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Motherboard:GA-990FXA-UD5 (rev. 1.x) hello I have a gigabyte motherboard right on top , with a swifttech h220 liquid cooler and a apexia 800w psu , if I were to overclock my Amd fx 8350 Where should I set my voltage at , and my multiplier

I'm using a apgtek capture card with a mic input but it wont record the condensor mic when recording via hdmi

Just like the title says I have been experiencing some long rendering times. PC specs: FC-6300 GTX 960 (ssc 2gb) 8GB Crucial BallistiX RAM (2 4gb sticks) WIN 10 I am using DaVinci Resolve 12.5 to edit/render videos and the times are crazy (I'm rendering to mp4 1080p) Is there anything I can...

I recently built a new PC, listed below are the specs: -Asrock FM2A88M Pro3+ Micro ATX motherboard -AMD Athlon x4 860K -Crucial 8 GB Single stick DDR3 1600 mt/s -Sapphire Radeon R9 380 -EVGA 600W power supply -Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler -Sandisk SSD 240 GB Ever since I built the PC about a week...

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I just brought a SanDisk X400 M.2 drive and I was planning to move my entire C drive on to it, as it has more space and better speeds. My current C drive is on an SSD with 120Gb but the M.2 has 256Gb, I have set up the M.2 drive so it has its own partition and is now my E drive. How can I...

Specs: CPU:Amd fx4300 @4500mhz and GPU:Gtx 750 @1200 mhz Board:msi760gma-p34(fx) 8gigs ddr3 ram 2gigs vido ram 1tb Western digital blue. I have yet to have a temperature issue as i overbuilt my cooling system a bit. My issues are with stability, if I push my CPU any faster it will restart during...

Hi everyone, I hope you can help me figure this out, because this problem has me at my wits end. My laptop keeps randomly freezing. It completely locks up, meaning nothing works and I can't even enter the task manager. A forced shutdown is the only option every time it freezes. The freezes...

I accidentally hit the switch when I was cleaning my pc. I'm using an ASUS MSA99FX pro R2.0 and an AMD FX8350

So for the past couple of weeks my PC has been shutting down at random times. Whether it be during web surfing, listening to music, or gaming it just shuts down without any warning. I know it isn't my electrical outlet because my monitor and speakers are still lit when this happens. The...

I was just playing some games, left to go get some food with my roommate and when I came back and hit the power button to turn on the PC nothing happens. I took off the side panel and hit the power button that's on the motherboard and that wouldn't power it on either. When I unplugged the power...

My computer keeps crashing. It shows graphical artifacts on a black screen then just the black screen. The sound keeps running for 5 seconds then start stuttering. I have noticed the problem usually happens while I'm playing Crusader Kings 2 and listening to music on the internet, but that seems...

Ok, so I am upgrading my rig and just finalized my purchases. Should have done this before but I want to know if I should cancel anything on my order in case I made a poor decision on anything. So the only thing I am keeping from my old build is my case and Zotac 980TI. Here is a list of...

Hi I am looking to replace my outdated AM2 MB with an AM3. I am curious if anyone can help me understand a few things before I do so. I am new to the hardware end of PC building but I have changed the PSU added a graphics card and have swithed out CPU's I have never attempted an MB switchout...

So over the past week I've tried to OC my i5 skylake cpu (title, duh) and no matter what settings i change or how little i change, my computer fails to reboot on the new settings and asks me to reset. I never had this problem with my i5 - 4690k unless i really cranked it up. My current specs...

What is the best CPU cooler that is not the hyper 212 series? My budget is 50 AUD

Hey guys/gals, I'm new to the world of custom builds and was looking for some advise and help. I am planning on buying and building a new PC very soon (next month), so far this is what i have chosen http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wX3Gyc and want some thoughts and opinions on if this is okay or...

Hello Everyone, I have a GA-z77x-ud3h rev1.1 motherboard which has been working fine since 2013 only in the last 6 months has it gone bad. Some background information: I requested a repair from gigabyte and received it within 2 weeks with no issues. That was about a month ago. Now the same...

Hello, these are the compponents im planning to take in a few days : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NvBBXL but i am not sure if the psu is a good choice, there s only one site that i can buy psu s in my zone. and its this one : http://www.altex.ro/produse-it/componente/surse-de-alimentare . could you...

So i just built my pc and all of a sudden it keeps shutting down and then starting right after with the ASUS error message power supply surges and it keeps happening i think i have a faulty power supply what do you guys think?

I am a person who travels a lot for business, with a crummy business laptop. I need a small console-like rig that could fit easily in my carry-on luggage, that I can play games on while I'm traveling (mostly Steam purchased games). I would need to be able to download the games from Steam onto...

Hi guys.!! Am new to this fourm.. I have been experiencing an error with asycfilt.dll file it says that "C:\windows\system32\asycfilt.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Error status 0x000012f" whenever my system starts. I tried downloading from diff websites...

I'm currently in the process of picking parts for a build that I'm planning on doing in the next few weeks. I'll be buying all the parts to build a brand new computer, which will also include a new monitor. I've used Newegg.ca to pick all of the parts and was thinking of getting it all...

i always loved the nvidea gpu..since i got the 460 back in 09 or 2010...nvidea all the way.. so im building new comp now with MSI sli krait edition z97 and nvidea 970 i was thinking...2 things really is a msi GPU better for cohesiveness with a MSI mobo? or with the nvidea gpu should i have gone...

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Im planning on building a new pc, and i would like feedback onto my current plans. Please give any parts i can exchange and why they would be better! http://

Hi, My name is Jack. I have recently come across a major problem My PC, since i did a factory reset. has bogged down on my Frames per second on Counter-Strike Global Offensive, and seeing as i am mainly a CSGO player it has affected my performance in game I have placed all of the launch options...

So the games I play mostly are Terraria, TF2, CS, and some other source games. I used to be able to run all of these at 120 fps before, but now it crawls. Terraria usually can't get above 20, and TF2 hovers around 80, and I use a max frames graphics config. My hardware is as follows: (on a...

Hello everybody! I am about to build a new pc and I am stuck in a dilemma over the Gigabyte 970 vs MSI R9 390. I will mostly game on it, maybe some photo and video editing and some After Effects. I know that this horse has been beaten down to the ground, but I am still confused between these...

Hi there, My Asus notebook is automatically booting into the "Asus Preload Wizard" and prompting me to repair my partitions. This occurs regardless of whether I choose to start windowns normally or perform start-up repair. I would obviously like to hold onto my files, which are mainly on my...

I built a PC in July of 2012. It ran perfectly (loads of hours gaming MechWarrior Online, Diablo 3, Hearthstone) until January of this year. When it all of a sudden started random BSODs. I assumed it had to do with a new Nvidia driver I installed as I was having video performance issues and game...

Hey Guys, I'm getting random lag spikes in all of my games? Any reccomendations ?

Hi everybody! I'm making a build in the Silverstone SG13, which is a very small shoe box case with space for only one fan up front. I will have a top mounted PSU and a blower style GPU as exhausts, so my question is this: what should I do for my case fan in the front? I can fit a 120mm fan. I...

Been Looking at Radeon 6450 PCIexpress Cards & was Wondering if this is the Best/ Easiest way to go. Don't Game, Just want to Improve/Speed up Streaming Video & DVDs. Thanx

Hi everyone. I recently began building my first computer. It was going well up until the point of putting in the 24pin connector power supply. I'm using a 500W Corsair CX, and it has the (seemingly infamous) problem where it just won't go in. I didn't know about this until I had bought it...

So I am selling my vapor x r9 290x's that I had in crossfire because of amd's driver issues and they never to seem to run a constant frame. I want to switch to nvidia and was looking at the 970's, was wondering if this is a good trade off, I'll probably get two of whatever card I get, I was...

This is my first time actually building a computer myself, and it won't boot for some reason. Can you guys help me? When I try to boot it, nothing happens. No fans spin or anything, however the motherboard light is on as well as the graphics card light. Specs: i7 5930k, asus rampage v extreme...

Im looking to get me a brand new liquid cooler for my cpu as the one i currently have installed is decently old and it does not seem to keep the device as cool as it used to. The problem is with my case, im not sure if im able to install a bigger one or not and if so im not sure how i would work...

I've been watching a lot of LinusTechTips, and he recently benchmarked two motherboards side-by-side. After watching that video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeuJAOVRoA0), I decided I could probably drop my budget by almost 100. Anyway, here's my build (I'm currently looking for a different...

Can anyone link me a build for around $1500-$2000 for these things?