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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...

I very recently upgraded to a GTX 1080, and have noticed that a majority of games I play run at 60 FPS, and then randomly drop to 50 FPS and stay there until I click off. Is this because of software settings, or because of a bottleneck in my setup? Specs: Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 CPU: AMD...

Hi, i will describe my problem in more detail here: (in advance, sorry for my bad english, if it's has some mistakes) Here is what i did before the problem occured: Today, i started my PC, everything was okay, no problem. My apps loaded and i wanted to download a game (Genshin impact), so i...

A couple days ago my computer crashed and all of a sudden it started running a little slow i checked cpu temperature and it was 115 celsius yes i checked the heat sink if it was tightened it was and the thermal paste was replaced, nothing at all was touched in my pc coincidence is that this...

After hours of troubleshooting and testing I have finally decided to ask for help online myself. Please excuse me for the bad English as it is not my first language. I have had my custom built pc for around 3 years and until had no real problems with it until recently. In the past two weeks or...

The problem that im having is that gpu utilizes 100% of gpu while only as an example 2gb of vram is used for application causing increased fan speed and coil whine. Already tried to reinstall drivers didnt work. Any ideas? GPU: GTX 3070 ti 8 gb CPU: AMD ryzen 5 5600x RAM: Patriot viper 16 gb...

My PC won't boot properly. First, I'd like to say that I was just using it as normal. I wanted to put it to sleep before I went to go eat lunch, but I forgot to do something, so I tried to wake it up. I woke it up exactly when it went to sleep, and now it won't wake up at all. After I tried...

I’m experiencing random freezes while playing games which last around 1-2 seconds, it doesn’t matter what video settings I’ve selected I’ll still experience them at least once a game for example in valorant. My specs are: rtx 3060 ryzen 5 3600 2133mhz ram 230w cooler master I have a feeling...

Hello! I am looking to build a new PC because the market is looking better now. I have the option of a 3060 (for 525$ CAD) [MSI GAMING X Edition] or a 3070 gigabyte gaming OC for 720$. Is the 200$ difference worth the performance difference...

Hi all! So I'm planning to buy a GPU for playing games like Genshin Impact, Valorant and others. I have 4 GPU options I can buy. GPU options: GTX 460 (768 MB, 192 Bit) HD 6670 (1 GB, 128 Bit) HD 5770 (512 MB, 128 Bit) GT 545 (3 GB, 192 Bit) My PC specifications use the E3-1220 V3 CPU and PSU...

I am currently running a Minecraft server for a few friends on a laptop connected to a TELUS Wi-Fi Hub. I have successfully configured it so that both local and global users can connect and everything works fine EXCEPT that when my roommate disconnects from the server or the server is restarted...

So I recently purchased a laptop from US and it came with a 10A 125V power cord as expected. I actually live in India so I purchased a power cord which could support the Indian wall socket(240V) as compared to the 110V in US. I bought the power cord off a local hardware store but, the issue is...

Hi, I've been wondering about the 'awaiting moderator approval' system. I understand that the purpose of it is to deter spam from bots or malicious users, but is there a statistic threshold for when it starts to exempt users or are all users affected regardless of how long they have been a...

This is my 2nd thread on this and I was able to do all the testing a few people asked me to do when it was originally posted. I am still getting BSOD's when I run my memory with XMP enabled. I have updated all my drivers and tested my memory. with memtest86 but the problem persists. System...

Hi, I started having a problem recently. When I try to format or clean in diskpart a drive whether it be a hard drive or flash drive windows crashes. Pls help me out why this happens and how to resolve it. Ohh also I analyzed the minidump main probs were classpnp.sys and ntoskrnl.exe.

A bit of a long winded issue , but I'm really just trying to figure out if I have a faulty CPU or mayyybe GPU at this point. I bought my PC as a pre-built Lenovo Legion T730-28ICO back in February 2019 and these are the specs I could determine CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K RAM: 2 x 16 GB Samsung...

I haven’t diagnosed the problem yet I just bought a bunch of new parts. Although, my new motherboard, cpu, and psu won’t boot up with my old gpu, but my new gpu boots up. my questions If I want to test my old gpu in the new motherboard, are there any risks to damage to the new motherboard, if...

Hi - as of a few days ago my imac wifi has not been working. I have tried: restarting the computer resetting the SMC resetting the NVRAM deleting network preference files and restarting And every other solution that comes up when I search this problem online. Please let me know if there is...

I bricked my old MB last week, and since the thing was ancient as this point anyway, decided to replace it. I am on a (tight) budget, so went with a used MB from a supposedly trusted person (according to the website I bought it on). After spending almost an entire day trying to get my rig to...

Specs: Ryzen 9 5950X Gigabyte B550 Vision D 1000W Dark power 12 16gig 3600mhz corsair vengeance, had 32gb before but they died out of nowhere. Sapphire Nitro+ 6900xt I ran a bench: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53005694 I'm gonna re-clock my ram for now, I'm not sure what to do with...

Hello, I have a Fractal Design define r6 case, and I was wondering if the Noctua NH-D15 will fit with my other components or do I have to "downgrade" to NH-D15s. My GPU is a Powercolor 5700xt Red Devil, my RAM's are Corsair Vengeance Led 16gb (2x8gb) 3200mzh cl16, and my motherboard is Asus...

So im trying to port forward some ports for my nintendo switch but they are always closed and arent getting port forwarded. I have two routers my main router that gets the internet (Zyxel VMG8623-T50B) and a second router that is connected from the wan to the router (Tenda AC10u). I have tried...

Specifically I'm talking about the one included with the master x https://www.xigmatek.com/product_detail.php?item=331 I really like the case itself, it sells at a retail store nearby and there aren't many pc retail stores here. The case looks to be well made and it looks nice. And it's...

Sometimes when I use the Power User Menu the hotkeys won't work and the letters won't be underlined. Even when using Win-X shortcut. This doesn't happen all the time and I can't figure out what is causing it.

I was just about to go to bed so I closed my game out and 3 seconds later my pc shuts off completely and my monitors go dark. I reboot successfully and go to the lian li fan software to speed up my fans thinking it was an over heat issue even though my cpu and gpu were both under 70 degrees. My...

Hey, my internet keeps crashing every night at 3 AM and I am tired of it. I don't want to call customer services yet before I explore a bit on the internet if this is possible to fix it. Anyways, my internet restarts at the same time and then in a while it fixes itself, is it possible to fix it...

Hi, so I've put together all the PSUs that are in store here on a budget of 600.000 IDR ($41.32). PSU Lists: Corsair CV450 [450W] (80+ Bronze) DeepCool PF500 [500W] (80+ White) FSP HV PRO [550W] (80+ White) GAMEMAX VP-500 [500W] (80+ Bronze) GIGABYTE P550B [550W] (80+ Bronze) SILVERSTONE...

This only happens on certain games, most consistently on Rainbow Six Siege. The problem seemed to have fixed itself on those other games. This issue only came up after my pc wouldn't turn on, I fixed that, took everything out of the case and replaced psu. I don't know if keeping it out of the...

Motherboard: ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 (latest BIOS revision 1404) CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K (no OC, stock settings) GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 08G-P5-3797-KL (latest Nvidia drivers 512.15) PSU: Corsair CMPSU-750TX RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin...

So, I am having an issue with my gaming computer. It will be running just fine, but will at certain times make all of my three monitors go black, and the fans inside of my PC will spin at max speed. I am still able to hear all sounds of whatever is playing on my desktop, but I have no idea what...

When I disassembled my motherboard, i noticed that near cpu backplate holes, in one of those, there is a little scratch. I followed the line and its from cpu to chipset. I need to worry about that??? Photo:https://ibb.co/ryK3Lhm Thanks

Stumble across this old thread (link). One of my fans (CPU Fan AAVID THERMALOGY PAAD06015SL N402) grease ran its course and now im looking to get a replacement since I can't grease it up myself w/o drilling into it. Im now looking into the Quetterlee this. Is it ok to go with this even tho its...

I bought this GPU (Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3080 Aorus Master) roughly 5 months ago and had no problems for a bit but then suddenly started having issues where my monitors would get no display at all until I turned my computer off and on again. Happened a few times before I decided to change my...