pc gaming

Hey guys. For the past 20-or-so years I've been a die-hard console player and I'm looking to make the leap to PC gaming. I compiled a list on PC Parts Picker and was just wondering if I could get your two cents. I was leaning towards Intel but I have had others recommend AMD. The list can be...

Hi , I have a budget or around £200-£300 , I intend on playing games on pc , mainly games like total war/cs go/ league of legends but would still like to be able to play some more demanding games with no issue and decent fps (I don’t mind playing on low graphics). Preferable to have a build with...

Hows my Pc Build list??? (Not including Storage or Power Supply) MotherBoard: ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 3600 6-Core 3.6 GHz RAM: Team T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) CASE: NZXT H510i - Compact ATX Mid-Tower PC Gaming Case Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB

Hey all, I am using a brand new rig, here are the specs: i9-9900KF 3.6 ASUS RTX 2080S 32GB DDR43600 ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6 1 TB SSD Windows 10 Pro I installed my peripheral drivers, installed Steam, and installed the game I play (PUBG), started the game, and within 5 mins of playing the...

Hey all, I just want to confirm one more time that this is a good setup for 1080p, 60FPS on High graphics for most AAA titles for the next 2 years. Max looking to pay is €1500. Obviously the PCIe slot provides extensive upgrading options in the future, but before buying the mobo I want to be...

So, for the past year or so, I've had massive packet loss with any game I've played. I've tried everything, every solution I can think of short of replacing my router (which is relatively new, by the way). I've tried the worthless VPNs I keep getting recommended, but those just shoot my ping up...

For a while I’ve been having the same problem I play games like fortnight in modern warfare when I’m in lobby on modern warfare it shows I get 100 to 200 FPS but then when I’m in game it automatically drops below 60 and constantly lags and doesn’t go over 60 I’ve been having this issue for a...

A month ago i buy a prebuilt pc, it works fine after a week everytime i hit my disc monitor show no signal and pc start making a loud fans sounds, i have to turn the pc off and on again. It doesn't do this until i hir the pc or disk? I tried to clean the pc and i check power cable but nothing...

Hello everyone - it's been a couple years since I've been involved in the consumer electronics scene. I'm trying to get back into it (while also getting back into building for myself, friends, and family). Right now I've just looking to get a mid-range ($1200-$1300) setup built. I'm also in...

I have a TP Link Archer A2300 router with my gaming PC plugged in via ethernet. I have QOS setup for my PC as priority and I have gaming set to priority on the network. For some reason I still lag in my games even when nobody is on the network. I set my ethernet to a metered connection and...

after gaming for about an hour or so, my decently beefy gaming PC (i7-8700k, 5700xt) either blue screens or both of my monitors go black but not off and sometimes just flicker back on and I can only fix it by restarting. After I restart there is always this one app open called cm-blackhawk and...

So I decided to go with: Ryzen 5 3600x Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD) Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB...

Im looking at upgrading my video card, but I'm very worried about compatibility issues and want to check with everyone here before purchasing anything to make sure the card i buy will cooperate with the rest of my system. Heres what i have right now OS: Windows 10 Home GPU: Amd R9 380...

I've been experiencing some very strange frame drops while playing games. I have a pretty decent gaming laptop that can usually run games without any issue. However, lately, I've been having trouble even with games that run very smoothly generally, like Overwatch ( usually around 100+fps but...

Specs: ASUS Z170-E - Up to date BIOS version 3801 Intel i7 6700 3.4Ghz 8-core - Coolermaster Hyper EVO 212 air cooler MSI Geforce GTX 1060 6gb - Up to date driver ver. 445.75 16GB RAM 2133MHz (2 8gb DIMMS in slot A2 & B2 on mobo) Samsung 850 EVO in m.2 250GB capacity WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200RPM...

I tried using my Asrock AB350M PRO 4 motherboard for a Ryzen 3 2200G processor. View: https://imgur.com/a/ZAvpvl6 I used bios flash and update it to P4.90, after that my pc wont boot up. It turns on for 20-30 secs and it is just looping. At first I really thought it was the ram, so I...

Hello all! I've had this question for quite some time and I haven't really got a straight answer. Specs: 2560x1440 @ 144hz monitor GIGABYTE G1 GAMING GTX 1080 8GB Intel i7 7700 (non-overclockable) 16GB RAM 700 watt PSU My unanswered question is that is my PC or my GPU underperforming or not...

Hello, I recently bought modern warfare for my PC. I had seen many YouTubers play it and my friends over on PlayStation and Xbox got it so I thought I should give it a try. I looked at the minimum specs and my PC met greater than the recommended specs so I thought I should be able to run it...

If i load up Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Siege (for example) it would load fine until it froze and went oversaturate. I run a Gtx 770 And a fx-8350 cpu

So I have the following problem: When I play that new just released game (Call of Duty Warzone) I first start my match off with a decent FPS, but once I am about to land on the map and the buildings start rendering in, I get a massive FPS stops on like every 5 seconds for 1 second and that goes...

I have been having unusually high ping during the evenings once in a while these past two months. I am playing my games when all of a sudden my ping spikes up to 100-200 and won't go back down until a few hours. When I run a speedtest, I have 2 ping on local servers, and when I check my ping on...

So I have the following problem: When I play my (CoD Warzone) game, my FPS first stays at constant 60 and then it suddenly drops to 0 every once in a while before going back to its regular 60 FPS. And the thing is that when I looked up at how my GPU should run the game, it showed that I...

Hello all, I'm new here so know that I'm still a PC noob. I believe this would be the best place to post. Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.20GHz RAM: Patriot Viper Series 32GB DDR4 3200MHz (However Speccy is coming up with this : 32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1069MHz...

Okay guy I have a GTX 1080 Ti, i7 8700k cpu and 32gb of ram and I can not keep constant frames at 144 for they range from 60-144 constantly moving gpu only says it’s using 40-50% power cpu is around 50-60 power I just don’t know what up anyone?

So, I’m having some lag issues that started 3 or 4 days ago. I was playing Apex Legends and suddenly ALL my pc started lagging. It wasn’t normal game lag though, i felt that it was a general stutter, my video and sound (even after closing the game which i couldn’t record) were lagging. Even my...

I have an LG E8 TV and it is great, no issues streaming in HDR, but HDR PC gaming is a mess. With HDR on every few seconds the screen flickers black. I have noticed that when it does flicker, the TV shows it is switching between HDR and SDR, and this flickering can last 5-30 seconds with as...

I asked hyperx to replace my alphas because they are faulty and jsut stopped working after 32 days. But it's out of amazon's window of return, they said that amazon has a 1 year return. Is that true or just a ploy to not replace them?

First of all lets get started with the specs: GameMax Predator RGB Tempered Glass Gaming Case with 4 140mm fans installed in the front. i9 9900k ASUS ROG STRIX intel Z390-E Gaming 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 850W Corsair RM850X Modular 80+ Gold power supply 2TB hard drive/ 250GB...

Hi guys, i have some problem with "Controlled Folder Access" in my windows 10, it mostly blocks my games from saving its data. For example, if a have .exe file for some game, say: "GameName.exe", when i open the game, it just opens normally, but i got a message in my notification bar saying...

I have a new Dell laptop. Can I hook up a Xbox one or PS4 to my laptop to make my laptop faster? I have windows 10 pro. Or is it better to just buy computer parts (A video card?)for the same money? And install them in my laptop. I mean so that the laptop and Console would run as one device...

Here's my problem: I play CS on a pretty decent rig: EVGA 1070, i7-6700, 16 gb RAM, 860 evo ssd; and I have this problem where the game will freeze for a few continuous seconds, not like stuttering, everything is frozen and I can't do anything, then it unfreezes and I can see that my VAR is...

Hello everyone! Any help would be greatly appreciated. I spent quite few hours searching for issue but I am unable to find it. This is a long post please do take your time to read it and I thank you for reading it in advance. I did install latest Nvidia driver around 7-10 hrs before...

So in my NVIDIA control panel it shows my display running at 144hz, but in every game, no matter if it's fullscreen or windowed, has the max HZ option at 120. Does anybody know how to fix this issue? (I know complaining about a 24hz difference is petty but it annoys me) My specs just in case...

So I have a Enermax starryfort SF30 case and while it hasn't been a huge issue I noticed the case fans are not spinning. The rgb on them is working and even the middle of the fan seems to be spinning just not the blades. All connections are good, I've built about 5 gaming PCs and never had this...

I bought a gaming Pc a while back ago and there are certain games that my stats get to this while monitoring in Ms Afterburner. Is this safe for my pc?? CPU 3400 MHz GPU 77c 98% 1734 MHz MEM 4007 MHz LIM POWER Hopefully someone will know because I do not know much about PC so with it saying...

Hi, Below are my system specs - MOTHERBOARD (Chipset - Z370) = Asus TUF Z370 PRO gaming CPU(Socket - LGA 1151) = i7 8700 GPU = ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan RAM = Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR 4 SSD = Samsung 750 evo 120GB HDD = Seagate Barracuda(Green) ST1000DM010-2EP102 1TB PSU =...

So I've been having this issue for a while and it's eating away at me. I have an rtx 2080, ryzen 7 2700, 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram, and the cpu and gpu never hit load while gaming. Temps are fine, the cpu is cooled by a 240mm aio, and in benchmarks and when gaming doesn't go over ~45c. The gpu...

hey everyone was looking to get new cpu and mobo was thinking about grabbing the ryzen 7 3800x. I have a i7 9700k for a while now and was seeing the new ryzens were pulling better numbers than the 9700k. Im wondering if that upgrade would be worth it and what everyone thought about making that...

Hi, Below is my system specs - MOTHERBOARD (Chipset - Z370) = Asus TUF Z370 PRO gaming CPU(Socket - LGA 1151) = i7 8700 RAM = Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR 4 GPU = ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan SSD = Samsung 750 evo 120GB HDD = Seagate Barracuda(Green) ST1000DM010-2EP102 1TB PSU...

Hi all, I previously was using a mouse with the windows enhance pointer precision setting off, to make mouse acceleration disabled. I had no problems with this until i decided to switch to a new mouse, a Razer Basilisk. Since switching I am experiencing mouse acceleration, and have confirmed it...