r9 290x

I recently upgraded my processor from a i3 to an i5 4690k in order to help boost frame rate on my games. But I'm not noticing slower loading on all games and loading Windows itself. I had troubles instilling the processor at the start as the screen would be blank once I installed it. I had to...

Yesterday I did a fresh install of windows 10 on my wife's laptop. Among other things, I connected her laptop and my Win10 desktop to the homegroup. This had never worked reliably when we were both on windows 7 so I was thrilled to see it work flawlessly on windows 10. However, on my desktop I...

So not too long ago someone i know told me that there department at work is replacing a load of tech. So i asked him if he could pass down anything that's not going to be used. So i got a couple of things including some old switches, pretty cool stuff. Now one thing that im not too certain on...

My Sapphire R7 250X underclocks itself to about half the value of the memory and core clocks. My temps are fine, standing at around 30-35C on idle considering I am living in a hot place and my room isn't that ventilated but my PC has good cooling,it runs at around 67C max when running Heaven...

Executive summary: Working HDD from a dead Ubuntu file server. Seeking advice as to the best plan for moving the data to a new NAS. Details: About 2-3 years ago I repurposed an old Dell as a file server (pretty much just my photographs)- put in a 2TB WD Caviar Black HDD and installed...

So a while back, my processor stopped working properly. I believe this error first started when my power supply shorted, causing me to get another power supply. This happened late July of 2015. Every time I play a game (CS:GO) I will get 300 fps, and then my fps will drop to 40-50. I...

Hy guys i am from India i wanted to purchase a laptop I have to laptop 1 is dell i5 4gb ram for ₹19000 2 years old 2 nd one is hp i3 4gb ram for ₹17000 9 months old Please suggest me which one is better to purchase

Hi, I would like to limit the discovered printers that are shown when you click on "add a printer or scanner", through Start > Settings > Devices > Printers & Scanners.

Hi, I inherited a computer from my parents and I am trying to fix it. Best Buy said the hard drive had failed. It is an HP p6210f: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01852858 I bought a new hard drive: (Seagate 2TB Desktop Gaming SSHD(Solid State Hybrid Drive) SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache...

I was looking to buy a power supply for my rig, is the Sharkoon WPM700 700W power supply enough for my parts? Link: http://www.multicom.no/sharkoon-wpm700-bronze-power-supply/cat-p/c100156/p7377066/gr_0 Currency is NOK so it does not cost 587£ xD Thank you for answers :-)

Hello there! Today my mothers PC (that I built) wouldn't start up. Well, it would start up, but would turn on and off all the time, and it wouldn't get any image on the monitor. When I press the power button everything works: the HDD makes sound, all the fans start spinning, the light on the...

Hello, recently I tried increasing my multiplier for my CPU I3 4170 and I'm on *8 multiplier at the moment however when ever I increase the multiplier by 1 it doesn't show the bios and refuses to boot up to Windows. PC turns but doenst show Windows. I reset the battery then changed the...

Hey guys. A while back I made a post about my system didnt support dx11 for some reason (I have a GTX970) and I was told to disable my onboard gpu.. All that is done by now but im still having the same issue everytime my pc I restarted. I'll have to reinstall my Nvidia drivers to make it work...

Okay. I am attempting to run dual monitors, off a desktop. I have both monitors plugged into a vga splitter. Both monitors show windows. The problem is, they are mirrored. So my second monitor shows what is on the main monitor. How do I fix this?

Its not shaggy carpet, pretty hard actually, just wondering if i need to put a piece of cardboard or some wood there or something -caleb

Here are the 2 builds, which one is better? What I think is better http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TzdpZL The other one http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8YK63C Any help is welcome :)

I done tried everything i tell yah what. I removeved the cmos battery cleaned everything psu is brand new as with the cpu ram is okay to say the least and it works good fans are spinning and it worked yesterday greatly btw i have no pc speaker so the beep trick dont work raidmax dont send them...

So... Yesterday i left my computer turned on in economy mode (Energy/Power saving mode). This morning i restarted my computer with Normal Settings, but i saw that everything was loading very slow, lag spikes and other things. When i'm playing games some of them crash (yesterday they didn't...

Hi everyone! I'm curious as to what overclock I can achieve on a A8 7650k apu with a A68hm plus mobo on the stock cooler. This is purely out of curiously as to what the stock cooler can handle. I will eventually purchase an aftermarket cooler and discrete gpu and overclock it the right way. The...

Hey guys, finally taking the plunge for a new system and was hoping to test out the build with your collective wisdom. Primary purpose here is gaming. Leaning towards i7-6700 versus i7-5820, and was recently convinced to do a single NVIDIA 980ti 6GB instead of SLI 970s. Any thoughts greatly...

lets keep this short and sharp would this psu be fine for and fx-8350 @4.5ghz and 2 r9 390's http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=1225929

PC SPECS: OS: Win 10 GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 980 CPU: i7 5930k RAM: 16GB DDR4 MB: Asus x99 Deluxe So this has been happening to me for about 2 weeks now and I still cannot find a solution to this problem. Basically what happends is that most of the time (sometimes it works perfectly fine) when I...

I have a PNY GTX 660 Ti Performance Edition that I would like to pair with a low budget FX cpu/mobo strictly for light gaming...nothing else. The gaming is mainly on-line games like Heroes and Generals and World of Warships/Tanks etc. This is not a longevity PC and eventually will build a...

Just ordered a new pc i will be using this for streaming gaming and uploading youtube video and wanna see if you experts think i might be overkilling 1 certain thing or underkilling i guesss lol Thanks for any help BLUETOOTH: None BLKFRISALE1: CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard/Mouse...

ok idk if ive been hacked or not but first let me say that NOBODY uses my pc. im the only one thats ever touched the damm thing. i got on steam earlier to log on and that autofill thing on chrome shows my username. so i once again log on later on acouple minutes ago and someone elses username is...

Hi, My PS3 become very slow and sometimes is freezing, I cannot even watch netflix on it. I used HDD Scan to read my HDD and got those results. Its time to change, right? The report from HDD Scan: http://i.imgur.com/lxU0gEB.png

hello everyone! i just made my first build and am having a tough time deciding on the best monitor to obtain. i heard its ideal to get g-sync, i want it to be 144Hz and idk if my build can run 1440p smoothly or if 1440 medium quality is better than 1080p maxed. i appreciate any help i can get...

Hey, First time building a PC I'm going to be ordering all my parts within the next two weeks and would love to get some feedback on the build. Wondering if it'll perform how I expect it to. I plan to be running games in 1080p, and getting 80-100 fps in just about all games maxed out. I will...

I have an authentic Windows 10 Pro OS on an older PC, but when I run Belarc to check out the PC's health and what is on it, it consistently states the PC has a Windows 8.1 build (9600). If I go to my system settings, my id activating is "activated" with Windows 10 Logo on top. Is that just a...

I've been experiencing some annoying frame rate drops on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate on my new computer. First of all, here are all my computer specs: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core MSI R7 370 2GB 256 Bits 8GB HyperX Fury (2x4) MSI MS-7641 Motherboard HDD 500GB 5400RPM EVGA 430W PSU Windows 7 64...

Hey all, been a long time since I've had a PC or been around this form of technology. I did a little bit of research after my brother in law put this budget every day use/minor gaming/poker PC together for me and I seem pretty happy with it for the price, hopefully it'll last me a few years...

Hi! I'm quite curios about USB3.0 and Gigabit switch logics in NAS system. 1. Assuming a theoretical data speed of USB3.0 is 4800Mbps and Gigabit Switch is 1000Mbps. If I buy a USB3.0 hub and plug to 2 of External HDDs with USB3.0 then plug Usb hub to Notebook and transfer data between External...

Hello guys happy new year to you all. Please do forgive me if i am posting in the wrong forum, and i couldn't find a sub-category for tablets or tablet pc, over the holidays I've purchased myself a temporary tablet till i have the big bucks to get the one i want, okay this is a little tricky...

Is it by monitor or card?

I originally had a problem with my graphics card (gtx 970) with my computer that I got from Cyberpower. After a weeks of waiting I get a replacement graphics card only to notice that this isn't working right as well. At first, it seemed to be working fine, but after a while I noticed that the...

I have a Pentium(R) family express chipset and 2gb ram of ddr3, if I buy a nvidia gt730 1gb ddr5 graphics card ,then in what graphic settings would I be able to play games like assasins creed revelations and balck flag or unity?

im not sure the exact spots to put each cables on the front panel connectors, also do i have to plug in all the fans seperately onto the mobo?

Hi I built my pc around 5 months ago and for the past almost two months i've been having shutdowns ONLY when playing games. ( I can run games such as dishonored or killing floorfor about 5 mins on LOW before i get an immediate shutdown - not turning off, a complete black screen and system off...

Hey I am upgrading to a r9 390 nitro and there's no way it will fit in my new case so I was wondering what's a good case that will fit a r9 390 nitro its 40x25x6cm

How do you setup the WiFi usernames and passwords for WPA2 Enterprise? Where? And I do have my wireless network ready. It's already on WPA2 Enterprise. Thanks! Luke Xu - qq410219243@gmail.com - Router- RT-AC68U