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hi there I'm looking to buy a gaming PC for my son, but am unsure as to what spec I should be looking for. He currently uses laptop with i5 processor, but wants a more robust setup with dual monitors etc... He's 14 and does a lot of "youtubing" and general gaming. I am currently looking at...

Hey guys I love playing games on pc but i dont have a high performance pc.. I played gta V on the same pc before without any lag but im facing some issues. I have intel Pentium g2030 and intel hd graphics and when i launch gta v the game runs on 30+ fps and then after a while the game starts to...

Hello, I live in student accommodation and I have to log into a website every single day to access the internet as they disconnect all devices every 24 hours. I want to be able to use my Chromecast and my current solution is to use a Travel router(TP-LINK TL-WR702N) and create a non splash...

I decided to upgrade my 3rd gen i5 to an i7 6700k. Since i'm planning to do some tough overclocking i was searching for a good cooler (air, don't wanna deal with water) and a better ventilated case (my current case is a CM K350, which is terrible at airflow and cable management, and honestly no...

Hello guys I got a new Asus ASUS PRO P5430UA FA0017E laptop which has a preinstalled M.2 SSD, My laptop also got an empty room for a normal hard drive 2,5". Notice that the room is empty. I bought a new 250gb SSD to install it. But the problem is that I dont have any screws to properly install...

I've recently been working on changing cases to a phantaom 410 elite and I am completely stumped on the problem of where I should hook in these Power sw, Reset se, and the led and what not to my panel pins. I've seen ton of answers on the topic to use the manual, however I don't have my manual...

Hi everyone, Can I get some feedback on the below items to see if they would provide a suitable upgrade. Main use is gaming. MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X Intel Core i5 6600K Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2A2133C13R 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 Red For now I'll just be running my Gigabyte HD 7970 until...

Hiho, Two days ago I tried booting the PC and I couldn't. I turned it off normally using the PC button and then after trying to turn it on again, it wouldn't boot at all. First, it had boot loop error LEDS 32, 36, and 32. Then I took everything apart, but I kept the mobo in the case...

i got minecraft i thought it would be really fun and then i tried for like a week and i still i can not place a minecraft block it is frustrating for me

I'm not good with computers and my stepdad is putting together my new upgrade, the cx750 corsair psu I have doesn't seem to have a 4 pin atx cable. My step dad said I have a 8 pin one but need it for my 960 Here is my specs : Gigabyte H81M - S2H Corsair CX750 GTX EVGA 960 8gb of ram Samsung...

Thanx in advance I built a new pc with I7 6700 6700 k Gigabyte z170 d3h heroes gaming MoBO Ddr4 16 gb ram My question is that I'm not Abe to instal windows XP. When I try to instal, after initial reading the drivers screen turns blue and says drivers are not ACPI compliant. Though windows 7...

I am just wondering I'm looking for an upgrade, gaming-wise.

Hi, In the next month i was thinking about building a little server. First of all i have few parts already: Case,PSU,Ram. I was thinking about a G3258 with a little oc to run little Minecraft/Gmod servers. The biggest one i think i'll run is an Ark Server idk if it would be enough for 3 or 4...

http://outervision.com/b/dqj1Gn Based on this, it should do. I need the setup done in few hours, so needing to get new PSU would be a trouble. Can i safely go with this one ?

Computer Malfunction 2016 Select Boot Device Rectangle on Start Up Computer HP Compaq Presario Model CQ 5320 F Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1; with 6 month old 1 tb 64 bit Seagate hard drive replaced hp damaged hard drive several months ago. Downloaded Windows 7 from recovery discs...

my pc has got a asus nvidia gt 730 2 gb gddr5 card installed my laptop has a gtx 950m card i accidentally installed my gt 730 graphics card driver to my laptop and the display is not turning on now guys, any of u help please.......... its urgent

I have a problems with fairly new rig (4-6 months old) Post is getting terribly slow, no peripherials are powered on till the 'beep', which happens 5 seconds after powering on machine. Bios itsellf loads slow as well. OS boots in about 3 sec whic is pretty frustrating. Adding insult to injury...

It started by crashing randomly to crashing a little after I launch the games, Black Desert Online and Paragon. Specs: Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor Video Card ASUS R9 280 Series RAM 8.0 GB Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (build 9600), 64-bit I've tried...

i just put together a new computer and i haven't been able to connect to the internet even though everything is plugged in. it keeps saying i don't have the right drivers installed and i cant seem to find the right one to put on a usb. im pretty sure the motherboard is a acer aspire m3400 but...

Thinking about building a new PC, and here is what I can up with so far: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FPdrxY I do a lot of gaming, programming, and photo editing. The optical drives I have laying around already, and the case I selected should fit where my current PC resides. I have two HD ISP...

1024x768 is a widescreen resolution, but what is its full screen resolution?

Hi, I have a HP 6005 Pro SFF and I'm wanting to know what graphics card is better and what's the differences between these: GT 740 2 GB SC, GT 430, and others that are budget orriented. Here are my PC Specs: Name: HP 6005 Pro Desktop PC CPU: 3.0 GHz Amd Athlon 64 x2 RAM: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM...

Hey everyone! I know the title might sound kind of weird, but basically my situation is I have stereo speakers connected to my computer. Because of the length of the headphone cord, I have to wear the headphone backwards or flipped (so I'm wearing the left headphone on the right ear and the...

I was given a used custom build computer with some older parts and I upgraded some of the parts in it. It came with a Gigabyte motherboard, Corsair GS700 Power Supply, an older Geforce 550 GTX Ti graphics card, and 1 4GB stick of ram. I only upgraded the graphics card to a basic nongaming...

Hello so I have come down to the following monitors: Please tell me which is better over which in terms of software, performance and most importantly the colors. Thank you Iiyama Red Eagle 27" TN- 379 euros- http://www.monitorstore.nl/product/669643/iiyama-g-master-red-eagle-gb2788hs-b1.html?s=k...

I have found that since i started playing Call of Duty i have been plagued with problems using my i5-6400 and my GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 . So i thought that i would make a thread about what helped me that way when others look up what helps with these issues they will be able to find this thread...

About a year ago, my building had issues with internet connectivity. A dozen calls later to Xfinity, and they ended up rewiring the entire floor directly to the power line. This worked great up until about a week ago. I talked to a technician on the phone and decided it was time to buy my own...

My windows 7 toshiba laptop won't start keeps saying "Windows failed to start" when I turn it on and brings me to windows error recovery which gives me two options to launch startup repair or to start windows normally neither will work. Can someone help please?

Computer Type: Laptop - Lenovo Y460P GPU: AMD Radeon Mobility 5000 HD Series / 6500 HD Series (more explained later) CPU: Intel i7 - 2630QM - 2.0 MHz - not overclocked Motherboard: Not sure from Device Manager RAM: 8.0gb RAM Operating System & Version: I.E. Windows 7 GPU Drivers...

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum and I am in need with your help. I have purchased the item down below for my HP Pavilion Dv6 4023-tx laptop. http://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card-p-934367.html I have followed the manual and connected all the parts probably...

I ordered g.skill 2x8gb link1 But now realised that it's optimised for Z170 when I ordered a x99 asus pro, with Intel 5960, It's planned to be dispatched on 7th March so I can still cancel. I was looking before to get corsair dominator link2 which is optimised for x99, do you guys think I...

My wife was using he laptop and it suddenly just turned off. now it won't turn on and the chaging light won't come on. It is a fixed internal battery so taking the battery out won't work. Any ideas?

Hey guys, Just today i turned on my pc and called up a friend of mine on my phone at first with my current headset. I then plugged my headset back in to the PC and now i can now and then hear a click sound on my left ear, and i can also hear my own voice even tho the setting something like...

I've been given an older Gateway gaming rig and was able to swap out the old PSU for a 650W unit. This will enable a more powerful GPU to be installed. My budget is $150. Seems like so many choices and I don't know which way to go. Any suggestions that would give me a noticeable gaming bump...

I bought a 144hz monitor and it was really different from 60hz. the VG248QE. I used it on 144hz a little bit and then went back to 60hz. The first thing I noticed is that the colors came back a lot better than what they were on 144hz. Then I gamed on 60hz again and it just felt better. Like...

Can someone advise me if the ASrock Z170 OC Formula will permit configuration of 2 M.2 x4 SSDs along with 4 SATA 3 drives in RAID 5, a couple of DVD's and an eSATA port. I discovered the hard way that the Gigabyte z170's disable all but 2 of the SATA ports if dual M.2's are installed Are there...

My desired build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zLDbqs On this machine I will be doing some gaming, occasionally some heavy multitasking (I'm a web developer), a bit of photoshop and some virtualization (hence the 16GB RAM, which I'm sure will be enough, and the 8-thread xeon). GTX970 instead of...

My Noctua NF-A14 case fan doesn't work on my SYS_FAN header. I have the Gigabyte F2A78M-DS2 mobo with a CS450M psu which should be enough. The fan is rated at 6,6 watts and the header should have enough power, shouldn't it?

Hello got the corsair h100i The only thing I don't like is the fans not having led. I was looking cooler Master jetflo http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/jetflo-120/ Corsair 120m 2 pack http://www.corsair.com/en-us/air-series-sp120-led-white-high-static-pressure-120mm-fan-twin-pack I...

So I just built my new PC, installed windows, everything is going fine, except when I go into the devices and printers window my PC has a yellow warning sign on it. When I click properties and go into the hardware tab there are warning signs on the following items: Ethernet Controller SM Bus...