Power Failure

Hi everyone, here's my sad story. There was a storm the other day and it did some damage to my PC, but 4 days and a lot of frustration later, I still can't figure out what's wrong. Setup: Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x GPU: Sapphire Radeon 7900 GRE RAM: 32GB...

I recently upgraded my computer's CPU, GPU, and motherboard. However now I have a problem launching Warframe. I have had no issues with any other game. I have played Elden Ring, Multiversus, SoT, FH5, Factorio, and Rust since upgrading and Warframe is the only game that it has issues with so...

well hello gentleman, for the last 4 years my pc works just fine. but 2 days ago, it start doing a wierd behaviour. every time after the psu has been unplugged/turned off next start will do the "first boot" cycle, where i start the pc, it will turns off after a second and then starts again to...

So the issue I'm having it that my screen goes black and unresponsive almost randomly. (Sometimes before I even get to the log in some times a few minutes after.) When it goes black the LEDs on my mouse and keyboard also go out but my computer LEDs all stay the same. All running processes stop...

I have an MSI GE726QF which had some issues with the keyboard (I`m guessing where it got too hot!) which meant I had to replace it. Having replaced the keyboard, I booted the laptop and everything was fine, all keys working etc. The next time I went to boot, it would not turn on. When the power...

Hi, My pc have come across a weird problem of random power failures and i've been trying to solve it since a long time. the problem started with occasional power off and restarts but happened only once or twice the initial week.Then the frequency of the problem increased and started to happen...

This is, from what I can tell, a different problem, so I will post it in a different thread here. For context, this is my recent history. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/pc-shuts-off-unexpectedly.3578909/ I took apart the PC in an attempt to try and fix the issue with the motherboard...

Here is my Build: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (NEW) Motherboard: B450-A PRO (NEW) Graphics Card: nVidia GTX 1060 6 GB (1 Year old) Case: RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB RAM: G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GISB (NEW) Power...

Original Build: CPU: Intel i7-4790k MOBO: Gigabyte Z97-SLI RAM: 16gb gskill GPU: GeForce 1080 Founders Edition PSU: Corsair CXM 750W Build Today (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/tjbalon/saved/Mpc7TW): CPU: Intel i7-9700K MOBO: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO ATX RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB...

I'm gonna be in college in about 2 months and need a good light laptop for hackathons and internships which require me to do a lit bit of work on my laptop. And I'll also be playing games like GTA5, Dying Light on the weekends. I'm okay with playing them at 1080P and Normal settings. Is Asus...

Hello my lovely community, i do have a question about safe mining temperatures for not 24/365. To get the question into better shape i have to ask - if i want to try mining at home while I’m at school for about 8-9 hours per day, if it’s safe to have 80c on my Gtx 1070 ti. I know that there...

hi... i have computer build with core i7 skylake, 16gb corsair vegence, 1tb wdc blue, and corsair vs450 Psu, my mobo is gigabyte b150m. i have play around After Effect and cinema 4D, but my computer seems quite slow on lighting (Cinema 4D) and AE while to much footage needed to use. i can even...

Just finished my first pc build and it was successful! I have a second graphics card here as well. I bought an rx 480 with this new rig. The other card I have is an r9 290 can I put that in the new rig and get more power with both cards? Or would it not really make a difference? I've never done...

So I wanted to know can I run the game. My Specs: Windows 10, AMD A10 7400p APU, AMD R6 7400p GPU, AMD R5 M230 Series GPU. 8GB of RAM. Game link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/396900/ I would really like to play this game with my friends, but the system requirements lab says that i cant run...

HI so I have build a gaming computer this summer but I still want to use my xbox one, the only problem is that there is only one HDMI port on my moniter and Its annoying to have to unplug and replug everytime I need to switch screens, I have tried to use the stream option on the xbox to windows...

hey guys i have a question, i want to buy the blood and wine dlc from my local store because it has the gwent cards included in it ( 28$ for blood and wine + cards ) and the package says : '' no disc, pc digital download '' is it safe to assume that the base game which i had purchased on steam...

This week I upgraded my 760 with a 1060 and the difference is incredible. I bought the 6GB model that was clocked at 1557/1772 Mhz... Here's my problem. Upon my first boot with this card, it's been running as high as 1982 Mhz! Looking at Gigabyte's Xtreme Gaming Engine, what I'm seeing is GPU...

Hi My current spec is... MoBo: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 CPU: i5 2500k RAM: 8GB DDR3 GPU: Sapphire R9 280 3GB I know my GPU isn't up to scratch for VR, but could I get away with just replacing the graphics card (and getting a Vive) or would I need to build a new system altogether? I know I don't...

Hello Tom's, I am stuck with the choice between 6600 and 6600k. Since almost all manufacturers released their modded bios to support bclk oc for non-k edition. I am building a new fully watercooled skylake system with Asus z170 M8I and g.skill ripjawz V ram. Should I pick a 6600 and try out...

Bios is laggy and I can't access bios settings but Windows loads, however if I use a backup card (in this instance a geforce 210 ddr3 1gb) everything works fine and I can access the bios settings with no problems. I was able install the driver for Palit gtx 960 in windows. I tried to flash the...

So out of two GPU which one consumes more watts Sparkle Geforce GTS 450 Factory overclocked with core clock 789MHZ and memory clock 1880MHZ or Zotac GTX 950 AMP Edition (AMP Edition means Factory Overclocked) Core Clock 1203 MHz (base) / 1405 MHz (boost) and Memory Clock 1755MHZ So which...

Planning to buy two 3TB HDD and partition both as 2TB on Raid 1 and 1TB as Raid 0 is it advisable or not?

hello guys, I want to build a new PC because i'm now playing on a laptop which has on black ops 2 lowest settings 40 fps, but i'm not sure if all these components will work together. My budget is 750 euro or 1000 dollar without monitor, keyboard and mouse I'm going to build this PC: Case...

Hey guys, I bought a new 850w power supply, my old one being 750w (but considered a very poor one, in which people have said I'm likely not getting even close to 750w out of it). I was wondering if when I install the new PSU, will it allow me to overclock higher? With the 750w, I can get 4.2GHz...

I am a newbie when it comes to computers and I am seeking help with choosing my Graphics card as well as my PS if needed. My computer is a HP Pavilion p6210f Part #: NY544AA#ABA my goals are just to run a few decent games such as Skyrim on low to med graphics I do not play much just when...