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  1. Sharl

    Question Help figuring out audio solution

    So with my PC, I have a wireless headset/USB dongle that I use for audio. Sounds good, keeps me happy. The problem is that I've started connecting my video game consoles to my computer primary display so as to make it easier to play when the main TV is already in use. The PC is connected to the...
  2. R

    Question Do I need a PWM splitter or HUB for my fans?

    Im building a PC, the parts brought already are listed as $0.00. I was wondering, to connect all my 6 fans to my PC for all of them to work, would I need a HUB or splitter? I want to make sure my fans will be able to have color, and also have all similar speed control/power. I'm not sure If I...
  3. shuvokingbd

    Question Help me improve my old but gold setup ?

    Hey TechGeeks! 👋 I’m not a hardware expert, but I’ve been using this old rig that still runs pretty well for everyday tasks and light gaming. Thought I’d ask the community for advice on how to upgrade it, especially since a friend suggested upgrading storage.Here’s a quick look at my current...
  4. B

    Question New PSU “exploded”, now my whole system is acting up

    Hey everyone, I’m dealing with a really strange (and frustrating) issue and could use some insight from the community. Here’s the full timeline and everything I’ve tested so far: Timeline of Events I Installed a new GPU and PSU (Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti + Corsair RM850e) → Worked fine for 4...
  5. K

    Question RealTek chipsets for music recording

    I am looking to get a new Windows PC for DIY home music recording and I am wondering what the good, the bad, and the ugly of RealTek chipsets are. In my research thus far, I have found everything from ALC269 to ALC1200 or 1220 in prebuilts by the likes of Dell, HP, and Geekom. Some chipsets...
  6. T

    Question Could i get this PC and transfer everything into this case ?

    Case and PC
  7. bruce17

    Question Which 6-7 inch monitor has Gyro, HDMI, and a built-in battery ?

    I want to use this with PeakDo P5 There is this one but it has no Gyro: Wisecoco 6 Inch Portable Monitor 2K Display Built-in Battery 5000mAh USB Type-C 1440*2560 For Raspberry Pi 4B PC Sub Screen https://i.ibb.co/B26s7R89/Screenshot-20250505-182034-Gallery.jpg
  8. mokus

    Build Advice New build, it's been a while! Rate it ?

    Helping friend move from laptop gaming to the real! Been a while since I built. Trying pc part picker, hope it's legit! Any advice welcome! Approximate Purchase Date: this week Budget Range: about $1,400 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, The Sims, twitch Are you buying a...
  9. sonnymack

    Question AMD display driver crashed and now there's no display ?

    I was playing a game with my friends and then my screen went black and came back on and my resolution was really big and all my colour settings had changed and it said my AMD display drivers has crashed. I restarted my pc to see if it would fix anything and then the screens haven't turned on...
  10. don1819

    [SOLVED] Having issues with a PC build for 2 weeks

    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 RAM:Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 Motherboard: PRO B650M-P PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 GPU:Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7600 8 GB Video Card Pcpartpicker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nfvbdb I've been trying to get this rig...
  11. Y

    Question Regarding new SFF build and temps ?

    I'm brand new to the pc world so any bit of assistance with my issue is much appreciated (no matter how dumbed down you have to explain it to me lol). I built my first pc a few days ago in a sff build in the Ncase M2 Round. I loved putting this case together as well as assembling all of the...
  12. VenomousTKN

    Question can i upgrade to a better cpu lik 12k or 14k series.

    Intel I9 10900k Comet Lake MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY NZXT Kraken Z73 Corsair Vengeance pro DDR4 32GB ram Corsair CX750W Bronze
  13. mariuspuha

    Question I want to buy a gpu

    so i have a prebuilt pc and its components are: Intel i5-10400F 8GB DDR4 SSD 256GB nVidia GT1030 2GB GDDR5 so my gpu doesnt have pin conectors, also the psu doesnt have, i want to upgrade to a gtx 1080 or a 1660ti, do i need to buy a new psu?
  14. P

    Question Will this system work with a 7900 XT?

    Hi all, I am currently in the market for graphics cards following my recent PC build. Mainly the system is used for competitive multiplayer games where FPS is vital. However, I do wish for there to be room for 1440p gaming at decent games (no ray tracing except for Minecraft shaders I guess)...
  15. JUDGE DREDD2013

    Question Best Portable CD/DVD Writer?

    Can anyone recommend a good Portable CD/DVD Writer for a PC? I got a newer used PC and there is no bays to put the old Liteon CD/DVD drive in. I decided to leave it in the old PC and get a portable one rather than buying a enclosure. I hope to donate it to someone anyway. The PC is running...
  16. n3v3rwint3r

    Question PC randomly shuts down without BSOD and regardless of load ?

    The essence of the problem: At any moment, regardless of the load on the PSU, the PC turns off without BSODs, until you drop the residual voltage, you can't turn it back on, the reasons for such abnormal behavior are still unclear, this has not been observed before. The peak consumption on the...
  17. Minertor52

    Question What should i improve from my PC?

    Hi i have had a pc for the past 6 years or so, and i've been changing some components, right now i have a gtx1070, with a i5.10400F, an WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB, a 1tb SSD a ,Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FB CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 16GB and my motherboard is a PRIME H510M-E, the case is a nox...
  18. B

    Question Help with bios?? $4k PC Build

    Hello, just looking for some help if anyone can id appreciate it. Pictured here is my pc, Motherboard is a MSI MPG Z690 Force DDR5, it has a Intel I9 13900k processor, GeForce RTX 3080 10gb graphics card, 32gb DDR5 Corsair Dominator 6000mts ram (not pictured), 1k watt Corsair power supply...
  19. F

    Question PC completely freezes and crashes ?

    Hello, Ever since I upgraded some parts for my pc a couple years ago, I've been having crashes almost daily. When it happens it goes like this: I'll play some games or maybe watch youtube, then all of a suddenly the pc just freezes, the audio buzzes and sparks and goes crazy. I cannot do...
  20. PatrikS_2004_HuN

    Question Dual Channel DDR5 6000mhz CL30 not working ?

    Hello guys today i built my first gaming pc :) everything went fine until the booting.... I tried first time the Dual Channel B2-A2 no boot just black screen flashing red dot on MB ( DRAM and CPU) now only working in single channel A1-A2 or only one stick of ram... I tried updating BIOS from F10...
  21. Armored_Saint

    Question Buzzing / hissing noise while playing - Gaming Laptop

    My Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 has been making this buzzing / hissing noise lately. I don't know how to describe it, something electrical maybe, or from a fan, idk. When I try to listen closely over the keyboard, it seems to be coming more from the right side of the laptop. As far as I can tell, it...
  22. R

    [SOLVED] My graphics card's "GeForce RTX" Logo doesn't light up ?

    Hey guys. First time posting here so I apologize if I haven't posted in the right thread forum. So I have an Inno3D RTX 4080 iChill GPU and since the day I bought it the white "GeForce RTX"logo doesn't light up. The iChill logo works fine tho and it syncs well with the rest of the system. I'm...
  23. CthulhuCuz

    Question Using a GPU from a PC with a bad MB?

    Hi, as part of a bonding experience with my dad I thought we could build us both new computers. Mine had went out last year due to poor cable management (prebuilt) causing a short to hit the motherboard. It had a 3080 in it though, and I'd been assured that the GPU was fine. My dad, however...
  24. linxxln

    Question My PC crashes when playing any Battleeye game

    My computer freezes, the audio in my headphones make a pop sound when it freezes, and after ~15 seconds, it turns off and turns itself back on. I have no idea what's going on. - SPECS: IBUYPOWER Y40 ( Y40BI7N4703 ) got from BestBuy, can't find exact model but this is closest OS: Win11 HOME GPU...
  25. Ali_Asghar

    [SOLVED] Help with system bottleneck ?

    Hi Guys , Well 2 weeks ago my GPU burned up and the repair guy put a GT 630 in and im still waiting for the 3080 Ti to get repaired , and probably i have a lot of bottlenecking. Is there any simple way to make it better untill my GPU gets fixed ?
  26. A

    Question What Storage is better?

    Hello so i need help deciding on what storage i should choose. I don't know is m.2 is better for gaming than a normal ssd. either this, https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-black-sn770-2tb-ssd-m.2-2280-nvme-pcie-4.0-solid-state-drive-wds200t3x0-hd-58g-wd.html or this...
  27. jumbo_trucker

    Question CPU_PC - Replacement New Gen

    Hi, I would like to replace-upgrade the current CPU with a new and more performing one; - I use PC mainly for video-audio editing and sometimes gaming; And for CAD programs or 2D and 3D design in general. - In the future an audio capture card will also be used, since I will usethe electronic...
  28. T

    Question What could be this sound, should I be worried?

    Hello, I just got my pc back from the repair shop after I changed some components and it's making a weird sound scratching, I am not sure if it's normal or if I should look into it, also if somebody has had something similar? Sometimes it's louder others is a lot quieter. Sound...
  29. HDS445

    Question Startup problems on HP SFF PC ?

    Hello all, I have the following problem: I recently bought a HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF PC with an i5-8500 and installed a couple of RAM sticks but it does not start. When i press the power switch there is a white light for the HDD and it is illuminated while the button is on, then turns off and...
  30. PCN00B123

    [SOLVED] PC turnts itself off after 30 seconds

    So my dad took my brother's PC and got it back today. However, now it only turns on for about 35 seconds, with what sounds like the fans at full speed. It then proceeds to turn itself off, and during this, there's no display at all. I've seen people online with similar problems assuming it may...
  31. Encleaver

    [SOLVED] PC wont turn on

    Hello! Not sure where to post it, but hope here is fine. 2 years ago i built my 1st pc. Motherboard: Asus rog z790e CPU: 13900K GPU: Rtx 4090 RAM: Corsair vengeance ddr5 6000 PSU: Asus thor 1200w psu Today after coming home from work PC didnt want to turn on. Nothing happened when i presesd...
  32. A

    Question Corrupted NVME SSD

    Hey, so I was using my PC and then the electricity is gone and my PC got shutdown while I was working and after that then I turned on, windows system was corrupted, then I tried to reset and reinstall windows using bootable pendrive but it's not working (actually the SSD isn't showing in the...
  33. R

    Question HELP: PC Screens go black, CPU cooler/system bugs out

    I built this PC about a month and a half ago, all parts purcahsed off amazon excpet CPU cooler which was bought from B&H. All drivers and updates are up to date. Parts are as follows: - Motherboard - MSI Z790 Gaming Plus Wifi-AMZ - CPU: Intel Core i7-13700KF - GPU: ASUS Dual DeForce RTX 4070...
  34. Sheraz bloger

    Question Need help about graphics card for video games and video edeting

    Hello i am a PC gamer and yt gaing content creator. I wants to upgrade my pc. So i need your help to chose a goood grapgics card for gaing and video edeting. Thanks a lot. WQaiting for your reply.
  35. M

    Question PC won't boot every time since changing the motherboard ?

    Hello all, Specs MBD: ASRock Z370 Pro4 CPU: i5-9600k RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3600Mhz (Running only on 2666Mhz because of the CPU) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB SSD1: HP EX950 M.2 512GB SSD2: SanDisk PLUS 1000GB I don't usually post often since there is plenty of solved issues to look up but I can't...
  36. A

    Question Trouble finding decent DAC that doesn't use RCA.

    I'm using the old Logitech X-530 5.1 surround speakers on my PC and I need an optical to analog converter that does not use RCA cables. These speakers only have 3x 3.5mm jacks. Black (Rear Left/Right), Orange (Center/Sub), and Green (Front left/right). The sub is powered so I don't need an...
  37. S

    Question Help with PC/Gaming Input Lag

    I have the following gaming setup - CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K - Mobo: MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI - - RAM: G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 Memory - Storage: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - GPU: MSI GAMING X SLIM GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER - PSU: Corsair PSU...
  38. F

    DIY Pegboard 2ft x 4ft for custom keyboards - gamers

    My 19 year old son is a PC gamer having built his own PC and doing what gamers do. He struck up building custom keyboards and wanted a way to mount and display them. I helped him to build a 2ft x 4ft custom pegboard with mount to do this. Here is a quick video of father and son time building...
  39. Mattotk

    Question Pc restarts when opening or playing some games .

    Solved: The problem was in the PSU, the fan was failing and overheating it, after a fan swap, it worked fine without problems. Hello there, first of all, thanks for reading, and possibly providing any info about the possible cause of the problem. 2 days ago I opened a football game, Efootball...
  40. Keeper916

    Question PC won't download Windows ?

    My brand new custom built PC will not download Windows at all! Right when i boot into my m.2 drive it BSODs everytime without fail. Ive tried everything I could think of and tested every single part . But for some reason it still will not download Windows. My specs : Ryzen 7 5800X, 1050 Ti...