PcParts

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    Question Suggestions, hints and tips for building my own and first Pc

    Hi, I've built a PC myself. It will be used for 3D CAD work and, in my free time (if available), for gaming. Here it is, please be honest.P.S. It has 64GB RAM because the 32GB RAM in our school PCs (HTL) is regularly maxed out. Also, I want this PC to last for 10 years without needing any major...
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    [SOLVED] Do unused PC Parts degrade overtime?

    Hello, I was just wondering, if a pc part is purchased such as a motherboard, CPU or even GPU and is left unused for a year or two more or less, will they degrade or be unusable? or will they be fine and can be built with regularly? Thanks
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    Question Display not working after installing a new RAM stick

    So recently, I purchased myself a new 8GB RAM stick to enable better performance on my PC for games as before my 8GB was limiting my performance. Today the RAM stick arrived and I tried installing it. At first I got a message saying the RAM wasn't installed properly; I then reseated it in the...
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    [SOLVED] Is my system fully compatible?

    Hey guys I just built a new system and its giving my issues with random crashing. If you'd like to see my detailed forum post go here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/new-pc-randomly-crashing.3676417/ All I'm asking in this thread is: Are all the parts fully compatible with one another...
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    [SOLVED] RTX 3070/3080 PC Build

    Greetings, Finished my pc part list, just wanted to know if I should change something or is it okay as it is. View: https://imgur.com/a/OTw8F80 Just missing storage and the GPU which I will add later. Regards.
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    [SOLVED] Can someone give me a quick guide/introduction to the filters for motherboards on pcpartpicker.com?

    I am a beginning PC builder and was starting a custom build on pcpartpicker.com. I don't understand what any of the filters mean about the motherboards and when I looked them up, some of them don't easily give active results like the memory maximum filter. Can someone help by describing what...
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    [SOLVED] PC Build Review/Advice

    Hello, i found this PC on German Website, if someone can check it, if it needs some changes like Power Supply or something: CPU: Intel Core i9-9900k OC 8x5.0 Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero | Intel Z390 Memory: 32GB DDR4-3600 Crosair Dominator Platinum RGB | 4x8GB Storage: 500GB Samsung...
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    Build Advice I am planning to assemble a new system budget is 860USD = 60000 Rupees Max

    Hello there, I am from India and the prices of PC parts are high here and I have a constrained budget of "60000/-Rupees" which is roughly equal to " 860 USD" .This is the maximum I can spend. I already have a monitor , keyboard and mouse. I just need Info on MOBO, RAM, CPU, GPU,PSU, HDD,SSD ...
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    Graphics card and Dell 460 watt psu

    hello, I don't really know much about power supplies. I think the Dell 460 watt has 2 - 6 pin adapters to use for a video card. a card I want to get needs 1 - 6 pin and 1 - 8 pin. does this mean it will not work with the power supply? or are there adapters or anything that would make it work?