Plug And Play

Can someone tell me definition of Plug and Play motherboard?

sorry for my bad grammar. hello, i want to know if i can buy a new ssd and use it as a storage space i corntlly using a 250gb kingston with i installed my os on it and a hdd 1tb for storage my 1tb hdd is full, can i plug and play with my new samsung 860 qvo 2tb ssd that i'm gonna buy?

Hello, After the latest Windows 10 1903 update, my GPU 1080Ti looks like is not working. lights are on and small resolution. I try CD driver to reinstall but did not work as a fix. Show hidden devices is selected on Device Manager window. The GPU does not show up in my devices manager list at...

Hi, Can anyone let me know if swapping out motherboards is same as swapping out a monitor or a power supply? Considering that the motherboard I'm swapping out is of the same make and manufacturer.

I have a GTX 1060 6GB, i7 7700, 16 GB RAM, but I can't get above 30 fps while playing games like Sea of Thieves. No matter what in game settings I use, my frame rate remains the same. My GPU usage stays below 50%, and my CPU usage stays below 20%. All of my temperatures are fine. I have v-syc...

Hello, so I noticed my computer was sounding louder than I thought it should as soon as I'd turn it on. I was concerned and asked a friend for help(he is good with computers). He instructed me to go to the bios on startup and to look at smart fan settings, which I did. He told me the RPM was a...

Hi, I have recently purchased a laptop from acer, which is significantly newer than my 2014 desktop. However I cant really say it is a upgrade as games still perform better on my desktop than on the new pc. My desktop is a i7 4770k, 16gb dd3 hyperx savage, asrock z97m, gygabyte gtx970 g1 with...

I have a Asus Rx 580 8gb Dual graphics card and when I go to Radeon settings it says for both the memory and core clock speeds that it is set at 300Mhz. The base speeds are 1360 for core and 2000 for memory. I even have these settings overclocked to 1400Mhz and 2100Mhz. In GPUZ the settings are...

I'm having issues with my 1070 Strix from Asus. When its connected to my computer, I can launch any game and the left and middle fan go to 100%, whilst the right fan is having issues spinning at all. All programs also report that there is either no rpms or something completely different.

Hi, A few days ago, i bought the GTA V. Every day since, i couldn´t play it because it would crash every time. My card´s drivers (specs below) are updated and i reinstalled the game. I need some help. Specs: AMD ryzen 5 1600 XFX RX570 4gb MOBO: A320M-K Asus RAM: 8 gigs Crucial Balistix EDIT...

So i bought a pc (used) recently and i have been getting 15-30 fps on games like Rust, csgo and Overwatch despite using lowest settings. I bought the 1 year old pc used, i don't know a lot about pc's but i belive the psu might be the lacking component as i dont know what else could be wrong...

My New Custom Built Windows 10 PC Is Randomly Freezing And Restarting Please Help. Pc Specs- Gpu-Zotac GTX 1050 ti Cpu-Amd FX-8350 Cooler-Stock Amd Cooler Psu-Corsair 650W Bronze Motherboard-Gigabite GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 (rev. 1.0) Ram-Patriot 8Gb (2x4gb)

MY CPU IS OVER HEATING, IT IS AN AMD FX8350 8 CORE WITH ITS ORIGINAL COOLING FAN, my system is a windows 10 64bit with a gigabyte mobo 990afx-ud3, 16gb ddr3 mem, my gpu is an nvidia gt545. could anyone recommend a better cpu cooling system

My PC specs are Gtx 1050ti, Intel Pentium G4560, 8GB DDR4 Ram, and a WDB 1TB HDD. I have No idea what could be wrong with my pc, It's under a year old and Its always been able to have multiple tabs open with discord and a Steam game. Now all of the sudden overnight I can't play any games without...

My in-laws computer is dying (nearly 10 years old), so wife told me to build them a new one. All they do is internet surf and read email. Thus, an older cpu that runs on DDR3 would be cheap and easy. Obviously overclocking is pointless. So.... what do yall recommend?

Hi, I have an Asus M5A97 LE motherboard that was originally running one stick of 8gb 1600mhz RAM. I recently got a new RAM stick which is also 8gb, 1600mhz, but the problem is that whenever I try to boot it up, it gets past the BIOS screen, then immediately goes into a blue screen. There is...

When i try to play fortnite i get lag spikes for the first 3 minutes of the actual game. I have a g4600 and 4gb of ram. is my ram giving me this problem? should i add more ?

While gaming dota2, pubg, and other games my gpu is not running @ 100% load and it stutters a lot. my full specs: cpu: core i7 7700 gpu: gtx 1080 cpu cooler: cryorig r1 ultimate psu: seasonic m12ii 620w ram: 2x8gb 2400mhz storage: -120gb ssd for os and pubg -hdd 1tb for games and other files

My computer turns on but there's no display. I had to move my VGA cable from the GPU to On-Board GPU and it worked but in low resolution and stretched image. I found out that my GPU isn't listed on the device manager, but the fans are spinning. I tried: - Disabling/Uninstalling and...

So hi... I think the title is pretty self-explanatory.. after some period of time my PC (at least I think) starts repeating letter "W" so I thought my keyboard is broken and the key is somehow still pressed but the repeating goes on even when I unplug the keyboard from the PC... so I tried to...

should i upgrade my graphics card to gtx 710 2gb from amd radeon 5450 1gb to play gta5 please help me ... my pc specs cpu- intel pentium E5800@3GHZ ram- 4gb DDR2 GPU- AMD radeon 5450 (1gb) OS- windows 10 latest ver. motherboard- asus p5-kmpl/amps storage - 500GB thanks....

Hi everyone, just a general question here! I was watching some linus tech tips video (if you haven't watched him check him out) and he recomended decomissioned server hardware (fiber cards in my case) as well performing cheap alternatives to the extortionate prices of fiber hardware bought...

Sorry if i double post thread, for some reason the first one doesn't seem to be published. So i'm planning to buy a new 27" 1080p monitor to replace my benQ gw2260. My budget is about $200, can stretch to $250 by forgoing buying a new mouse. I'll mainly using this for casual gaming, watching...

Hello, my friend gave me his hdd to copy GTA 5 To my pc, i tried to just copy the files to my pc but it dint work, steam would not recognize it, after that i tried to open steam from his hdd but then i saw that it would not recognize it from his hdd!! Why did this happend? Help me please he is...

My system started recently black screening while trying to game, it fixes for a few hours when i delete and clean install new gpu drivers, my cpu temps seem to be normal from what i have read and my cpu and gpu are a few months old. When it black screens i lose signal to both monitors causing a...

and do you need a crossfire bridge for that? thx for the help

I have a fx-6300 with stock cooler stock overclock speeds, and my rpm in cpu fan with jump from 1k average to 300k + max being 675k rpm. This isn't dependent on what i'm doing, browsing youtube or playing overwatch still posts the jumps in rpm. Imgur of HWMonitor - https://imgur.com/a/MDE1G

hello all. its been 3 days since i had this problem...i have no sound wahts however.in my device manager i have some errors and cant fix tehm...i tried everuthng went every frum and nothing i dont know whats going on.it all started when i bought a ssd and othert monitor for my pc.well the day i...

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/tacklemepanda/saved/#view=jF9Gf7 suggestions? does that SSD work with that mobo? m.2 has me a little confused still/

see here: http://imgur.com/a/KUsTn . i used a intel utility that tells 3,0GB video memory. then the program Speccy that tells me 512Mb of video memory. and i used dxdiag which says 2543MB at "Totaal geheugen" which is dutch and it means total memory. they all tell me different things.. i think...

I just bought a slim optical drive the LG Electronics Slim DVD Super Multi Optical Drives (GTC0N) but I have lost its power cable I was wondering if getting the StarTech 6-Inch Slimline SATA to SATA Female/Male Adapter with Power (SLSATAADAP6) and connecting it to WonderfulDirect 22 Pin SATA ATA...

The intel i7 7700 (non k) I have recently discovered and I have been wondering what it is like in 2017. I have seen some benchmarks from last year and 2015 and do exceed my expectations but what is it actually like today? If you have seen my 2 most recent thread about a 1600 budget NZ gaming PC...

I have a cryorig h7 cooler and an i7 7700k processor. I built the PC about three months ago and today I was looking through it to make sure everything was good and I realized the h7 cooler was kind of sideways so using a fair amount of force I shifted it so it was properly aligned straight. My...

So I've just picked up a EVGA Geforce GTX 1060 card and when I come to install it on my Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV (Rev 2.1) motherboard I'm just getting a black screen. I'm on Windows 10 64-Bit. I've got a I5 3300 3GHz 8GB of ram I have a 500W power supply. Fan's turning on the card when I've got...

I am helping my friend out with buying a new Gaming PC, he has about $500 to spend and I am not sure if he should buy a refurb PC with an i7 2600 and ad a Graphics Card or buy new...any advice? PS: He doesn't want to build

I need the best wireless mouse that i can use for gaming and school work. I have looked at the razer lancehead and that is all i know of really. Please suggest mice that are wireless. Thanks!

Asus x53e shut down during night. All it has on screen is: REBOOT AND SELECT PROPER BOOT DEVICE IR INSERT BOOT MEDIA IN BOOT DEVICE AND PRESS A KEY".. Please help me I can't figure this out. Thanks

For some reason, in the menus i have a 60 fps cap, and on a 144hz monitor it looks a little choppy, but while in an actual match or training etc., there's no 60 fps cap, I looked in the settings for an fps cap but couldn't find one. Anyone know why this is happening or how it can be fixed?

Looking for a budget MOBO to pair with Ryzen 5 1600. I was thinking about the MSI B350m gaming pro or the ASRock AB350M-HDV. But found a crossfire compatible Biostar mobo with am4 chipset for 85$ usd...

So I own this PC: CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k @ 4.0 Ghz CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Pure Rock Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Memory: HyperX Furry 8GB DDR3 2x4GB SSD_1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD_2: Adata SP900 128GB HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB Video Card: Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 (+100 Mhz Core Clock...