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Hi long story short, I need to repad my 3070 could anyone help? I couldn't find anything regarding correct sizes for the MSI 3070 2X. I did find something on official MSI website, 2.25 and 2.75. I installed them correctly, but the GPU goes to 85c the moment the PC boots . What size pads do I...

Hi there! I've been struggling with this problem for awhile now, any advice would be appreciated! The Problem: While gaming, after around 1-2hours on moderate to high loads, my computer will randomly crash. Now, the PC with remain on, however my monitors will go black, sound goes off and no...

Hi guys, I've been having this issue with my PC for a while. Sometimes when under load, it will just restart by itself. I've changed out the PSU and motherboard but it didn't solve my issue. I attached my event viewer log. It happened at 11:53AM. Please help!~ Thanks! -->LOG<-- My PC spec...

Hello! i am planning to buy a new PSU (PURE POWER 12 M 750W) My current is DN500 and i'm switching my 1060 with the MSI 3070 OC and i have a question, i've looked into the PSU and it looks good and well, BUT the thing is, it has one PCIE 5.0 and just one simple PCI-E, Is 5.0 PCIE for 40 series...

Hello, This is my first post here and noticed people tend to give pretty solid advice. For a few months now i've had micro stutter in games it wasnt noticeable at first. since i mostly play FFXIV. but it's super noticeable on Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous and GTAV I tried witcher 3 and...

I am struggling to figure out what is wrong with my pc, I have a build almost near identical from what I can tell to benchmarks I have seen and I am not getting nearly the frames I see in the benchmarks. My gpu and cpu arent even hitting 50% in games like warzone or battlefield5 which from what...

My PC will randomly stop outputting video, audio, and peripheral signals but the system continues to run. All fans continue to spin and all motherboard LEDs continue to light up. I am forced to hold the power button to restart it as I am left without any way to interact with the system. When I...

Very recently i have tried to factory reset my macos but i screwed up by doing these exactly in order 1. I restarted my mac and entered recovery menu via command + r 2. I deleted my disk and renamed it , but i made a stupid mistake by restarting the macbook and not reinstalling the macos...

so i want to setup a second monitor on my pc setup but its an old one and it uses vga. i bought an hdmi to vga adapter and when i plug the adapter in my pc detects the second monitor, but when i plug the power suply of the second monitor in the image doesnt work and it makes my first monitor...

Hi My laptop has texture problem in every games Likes: 1.texture are hide for me in hitman 3 and graphic setting change very slowly .its start from 1gb /6gb to up slowly 2.texture loding slowly in watch dogs 2 3. My monitor Frick between grass in don Starve hamelet My system: Nitro 5 an515...

Right so, little bit of context... I just bought a R9 3900x to replace my old R7 2700x (I'm using a Gigabyte Aourus Ultra Gaming x470 which is officially fully compatible with both chips). I believe the 3900x I received was dead on arrival as absolutely nothing I tried could get it to work, so I...

my P.C would initially turn on, motherboard, fans, ram, and gpu... but the error code yellow light indicating “dram” wouldn’t allow my motherboard to boot. I had previously solved this issue by properly connecting my 8-pin cpu and just wiggling it until it worked. Eventually I just decided to...

I installed my new gammaxx L240 v2 and the fans don't spin, but when I plug another fan into same header it spins. Another issue is my old cpu cooler stuck and I Bent a pin, but its barely Bent and seats just fine, but I get no display at all on my monitor. What do I do

Hello all, So recently I've been having problems with booting up my pc and having random freezes. I have a thread with more details here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/pc-freezes-randomly.3646310/ I was wondering if a BIOS Update would fix my issues My Mobo is GIGABYTE AB350M...

Hello there, I have laptop Acer Nitro 5 obsidian black, there is this built-in ram HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK - SK Hynix 1x 8GB DDR4-2666 SODIMM PC4-21300V-S Single Rank x8 Module here is the link for it...

I am thinking about getting the rtx 3070 however i am not sure if my system will hold the card back. My pc: Intel core i7 7700k overclocked to 5ghz 2x8 16 gb 2400 ddr4 ram Asus prime z270-p motherboard Evga supernova g3 650 watt psu I already know my cpu is probably going to bottleneck the rtx...

OK so some background, my MOBO only has 1 5volt argb header, but i have 2 components right now and maybe a third that need a 5volt controller my case (lian lancool 2), rx5700xt sapphire nitro+, and some in-win sirius loop a120 fans. I bought two y 5volt splitters but all three sides are...

So recently I got the msi ventus xs oc edition 2060 for 300 euros, nice little bargine I fetched myself. Unfortunately my psu has 2, 6 pins as opposed to an 8 pin, which is what the 2060 has. I've looked at multiple forums and read a bunch of things, apparently 6 pins will only deliver 75Ws so...

Hello! I had temporarily moved my computer (for a vr test) , and didn't bring my interface with, and now, after moving back to my original spot, my interface is no longer detected by my computer. I've tried reinstalling audio drivers and the like, but to no avail. i5-7600k H170 PRO GAMING GTX...

So, I ran games perfectly no lag nice fps before i factory reset my pc, i recently reset it and im getting random lagspikes, in CS, overwatch, even though i get 300+ fps, its super annoying Cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz Gpu: GTX 980 RAM: 16 GB VRAM: 4 GB All my drivers are up...

I was just downloading Valorant, a new game, and it asked for a restart for installation to continue. After restart, my gpu stopped working (Windows has stopped the device because it reported problems Error code 43) A few hours later i also found out that (in device manager) my monitor wasn't...

Hello guys, for ages I have wondered if I can actually overclock (and how?) this old generation CPU. I would love to get some newbie-friendly guidance as I am not really much versed with computers and hardware in general :). Here is the CPU and motherboard: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core...

CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB SSD: Corsair Force LE 240GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB MBD: Gigabyte GA-B365 M AORUS ELITE-CF PWS: Corsair 650W | 650txv2 This is my specs I tried everything thru internet to find the...

Hello good people. I'm a bit scared about my new pc temps. 40-50c idle) I just bought a gigabyte x570 aorus pro mobo, a corsair H150i pro cooler and a 3900x cpu. I would like to know if there's any app to control the fans, I have that cooler plus two separated fans. My old pc had an Asus...

Please Anyone can help me ? My TSC TTP 247 Barcode Printer every time i print Shelf Tag it Will have Red Blinking Light View: https://imgur.com/ntpiNXz already use the long pressing method but problem still consistent appearing this happen only Shelf Tag and Hard Tag if anyone willing to teach...

I was very excited to purchase the MSI Ventus RTX 2070 Super, it was a major improvement from my 3gb GTX 1060. I unboxed the new gpu making very sure to be careful and precise. I did a clean uninstall of my old GPU and the installed the new GPU. I plugged the HDMI cable into the GPU and to my...

Hello, I am building a new computer and want to clone my drives over to my new system, and I am looking for some guidance. Currently, I have a 128gb 2.5" SSD with my OS, and a 2TB HDD with games and other applications. The SSD has about 93gb used, and the HDD has about 290gb used. For my...

So I built this pc myself and it was working fine for more than 2 years, but now for the past few months it restarts randomly during any task. I checked the event viewer and I'm getting Kernal-Power error, event ID 41. I've replaced and swapped out just about every single part so now I'm at a...

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Hi! I have a computer that I think should run a lot better. Every time I play a game, even on low settings, my CPU and RAM, and sometimes even my GPU max out. It still happens when I'm only running the game, and not multitasking. I don't know if my PSU is wacky, or some other shenanigans that I...

I came home from being at college for 3 months, plugged my desktop in and found it would turn on for a second and then keep restarting. I then starting unplugging, re-plugging, and trying every combination possible. I ran over tips other people have done like run the PC with just the CPU in, and...

(repost because the other was deleted before even being posted, didn't give a reason) So I have a monitor that supports 144hz. I just recently rebuilt my computer with a i9 9900k, 2080ti (Zotac if that helps), 16 Gbs RAM, and other stuff that doesn't pertain to this question. I have tried...

I switched on my PC once I'd finished it (first build) and it lit up, fans started spinning etc. it seemed fine. It took me 5/10 seconds to figure out how to turn on my new monitor and by this time the PC was dead. It won't turn back on again. I'm not sure if anything was displayed. I've watched...

Okay so... I got home, Opened my pc, Started using it, Noticed that it was going slow, and as a clueless person, I tried to just restart it, so I left it after pressing restart on the windows, After a few minutes, It was not restarting not even the "Windows cannot close these programs" messages...

Can't seem to find an adapter for this old laptop hard drive I've had for over 10 years. The laptop is an HP it doesn't turn on, I'm trying to salvage my old pictures from the hard drive. As far as I can tell the Hard drive is an Hitachi brand has 7 + 15 (22) pins. Any assistance would be...

Hey, so recently I've run into some trouble with my computer, its a new-ish build only around a year or so at most old. Could really use some help/advice. Here are its specs: Mobo: Asus Strix z270 GPU: GTX 970 (recently replaced under warranty for a new card) CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K (Now...

I recently got new parts for my computer, basically making it a whole new build apart from my 2 hard drives. Ever since then, I have been experiencing crashes at random moments. By random, I mean I have crashed right as I logged in to my computer, or crashed after 3-4 hours of playing intensive...

Hello this is my first time using this and I would like help I played some games on my Keyboard and went to bed the next day I unplugged it to fix my wiring and when I replugged it nothing happened it stopped working I tried plugging it into another pc but it just won’t work please help only...

Okay so I recently built my pc a few months ago and it has worked fine it’s worked amazing and all of sudden after not using it for about 2 days I come back and the pc boots up but doesn’t show on the display. I didn’t change anything inside the case or touch it at all. I will list everything...

I’m a newbie to pc buildings but my cousin told me about this build which I bought Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX z390e Cpu- Intel core i7 -9700k Gpu - GeForce RTX 2080 xc ultra gaming Ram - 2x8b, 3000mhz DDR4 by Corsair - Vengeance LPX Cooler - Corsair H100i pro Psu - Evga 850 watt, 80 plus...