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One day, I turned on my pc and when it booted up it was running off the hard drive and not the ssd. It was running of the ssd before this and was always the first boot option. When I turned it off and back on again to open bios, the ssd did not show up as a boot option. So when I did run it with...

Hi everybody I recently bought new PC : AMD RYZEN 5 -1600, 1 stick of Crucial ballistix elite 8 GB DDR4 2666 mhz RAM with GTX 1060 - 6GB after couple of months i decided to buy another RAM stick because i was getting real stutter in games maybe cause of single channel. I bought the same ram with...

http://prntscr.com/fr84ue If I close one of the apps and open it again it stops being orange but then if I do anything in it it goes orange again

Hi all, The short version of my questions is; are there any alternate ways to access BIOS setup other than at start up? Or, can I boot DBAN without using BIOS to change start up priority? Long version; I had a ridiculous trojan (Ironically gained from avast) which typed funny things to me and...

OK, maybe not square one, but I need help please. I am building the PC for my stepfather's work and originally I was having issues that were resolved with a new PSU (I think that is what fixed it). I connected an old one I found in my closet, booted up, and it was fine. I ordered a new one and...

Hello, i apology for my Bad English, and my bad Grammer. My Components: Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z CPU: AMD FX 8320 Piledriver RAM: Kingston HypyerX Savage 1866 HDD: Sata II Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 4 TB GPU: NVIDIA TITAN X PASCAL OS: Windows 10 Creators Update PSU: BeQuiet Pure Power...

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Heyo people I'm soon going to buy some refurbished 980's for a nice price, and I was wondering if my EVGA Supernova 750w G2 would be enough to supply them. I've seen threads around saying it should be enough, as long as the PSU is off sufficient quaility, which I would mean mine is. Currently I...

Hi guys, I setup a network of routers and sometime (1-2 times every day) the network is failing. Sometime you cannot access nothing, sometime I am getting IP 0.0.0.0 on my phone's network connection. See attached the diagram of the network. Oh, the connection is ADSL, ISP Dynamic IP, main...

plz tell me if i buy a notebook from amazon warehouse deals which means its used item,will i have to pay online amazon sales tax? i live in California,if yes then how much(%)? Its $1850 asus laptop.

I have upgraded to a gtx 1060 6gb and I have seen heaps of bottlenecking in cs go at low settings averaging around 150-200 or could it be my old power supply holding it back?? Specs I5 4460 16gb DDR3 1600 8gbx2 250gb Samsung 850 evo 2tb wd black 1tb green Gtx 1060 6gb

About a week ago I noticed that my frames in most of the games I play are lower than usual, and there has been a lot more stuttering So I decided to run some tests using RivaTuner and noticed that the only difference between the stats now and back when it was running normally is that the GPU...

My computer bleeps first 2 timens than its 1 second quiet than it keeps bleeping 8 more times than its again quiet for like 5 seconds than the last bleep comes up, and my computer screens wont turn on, what should i do?

I'm doing a PC build right now and when I align the motherboard with the IO shield, it hovers over the part where you are supposed to put the screws on. This is a problem because I have to physically push the motherboard to get it to be flat on the case, and I am scared that I am going to snap...

Alright let's get straight to it. Parts- https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KYqxtJ I recently Was playing cs:go and I had 100 FPS+ but last month I only get 30-40 Frames. I recently took it to a repair shop and they reinstalled windows and downloaded all my drivers AND I STILL Get bad frames. I...

Hyper x cloud stinger does extension splitter cable influence performance? I mean, using this extension cable makes any differences in mic or audio performances? I read this answer: http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2930520/audio-mic-splitter-cable-reduce-quality.html But my friend insist on...

Hi I'm really confused here and can't decide what to go for. I am running a i3 3220 with 8gigs 1600mhz and gtx 750ti on a asrock b75 Pro-3m. I'm so pissed looking at cpu being at 99% all the time I want to upgrade my cpu but I'm confused weather I should get a i5 3570 in 185 usd or i7 3770...

Guess that pretty much covers it. Recently answered a questions and 1600MHz RAM was reporing a speed of 364(or somewhere near there) and soon after that screenshot was taken it was at 662MHz(another screenshot was posted). It was also at 654MHz. I understand Speccy will show half the speed due...

Hey! Question about upgrading GPU I'm thinking of upgrading my 750 Ti to something a little better. I've been looking at either: AMD RX 480 4gb Nvidia GTX 1060 3gb My PSU is a no name 450W. I am therefore wondering if i should then go for the 1060, or try my luck on the 480. I've read that...

Im planning to upgrade my cpu very soon, right now i have 1060 3gb amd fx 6300 (stock) win 10 8gb ddr3 ram Im planning to Stream Games on twitch, and playing competitively. Mostly CSGO What will give me the best performance for money. i7 7700 + B250 Motherboard + 8GB DDR4 Ram I5 7600k + B250...

ive downloaded all the motherboeard and gpu drivers and i see the files, but i do not know how to install them or if i have to do it individually or if i can do it all together. help is much appreciated

Will an i5 7600k bottleneck 2 1070s in sli?

I'm going to try and access my files from an old 3.5 desktop hardrive,I've bought a IDE/sata adaptor but no power cord to supply power to my hardrive .Can I use a Dekstop PSU to power the hardrive(via molex to SATA) and still connect the hardrive to my laptop and access my files?

Hi guys, I want to ask you does Cooler master's RS- 460 W have enough power for R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 ? Beside that, my CPU is i5 2320. PSU : http://www.upslike.net/image/8gzXL GPU: http://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-R726XOC-2GD-rev-10#ov Thank you in advance !!

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Hello, The question is can I upgrade my shitty pc wih AMD Phenom II x4 955BE or 965BE and would it work. Or any other better cpu. My mbo is( Biostar n61pb-m2s ) http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=370 Currently I have AMD Athlon x64 dual core 5400+ , 2gb or ram (will max...

im looking to get a 27" monitor for my sons ps4 and i havent a clue as to what would be good one for him? He also has his pc on his desk so would be used for both his computer and his ps4,just looking for some good recomendations thanks ..

how to disable the notifications on windows that I get from Tomshardware?

I have an i7 4790k and want to buy gtx 1080Ti, is my CPU up for it ? 4.4 ghz all the time

As long as I can remember my download speeds have been very slow. I don't know how much I'm paying for, but I'm sure what I'm getting is much less. On a good day I might get 1-2 megabytes per second, but usually I'm getting 200-500 kilobytes per second, and sometimes it drops to just a few dozen...

Hello Tom Hardy Community I need some help i just bought a I5-6600k and a Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUMGaming Motherboard and i just put it together yesterday so i just stress tested with some simple games i have Like GTA V, & for some reason I'm getting major fram drops and texture pops and some...

Hello, I'm currently working on a new build and I think I know what the deal is, but I would really appreciate if someone could clarify. I'm installing an ASUS 970 PRO Gaming/Aura motherboard into a Thermaltake Level 10 GT case. AS of right now, I have made all connections except for the rear...

Hello, So i'm going to be replacing my power supply, cpu, and gpu this christmas, and i was wondering if, when i'm putting them into my pc, if i should do them in a certain order? Sorry if this is a dumb questions its just that you can never be too careful.

Hi. Yesterday i was downloading some soft. In my computer and when i started installing some random 4-5 softs. Installed automatically with permission. I tried uninstalling them but they didn't. These softs. Were in Chinese language. Then suddenly quick heal window poped up about a suspicious...

So in Australia here we have some pretty riduclous prices. I have a 4k monitor which i currently use at 1440p cos my GPU is too old (4gb gtx 680). What i want is to be able to get 30 fps with decent settings at 4k and 60 fps at 1440p. This is a freesync monitor Onto the question, if i were to...

I'm building my first computer after a long time of deciding what i wanted on a budget. I went with msi 970a carbon gaming (blah blah blah) Mobo and a fx8370 CPU. After getting everything hooked up, the "EZ trigger lights" went off saying that basically nothing was working. I read in the Mobo...

A while ago I cleared my harddrive and deleted all partitions, after getting my pc fixed months later i tried installing windows 10. But when going to install it says "we couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the setup log files". I've been...

Hey. i have STRIX-GTX1060-6G-GAMING - ASUS GTX1060 ROG STRIX - 6GB GDDR5 - System power requirement 500W - 298x134x40mm Planning to buy 1080 monitor, and i don't know if this card supports 144HZ.... i want high fps too if possible. thanks.

I have laptop with an SSD with Windows 7 and a bunch of other licensed software from a company I worked with for my bachelor project. The company has told me to erase all my data from the SSD and leave everything the way I found it when returning the laptop. The problem is that, that time has...

A hallmark of a great industry event is how much discussion it generates, and if the amount of chatter in our comments section and editorial room alike are any indication, that means OC3 was a good one. Here's a recap and some additional thoughts. Oculus Connect 3 Recap: What You May Have...