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Hello, I've been a long time Tom's Hardware lurker and feel that I used to have an account, although I couldn't figure it out when logging in just now, so I present as a newbie even though I am quite experienced! Anyhow, on to my problem! I am attempting to build a PC for a friend and he has a...

Hello, First of all I just built an almost completely new PC. It's just the GPU and RAM that I moved from the old one. Specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x T-FORCE DELTA TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR4 3200Mhz ASUS TUF B550 Plus AMD Radeon RX6600 Corsair CV650 PSU or...

Hi all, My relatives have an 8 year old PC, which has started playing up - if you switch it on: the case power LED comes on and the case fans spin up, then the CPU debug LED on the motherboard flashes and the CPU fan twitches, then the case power LED goes off and the case & PSU fans spin down...

My friend and I are building two versions of the same build, one for each of us. We can't get the board to power on beyond the board lights glowing when we flip the power. We tried to trip the PWR connectors but nothing works. GPU won't turn on, fans still won't spin and the rig won't POST. Here...

Hi so i bought a couple of weeks ago the DeepCool MATREXX 55 cause one it is bigger than the case i am using now and two i could install 3 more fans in the system which i am just wondering about this if i would be able to do the 3 fans in the front and the one in the rear as intake and the 2 top...

Hello, I currently have an ASUS Z170 Pro motherboard (not the gaming model). The link to the manual is here: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/Z170-PRO/E10417_Z170-PRO_UM_WEB.pdf I am thinking of purchasing the Samsung EVO 960 NVMe SSD but I am unsure whether this will work with my...

Hoping to get some feedback here on the components I've selected. Open to suggestions on better stuff and or what I may be missing. I'm sure there should be some thermal paste included here somewhere. where should I be applying that in my build?? NZXT S340 Glossy White Steel ATX Mid Tower...

Mobo ASrock H81m VG4 R2.0 Samsung DVD RW DDR 3 kingston processor Intel G3240 Enlight sniper power supply 430 watt Bios shows +5V =5.256V to 5.28 V Multimeter +5V =5.18V to 5.23V loading voltages with 1 sata power connect to hard drive (test to 4 pin molex) Multimeter +5V=5.25V to 5.28...

I don't care if I use Team Viewer or a WOL app to turn my computer on, I just want to get this working. I had it working in windows 7 and now I can't on windows 10. I have the latest drivers installed. I have WOL enabled in BIOS (under: PCI Devices Power On). I have my computer wired in...

When I ping a server ip I get like 50-60 or so but when I connect to the server it doubles my ping, but for some reason in cmd it still says I get 50-60 when I am connected to the server. My ping to my router is 15. This all started to happen after i reset my pc. And I am connected from a...

how to identify which motherboard i am using????

I have been getting horrible FPS while playing certain ARMA 3 multiplayer games (7-10 fps). I am able to run it smoothly on single player, and other games are decent on multiplayer. I am looking to upgrade my video card, but Im not sure if its worth it with my processor and other current...