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Hello everyone. I need some help with a CPU I've just acquired. Desktop not overclocked whatsoever. Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI3 CPU: Xeon X5690 RAM: 3 x 2GB of Patriot Sector 7 @ 1333MHz (rated for 1600MHz) GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Storage: 512GB Crucial MX100, 2x250GB WDs in RAID0 PSU...

So I bought a PC from a friend of a friend a few years ago and now I want to do some upgrades to it. One thing I want to do is add a second hard drive but was wondering if I need to install Windows on the 2nd hard drive? I'm not very tech savvy.

I currently have 2 1080p monitors and a 1440p running on my GTX970. now that i have seen how nice the middle monitor is i wanted to go with triple 1440p monitors for my setup. i bought the GW2760HS and im thinking about selling it and buying 2 other 27in 1440p monitors. my middle monitor is...

So I just replaced my hard drive because it got burnt out. I loaded windows and everything on it. But how everytime I start my computer it asks me to select that boot device. It's a little annoying everytime I start my PC to select it every time. I've tried to set the priority to my hard drive...

Hello, I just sold my GTX 960 and I need to upgrade to eather a 1060 FTW+ or 1070 FTW (Both by EVGA) I need to know which is better for my budgeg and if my Cpu will bottleneck them. Thx! Cpu: i5 4690k non over clocked. 1060: www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-6368-KR 1070: EVGA...

So I recently purchased another EVGA GTX 950 so that I could run it with my other EVGA GTX 950 in SLI (because it looks cool tbh). But after purchasing another motherboard because the one I originally had didn't support SLI and after installing everything I'm not noticing any difference in FPS...

So me and my friend built a PC yesterday with a result that everything powered up, but no display to the Monitor at all. So we just need to know if these will work together: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - AMD 970 AMD FX 6300 Black Edition. And then we use the: XFX 500W XT As we have noticed that...

If i replace my cpu with a new one...will it format my hard drive data?

My application which is in Startup folder is not started after restarting the computer. I find some solutions on internet like 1. Hkey_Local_Machine\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ System\ Set EnableLUA to 0 (See at right side - By Default it is set to 1) 2. Set User...

Hi guys, so lately I had some performance issues with my games, like sudden FPS drops, so I did some tests and noticed that my FX 6300 underclocks itself under 100% load to 1.5GHZ for some reason. Is 69ºC a bad temperature for it? Screenshots: IDLE http://i.imgur.com/N6TnqG3.jpg UNDER LOAD...

Hi there, I build myself a new computer in April. Now this week when I start my computer the screen stays black and the fans are spinning at 100% sometimes. I got a little scared and just shutdown the PC. Plug'd out the power cable and hit the start button to release al the remaining...

I have an HP Envy 15t Slim Quad laptop which has a GTX 950M. I've had it since last November and didn't run into this issue until recently (about a month ago). Whenever I run something using the GTX the laptop sleeps within 2-5 minutes. It is especially weird since it even does this in a game...

Coinciding with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update for desktops, Microsoft released the second major update to Windows Holographic. Additionally, the HoloLens Commercial Suite was announced. Windows Holographic Updated, HoloLens Commercial Suite Announced : Read more

I keep getting a D4/04 error code on my Asus ROG Maximus viii hero mobo. It was working fine earlier today until.I turned it off. Then when I tried to turn it on tonight I get a 04 or D4 error code and it doesn't post. I have tried a variety of solutions including reseating CPU and RAM...

I've just had a ten year old powered USB hub blow all but two USB ports on my 6 year old Dell XPS. Thankfully, the only devices it fried was three mice when testing for the problem. However, I'm left with a machine with several USB ports on the motherboard not working and I have far more...

Hi there, i'm trying to transfer my user/ files/ programs from my old PC to my new one using EaseUS Todo backup software and I'm following the steps on their guide here: http://kb.easeus.com/art.php?id=10008 However i don't know how to find the right driver files as listed in the third...

Is there program that I could launch my games from that would boost fps

Trying to install Samsung 850 EVO into Acer desktop, with Windows 7. Plugged Anker sata/usb adapter with SSD in, driver loaded. When trying to use Samsung data migration program, SSD target is not identified. Device manager indicates USB mass storage "not started". I have read the posts here and...

The title says much of it; the FX 4100 is on a GA-78LMT-S2P board with no graphics card. CPU temp was recorded by CPUID's HWMonitor. I took the CPU out of its socket and saw that the thermal compound did not fully cover the lettering on the CPU heat shield.

This is my example below. say i wanted to check www.google.com using 8.8.8.8, In the Hosts file, I would write: 8.8.8.8 www.google.com But if I wanted to check www.google.com/images-for-you (a url I just made up) How would I write this? Can I do this? it wouldn't be just 8.8.8.8...

I have lenovo Y50. Whenever I'm plug in my xbox 360 wireless receiver, I can't use the internet using wifi. What can I do to use internet when plugging the xbox 360 wireless receiver?

My pc specs are motherboard pc mate cpu intel i5 4400 and a 750 corsair bronze power supply My question is what is the best graphics card i could use with these specs? Thanks

I bought an AMD FX-4130 and I was going to overclock it. I am very new to overclocking so I looked around at a lot of things for help and I thought I had the basics of it down. However, whenever I try to overclock it, all programs run slower and Windows 7 switches back to it's aero theme and has...

Hello, I'm currently trying to reconfigure my PC build. I installed the two Samsung 850 Pro SSDs on my SATA 5 & 6 ports, enabled RAID in all ports through the bios. I created a RAID drive using the onboard tool used at startup. I have the RAID drivers & ASMedia drivers on a flash drive. In the...

I'm from the Philippines and I'm building a new pc. Here's my ideal specs. Your comment and suggestions will be highly appreciated. Intel i5 6600 skylake Asus z170 pro gaming Asus GTX960 strix DC2OC 4gb Cougar MX500 Black Seasonic m12ii 750w evo Kingston 8gb HyperX 2133 Kingston 120gb SSD...

Hello all, I have not built a gaming rig in about 4 years, I had bought the Alienware 17 gaming laptop fully maximized for around 4000$ 2 years ago and had it stolen last year, which sucks. It was my first laptop gaming experience and I want to go back to desktops, so I need recommendation to...

I broke my EVGA 980ti HYBRID and all of the liquid just came out. My computer is fine. And I'm thinking of fixing it by myself. It's really easy, just plug the hose back in. But here's one problem, I need the coolant liquid. what kind of a coolant liquid is the best? Please be specific.

Case Power Supply Video Card I was trying to build a rig and haven't built one since around 08', I just want to make sure that the video card would fit and that there wouldn't be any glaring problems.

Hi! I'm planning long ago buying a new video card. What held me back, that I didn't had time to play recently, because I was working and attendind college in the same time. But that situation is ending this month, so the question is: Should I wait a few weeks for a new video card release, or...

I update the asus bios and now the pc is not starting. No monitor no mouse nothing at all. What to do?

I have a new laptop that I just bought 2 days ago which costed $469. It's a Toshiba Satellite C75-C with AMD A6-7310 APU with Radeon R4 Graphics 2.00 GHz 6.00 (4.93 usable) ram 64 bit. And I ran a lot of tests in Can You Run It, it says that I can run a lot of games. But the games that I run...

Hey all, I'm getting the following with the Blue Screen of Death for my windows7 computer - any thoughts on how to fix this? I've been getting this about once a day now. Any thoughts/suggestions would be much appreciated! Extra info: I did notice that when I'd "wake up the computer" after it...

My monitor have only VGA and I now I bought the GPU: AMD R9 380 that have only DVI so I need a convertor! How can I choose one, I dont know anything about that, I sow same are Male, same are Famale... WHAT THAT meen ? :(