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Hello everyone. Relatively new pc gamer with <2 years experience and only 1 prebuilt pc ever owned. I haven't asked any questions about it's performance since i got it because well, it just works right? so i figured there wasn't anything to miss. that was until yesterday when having a convo with...

I have a 7700k with h110i water cooling. Originally it was oc 5.2ghz and idled 70c with peaks of 87c. Now (four years later), it's 70c idling in Windows but during gaming is averaging 90-100c, even though I've dropped overclock to 4.4ghz. I have repasted and reseated my cpu. Is my processor dead...

Im using a desktop pc and I have a Galax Gt 730 Exoc 1gb ddr5, I planned to change its thermal paste because im using it for years now. I used the i use for my processor. I also cleaned the fans, because it gets so much dust on it and successfully replacing thermal paste. After that i tried to...

Hello, I've recently been attempting to play No Man's Sky but I've been running into issues. I'm not sure if it is my GPU or Game but I done everything I can in my game to resolve the following issue. Here is a visual of what happened. This seems only to occur under specific circumstances in...

I am thinking about upgrading from my ASUS GTX 1070 Dual to an RTX 2070 Super. After recently improving my aftermarket CPU cooler, I am now able to run demanding games comfortably at 5Ghz with my current setup. I just feel that the GTX 1070 is starting to struggle with certain newer games...

I m building a pc and its almost complete now however right now I don't have the budget to buy the gtx 1080 plus its like everyone bought them so I cant find good deal anywhere. I have to drop it down to 1070 ti or should be looking at AMD graphic. Please help me select which one to buy and are...

TLDR: I have an overclocked ryzen 7 1700 and gtx 980Ti, I get 90 to 100 fps in gta 5 at 1080p with all settings on normal or off and 90 - 100 fps on rocket league at quality settings, I want to hit at least 120 fps for my 144hz monitor and I feel like I should be able to but cannot, am I...

Hello! So I ran Time spy on my MSI 1060 6GB Graphics card with an i7 8700k Oced to 5.1ghz Im also using Corsair vengence 16gb ram The score I got was 4659 (My run https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/36680267 ) This compared to a similar setup is very little (https://www.3dmark.com/spy/6658533 ) I was...

Hello! I applied an overclock of 4.6GHz on my i7 3820 using a guide I found online(links to guides below) however occasionally I have been having issues with stability. This would happen in the middle of gaming where the game would freeze and a BSOD with the error "Stop:Clock_watchdog_timeout"...

hi guys. trying to connect my new(ish) LG tv to my old Teac ah500i. i have read through some of the threads on here and came across some advice that helped someine by way of using the head phone socket on the back. i have tried this but sound only comes out of 1 speaker. now my question is. my...

So, I've been browsing around, looking for a HDD to throw into my laptop as my SSD is starting to fill up. I play a bunch of different games (FO4, CSGO, Darwin Project, BO2), and I want a fast, reliable drive that won't break my bank. I'm thinking a 1TB will suffice, and I've found two that...

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Hi there i was wondering if this build is any good, i have spent a long time coming up with a build and am ready to buy the parts in a few days. Please let me know if there is any bottlenecks or better alternatives thanks. Case : BITFENIX BFX-NOV-100-KKWSK-RP MO: Asus Prime B350M-A AMD DDR4...

Hi I am trying to recover HUGE amount, about 2TB, of data. I was on the rash when I started Recuva and did not check options. So, now when 14 hours scan is complete, I checked options and under Actions --> Recovering I checked RESTORE FOLDER STRUCTURE, right below that is SECURE OVERWRITING...

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard Memory : G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 512GB 2.5'' Solid State Drive Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB XLR8 Video...

I know, underneath my profile pic is Motherboard Expert, but I'm not really clear about getting a B150 for a 7th Gen Intel Kaby Lake. I'm just helping out my friend making a really, really budget build. I know I have to do a BIOS flash, but not sure if it works or nah. This build is on a really...

Hello guys im having an issue since yesterday, when my screen turned white and the only thing I could have done was restarting my pc. Then when I tried restarting my pc tried to turn on but on monitor there was no display and computer started rebooting. If I don't stop him he will reboot for...

my specs are amd fx 6300 asus m5a78l-m/usb3 1tb wd hdd sapphire r7 360 nitro 2gb ddr5 8*2 gb ddr3 1866mhz ram i generally play in 1366*768 or 1600*900 resolution. I have shortlisted zotac gtx 1050 ti oc 4gb , zotac gtx 1060 mini 3 gb and rx 470 4 gb. i would generally like to play at high-ultra...

Title says it all https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VyQJTH need some help lowering the price on this build C:

I recently came across a deal on the Zotac GTX 1080 AMP edition 8GB DDR5 selling at $860. Normal retail price from where I am from is at $1040. That's about $180 difference. Both at brand new. As a form of price calibration, Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1060 retails at $479 Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX...

As the title says, how can I actually make that my PC has the most bandwidth. When I play games it lags like hell because other are watching youtube and movies over the same internet so i really get bad ping. Is it actually possible to make my PC the main one. So every time when i play...

Hey guys, About a week ago my pc fell down my desk and now it doesn't work like it used to do before it fell. For instance when i start up a game, it's fps rate is like 50% lower than it used to be and when I start a game something starts make some sort of clicking noise but I don't know what...

Im looking for cases under 70 dollars that look scifi and futuristic. I like red and not blue but if it looks really cool i might consider it. Thanks and have a nice day.

I have 4 memory sticks DDR3. When i put all of them then they work donly on Single Channel. Also - when i put two of them to slots 1+2, 2+3, 1+3 then they work on Dual Channel. But when i put memory stick to slot 4 then it works on Single Channel. What could be the reason and what other info is...

i'd like to build a watercooled mini-itx that i can take to lans, I'm an experienced builder but have no experience in with mini-itx builds. Could someone recommend an easy to carry mini-itx case that has space for radiators. i'd like to fit a single 120 and a dual 120 inside. I'll probably use...

When I'm plugging in a USB into the back of the my computer into the motherboard I see little blue sparks just before its plugged in...Is this bad? How do I fix it? It happens when I plug stuff into my extension lead as well :/ I have another unrelated question, is it ok to hoover the dust off...

Hi, there's a monitor which I like mainly because it is affordable [24 "BenQ XL2411Z] and that it is 144Hz 1ms, I was wondering since this monitor is NVIDIA 3D vision 2 ready and I have an AMD GPU is this setting a drawback? Should I go for a different monitor? Thanks in advance.

Hi, this is my first post here. Im building my first PC, this is the setup: Gigabyte Z97X-gaming 5 Nvidia GTX 970 Intel core I7-4790K HyperX memory *2x8 gig The problem is whenever i turn it on, thte motherboard lights up, then five seconds later turns off, then a few seconds later, back on. it...

I have a desktop 10 yers old from ibuypower: i7 920 quad 2.6G Gigabyte EX58-UD3R 6G DDR3 1333 RAM Radeon HD4890 1GB video card 500 GB SATA 3Gb/s + 2TB WD drive 680 watt power supply Vista Should I just upgrade the drives to a SSD and a new 3T HD and the operating system to Windows 10 and a new...

my pc recognising only dvds , previously both dvd and cd is recognising. but now cd is not showing, please can u tell me the solution

I just received a refurbished or "off-lease" HP Elite 8000 Pro from Tiger Direct. After I took the original hard drive and ram and put 16gb of ecc ram and 3 4tb hard drives in, I should mention that I'm planning on running FreeNAS off of a usb stick as the OS. I attempted to turn the machine on...

I want to play games like: 1-Far Cry 4 2-COD Advanced warfare 3-Assassin's creed rouge & unity 4-BattleField 4 5-Watch Dogs My Laptop Specifications: 6 GB RAM Intel Core i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz (Turbo Boost 2,70GHz) NIVIDIA GeForce 820M 2GB Can it run these games

Well, I used to have a problem where I had to turn of my desktop and then turn it on again a couple times for the monitor to have a signal, but now after trying it a lot of times, there is still no signal. I do not believe there is any problem with the desktop, because the fans are functioning...

While syncing your iPhone with your iTunes library, there may be instances when you end up having duplicate files in the library. Even though duplicate files in the iTunes library do not harm the Apple device or your PC, the redundant files may consume additional amount of disk space on your...

first not working in external connections. so i change Bios setting in default.. now os booting but not working in key board and external connections ... but working a keyboard in bios booting time what can do? help me

Which of these amplifiers would be good for home use, I'll be connecting TV and phono pre amp to it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GQ09JW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ACOQLYQDHID1...

I'm thinking of getting a PC since my laptop starting to cause problems. I found a fully assembled PC on Amazon with decent specs at a very great value for performance price. Pricing at £340, it's such a steal. However, I do plan to purchase a better PSU and GPU separately to support my gaming...

I have a HP Deskjet 1050A which I bought from Ryman. It is brand new and began printing a few things fine, but now it's constantly saying there's a paper jam when there has never been any form of jam. I've opened the cartridges section and a few of the little wheels don't turn much - maybe...

Hey guys I just had a couple of questions regarding getting a new SSD and transferring my OS (8.1) to it. I built a pc awhile back and have my OS on a 1TB HDD. I'll be receiving my SSD later today and I'm not quite sure how to go about swapping the OS. Do I have to remove it from the HDD? Or...