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I'm looking at two CPUs and right now I'm thinking of either the 85 8600k (overclocked) or i7 8700. I'm mostly doing gaming and I may be doing some editing in the future. Which is more important, higher GHZ in the i5 or higher threads in the i7? Also can someone explain what threads are...

Wich one is good msi 1070 ti or msi 1080

so i got a amd ryzen rig. this are my specs https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9VyzfH what are things i need to download?

Hello everyone, I have this pc for almost 10 years, and it ran with an ATI HD 5770 MSI variant since. Recently that graphic card stopped working and I started to look for a replacement, and that's where I would appreciate some help. I intend to just replace the graphics card in order to keep...

Hello all! So I just bought a used AMD R9 390 off of Craigslist - the guy said it was just used for Overwatch, but who really knows. The fans seemed to be in good working order when I purchased it, except I did notice that the secondary fan showed a little bit of resistance when trying to...

Hello After I installed new SSD and new HDD I keep getting freezes. They last about 20-30 seconds. I have one more connect HDD, old one which I used before. While pc is frozen I can still use loaded software. It seems like a SSD issue because after pc is unfrozen I can hear click sound from...

my pc specs: CPU: intel i5-3470 motherboard: Gigabyte H61M-s2p RAM: 8GB GPU: Sapphire HD 7870XT 2GB HDD: WD blue 1TB my current PSU is thermaltake 500w.. model TT- 500 NL2NL it says that its 450w and peaks at 500w.. I'm using it since 4 years till now.. but it started to make constant noisy...

Hey all, I am having a problem with my HP envy laptop (Windows 8.1 OS), whenever I hibernate my laptop for a long time (7-8hrs) and I try to start up again, the screen is stuck on a blank screen. The laptop starts up BUT the screen display remains blank, I would have to completely turn off the...

My friend wants to build a PC. He doesn't know anything about building one so I've picked these parts out for him he's buying a 144hz monitor and his dad is getting him the PC itself. He says that he wants an i7 but all he's doing is mostly gaming and Photoshop...

So my hyper 212 evo the x mounting bracket connects to all the mounts until I put the cooler master down and put the x bracket in and then the screws will align but won't reach far enough to hit the mounting screws and if I get one side down I can't get the opposite side down

Hello guys. So my problem is this, I have a hard drive that is in two partitions, WD Blue 500GB (2008) -SATA II- i think this is it. So i ran defraggler to benchmark all drives and drive c: which is the one with the OS has speeds of 1.33 mb/s and the drive D: has speeds of 53.47 mb/s.(EDIT:Read...

Will i get bottleneck if i paired i5 660 with gtx 1050 ti ? Full specs : Cpu: intel i5 660 3.33 GHz ( 2 cores - 4 threads - 3.6 GHz turbo boost ) Ram: 4 GB DDR3

Hi, Recently is decided to upgrade my storage space and bought the Toshiba P300 3tb internal HDD. I plugged it in and it wasn't recognized in either the BIOS nor Device Management. I checked if it was working (powered) and it was. I tried different kabels (working ones from other HDD's), I...

So I have a i5 4690k and a gtx 1060, and my fps is fine when im not in gunfights, but as soon as bullets and lots of smokes/molotovs my fps drops below 144, which dosent seem bad but i have a 144hz monitor and it really messes my aim up. Does anybody know how to fix this?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JVWzLD My motherboard is compatible for DDR4 2133 and 2400. Which one should RAM should I get then? Thank you for your help!

I've tried reset cmos and rams. the problem is that nothing shows up on the display and all the fans are not running only for a secon when I turn it off. The problem started when I tried to flash bios. Any solution? I just bought the motherboard yesterday and it was working fine yesterday.

i brought GTX 1060 3Gb Zotac mini, i tried to connect it to ASRock N686C-GS FX but it wont detect as a new hardware, what can be the problem? 1) i have updated BIOS 2) i have 500 watt supply 3) i have connected Graphics card to PCI E and graphics card fan is working with normal speed 4) i have...

I recently had some issues regarding my CPU's compatibility with my motherboard and I was planning on getting a different CPU. Initially I had a Intel Core i3-7100 7th Gen Core Desktop Processor 3M Cache,3.90 GHz paired up with a GIGABYTE GA-H110M-A LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard...

I bought a Gtx 1060 with the intention of receiving Ghost Recon Wildlands or For Honour with it due to a promotion that was taking place. After 3 weeks of waiting and multiple chats with Amazon support, apparently I can't get my code due to a "technical error". <removed> my life. Me: Didn't...

I am looking to upgrade one or the other and was wondering which one would help me the most with gaming and overall performance. CPU: i5-6400 @ 2.70ghz GPU: GTX 960 2gb

i have i5 6600k and gtx 1070 i scored a deal to pay 200 dollars and get gtx 1080 strix and i7 6700, so is it worth it? will be getting ultrawide monitor

Hi astronauts, I've purchased myself a set of KEF X300A for my PC sound. I've convinced myself the subwoofer I just bought will be workable one way or other with the satellites which are amazing as they have a reputation for. The Cerwin Vega PC subwoofer model XD8s. I've read and read the...

I have a build with motherboard ASUS H110M-A/M.2 (no overclocking) The computer runs flawlessly and passes every diagnostic as long as the BIOS setting for CPU turbo is disabled. Enabled I receive all sorts of random stop errors before Win10 can even get booted up.. BIOS default settings makes...

Hi All, I currently have Sky fiber in the UK using the following setup - whereby my Sky Fiber credentials are stored in my airport extreme. Current Setup My question is - could I potentially remove the openreach modem and have my airport extreme wired directly into the wall? Would this...

Hello, I'm planning to buy a Intel Core i7-7700K paired with a Asus Maximus IX Formula, but I have a question about the RAM speed I can get. In Intel official site says that the memory type supported by the Intel Core i7-7700K is DDR4-2133/2400, and the motherboard supports a maximum of...

Hello Every one. I want to upgrade my Intel i5 4570 to intel i7 as currently my cpu bottleneck with my zotac 1070 amp extreme edition so i don't know should i go with 7th gen or stick to the 6th gen i7.

hi guys im new to this site. recently i built my own pc evrything is working great but i have one problem. when i click change game library location on origin the pop up screen that should display all my files and folders is blank. i want to change where games install i have a 250 gb ssd but i...

So currently I have 8gb (2x4gb) of Kingston HyperX white 1600Mhz RAM. I plan to upgrade to 16gb in the near future. So I was browsing on amazon for the same type of ram, which I found. I could buy one 4gb stick for 28$, or a 2x4gb for 73$. If I buy two 4gb sticks individually, or buy the...

so i have my pc with a ethernet connection (wired) and i wanted to use my smart phone but no wifi so i tryed to reverse tethering and still cant so can i just get a wifi card or usb wifi and just put it in the pc (or plug it in for the usb one) and use it for wifi hot spot??? as i dont want to...

Hi was not sure where to stick this thread but here goes. i have a Asus Z97 Pro Gamer motherboard and at present have a GTX 970 and a SM951 256GB NVMe drive on a Asus add-in card installed. i am wanting to add more strorage to the system by adding a Intel 600p NVMe drive with another asus add...

Hey for some reasons it's seems like my shift key is always pressed and when it doesn't my ctrl is being pressed. that means when i press one file in a folder and then the fifth all being selected and many many other annoying things that comes with it. Things i've done: Completely formatting my...

I've recently bought: https://www.amazon.com/Lepy-LP-2024A-Amplifier-Stereo-Supply/dp/B00ULRFQ1A/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1481759038&sr=1-2&keywords=Lepy+LP-2024A%2B+Hi-Fi+Audio+Amplifier...

So i put together a pc and not sure if i can make it cheaper than it is any suggestions https://pcpartpicker.com/user/dropment/saved/#view=CdFgsY

I keep getting this issue when I try to run Phpmyadmin from my localhost. Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() in C:\Apache24\htdocs\phpmyadmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.inc:177 Stack trace: #0 C:\Apache24\htdocs\phpmyadmin\libraries\php-...

Hello! I have 2 computers, One is a laptop and the other one is a desktop. My laptop got spilled by water and luckily i saved the HDD and RAM, My dad agreed to have it repaired abroad (I'm from Philippines). What I want to do is I want to delete some of the files and apps on the Laptop's HDD so...

My offboard graphic card got fried, so I'm temporarily using the onboard HD Intel Graphics 2000 until I get a new PC. However, the display is so bad it's unbearable, as seen on the picture below. http://i.imgur.com/nvGbU6Z.jpg See how on the right edge, the display is just cut off? And all...

This is my first build . opinion? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/K8bkf8

I want to make a system backup for windows and all my other documents in their current state. I cant do a backup thru usb drive since i have none that are large enough. How would i make a "partition" on my hard drive so that i can use it as a future restore point in case i have issues?

Which one should I buy they're about the same price Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WF 3X OC 4GB or EVGA GeForce GTX1060 SC 6GB

I've been having Hard Drive issues - the drive not showing up (in BIOS or Windows), the drive showing up but not being able to read/write, that sort of stuff. The drive is a WD Black. I chucked in a WD Blue, and although it worked fine for a while, it eventually started behaving the same. The...