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  1. Mr Helix

    Question What size pads for MSI 3070 2X ?

    Hi long story short, I need to repad my 3070 could anyone help? I couldn't find anything regarding correct sizes for the MSI 3070 2X. I did find something on official MSI website, 2.25 and 2.75. I installed them correctly, but the GPU goes to 85c the moment the PC boots . What size pads do I...
  2. S

    Base pad for laptop - Plastic or Paper?

    Hi all, I know it's not ideal to have plastic or paper as a base for the laptop to stand on and acknowledge that there are laptop stands specifically made but I am just looking for a cheap way to make my laptop stand taller so I used some of these paper packages: https://prnt.sc/1sb8f18 I was...
  3. calebao

    Question Need advice: Cooling Systems for new Gaming Laptop (Vaccuum or Pad)

    I just bought a brand new laptop, and I do not want it to overheat with time. I want to start taking care of it right now. This is the laptop: Sager NP8972 (Clevo P970EF) 17.3” FHD 144Hz Intel® Coffee Lake i7-8750H NVIDIA® 2070 8GB DDR6 MAX Q 16GB RAM 250GB SSD + 1TB HDD Pictures here...
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    Motherboard and processor upgrade

    Pls I ve a hp 2000 notebook pc with an intel HM75 chipset on the motherboard and an intel core i3 2.4GHz processor. I want to replace my motherboard cos is bad and also upgrade my processor to core i7 3.3GHz. Would this be possible on any hp 2000 motherboard replacement or would I also need to...
  5. D

    Is this a Good Motherboard for its price?

    I am a first time builder and is this motherboard good-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130737&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
  6. G

    3rd gen or 4th gen in laptop

    i am planning to buy a laptop for my studies , now 4th gen i3 have low ghz(1.7) and the second and third generations have more ghz so which laptop should i buy ?? 4th gen or 3rd or 2nd ? some says that laptop having 4th generation processors will use low power so bettery will stay longer but i...
  7. S

    What did i do?

    i was overclocking my fx-6300 i did what the AMD OC guide said (disable: turbo,APM,cool n quiet,C1E,cpu fan controll) i started by running it at 3.6 ghz but when i reset it took the computer a few times to actualy boot up kind of like a car trying to start up. What did i do?
  8. J

    Audio crackling popping on PC

    Hello, the crackle and pop is constant, it almost sounds like interference. I get it through my speakers, headphones, and my wireless headphones through the optical cable so it makes me think it is my PC that is causing it. I tried switching the power strip everything is plugged into, and that...