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  1. B

    Question Need to upgrade my processor from i5 7400 to something better

    Current build: i5 7400 Gtx 1050ti 4gb 16gb DDR4 ram 2400Mhz 550w PSU h110m-k mobo. I don't really have a budget because the prices are crazy rn in my country because dollar prices just rose and everyone's raised the prices because of quarantine. I want better CPU performance at a cheap price...
  2. Halfazzed1

    Question pc temp

    ryzen 7 3700x rx 5700 xt gigabyte b450 gaming x I had the stock cooler wanted other options bought the corsair h60 liquid cooler now that the pc is quieter i have noticed it idles up and down with only OS/coretemp running and it must have been doing the same with the stock cooler. I watched...
  3. V

    [SOLVED] Upgrade from i5 3570 to i3 9100f

    Hi I have old i5 3570 and I can upgrade to i3 9100f I also have zotac 1070 GPU. Should I upgrade and in my country I can only get this i3 9100f due to price increase.
  4. OMGSam

    [SOLVED] PRIME H310M-A starts and shuts off immediately

    Hello, I recently purchased the Asus Prime 310-A. I also bought a new power supply GX-S650. I have a feeling that somehow i have messed up my processor. my processor is i5 6600k and i tried to remove all the parts except for processor and it still has the problem. I thought maybe my casing (K...
  5. VladManiu

    [SOLVED] How hard Ryzen 5 3600 bottlenecks a GTX1650?

    I want to buy a new ryzen , one between Ryzen 5 1600-3600 , I have a gtx 1650 but in future I want to buy a GTX 1660 Ti or a RTX 2060 or 2070. How hard a 3600 bottlenecks a 1650? Is it worth? or at least is a Ryzen that can suport this upgrade or should I buy both at the same time?A new GPU and CPU?
  6. S

    [SOLVED] ~$500 Budget Upgrade!

    Hello folks, tried r/buildapc, but got only one input, so I had to come back back here as I know numerous helpers are around and vocal. I've had the same components for about 2-3 years as I built it during my early years of high school. They were good enough for me as I mainly only played...
  7. T

    [SOLVED] Do the SKU numbers on an intel processor give us an idea of the difference in performance between 2 processors in the same generation?

    I know the SKU number is pretty much a way for the manifacturer to label products as is the core idea of SKU. but can we get a rough idea of performance differences between different sku numbers?
  8. T

    [SOLVED] How do I avoid CPU/GPU bottlenecking?

    Basically, how do I know what GPU would pair with what CPU, and vice versa? What should i look for in a CPU and GPU to know that they are a good combination?
  9. T

    [SOLVED] CPU clockspeed queries

    hello everyone, I am planning to build a PC and i have been into CPU more. And i have got more doubts about the clockspeed . I am a noob so please answer me and let me join the pcmr. 1. If the base clock speed is 3.4GHZ, does it imply that all individual core run at 3.4GHZ or is it the total...
  10. OrdJk

    [SOLVED] Will this power supply be able to reliably power these components ?

    https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/txm-series-2017-config/p/CP-9020132-UK CPU : ryzen 7 2700x GPU: rtx 2060 super
  11. G

    [SOLVED] Is processor still good and will it affect my laptop if not?

    Hello people. I'm a total newbie to these things, I'm wondering if I could use a processor from a laptop that haven't been used for years. So here the case. I have an old laptop with a core i7 processor that I have stopped using for approximately 4-5 years, 'cause the screen was broken and the...
  12. pegaz0011

    [SOLVED] Upgrade from Q6600 to Q9650

    Hey guys i have Intel Core Quad 6600 2,4ghz with very high temperature i really dont know why 6gb ddr2 ram nvidia gt 740 gddr5 2gb grapichs card and asus p5b mainboard So i need an advice what to do upgrade to Q9650 processor ( 20 $ ) or buy 8gb ddr2 ram or mybe something else.Thank you!
  13. N

    [SOLVED] No stuttering/input lag when GPU usage is low. How is this possible?

    Started playing Dying Light and Dishonored 2 today which I can run on High graphical settings and get around 100 FPS. When I play these two games the CPU usage usually sits at around 90-100% and GPU usage at 95-100% which gives me horrible stuttering and input lag. But as soon as I turn all the...
  14. M

    [SOLVED] Advice? Changing from Intel to AMD (CPU + MOBO?)

    Decided to upgrade my 8 year old pc. I'm changing my CPU from Intel to AMD, i think this is also true of the motherboard? I'm also changing my RAM if that affects anything. What preparations should i take before the big swap. I've read that i should link my windows account which i have, I've...
  15. T

    [SOLVED] My first build in years

    Hello everyone, hope everyone is doing well these days! I am finally planning a computer build (It has been years since I last built one). I am pretty far removed from researching hardware (my last GPU i bought was an Nvidia 600 series) so I am pretty out of the loop with what is awesome these...
  16. abdullah.ahmed9003

    [SOLVED] Laptop turns off under heavy use and it's not a cooling problem

    My laptop works fine when using adobe premiere or emulating ps2 games but whenever I try to play gta v it just turns itself off when the cutscene starts... I thought at first it was the fan so I put an ice pack over it to test that theory and despite the laptop being ice cold it shutdown.. I...
  17. G

    Build Advice Going to need to build something new ASAP

    There's never a good time for a pc to fail but when you're pretty much stuck at working at home and not getting out much for the foreseeable future it's doubly bad. I'm going to need to throw something decent together ASAP. I've got an old laptop I can sort of do work stuff on but it's going to...
  18. Rupert_Aqua

    [SOLVED] Why is my fps stuttering in most games with these specs?

    Hey these are my pc's specs, pretty low end but ive seen alot of videos of games running extremely well on them, when i play i get a large amount of fps stuttering and lowering the graphics in most games dosent seem to help. Are there any upgrades i can make to this to stop my fps stuttering and...
  19. Cyber_Cow

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 2700 Temps

    Hi I'm bad at forums, sorry if this has already been posted. But my questions should be easy ones. Okay so I've set up a new Ryzen 2700 build and used the motherboard's OC Genie 4 to give myself a basic overclock. I know it's a "dirty" overclock but I really don't care to do it manually, I just...
  20. S

    [SOLVED] Overclocking AMD x3 415e?

    Hello guys! I have this processor : AMD x3 415e 2.5ghz and a motherboard : GA-M720-US3 (updated BIOS and chipsets) (8 GB ram ddr2, amd r7 240 2gb ddr3, win 10 64bit) I tried using AMD overdrive, but it says that it can not find the AMD chipset.. I don't know how to overclock it in the BIOS, I...
  21. L

    [SOLVED] AMD gen 2 chip in a gen 3 motherboard?

    I have a B450 motherboard with updated bios to run my Ryzen 7 3700x just fine. However, I was thinking of giving the board to a friend for his Ryzen 7 2700x CPU so I can upgrade. Will the gen 3-updated BIOS work fine on his gen 2 processor? Thanks!!
  22. S

    [SOLVED] Need help to decide build

    Hi guys, I'm currently using Core i5 4440 and GTX 960. Since I have budget constraint, I would like to have an advice whether to upgrade CPU,MOBO and RAM at first or the GPU. I am considering to have an i5 9400f or AMD Ryzen 5 3500x with 1x 8GB RAM(want to go for 16GB RAM) for first step. But...
  23. msrsuvo

    [SOLVED] Which processor will be best for better performanceand long-term use?

    I want to build a new pc for long-term use. My choices are Ryzen 7 or intel i7 latest processor. And which mobo will be better for this processor for long-term use. What I do with my pc- I do web development work, Simple Graphics design related works (Photoshop & illustrator), others regular...
  24. D

    [SOLVED] Laptop CPU hitting usually high temperatures

    Hey folks, It's been like 3 days since my laptop's processor decided to turn into an inferno xD. It's an i5-5200U, I'll put a detailed description of my specs below. So basically 3 days ago it shut down when I was working on a project on Adobe Illustrator, it restared on its own and the BIOS...
  25. Z

    [SOLVED] Flow of electricity fluctuates problem about MSI motherboard

    Hi, I have mother and processor on current configuration, which makes it impossible to run Adobe Premier Pro or even low level software like Camtasia. Do you have any suggest about Intel processor and motherboard compatible for low budget now? The load shedding of electricity in our Bangladesh...
  26. alterrion

    [SOLVED] Maximum processor state ignored in-game

    I set my maximum processor state in power settings below 100% to avoid overheating, because my games started getting FPS drops and I noticed a lot of thermal throttling. Everything worked perfectly, staying constantly at the specified GHz, however, as soon as I opened a game, these settings were...
  27. thetechissue

    [SOLVED] VRAM vs Core OC

    Generally speaking, is it more dangerous to overclock the vram than the core clock?
  28. Erikando

    [SOLVED] Overclocking AMD fx8370 on a gigabyte 970A-DS3P

    Hello guys, I don't have any experience with overclocking. I would like to overclock my fx8370, and I don't know what voltage is safe and I don't want to destroy my computer, could you help me ? I have AMD overdrive, Core Temp, CPU-Z and Prime 95 installed. CPU : AMD FX 8370 8-core 4GHz GPU ...