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    [SOLVED] Looking for New PSU

    Hi all! So my current PSU is an EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00H33SFJU/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and I was talking with some else on this forum, and he suggest I get a new PSU for my system. I have had this PSU for basically 3 years, and since...
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    [SOLVED] Corsair LL140 RGB lightning without Lightning Node Pro or Commander Pro

    Do I need a Lightning Node Pro or Commander Pro, to light up / control the RGB light on my 3x LL140 fans or am I able to control it from my ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E motherboard in the Phanteks Evolv X case?
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    Ryzen 1600 - Temperature spikes and don't know why

    Hi all, Firstly - Setup: Motherboard: Asus B350-F Gaming CPU: Ryzen 1600 OC'd to 4.025Ghz Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite ML120L AIO RAM: 2x8gb G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3000Mhz (running at 2666mhz - damn you Ryzen!) GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070 Case: Rosewill something something mid tower...
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    [SOLVED] Search Bar Black/grey box and in windows search bar

    https://imgur.com/a/7TQYI1K it's doing this I don't know how to get rid of it and it's pissing me off so much I don't know why please someone help me get rid of it I fixed it. I have to go to cursor settings and change the thickness
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    GL553VD 120hz monitor upgrade, will it work?

    my gl553vd's warranty is coming to an end soon, so i'm looking to upgrade it's monitor the current monitor is NT156FHM-N41, which is only 60hz http://www.panelook.com/NT156FHM-N41_BOE_15.6_LCM_overview_27048.html if i replace with B156HTN05.1 will it work? do i need to flash firmware or...
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    **SOLVED** - VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE error 116 - Please help I'm at wits end

    Hopefully this is somewhat the correct place for this but this is my first ever post on a forum so please forgive me if I have made a mistake. I'm at wits end with an issue that's been giving me grief for months now. I have been plagued with BSOD (doesn't actually bluescreen but I can see in...
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    Stuck between 2 mobos

    Hello all! Happy Thanksgiving and thank you all who served in the military or LEO. I am shopping for mobos for Black Friday and am stumped on which motherboard to get! I am probably not going to overclock but am stuck between the Aorus Gaming 5 and the Aorus Gaming 7. I am probably getting the...
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    Which Egpu will be good enough for my i5 4200u ?

    Which egpu will be good enough for my i5 4200u ? can i make it run with an rx580 8go ???
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    AMD wifi motherboard suggestion

    I'm planning to build a 2600x based system and I was wondering what board should I buy. I do want a board with built in wifi as that is my only source of internet. It is doubtful I will be overclocking and if I was it would be a small overclock. 2 boards I was looking at was: MSI B450 Gaming...
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    Gtx 1070 or RTX 2070?

    Hello, I am currently using a gtx 960 but I wanted to upgrade to gtx 1070 since a long time but now RTx 2070 popped up. But RTX 2070 costs almost double the price of gtx 1070 here in India. And I don't have budget for RTx 2070. I play only on 1080p. What to do? Please help :(
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    Mix two 4GB CL8 CL9 kits or replace with 2x8 kit?

    Hello, I have 2x4GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical running in double channel (DDR3, 1600Mhz, 1,5v, 8 8 8 24) and I'd like to upgrade my nemory to 16GB, MoBo GIGABYTE GA-H87M-D3H) I'm considering three options, 1. get the same kit (for the same price) as I first bought it 4 years ago 2. get a cheap...
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    RTX 2080 msi Z370

    Stupid Question I know, but will an Nvidia RTX 2080 work with an MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS motherboard i.e will I be getting the most out of the GPU?
  13. PaulAlcorn

    AMD Announces Threadripper 2970WX and 2920X availability, Adds Dynamic Local Mode

    AMD announced that its Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and 2920X processors will be available on October 29, 2018, for $1,299 and $649, respectively. AMD Announces Threadripper 2970WX and 2920X availability, Adds Dynamic Local Mode : Read more
  14. Grogar123

    High ping spikes randomly

    I play a lot of games online and randomly during the day I will get high ping spikes that will kick me out of games and kick me out of discord it lasts for about 30 seconds up to a minute and its very frustrating because im not sure what the cause is ive called att and they said there is no...
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    Rtx 2080 worth it?

    Hello, i was just wondering, what everyone's thought's are about the new RTX 2080. so i know iv seen a lot of hate on it but would it be a good upgrade from my Gpu 1060 ? my specs are Intel i5-8600k 5.00 Ghz overclocked Cpu liquid cooler M.2 drive 750 watt power supply 16gb Ram rgb Mobo...
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    Multiple attempts at fixing boot loops, not memory, restored windows 2 times now HELP!!

    So I just built my first pc. Everything was going fine for a of couple days until I started getting boot loops with different error messages each time. After looking up multiple solutions to this and trying as many as I could, I would still be getting BSoDs. One day, for some reason, windows...
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    The PC doesn't power on

    I have a Dell precision T7400. It have a problem that some times works and when it turn on after some minutes the fans will rotates in maximum speed, display will gone, I need to power off it by remove the plug, now it doesn't turn on now, the LED on motherboard is lighted but no responds on...
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    Looking for a desktop that can run Maya, ZBrush, Nuke, etc

    Does anyone have any good suggestions for buying a desktop/workstation that can Maya, Nuke, ZBrush? I'm looking for something that won't go above the costs of $2000 if possible!
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    Is it worth upgrading an old I5 at the moment?

    I currently own an old 3570k and although it still provides me good fps and doesn't hold back my 1080 ti for the most part I get quite a bit of stutter in game which can get real annoying. For example my CPU and GPU during hellblade give a solid 120+ fps at all times but i get this stutter which...
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    Turning off monitor kills stream recording

    I use RarmaRadio to record folk music programs for my wife. I just did a clean install of windows and re-installed RarmaRadio. The recordings work fine as long as I leave my monitor on. If I turn off the monitor, it kills the stream. I just tested on my laptop - no problem when I close the...
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    Will rasing my pc up or down damage my pc?

    Hello yesterday i was cleaning my pc and i raised my pc from the front i raised up with the back of it still on the table if the pc is this"|" and i raised up like leaning it up from the front it will be like this now "/" with the back on table and front up in air will this harm my pc or...
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    Old PSU Worry

    I'm desperate to get my new PC finished and have been on a tight budget. Its mainly used for work but also some gaming at times, this is what its going to be: AMD Ryzen 1700 MSI X370 Gaming Plus Motherboard Team Group Ram DDR4 3000mhz 16gb (2x8gb) Nvidia GTX770 2gb MSI 3x 1TB 3.5" Drives 1x...
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    guys 144hz or 75hz

    cpu: ryzen 5 1600 gpu: 1070ti evga sc What should i buy. I play esport games like fortnite and csgo and other games.
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    Rise of the Tomb Raider not allowing 144hz

    Im Currently running an asus xg27vq it says whenever I check that my monitor is running in 144hz, I have an i7 5930k not oc and a r9 290 4gb of ggdr5. So now when I goto boot Rise of the Tombraider and go into setting i'll enable exclusive fullscreen (So i can change refresh rates) and set the...
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    Oculus go and gun club vr

    So my question is pretty simple. Will Gun Club VR run on the Oculus go that's pretty much all there is to it and if not, will it run Gun Club 3. And if so what are the differences between the two
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    things on task manager startup

    Need help removing the reidel.exe and sicken.exe also need help figuring out what the 2 program things are and what protectionism is. I know the sicken.exe and reidel.exe are old regenerating viruses I removed using Malwarebytes. I set all those to disabled so they dont start up.
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    How to enable 7.1 surround sound on plantronic rig 800hd

    just bought a rig 800 hd, but unable to find any driver or software to enable 7.1 surround sound, like 500e.
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    How do I get more space for ssd

    Ok so I do a lot of gaming and have a 256gb ssd and I am running out of the space, is there a way I can add another ssd or how can I get more ssd space.
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    2 diffrent m.2 SSD-s

    So i am building pc and i want a good SSD but pretty cheap for my pc and i found these 2: 1)http:// - 2)http:// so the first one costs like only 10euro more but it has so much faster reading speed and reading speed is most important for me. Is it worth to buy the 10 euro expensiver?
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    PC can't detect 2nd monitor

    https://imgur.com/a/6XG4xCx I have two monitors, one connected to my pc via a hdmi cable and one with a vga. The white one in the picture is connected with the hdmi. I want to get another of the black monitor but i'm holding off until I know I can get dual screen to work. It's plugged in...
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    Wish app for electronics?

    Has anyone tried buying stuff from Wish? They got a lot of stuff and seems like they have good deals on refurbished products too. For example https://www.wish.com/product/5b229a557b94e175b85303c0 $145 for beat studio 2.0 is honestly pretty good since there is no shipping or tax. I just wanted...
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    GTA 5 cutscenes stutter and gameplay as well

    So for some reason the cutscenes always stutter and so does the gameplay however the FPS is consistently 60 or above. I checked my CPU temps and the average is around 45 - 50 so I'm not too sure what the problem is. Specs are Intel i5 6500 3.2 GHz GTX 960 8 GB of RAM Samsung 256 GB SSD
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    ASUS ROG STRIX z370-F nVMe

    Im wondering is the motherboard capable to boot from nVMe m2 just by installing windows on it ?
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    Upgrading the PC

    Yo guys whats going on,today i'm taking my next step towards upgrading my PC ever since my last GPU overheated and became a useless piece of junk,kinda sad actually since it was a EVGA 980 Ti,anyways today my inquiry is about either getting the 2 heatpipe Cooler Master GeminII S524 Version 2...
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    Mac Hard Drive not showing up on Windows PC

    Have an older Sata 3 2tb hard drive i got from a Power Mac G5 i was planning to modify for a PC case and wanted to use the 2tb as an extra bit of storage along with my regular 1tb hard drive and .5tb ssd. So i pulled out an extra sata cable i had lying around and tried to connect it but realized...
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    Headphone jack on my Samsung smart tv not working ,tv and sound is fine when headphones not plugged in

    Headphone jack not working on my Samsung smart tv ,tv and sound work fine when headphones not plugged in
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    Please recommend hardware repair or data recovery services for Intel 320 SSD

    I have an Intel 320 SSD that seems to have failed at hardware level. There is some data that I'd like to recover if possible. So I'd like to see if there's some commercial services that can recover the data with affordable price. The SSD was installed in a laptop with a harddrive password...
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    Need your expert opinion on this build

    Hello experts, I need your opinion on this build. I'm not sure about compatibility or any potential bottlenecking between parts. Any advice on improving it is welcome. Any advice on screen would be greatly appreciated too. CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X APEX LGA...
  39. Boopig

    Semi new rig boot loops after POST

    Hey guys. I'm typing this on my phone so please forgive any mistakes in my text. Prime z370a EVGA GTX 1080 superclocked I7 8700k 16GB DDR4 3000mhz EVGA 850w gold standard PSU 1x Kingston SSD 1x baracuda 2TB HDD 1x baracuda 3TB HDD 2x 140mm fans for my noctua cup cooler 9x 120mm fans for...
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    Newly build PC is smoking on startup, please help!

    So here is the story. I just got last parts I need and build them all together. Turned it on for the first, case fans were spinning for a second (didn't pay attention to cpu and gpu fans). Turned away to connect keyboard and mouse. In some 20 seconds I smelled something burning and there was a...