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Happy Holidays everyone <3. The holidays have placed me in possession of a bit of money that is burning a hole in my pocket...so I must rid of it! I am looking at upgrading my MSI RTX 2070 Super. I have my eyes set on a 3070ti, but when I was doing some research, it appears I will create a...

I was talking to some friends on discord and all of a sudden my pc restarted, or so I thought. Lights from gpu and mobo kept on going on and off like it was restarting over and over again. Now my gpu fans dont spin and I have no video signal. Thing is my gpu lights still work. I have reseated...

Current specs at the moment: R7 1700 (Upgrading to R5 5600x) 16GB Ram Sapphire Nitro+ 8 GB RX 570 (Still not decided, though I am leaning towards RX 6600 XT/RTX 2070 Super) Seasonic M12II Evo 520w Many thanks!

CASE: Thermaltake Case Versa MOBO: MSI MB B660M-B PRO CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5Ghz - 4.4Ghz CPU FAN: COUGAR GAMING CGR-FZA50 RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 16GB(2x8) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 SSD: Kingston 500GB NV2 M.2 NVMe HDD: Hard Disk WD HDD 1TB SATA3 64MB Cav Blue GPU:ASUS TUF RTX 3060 TI 8GB...

So I've had the pulsefire haste for around almost a year now, and I've been having this annoying issue where the mouse just randomly disconnects out of nowhere since about almost a month ago. My mouse hasn't been damaged in any way, nothing broken, no kinked cables, everything is fine...

My computer currently has 2 sticks of 4gb DDR4 G.Skill F4-2133C15D-8GVR. I was wondering if the 4gb DDR4 G.Skill F4-2400C15D-8GVR would be compatible. They both have everything the same expect the model number from what I can tell.

Currently unable to achieve POST (no display at all?) with motherboard GIGABYTE B650 Aorus Elite AX. Unsure if it is entirely the Mobo since I've never troubleshooted an open PC. But I get LEDs and fan use for only a moment- only when pressing the BIOS 'Q FLASH PLUS' button that is in the back...

Earlier today my HDD started clicking at the moment its only when I play games but I heard it will progressively get worse and die. I plan to buy a new one tomorrow (cant afford it until then) and it will take a few days to get here. My question is how long does a clicking hdd usually last? or I...

Hello, I have a Lenovo Legion I5 Laptop with 82JW as the motherboard. I would like to purchase a ram upgrade. I can either buy the same one as the original, which is a bit more expensive, OR I can go for a different brand of ram that is also 8GB but it's cheaper. Will having two different ram...

Hi, Do you now if my config is compatible with a MSI Radeon RX 6750 XT MECH 2X OC ? : MSI Gungnir 110R (housing) AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (CPU) Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240R (Watercooling) EVGA 750 GT (Supply) ASUS Tuf Gaming Plus Wifi (Motherboard) Crucial BX500 1to (SSD) Corsair Vengeance RGB RS...

Started to occur maybe 4 days ago whenever I play a game it'll run fine for 1-5 minutes and then seemingly for no reason crash. I used afterburner to watch and GPU usage spikes to 100 and then dips to 0 and the game crashes. There's no stuttering or any indication the game will crash. The screen...

Been building PCs for a long time and never seen anything like this. I'm at the end of my rope. Built a computer for my brother about a year back and he has never really been able to use it because if incessant blue screens. I've looked at it a few times and thought I had the problem solved but...

hello! i noticed that in the power saving settings there are these 3 options, i have googled, and also asked on an amd forum, but i got no answer, could you please explain me what are "AMD Power Slider" "Switchable Dynamic Graphics" and "AMD Graphics Power Settings" for? can they improve the...

Hi all, Thank you to everyone who has helped me in the past on this forum! This is a great place to ask questions. I am really stuck again. I have no idea what is wrong. I started my desktop PC. I got what I read is a "black screen of death" with the mouse pointer visible and moving but the...

To explain my situation, I recently got a 3090 TI and tried to play cyberpunk to test it out. It gets about 88 frames in open areas on max graphics but In crowded cities it's still about 30 fps and stuttery. I turn graphics to minimum and still no change in fps. I have an i59600k @4.6Mhz. My...

In May of this year, I made a post in this forum about the mysterious tech issue I am experiencing (Here is a link to the post: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/i-have-a-networking-tech-issue-and-i-dont-know-what-it-is.3764850/). That discussion ended with neither me nor the awesome...

I just upgraded to a 5800x paired with a x570s Aorus Pro AX. I freshly installed windows and have updated all my driver using gigabytes utility @bios. My PC isnt booting every couple cycles and im thinking it is a bad board, when it boots it runs great and I have no issues. I've searched online...

Hello, I just bought this pc and its making these noises and i cant pinpoint where its coming from or whats causing it, can anybody help? It makes them even when idle , just sitting in BIOS or desktop. Its definitely not a wire rubbing in a fan, doesnt seem like coil whine. MOBO speaker beeps...

Hello I recently got a 3090ti and I wanna figure out if my 3090 is broken or if it’s my power supply. The PC boots up with the 3090ti plugged into 2 ports of the PSU but not when the third one is. The power supply still delivers power to the pc but doesn’t turn on (I know this because the...

About 2 weeks ago I put together a new computer after the last one I put together started giving up on me after 7 years. It was a big pain in the ass getting everything to work properly, but eventually it did. It boots up smoothly and runs games and other intensive programs just fine. However...

Hi everyone, My CPU (Ryzen 5 5600x) is suddenly idling at 95°C with liquid cooler (Silverstone PF240). It was fine yesterday but it suddenly shutdown a while ago for some reason... When I turned it on back up, i heard an unusual bubble(?) Kind of noise for some seconds from the tubes of the...

So I'm about to replace my AIO next month. I'm running a 240mm intake at the front of my case (I know it is not optimal). Since I will be replacing it, probably with a new AIO, IDK if I'm going aircooling. I don't have clearance for the top 240mm exhaust AIO cuz of the RAM sticks I got. My...

Lately my tower has trouble booting. It'll run just fine, but if I turn it off, turning it back on is a struggle. Pressing the power button causes an audible click, which I believe is coming from the PSU, but the computer shows no other signs of life. (no fans or lights at all.) I try to...

For the last two years I've had a recurring problem where 30% of the time my computer fails to wake. The power apparently goes on (I hear fans and the keyboard lights up) but it just hangs with a black screen (but not no signal, as the monitor doesn't turn itself off due to no signal). The...

Hello Guys, I recently bought this AX 86 U router, I have my PC plugged into via ethernet cable, I use cat 8 cable. I watch a lot of streams (youtube and twitch) sometimes when I click streams or movies to fast forward a few seconds or minutes, my router just times out and resets the...

So I recently started a new PC build, with an intel i9 12th gen processor, an MSI Z690 Carbon Wifi motherboard, and Windows 10 x64 Home edition. Everything went fine with the physical assembly. The motherboard comes with a convenient USB drive which has all the drivers. Ran the driver...

I am planning to have a PC setup that includes a small boot drive (256GB), a gaming M.2, and a HDD for general purpose. I already have a Barracuda 4TB, but I am wondering what the best choices are for the Gaming M.2 and the boot M.2. I have looked at the KC3000 and thought it could be good for...

Hi there [helpful poster's name], thanks for reading this post! I'm looking for some advice and guidance on components and compatibility for a custom DIY gaming PC. I've always wanted to build my own PC from scratch but never previously had the opportunity. I've got a budget of up to £1300...

Yesterday i went to play games and noticed that my performance and temperatures were much lower, every application that i tried presented the same problem, i went into gpu-z and it shows that my card is always at idle even if it supposed to draw max power, any idea of what could be happening...

Hello. I need advice. Should I pay an extra 70$ for 6200mhz or 5600 is fine? Both versions C36.(corsair dominator) I didn't really find any comparison on the internet.

HI! Below is a link to my pc build and specs, I have also attached a screenshot from the resource monitor: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/D29NnQ View: https://imgur.com/ziCYn7L I have enabled XMP and am not using a fresh copy of windows as it booted to an old SSD I had installed. Not adept in...

Hello! Quick post pertaining to another issue I had. My friend moved a while ago, and a few months ago tried to boot up his PC that I built for him. He did say that his PSU was "dustier than the Sahara". The motherboard went into an infinite bootloop that only stopped when you flipped the main...

Hi, I was on my computer playing a game when all of a sudden my computer blue screened with the VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE error. After looking it up, the usual cause is outdated drivers (I needed to update my drivers, I haven't done it in a few months) or intensive GPU usage (like I said, playing a...

I'm trying to back up a ps4 hard drive so i can reinstall the data on it to another Ps4, but the ps4 the drive is from is broken beyond repair. Is there a way to back up the data on a hard drive using a pc or any other method? And the ps4 wasn't connected to the psn before hand so that won't...

Hi everyone. I'm nearly done building my first pc but was wondering how good it is and if I would need to upgrade anything in the near future. I'm mainly using it to play games, but even then they won't be very demanding. (Heavily modded skyrim, dark souls, sort of mid tier games in terms of...

Hi all. I have decided to build my own PC for the first time and would appreciate some advice on my component choices. I will be using it for Unity game development, Blender 3D rendering and eventually Unreal Engine development as well as some casual gaming, so it will need some graphical and...

I want to upgrade from my pretty old 1030 to a new graphics card. But I'm pretty short on cash. Any suggestions?

This started happening when I reinstalled windows because my ram got damaged a year ago, i tried playing games and a lot of the time they crash and the drive disappears, this first happened with steam and now almost every game. i need help.

Ive been getting BSODS are random times all with the same erro codes, the bsods happen more often when the computer is idle at night than when im using it. The Event viewer lists a lot of WHEA errors that seem to have been corrected. XML view of the WHEA-Log Every WHEA-logger is the same...

Kind of an odd problem here. I upgraded from a 3700X to a 5900X. Everything else is fine until I try to launch Microsoft Flight Simulator. I keep getting Blue screens saying mostly BAD_POOL_CALLER, although I've also gotten MODE_HEAP_CORRUPTION and IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I have already tried...