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Hi all. It's my understanding that, starting with Windows 8 and thus for Windows 10 as well, Microsoft changed the way the Windows Product Key works, in that it's now encrypted in BIOS (for OEM machines). This would seem to indicate that the OS has become tied to the hardware. If this is true...

Just built it today and it ran fine for 5 minutes before it turned off and now I press the power and it just cuts out. Don't see anything that'd cause a short. I have geforce gtx 970. Msi gaming M5 motherboard. 16gb corsair vengeance. i7-6700k 4.0. H100i watercooling. 3 case fans. Powercool...

My previous monitor was a TN Benq panel from about 2008. I tried out a newer VA Benq panel a couple weeks ago. Both of them had sharpness settings, and I tended to set it to either the highest or about the 2nd highest setting or so, as I like to see all the details without any blur (and games...

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Whenever I boot my new computer I always get this message saying CPU FAN ERROR before going to bios. I think it has something to do with how my liquid cooler fans are connected. Right now, the liquid cooler fans are connected to the pump. CPU: 5820k MOTHERBOARD: Asus x99 DELUXE GPU: 1070 strix...

There are some components of my old pc that dies over the years. However the cpu still good and running. I had never over click my cpu before. Right now I try to upgrade my whole system, so other than cpu and hard drive. I would start from scratch. The problem I had is the board I use to had is...

i ask my isp in sirya if i can get my googLe chrome or my wep history browsing with time i visted pages he said no and i think hes Laying is he not Laying??? its an government isp my hard drive crashed thy dont rpaer faLLL Hard drives here and i dont think it got the information i want now i...

I really want an upgrade for my build from r9 270x to rx 480 but i would have this extra gpu so i was wondering can i use both of them in the same build?? Will that work?

I want to know if it is wise to buy this graphics card heres the link...

I currently got an r9 290, and i consider switching it out with a gtx 1080. I dont know what psu i got, but its large enough for the r9 290, which is, to my understanding, pretty power-hungry. Would i have enough power for the 1080? I dont know my psu, except that its silver+, and i dont have...

Hello! ^-^ TL;DR Out of the options below, what are my best upgrade options for my stream? :) [New monitor or a new gpu + psu + case] I'm new to the streaming community; I've been streaming 7 hours, 6 days a week since February 25 and my setup is really important to me. With donations and work...

So I got a new case for my computer. I transferred everything from my old case too my new case. I plugged in the power supply and switched it on and my whole computer booted up. It's working like it would normally would except that the power button will only reset the computer and so does the...

Hello everybody, Yesterday, after finally installing Windows 10, I randomly tried to test my SSD performance using Samsung Magician. It gave me poor IOPS results, as shown in the picture: Model number is EVO 850. I should also note, last time I did this test was around 3 weeks ago~, so I...

I was considering going crossfire on two R9 390's but when i poked around to see what wattage I should get for the power supply i saw varying things. I'm not planning at any time to overclock my Cpu or Gpu's, people on the internet were buying 1000W Power supply's but when i used a psu...

I am using the Acronis true image HD 2015 and I attempted to use it to copy over my hard drive to a new one. During the operation it said that a file could not be transferred. I clicked retry and it failed. So I hit ignore, then it started to say it would take 24+ hours to complete the operation...

I'm looking for an ATX Case that doesn't look cheap, and doesn't feel cheap. I'd like to have something sturdy and have a smooth look. I don't want anything flashy but a Window would be nice. And my budget is 85ish so I put 80 incase of tax and shipping. Thanks for viewing Oh yea, I'm not water...

Hello, when I turn on my computer it displays a message on sata port. Then it says to continue press F2. When I press F2 it turns off then turns on automatically and then works normally. Actually I don't understand what all this is about and wanted to ask whether my computer is broken and needs...

I am looking to upgrade my Rig and I am torn between upgrading my CPU to an i7 4790k or to buy another GTX 970 to SLI. My main focuses are streaming regularly and playing some high demand titles, I am wondering what will benefit the overall quality of my stream between these two options. My...

hello... I needed additional length connecting my pc to my monitor...the existing cable was a 6' length. I ordered a 10' length; & when I hooked it up, my screen resolution was very large. I attempted to set it to the recommended 1920 X 1080...but it wasn't available...the largest available...

1.i3 6100 (3.7ghz) 2.h110m s2(gigabyte) 3.zotac gtx 960 amp!(2gb) 4.gskill 8gb 2133mhz ram(1*8gb) 5.500gb WD blue(7200 rpm) 6.antec bp450ps(450w) 7.cooler master elite 311(mid tower) 8.cooler master blizzard t2 I have finalized these parts for my buged build.Is this a good gaming build? I will...

I want to be get a new headphone setup, including headphone and amps, as I am sick of paying for overpriced gaming headsets, but I don't want to lose too much bass and I don't want to lose the virtual 7.1 surround sound. So, I did some research and I came to this setup (in order I would have...

Hi guys! My wife's old yet still very capable laptop has been giving us hard time for the last couple of years. We tried to tackle this issue in the past but with little to no success. About two years after its purchase it started randomly overheat. With randomly being the keyword. Most of...

My mother wanted to get a new computer, she bought a pre built one from best buy that has a intel-i5 in it and wanted to put a R7 250x into it. She only uses it to play World of Warcraft and some Minecraft. But when she put the video card in and connected it to the monitor it says "no signal". I...

My PC was recently was taking time to open computer, task manager and lagging even in games for 2-4 seconds then working again for some minutes then again laging.. So I checked my HDD with speedfan it showed current pending sector count and uncorrectable sector count as red -..... Then I...

http://ark.intel.com/products/88184/Intel-Core-i5-6500-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz Graphics Output eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI 4K Support Yes, at 60Hz Max Resolution (Intel® WiDi)‡ 1080p Max Resolution (HDMI 1.4)‡ 4096x2304@24Hz Max Resolution (DP)‡ 4096x2304@60Hz Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated...

Hello, I'm considering buying the G1 gaming (Pcpart link) http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Lp6DD3 My question is.. do I need to get the Xonar DX or it's not necessary as the mobo offers a sound blaster system ? Thanks :)

I need help pls for upgrading my Intel i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz and MSI mobo MS-7586 I want to spent no more than 300-400$ and im using it ONLY for gaming

I'm running a 4690k at 4.5GHz on an MSI PC MATE. I decided to run Prime95 (v26.6) overnight, but when I woke up and went down to the computer, it had rebooted. The question is: how can I see when it rebooted, and should I lower the clock speed? Temps go up into the high 70's as far as I know for...

Hi, everyone. After some time I finished my pc build, I am experiencing some shutdowns when playing certain games. When I started to play FF14, everything was ok. But suddenly it's started to shutdown after some hours of playing, sometimes 30~40 minutes of playing. But the one I think it's the...

A friend has asked me to price up some new PC parts for him as he wants a better gaming rig. His current spec that he owns is this: AMD A8 6600K CPU Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H mobo 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz Ram Nvidia GTX 750ti 1Tb HDD He wants: Intel Skylake i5 6600, 250GB Samsung 850 Evo M2 MSI Gaming...

Hey guys, I am looking for a budget mechanical keyboard with linear switches. The 2 keyboards I found at my price range are the K65 and Magicforce 68(the Coolermaster rapidfire with red switches is too expensive for me). Thing is the Magicforce(which is for me about 30$ cheaper) has Kailh...

Hi. I have a i7 4790K with a CX600 Power Supply. I'm thinking to add a MSI GTX 970. Will that work?

Hi, does the power line connection reduce the line connection to others users connected with the Wi Fi?

Hi I am looking to properly delete a user profile in Windows 7. We login using active directory I think and our desktop etc follows us about to each PC we are on. In XP it was easy you just deleted the user profile and then logged back in and a new one would be created. In Windows 7 you can...

Hello there guys thanks to those who have taken the time to read this thread I have some questions about my pc and a problem I can't get my head around! So recently my pc has been acting up and I am not sure why? So when using the pc it's perfectly fine but once I turn it off and on again it...

Monitor is on but does not have display

I would like to know if it would one be possible and two be recommended that i add a low spec graphics card to my gt 740 current gpu to try and spread the load of games such as grand theft auto five and strategy games such as civilisation v. what graphics card do you recommend i add (low spec)...

i have apc with asus k8vmx motherboard i downkoaded as much vga drivers i can but none of em supports my pc i downloaded even from the support centre but it doesnt work due to this im unable to play 3d games, cannot enable aero effects and cannot watch videos

I have been doing a bit of research on graphics cards and I was wondering, is there any way to get a female PCIe to male usb adapter? I have access to lots of graphics cards but I cant use them. I am looking for a PCIe x 16 female to put in a graphics card and then have that go to usb, external...

So what the title says. I just recently installed a new CPU, and after that my graphics card just went full nuts 100% when I try start. The screen is all black and I hear no beep at all. I even put a layer of cooling paste on the CPU. Specs: CPU - AMD FX 8320 Black Edition 3,5 GHz GPU...