the motherboard runs extremelly...

I have a desktop having 8gb ddr4 ram,intel i3 7th gen proccessor 3.9 ghz,windows 10 64 bit,nvidia gt 730 2gb ddr5 graphics and 1366x768 monitor.how will the game run on my pc

My specs are decent however i can barely even run overwatch on low settings processor:intel i5 7th gen 3.0ghz graphics card:nvidia gtx 1060 RAM:8GB

Does anybody know a program that tracks any new files that are created, modified, or deleted?

How can I disable Remote Web Access on Windows Server 2012 Essentials? I created a dynamic DNS through duckdns.org and when I connect, I get a page to connect to my home server. I then remembered doing something similar many moons using noip.com. Anyway, there seems to be some interference...

Hey guys I am moving into an apartment with the modem on the other side of the apartment. I have been recommended to get an internal wifi card. Would my B85M-E motherboard work with most internal wifi adapter cards? Like this one...

These past few days my games have been running awfully slow, and my speedtests show download speeds as low as 0.13 mbps. I've had trouble connecting to discord calls, joining/loading games, and loading nearly anything else in general. This only started happening this past week or two. my...

So i've been thinking to buy a gaming headset between Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum vs Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Chroma. I can't afford to buy higher price than that two headset, i heard that Hyper X Cloud 2 is one of the best gaming headset, but i really want to choose between Logitech and Razer. I...

This is really becoming a problem... In the storage settings, I set my HDD as the location for all new downloads, yet games and programs are still getting installed on my SSD. My SSD only has 120gb of storage, and i only intended to use it for the OS, but now everything is on it and my hard...

I can't wrap my head around encoding on one cpu and gaming on another. IDK something about it just confuses me. I currently stream on twitch with no issue with my current specs. Cooler Master HAF 922 ASUS Prime X370 Pro AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Corsair hydro H100i 32GB Corsair Vengeance MSI Vega...

i have the asus Dual gtx 1060 3gb version, and i cant seem to have the clock speed change from 633mhz no matter what i do. i have tried the power settings (prefer maximum) (and optimal) still no change in clock. when i first got the card, it would go to 2033mhz....

I can't install, repair, or delete it. Both the x86, and the x64 versions. I get this error. If you guys have any suggestions I'm open. I even tried this script -https://gist.github.com/heaths/77fbe0b44496960fab25c2eb0b9e8475

i recently picked up a geforce 760 for decent price, but i dont know what kind of power supply i need for it. i have a 300 watt lying around but im pretty sure that wont cut it. any ideas? thanks.

Hi, I'm sorry if this topic has been done before but all info from previous posts I could find were really outdated. We live out in the country and have Fixed Point High Speed Wireless Internet service. I'm wanting to boost our wifi to cover our house and yard, we currently just have an in...

Will pc turn on without cpu?(fans, power button, and mobo leds)im not dumb enough to think that it will post but will mobo led,hdd,fans,and even the power button IN NEED OF HELP!!! Mainly will the power button turn the pc on without cpu

Hello everyone, i found great deal on this used 4690k cpu, for around 140euros, but i need to choose between these two boards: 1:ASRock Z87 Extreme3 2.Gigabite Z87X-UD5H Gigabyte one has 12+2+2 phase power design for the CPU, where asrock one has 8 power phases. Does that make gigabyte one...

My friends PC can't run any games because they keep crashing instantly when he tries to load them, i made him go to task manager to see the % of things being used up and his CPU is using over 80% not even running any games. I got him to download a CPU temp application and it says they are...

I am quite inexperienced building my own pc. Heres the parts that i picked do they match or is something off that is should change? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NkHRf8