Prebuilt Systems

Ive been rocking the 4.1 computer audio system from the early 2000s. The sub still hits, the speakers still sound good. The only issue is the amp which crackles. The soldering went bad maybe a decade ago. Its been a pain in the ass the keep the speakers adjusted perfectly to avoid the obnoxious...

Atx for car audio cuts out

So I got a Samsung 7 series 55 inch TV for black Friday. It has no regular audio out jacks, only optical out. So, I got an optical cable and I have an old receiver. (Onkyo HT-R530) No HDMI or anything on this receiver, just a bunch of inputs. I don't have any speakers for it, but I have a set...

I wwnt to buy ps4 but i am very confused which version should i buy ps4 slim or ps4 pro? Because i think ps4 pro will give me better graphic and higher quality even if i will play on full HD any advices?

Ive been an Nvidia fan-boy through and through, but lately ive been wanting to get a new rig cuase of some trouble that upgrading seperate areas would cost me. So as im looking for new PC's i found that most 1440p 1ms monitors (im also looking for a new one of those) come in Adaptive/Freesync...

First time making a gaming pc. I have built them before, but this is the first time I have researched parts. I would like to know: a. If it will run b. If I can knock a bit off the price c. Can it run Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege d. Best time to buy parts Thanks, any help is appreciated...

QUESTION: I am using the Nvidia Geforce experince broadcaster and I voice chat on steam with a buddy.... Is there a way to voice chat and broadcast at the same time, so that viewers can listen in on our chat while watching the stream??

Can i play or have enjoyable experience of fortnite with gtx 750ti?

So im looking to buy new videocard and i decided to buy Palit gtx 1060 3gb but would it be working on my mobo which is ASRock H87M Pro4 (CPUSocket)

I currently have a Cooler Master Excalibur that's mounted on to my heat sink, but it has recently started to break down. The blades are no longer spinning smoothly, and the fan itself seems to stop at random times. I've tried to fix the issue with the fan itself, but with no results. I'm...

Hello, I have a Samsung laptop model np900x5n with Windows 10. It was working fine. Suddenly, it has just stopped working following a windows update probably (but I am not sure that it is the cause but it seems likely). The touchpad does not appear in the settings anymore. Windows explicitly...

I'll make it short. After installing windows 10, I faced constant freeze (everything even mouse pointer, etc.) And ocassional blue screen. After booting to safe mode, one last blue screen occurred and then my pc no longer posts, beeps, and no display. I tried removing the RAM sticks to get...

It is problem the updating GPU with my laptop. what is important install software in the graphics card? my computer is freezes while playing games. i tried all the time fix to resolve the update graphics card driver. what do you think to provide me to done?

I got a new RX 580 8GB for $200 and a used ryzen 5 1400 for FREE from a friend (he used it for 5 months), i also bought a B350 (so i can overclock if needed) and 16GB RAM dual channel. Is this config enough for the next 3 years for gaming? For someone that wont change the setup for the next...

Sorry for the broad question but I'm a noob about this stuff. My budget is around $500 to $600 tops for a entry level gaming rig. So far I'm finding better deals for AMD Rizen chip and GPU systems. Why are they so much cheaper than Intel systems? Are the AMD's system ok for gaming?

I have 1060 3gb singlefan My friends offer to exchange with his 1070 for my 1060+80$ It worth? I use i5 8400 with 1080p60hz and plan to go with 1440p144hz next year Thank you

Hello i have a 8 gb usb and 2017 Civic Elegance with standard radio system. Here is the problem, i uploaded 750 songs in my usb but the car only showing 256 of them. I tried take a part with the folders but same problem , car doesn't show the folder. What should i do? Please Help..!!

New Lenovo p52. While in windows I was asked to update bios. I did it and it took me to a black screen which said it was updating... After about five hours on the same screen I held down the power button to force shut down the laptop which did nothing. I eventually had to remove the battery to...

I was wanting to upgrade some parts of my computer soon since some games are beginning to be hard to run for me (Black Ops 4 especially). I don't believe that I need to change my gpu but I was wandering if anybody could help in recommending anything I should look at before making any decisions...

Hi... This is my first build, and im stuck between two options. For video editing & compositing, which is beter? Ryzen 5 2400g with iGPU & ssd, or Ryzen 3 2200g & gtx 950? And Im planning to upgrade the processor or gpu in January

Hi guys. So I built my first PC (a few months ago actually, back in August), installed Windows 10 Pro, no anti-virus protection installed on it or anything because expert technician says that it makes your computer unstable. I am just using the Windows 10 virus protection itself and that seems...

Hey everyone, this is my first time on the Tom's Hardware forums and my first attempt at building a PC. I was wondering what you guys thought of my parts list and if any of you guys can suggest another CPU cooler if this one isn't efficient? This is my first time and I am not fully educated, so...

Hello I was just wondering if my friends build will be able to run Oculus Rift? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Cr3sJ Thanks.

I'm looking to upgrade my current PC for as little as possible, I can still play triple A titles on it, but only achieve moderate/low graphics quality and game performance. Here are my current specs: Cpu: Intel(r) core(tm) i7-3770k @3.5 ghz (overclocked to 4.1) Memory...

I’ve had this computer for a couple years and it’s been great. But now it will turn off (and will have to flip the PSU switch to turn it back on— sometimes it makes me wait awhile) after maybe a minute in World of Warcraft or after a little bit in photoshop. I’m not sure who the culprit is. I...

I have a 98SE based system with an internal Zip 100 SCSI drive that's getting iffy, i.e. it clicks excessively when reading certain sections of some discs. I suspect that there's oxide buildup on the heads. New internal ATAPI drives are still available but not the SCSIs. I've just been given...

I lost my remote control to my Toshiba T.V i can not find the Channel or the Volume buttons on The.t.v can someone help me please

Please help. I have an ASUS FX503VD and I'm really confused if I'm going to buy a cooling pad for it. I'm playing fallout 3 at max settings with temps 74 degs Celsius max at both gpu and cpu. This is while overboost fan mode is on. Please help me decide.

Hi, I've recently got a new internet connection as a test because my older one sucked hard, I'm from iraq so expect some weird shit over here.. anyway, with this new internet connection i'm having stable 80 ping to my friends teamspeak server, however when i use a VPN, packet loss goes down to 0...

Gpu fans spin during boot but once it’s finished booting and the windows login pops up they stop spinning. Gpu still works and games run but the fans don’t spin.

Hey everyone! I've been having a weird/annoying problem with my PC recently hopefully someone can help me, would really appreciate it. So, I have owned my Gpu (EVGA GTX 980 TI) for 2 and half years, used on 2 different Motherboards. About 2 months ago, as I was playing rainbow 6 on Uplay (which...

So after 2 months of programs closing by themselves and random blue screens all the time I decided to just reinstall windows. During installation it blue screened, after that on start up no boot just kept beeping. I looked at the manual an it said for those 3 beeps it was a "Memory error". I...

Ive read various articles and threads on how to replace an external HDD enclosure, but Ive never really encountered an issue like mine. SO this is a 5 year old Samsung drive, and I need to bend the USB cable in a weird way to get the damn thing to work. It has around 400GB of my data(including...

I've been playing black ops 4 since launch with no problems what so ever then when i woke up yesterday everytime I would get into a game my computer would crash I spent 10 hours trying to figure it out so now I have given up and come to post about it finally. At first when it started crashing...

hello, i am looking for a CPU cooler that is under 110mm, reasonably quiet and under £50, while looking i have only found cpu coolers around the 150mm mark and the 50mm mark, nothing in between, i have an i5-2400 (a 95w lga 1155 processor), thankyou in advance.

Hey everyone i build a new rig and had problem with my SLI 2x 2080 RTX GPU in games im getting about 80 c and is quit high and i wonna get as much performace as i can without worrying about over heating gpus after intense gaming . i tried everyting adding fans i bought Noctua 7x fans even for...

my ram Avexir DDR4 RGB does not light up anymore, i returned it to the store where i bought it, and they replaced the ram for the second time. and this is the 3rd time it stop to light up again. this occur when i use the MSI Mystic Light, and after i shutdown and turn on the pc, the ram does...

Hey guys! I've read some forums regarding the cx500 and how terrible it is. I've been using a cx500 since i got this computer around 5 years ago. I have however upgraded my other components over the years and im wondering if my old PSU could be causing any trouble as i do experience a lot of...

So I bought an XPS 8930 desktop about two months ago. Recently I decided to upgrade the hardware in it, so I went from the stock 460W PSU and a 1050 Ti to a 650W EVGA Supernova PSU and a 1070 Ti EVGA PSU because I need a bigger PSU for the new GPU. After installing my new hardware, I played...

I'm looking for a micro build with some space to upgrade, the case definitely needs plexi glass, and it should fit a micro build. I'm looking for liquid cooling. Preferably no rbg cancer, and it needs a disk drive. and the specs should be able to run high end games at medium settings. Any help...