Render Farm

I am looking to update my system or build a new system to use as a strong render node for redshift and Houdini so I can speed up my render times. Maybe my computer isn't configured right and I could update something to help ? I am hoping to build an at-home render farm and have 4 GPUs (Add 2...

i have a pc that has the following specs CPU : Intel Core i7 6800k @3.40GHz Ram: 32GB @1066MHZ Graphics: 3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti MB : Gigabyte X99P-SLI-CF (socket 0)

I'm planning to buy a new PC for video rendering, i'm frequently using keyshot 7.0, gem vision matrix for render & also using after effect for compositing. i had a confusion with these 2 processors you guys plz guide me. which processor i can choose. below i will give you my pc specs. if any...

Hi i would like to create a server render farm, i need core with high clock speed, and ram, i don't need gpu, i already have one old that will be enough. I don't have so much money(around 200 max max 250 Dollar/euro) and after searching stuff i have this x5675 ( 40$ one ) that i would like to...

I bought a brand new portable drive from seagate and it does not appear to be working properly. The light is blue but not blinking. Also it makes a buzzing/beeping sound every 2 seconds. It also shows up on device manager, but when I try to populate, it says volume information cannot be found...

Over the last year or so I've been getting these extremely inconsistent lag spikes that usually last about 2-6 seconds and can happen anywhere from 0 times in an hour to 40, where I completely freeze, but everyone else can still play (eliminating game server issues). I've looked up solutions...

Hey everyone i hope you all can help me!! I have a 6600 i5 cpu that cam out of a brand new working motherboard , and a msi z170a m5 gaming motherboard i wanted to try the 6600 in the msi board, so robbed my other ddr4 build of the ram vid card and cpu, keep in mind i bought the msi board off a...

I just use it while charging then I unplug the charger and shut it down. Hours later I tried charging it again but there is no light indicating that it is charging then I tried turning it on but it wont work. No light also.

Help needed with upgrade to 10 from Vista

I am in a position where a used 2500k build would cost the same as a new kaby lake g4560 build. Which one should I go for? Both would be paired with 8gb ram and an r9 290x. For now I will be playing at 1080p

Hello guys I need your help. While adding parts to my future PC build (added cpu), I notice some compatibility problems. It said that "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs." My motherboard is an MSI SLI Krait Edition I just bought yesterday. Here...

I have System Model H81M-S1 motherboard,what is strongest Graphic card I can put in in (of course new Power unit will come)?

my Toshiba satellite c660 charge only for 30 sec and then it stops. when i turn it on while it charging it turn on for a few seconds then it shuts down i think its because it doesn't have any power what could be the problem and i think my charger works fine and also i have a good batter. also...

I recently bought a Asus monitor,I connect my laptop via hdmi becuase my laptoo doesnt have vga or dvi,so when i connect it it look fuzzy or pixelated or juat wierd,its in 1920x1080.I heard that vga look better .So can i use a hdmi to vga converter to make it seem better?

Is my cpu is dead? every time I try to turn on my pc on it turned on then off immediately so I took it apart and rebuilt it and the same thing is happening I don't know what to do I have the cpu fan plugged in and the cpu 8 pin power plugged in

I plug my aspire switch 10 in and the led light goes from blue to orange, and wont turn on..please help

Hello there, and greetings from Brazil Here's the thing: I have two identical Dell Vostro showing exactly the same problems, both run slow, but one of them sometimes 'goes wilder' than the other, crashing randomly, even when booting on Safe Mode. In a first moment I could understand that the...

Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade my pc in the next week mainly for video editing and perhaps a little bit of gaming (BF4, the division, RB6 siege). I mostly need to change my cpu, mobo and Ram as they tend to bottleneck my rig (right now, I have core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz, ASUS p6p55d and 4Gb DDR3...

I have a startech 4 bay docking station which I use on my win 10 PC, every now and again windows can not see it, even though it is never disconected. When this happens I can not see it in disc management, nor explorer. In device manager there is USB mass storage device. I know there is nothing...

would you help me to choose GPU??? im really confused :( sapphire r7 250 1gb ddr5 OR gigabyte GT 730 2gb ddr3

I have Asus h81m-cs motherboard I5 4460, 8gb corsair vengeance ram, zotac gtx 650 1gb, Corsair vs450 PSU, and only one HDD Seagate 1000vx000(no ssd). 1. Do I need to install Intel rapid storage technology and what it is for??? 2. My motherboard has xmp feature and my ram is 1600mhz and Intel...

For the last few days my Asus Notebook A42F Windows 7 Freeze on ASUS screen No keys works Any suggestion Regards Rizwan

Woke up, turned on my computer, and noticed a black screen with white text stating, "bootmgr is missing, restart computer." (or something along the lines of that) I restarted my computer and after doing so, my peripherals and my monitor stopped responding to my computer, yet my fans and...

As my title states, I will be swapping motherboards soon. I started out on Windows 7 in which i got the key from one of my friends who gets windows product keys from his job. I am unsure if the key is OEM or Retail i just know that i got a printed out paper from the place he works with a product...

Hi, guys just wanna ask, I was planning on buying the Palit GTX 750 ti stormx dual 2gb ddr5 and I have a PSU (700w)that is not branded, and I was surprised that the Graphics card doesnt require 1x6pin and my question is will my PSU is enough to power it ?

I have a HP Pavilion 15-e070sa running Windows 10/64-bit and the keyboard is presenting a very weird issue. When pressing characters 'T' 'Y' '[' ']' and Num Lock I can see on the On-Screen Keyboard that both CTRL keys are locked, disabling any possible normal function of the keyboard. However...

Hey guys! I'm a first time builder building a gaming pc and I was wondering which would be better for playing those AAA titles in particular, using a 3-4150 with gtx 750ti vs i3-4150 with gtx 960. I just want to know how much more fps I would get if I buy 960 over 750ti oc paticularly in gta V

Since I never had a laptop, neither have I ever "explored" the world of laptops since I'm a desktop guy, I'm asking you guys to help me choose a laptop for my sister. She'll be using it for web surfing, photoshop, occasional playing of undemanding video games...so normal usage for a person who...

Hello, I have a GA-G41M combo LGA 775 socket that supports 1333 mhz ram and i recently bought a Kingston HyperX fury 2x4 GB 1600 Mhz.But when i install the ram in my computer it won't boot up.Is it possible to downclock my ram to 1600 mhz to 1333mhz using the bios? If so then how?

My CPU is not cooling down properly. I am using CoreTemp to measure my CPU load and temperatures. My CPU is idling at around 57- 58 C. When it runs at 20-40%, it runs in the lower 70s. Any higher CPU load and I get anywhere from 76-84 C. My computer has 3 case fans(I believe they are 120mm)...

I want Realvision ENB, Pure Waters, etc. I also only have a 500w PSU running with an APU (7850k) will that be enough? Bottleneck?

So I was looking on can i run it just testing some things out, and it displays that I have a 7900 series graphics card installed when I have a r9 280x now i know the 280x is a rebranded 7970 graphics card. But its being recognized as a 7950, is something wrong?

I would like to buy a laptop of lenovo or hp but it should be between 25000 to 40000

Hi guys, I was looking to create a bootable USB for installing an Windows 8.1 on a PC I'm building. I was looking at this page to install Windows 8.1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media I installed the program and go through the process of downloading the...

Hello, I am planing to buy my first SDD hard drive in my life, and was wondering which one of those 3 models should I get ? Samsung Evo 840, Samsung Evo 850, Samsung 850 Pro I am interested to know if there is any difference that a person can feel with one or a another of them. I will use...

I am looking to buy a new laptop for school on black friday. There are 4 that I am looking at all the same price. I dont do any gaming. this would just be for shool work at youtube videos. Is 4 gigs of ram sufficient...

Right so play league of legends and trying to get it to run on 2 screens for more stuff to be displayed, one has 900 height while the other has 760, this means that i have to make the other one smaller which looks retarded because when i run across with my pointer to different part of screen it...

i don't lnow how to open the disc drawer can anyone help please

I was using win 7 on my dell inspiron N5110 having 500 GB HDD and 2 GB RAM, with derive C was having 50GB to100GB space(can't remember exactly) & having OS in it. Other's Derive/Partition were D and E. Then i thought to replace my Windows 7 by ubuntu and as a fresher for linux environment i goes...

Hi I have dell xps 430 with quad processor and 8gb ram, now my video card is hd5450 2 gb. Question is what video card would be accepted by my pc? I'm playing iracing and the best fps is 50 on low settings. Power supply is changed to 500 w