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  1. M

    Question GTX 1080 Gainward Phoenix GS problems

    So i bought myself used pc few days ago and there are problems with mainly gpu, 1st: LEDs are asymetric, some colors like red are fully red while light blue is half blue half light green 2nd: displayports, 1st one dont even show signal, 2nd one sometimes works, but after screen goes black...
  2. M

    Question i7 3770 bottleneck GTX 1080?

    Hi guys! Im planning on upgrading my rig to a GTX 1080 to replace my 970. Its still good but I want better frames in the games i play (mostly COD MW2019 and preparing for FS2020 and Doom Eternal) at 1080p and Im thinking of going 1440p in the near future. I currently run a i5 3470 and Im...
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    [SOLVED] Having trouble picking a new GPU - looking for advice from people who know their stuff / own these cards

    Hey! As the title says I'm looking at getting a new GPU and am out of the loop about it all atm, and just have benchmarks to go off which are useful, but sometimes opinions from owners of these cards is helpful too! So if anyone has any input it would be really helpful. Disregarding individual...
  4. B

    [SOLVED] 1070Ti won't install drivers?

    Hi, I recently bought a "working" Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070Ti OC Edition to replace my aging GTX 980. However when I received it, and put it in my PC, I turned it on and it started booting and making this terrible sound that almost sounded like coil-whine. When it came to installing the drivers...
  5. JaSoN_cRuZe

    Question Is my 1070Ti Thermal Throttling??

    EVGA 1070Ti Ultra FTW seems to be thermal throttling even when the temperatures seems to be below 65 C While running Heaven benchmark, it starts with the Core Clock of 2062(+160Mhz OC) then degrades to 2032 at the middle of the benchmark(temps 59 ~ 62 C) even though the temperature are way...
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    Question Painting GPU heatsink/fan shroud?

    I have a KingPin card at the moment and it's overall a good card, but the copper plated heatsink looks extremely ugly in my black and white build. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to change the colour of the heatsink without increasing temperatures by too much, whether it is through...
  7. Ariana425

    Question Upgrading Desktop PC for Use With Maya and Mudbox

    I am studying computer animation and I realized I can't use my home computer for homework for Maya. I thought to buy the same computer that my school uses; Dell Precision T5500. It still didn't preform well with Maya, so I checked their specs and I upgraded the memory to 48GB and the video card...
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    Question Overclocking Damage

    Okay so awhile ago i bought a Ryzen 7 1700 and i was told that it was a nice CPU to overclock so immediately jumpped into overlocking my cpu follow guides online and i think i may have damage my cpu because for example apps like blue stacks and nox where a VM is necessary used to work perfect...
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    Question PC to laptop display over ethernet?

    So i am moving out of my parent's place to go to university.. the problem is, my PC was using the room's TV as monitor. And I can't take that. I have a laptop, but that doesn't have a display input.. can i use the ethernet cable instead?
  10. F

    Data recover possible?

    I have mistakenly formatted my external hdd in command prompt. Can I recover the data?
  11. B

    [SOLVED] Upgrading an old HP prebuilt

    Hey guys, I was home for the holidays from school and caught up with my old man about some games we've been playing and he showed me his desktop, an old HP ENVY 700-327c (Click link for product information.) It was slow, the poor GTX 730 he put in it when he bought the system whined. I opened it...
  12. T

    RAM compatibility and concerns HELP!

    hey guys, just built a new pc and i noticed my ram kit isnt actually listed for my board. here are my specs MOBO: asus maximus XI hero RAM: 2x8GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO CMW16GX4M2C3200C14 i have them both running but my main concern is damage to the system? what do you guys think about...
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    [SOLVED] Secondary HDD in Raid 0 to new Mobo. Will it sill work?

    Hi, I currently have an SSD as my OS unit and 2 HDD in Raid 0 as my secondary storage unit. I am upgrading from an old intel chip to a Ryzen 7 mobo and cpu and I know I have to do a clean install of Windows 10 in the SSD but my question is the following; What will happen to the secondary HDD? If...
  14. M

    Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVME SSD isn't appearing in BIOS menu after installing Windows 10 Education into it

    Well, i just bought some new computer components for my new gaming pc. And that includes a Samsung 970 M.2 EVO 500GB NVME SSD. When all the components were at home and installed correctly and finished i started to download windows to the M.2 disk. And the installation process worked like a...
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    [SOLVED] Computer is pretty much done for

    Multiple blue screens and pc not recognising OS on ssd and I can't reset bios and cmos on mobo, pretty much had to format a few hard drives and reinstall windows but still has issues with booting and hard drive recognition. Do I need a new mobo as I can get one that is a bit more high end and...
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    [SOLVED] ASROCK H97M Pro 4 RGB support

    Hey so I just purchased a new case and it’s my first time ever using rgb. I am confused on how to set this up. The case comes with 4 fans which are all 6 pin. These fans connect to a main central hub for the rgb. The hub itself has a 2 pin power LED. And a 4 pin slot labeled R. The case is...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy CPU Issue

    Hello, before I get started here are my pc specs: -Mobo: Asus H170-Pro -CPU: Intel i5-6402P @2.80 Ghz -GPU: GTX 1070TI -RAM: 2133mhz DDR4 16 GB -SSD: ADATA SP600 128gb I have been playing games like Rainbow Six on this computer for a few years, previously using a 960 before deciding to...
  18. A

    Upgrade CPU or GPU for my build

    I have a AMD FX 6300 as well as a 770 video card was wondering which one should I upgrade?
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    Pc stuck in a black screen

    So yesterday when I went to shut down my pc it had to update first. At first i thought nothing of it, but today, when i turned it on it just got stuck in a black screen. Then, i noticed that the Win lock light was blinking, can anyone tell me how to fix this and make my pc start again? Thanks in...
  20. L

    Target’s Twitter Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Scam

    Malicious actors have hacked Target's Twitter account and then promoted a Bitcoin scam to the company's two million Twitter followers. Target’s Twitter Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Scam : Read more
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    Maximum pre rendered frame

    Hi I just recently found this setting in nvidia control panel just wondering does setting this to 1 will lower cpu usage gtx 1060 , i3 3220
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    450 watt psu enough to run a 970?

    Hey guys I was wondering if my 450w psu is able to handle my 970 or even my whole system itself. I was looking at many different psu calculators and most of them said that my system would need 449 watts under load. I dont know if that means a gaming load or a full load like other programs. I...
  23. A

    Easy fix plz

    I want to download save the world from the epic launcher to my hard drive instead of my ssd drive and i changed default save location to my hard drive on all butt when i try to download something it acts like im trying to download to my ssd drive
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    1060 graphicscard sims4

    can a geforce gtx 1060 graphics card safely run the sims 4
  25. becominq

    RX Vega 64 Help!

    Hello everyone! I had a quick question as far as these GPUs go. I currently have a 1050ti but have recently picked up a freesync 144hz monitor and would like to upgrade and move to AMD card to take advantage of this. I though about the RX 580 but I'd like the higher end Vega card instead. I...
  26. L

    R5 2600 compatibility

    Is the Ryzen 5 2600 compatible with the motherboard in the Dell Inspiron 5675 (AMD Promontory x370 is the motherboard I believe)?
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    [SOLVED] Apu with gpu performance

    Hello, what if ryzen5 2400g with a graphic card, does work properly ? It is For just further any change if i want to do with apu. Or is there any other options ?
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    Pc startup to UEFI BIOS Utillity - EZ Mode

    So i went to the gym and after i came back i saw thay my pc was shut down by the switch behind my pc supposedly by my little cousin so i suspect that he did something to the pc, i started the switch and pc back up and first the ASUS logo appeared on the screen and the it went to the UEFI BIOS...
  29. A

    Cleaning up the card

    Hi everyone,so i bought a used sapphire nitro rx 470 8gb for 100$. I got it for cheap because one of the fans isnt working, it cant spin by hand or when plugged in, but the card itself is working, and i ordered a new fan so that part is all good. Now i noticed the card is dirty like a loooooot...
  30. bjarke15

    INSANE 40C core temperature spread on i5-4690k

    Recently, I've been trying out a 4.0 GHz clock on my 4690k. Under full load in prime95 (default blend test) there is an enormous temperature spread between the cores: 91-80-60-50. Link to hwmonitor readings: https://image.ibb.co/caDAKp/test.png. I have never heard of that kind of temperature...
  31. H

    A sketchy cooler

    so i found this used cooler on sale it's hard to explain how it looks, but it's a small liquid cooler, the head + radiator is from cooler master, and the fan, that is attached to the radiator is a arctic fan, it looked like the link at the bottom(idk if its the same model). The radiator has the...
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    Gigabyte ga h110m s2 on gtx 1050 and intel pentium g4560

    Hi guys.Im gonna build my very first pc but im not too sure if the components will be suitable for each other.Can u guys please help me.Heres the specs...
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    Flashing BIOS before upgrading from 6th gen to 7th gen

    Since I am planning to flash my bios from 6th generation to 7th generation, can I still use my 6th generation processor with the new bios flash without problems? Specifics: From a core i5-6500 to a core i7-7700k. I have an AsRock Super Alloy H110M-ITX/ac...
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    Best $1,000.00 Gaming PC August 2018?

    I am looking to get more into PC gaming as the prices of GPU's have been recently decreasing for many reasons. My budget would be around $1,000 and would LOVE a white and black them but I could take it or leave it. My favorite case aesthetic wise is the NZXT h400 or the Aerocool cylon. My use of...
  35. O

    No video from gpu

    My system specs: gigabyte z370p d3 Intel Pentium Gold g5400 Geforce Gtx 560 ti Cooler Master masterwatt 550 3x 1TB hdd's, one WD Blue and two Seagate Barracudas. 4gb g.skill aegis ddr4 2400 When using the motherboard hdmi output, I get video, but my gpu has a mini hdmi, so I bought a cable and...
  36. T

    Low TDP with GTX 760 on games

    Hi, I have low TDP on games, with 99% of GPU usage, it makes the game go with low fps, however, when I run furmark it will reach the highest TDP, I had uninstalled the drivers with DDU and the same happens, high TDP on furmark but low in games, even if I put them to ultra settings Also, if I put...
  37. M

    Raising GPU Voltage Limit

    MSI Afterburner is showing my GPU voltage limit stay at 1 sometimes ingame which causes my core clock to keep downclocking and upclocking. This then causes some stutters to happen when the core clock changes. Setting the core voltage to +100 doesn't stop it from reaching it. Is there anything...
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    Four sticks RAM boot failure after XMP activation

    Hi, I just changed my motherboard. I've now the Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P. With an AMD FX 8320 CPU. And I have 4 sticks of RAM (16 go total) from two kits. Exact same model (Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1866 UDIMM BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0CEU - 9 9 9 27 - 1.5v). I restored the bios defaults and enabled XMP...
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    what happened with gtx 960 amp zotac??

    I change my gpu from gtx 650 ti boost to gtx 960 zotac amp and I have done all things I know but the performance of the gpu is still bad I always got drop in any games. Please help me how can I fix it? I see the temperature of the gpu is not far from normal its between 81-82 when I play rise of...
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    We have Hitachi LCD projectors, after power ON the projector, after few seconds later, This pinkish shade begins and increasin

    We have Hitachi LCD projectors, after power ON the projector, after few seconds later, pinkish shade begins and increasing to this limit. What are the reason behind it and how can it be rectified?