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    Build Advice Potential PC Upgrades?

    Hi all. I'm a first-time poster, new to Tom's Hardware. I'm seeking advice on potential upgrades for my 9-year-old PC ~£500. My intention is to upgrade the CPU, Motherboard, and RAM. My current PC components are: CPU: Intel i7-4790 @ 3.60 GHz GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti RAM: Timetec DDR3...
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    Question Poor PC Performance - Hardware

    Hey. My computer is not working properly. For example, it is very slow to open the photos / it boot up very late / it is very slow. please guide me. In terms of hardware, what part of it should I upgrade (Please consider the COST) #PC #WINDOWS10 #HARDWARE View: https://imgur.com/JeuJDfe...
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    Question Need help choosing new motherboard that will be compatible with my system

    So, about a month ago I built a new PC. It worked fine for about a week (although I had accidentally placed a cpu fan the wrong way round, causing the pc to run at extremely high temps for about 3 days straight). After about a week, one day I turned the pc on and it would load into windows and...
  4. DottierTexas

    Question New PSU making a buzzing noise - - - should I replace it ?

    PSU model: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 Brand new PSU making buzzing noise, happens at least once per session on the computer. I'm also unable to "force" it to happen so I don't think it's a load related issue. While it is buzzing, pushing or adjusting the plug causes it to stop buzzing as well as...
  5. rubber1997

    Question Can the PC community review my first build. I am looking forward to buying this build and starting my pc journey as an adult after 11 years.

    Complete part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/tFKF89 CPU- AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler- Deepcool AK400 ZERO DARK 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard- MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard Memory- Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory...
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    Question Can’t make a choice of which 4070ti to get

    Hi, I was wondering which 4070ti to get. I’ve read so much on the internet by now I’m so confused and would like some help. My choices are gigabyte gaming oc, Msi gaming x trio, Asus tuf. Although the only manufacturer that supports local warranty in my country is Msi so I’m leaning towards that...
  7. nukinut23

    Question limited to 16gb although my pc has 32gb of ram ASUS ROG Strix GT15 G15 G15CF-IS778

    everytime i try to increase the ram from 16gb to 32gb its already installed but the computer wont boot please let me know what im doing wrong i need the extra ram for work on a java intensive program.
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    Question Computer lag whilst loading games

    Hello! For some weird reason my computer will perform really slow whilst loading games, the mouse seems to skip around the screen and if I have a video playing on youtube for example on my other monitor the FPS of the video drops, if I click on the window where the video is playing it returns...
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    Question Potentially Broken Extended Storage ?

    I started experiencing problems with my extended storage for my ps4 a couple of days ago. I first though that the ps4 was the problem, but it wasn´t. So I switched the USB cable for a new one and tried plugging it into my computer. Since the computer couldn´t see the drive I had to format it...
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    Question Issue with connecting 65-inch 4K TV to PC with HDMI cable ?

    Hello, I am having big issue with connecting my PC to a 65-inch 4K TV via HDMI cable. It was working great for couple of months but it stopped working properly yesterday. Right now, once connected with TV i am receiving some kind of weird artifacts. My PC is working fine with a regular AOC...
  11. Kapiszon

    Question Stuttering in games (unsolved)

    Hi! I have stuttering problems with my PC. I thought it was because of my previous monitor, so I've changed it to Samsung Odyssey G5 (1440p, 165Hz, G-Sync Compatible). But the issue still remains. Games with major problems: CS:GO - stuttering (frame drops and var rise), I have 250-300+ fps...
  12. Spdah

    Question What is the best GTX 1650 without 6 or 8 pin

    What version of GTX 1650 without 6 or 8 pin is the best
  13. Spdah

    Question What is the best version of RX 6400 4gb?

    I want to but RX 6400 4gb but i don t know what version of IT to choose can somebody help me?
  14. Master2009

    Question I7 7700K Heat issues

    So i recently got a i7 7700k. You might say that i have a bad cooler or not much paste on. I have a 360mm aio that runs at 2k rpms, It was used in my old friends pc, Same specs btw. I also have a good amount of paste on it, Idle at 30c 4.6ghz. But It goes up to 40-50 at 10-40% load, And over 40...
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    Question Motherboard has oil red spot ?

    motherboard has red dot could this be a burn mark or something bad?
  16. Respect The Disrespect

    Discussion Power supply

    I have Corsair CV 450watt 80 plus bronze power supply And core i3 10100 processer, motherboard H510m A, Ram lexar 8 gb 2600mhz (4x4 dual channel), Ssd 512gb, Hdd 320gb, wire keyboard and mouse , 1 USB wifi dongle , FANS . one 92mm rgb, one 92mm non rgb and one 120mm non rgb , and 1 headphone. I...
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    Question Did I just fry my mobo and cpu after activating XMP?

    Hey everyone, this is my first time posting (and english isn't my first language) so bear with me. So, this was my config: -i7 7700 -Gigabyte GA-H110-H -Gigabyte GTX 1060 6Gb -Corsair Vengeance Lpx 2x8Gb 2400MHz -400w CoolerMaster PSU I had bought all these parts all the way back in March 2017...
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    Question How to overclock Intel i5 4690k at 4.3 GHz?

    hi guys, can you help me? When I tried to overlock my i5 4690k at 4.3 ghz after 10 minutes that the computer it’s on while I’m playing it does the blue windows error thing and it restarts like nothing happened and after 10 minutes it will restart always with the blue error of windows (i have the...
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    Question Tried to oc scan but problems happened

    So I tried to overclock my new nvidia gigabyte 3060 rtx on afterburner oc. I heard it was going to take a while so I was afk on my bed while the scan was going on. About 20 mins my monitor turned off so I thought it went to sleep mode. Upon further inspection, I noticed that the monitor wasn’t...
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    Question HIGH fps but still laggy/choppy its like im on 30fps

    From like 3 months my games are feeling very laggy/choppy while having a good fps ( feels like im on 50-60fps or something ) . I dont know what casues it, but i wanna fix it because i play competitive games and i need this fixed. Its only video laggy no audio, and the mouse is not laggy or...
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    [SOLVED] Is a 430 watt power supply enough for a GTX 750 Ti?

    I have a psu of 430 watts i have a gtx 750 ti and i7 870 with one ssd of 119gb and one hdd of 250 gb with gtx 750 ti i want to know that this psu can Here is the...
  22. huy756006

    [SOLVED] Can it run my system?

    I Have 450w psu (acbel) and it doesn't have 80 plus.i calculated its power to be around 335w.Can it run my system? Gig h61 ds2 rev4.0 8gb ddr3 single channel Msi Gtx 960 128gb ssd 500gb hdd I5 3570 Help :D
  23. babayaagaa

    [SOLVED] Pc restarts while gaming.

    Hi, My Pc is restarting when I play games.it just restarts as soon as the game starts loading, However, Games runs fine when I removed one ram stick from the motherboard, I have only two ram slots in which I have put 2x16gb total 32gb corsair vengeance ram. the ram was not a kit. i have bought...
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    Question Warzone Crashing HELP

    Hello all, Recently I upgraded my CPU from a Ryzen 7 5800x to a Ryzen 9 5950x, On the same day I also upgraded my ram from 3200mhz up to 3600mhz. I loaded into warzone as normal ran a few games without issue. Later in the night I was getting "Fatal error" every single game roughly half or...
  25. MoMo1623

    Question NEW PC WENT DEAD AFTER INSTALLING 2ND RAM

    I built my first gaming pc ever but my experience went from very good to frustration now. I was waiting for ram to arrive in mail yesterday. When it arrived, I was so excited to bring my new pc alive. I installed the ram (crucial ballistic 16gb 3200Mhz X 2) separate from each other for dual...
  26. SeanK135

    Question NEED HELP ASAP * HDD Reformatting

    so i put a clean install of windows onto my pc and wiped my hdd and ssd but i had to re initialise my hdd to get it to show up gut to initialize it i needed to format it and everytime i try to it just doesnt work, it says its formatting but its not, i left it for like an hour or 2 and nothing...
  27. Shwan33

    Question Building a pc

    I need help building a pc budget 8k for work ( architecture)
  28. th0mgdz

    Question Gigabyte M28U - PC+XBOX X

    Hi everyone, ive got a quick question, ive got PC connected to my monitor via DisplayPort, today ive connected xbox x via hdmi 2.1, and everything is working great, but... if i change source to DP, and im working on my PC (xbox is turned off), every 10-30-60 sec (random) my monitor tried change...
  29. Zaul718

    Question System wont boot when I connect my second gpu

    Recently bricked my b450 so bought a new gigabyte mobo x570 installed my rtx 2080 and it boots fine, but when i add an rtx 2060 for 3d rendering it does not boot. I ve changed bios csm to uefi (a solution i found on this forum) and it boots but to bios and a limited bios is visible rest blacked...
  30. Corn Eggs

    [SOLVED] CPU keeps overheating and shutting down after a few minutes

    Hey everyone, So this is my first time building a pc, so I mostly picked out parts that were under my budget. My specs are Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard SSD: Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive...
  31. Spydra

    Question Screen Tearing Amd

    Hi, so recently I have been struggling with screen tearing. I have a rx570 and a 60 Hz monitor. I have tried to cap my fps at 58 but for some reason the game seems laggy. I also tried freesync but the screen tearing was still there. Any solution?
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    [SOLVED] PC won't boot with hard disk plugged in ?

    I had a WD 1 tb blue hard disk and recently it had stopped booting . So i got it replaced and now if i plug in my hard disk and power on the computer it wont boot and the Vga LED keeps on lighting in the motherboard and if i remove the harddisk and and connect only the SSD, the system will boot...
  33. Mute.-

    [SOLVED] FPS Problem

    Hi, my problem is that in some games such as GTA and COD I have low fps even with low graphics setting, and sometimes changing them doesn't make difference, My PC is: I7-8700, RTX 2060, RAM 16 GB I watched everywhere, and I did everything, but I couldn't find a solution. Drivers are updated...
  34. MrBearIsHere

    [SOLVED] Can I use AMD DDR2 ram on intel?

    I have a system running on Intel Core 2 Quad CPU, and it's motherboard is acer oem motherboard (I think it's msi oem motherboard bc it's saying Micro-Star)......and Ik the motherboard can support up to 6GB ram ddr2, So I found some cheap unbranded DDR2 4GBx1 ram....but it saying it's only...
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    Question Why doesn't my gaming PC turn on properly ?

    so when i first turn on my pc it starts up like it should. however it turns on then it like doesn’t shut off but it doesn’t display on my monitor but it still shows that it’s running. so i have to turn it off and turn it back on for it to display. but it takes me to the main start up menu. im...
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    [SOLVED] What is going on with my system and ram

    My system is constantly going bluescreen of death, every couple of minutes pc freezes or goes BSOD. My RAM speed is 2400mhz but when it is set in bios option DRAM - Auto it will cause even more unstability, when i change ram speed to DRAM - 2144 (2144mhz) it works better, it sometimes can be...
  37. aoguz

    [SOLVED] My CPU liquid cooler pump wasnt working but started to work for no reason?

    My liquid cooler pump wasnt working for almost 1 and a half year but i didnt care i had an important exam but a week ago when i turned my pc on i heard a strange noise and found out that its the liquid cooler pump working.
  38. ArtemisusV2

    [SOLVED] My disk randomly goes up to 100% for 20-30 seconds?

    This is happening for a month now, there are random times where the pc completely freezes, I'm sure it's a disk/windows problem, I have tried everything on the internet, I have ran scans, turn off win search, and so many other things, nothing worked. When I open up the task manager, during a...
  39. Burnsy69

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 3600x Temp jumps and Voltage issues

    Hello so as the title say I'm having voltage issues- Normally my 3600X voltages jump from 1.3-1.45 even without on full load for instance now I am simply installing a game through Xbox PC for the voltage to hit 1.432v which seems on the high side? This also seems to cause random temp jumps in...
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    [SOLVED] Hey

    I was just wondering if this motherboard Gigabyte B460M AORUS PRO Socket 1200, mATX Work with i5-10400F? Thx :)