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I'm freaking tired of my old pc, so i was thinking of getting a new one. I've never really been too integrated into building one my own, so i took on the task for myself. Thruth be told i got a lot of help to build this one. Im looking for something that is able to run let's say the newest CoD...

Sooo, I want to make an attempt at a streaming PC. I want to hook it up to my TV and use it to watch things like netflix, browse the web etc. What do I actually need? I'm figuring 8gb of RAM but do I need anything amazing in the way of a GPU? Do I need a good CPU? Ideally I'd stick a AMD FX CPU...

About two weeks ago, I built/upgraded a PC. It worked fine, up till about five minutes ago. It was turned on, and I went downstairs for about 20 minutes. I went back upstairs and it had turned off. It will not turn on. Please help me :) It has the following componants: 4690k@4.2 GHz Asus Z97-A...

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I want to install my motherboard chipset drivers, but I can't open the EXE because 7zip wants to open it. I have uninstalled 7zip, and there's no trace of it left on my computer. Why does it want to open the EXE? How do I stop it?

so basically at the moment i have a slow 500gb HDD and need to up my storage space as its only got 30gb left. currently my options are: SSD (max 120gb as any more is too expensive) -...

So yesterday I downloaded a file and it ended up being a virus, straight away deleted it & ran Avira & Malwarebytes over my whole hard drive. Now my system shows as clean but for some reason, I get a high CPU Usage on one core, then it jumps to another core, mostly around the 94-100% area with...

Hey All here is a build I'm putting together and would like any input. No need for OS, Keyboard, mouse etc just these parts, primarily for gaming and streaming. These are NZ prices. http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/fPYrLk PCPartPicker part list: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/fPYrLk Price breakdown...

Money arent an issue Looking for: 1 x 1-3m 3.5mm male to Y RCA male 1 x 3.5mm male to male any suggestions for brands that i should look for?

I've been meaning to re purpose an old tower as a NAS box as a backup box but keep putting it off 'cause I'm afraid I'll make the wrong set up choice... I'm just gonna roll with something. Drives I've allocated for NAS: 2x Seagate 1TB 6x WD Red 2TB It will serve as a backup for a laptop...

I am based in India, and one of the most common A/V companies here is called Ahuja. They make a lot of speakers and amplifiers and so forth. However, being India, sometimes things can be confusing. Most amps have simply an output, for high or low impedance. If an amp is rated at 100w @ 8 ohms...

ok so i got my intel to 4.3 at 1.2 volts but i know 4.5ghz is the sweet spot for this chip.i am planning to buy an i5 or i7 in about a year or two.I have tried to go up without changing volts but when i did it crashed but when i was at 1.3 volts it booted up at 4.5ghs but did not test it so went...

I sometimes use skype for business calls. Is the wireless connection on g930 encrypted or can it be listened by others easily?

Which one is better.

So, my secondary monitor only has a VGA cable and my video card has a spare DisplayPort and DVI-I port (I'm already using a DVI-D to HDMI converter for the main monitor and an HDMI cable for the TV) so I'm going to have to go the dreaded converter/adapter route. Which one of these is preferable...

Hi! I'm not sure what this problem should go under, but ever since my computer was built, there has always been something wrong with it. The most annoying problem however, is that when ever my internet usage is too... high(?), a few of my USB ports just shut off. For example, if I Skype...

I have a asrock z97 extreme6 and arc midi R2. The Arc comes with its own fan controller and it came with 3 140mm fans. One in the front one in the top and one in the back. I took the one in the front and put 2 in the front (as I put corsair h100i cpu cooler). My dilemma is what is the best...

im a newbie to building a PC or buying parts and i have a pretty old machine that has an i3 -2100 at 3 ghz and 2 GB ram and 450 watt PSU so should i buy this card (Zotac Nvidia GTX 650 ti 1 GB DDR5 ) and will it bottleneck on my system ? i just want to play all the recent games at medium...

I am trying to buy an used low end graphics card for my very old pc with a very tight budget so that it can work better than my SiS card which is crap. just anted to ask whether it will be compatible or not...many others are claiming that this card doesnt support lower PCI versions. Please help

i want to buy iBall Marathon 500W Peak Gaming SMPs . is this a good product

Hello, today I went to build my first build, and it was all good untill I went to plug in the sperate 20 and 4 pin power connectors. When I have just the 21 pin conntor in the motherboard, the PSU comes on but none of the parts work. I think this is becasue the CPU needs the extra 4 pin...

Hello people! Basically a Hyper 212 evo (159mm in height) will not fit my case properly with the side fan mounted so I need a CPU cooler with a height of around 154mm or less. Thermalright True Spirit 120 ~ http://www.thermalright.com/html/products/cpu_cooler/true_spirit_120m.html - smallest...

I got a pc with this specs: I5 3470 16gb ddr3 ram @800mhz Sapphire 280x dual x 500gb @ 7200 rpm Dvd-rw Corsair cx 600m The problem is that im comparing my benchmarks with other videos with the same gpu and im getting low performance on games I check everything and everything is alright with...

Hello everyone! I have been doing loads of research over the past month-2 months and finally worked up the courage to build my own PC. I finished the build yesterday and have been doing some light stress testing to check and see if there is any issues. Everything seems to be okay but I am a...

Hey guys. I have a custom built and the other day it just suddenly stopped sleeping properly. It just clicks off (no blinking light like usual) and starts up back with an error message which comes off quickly and then the system restarts. I'm using Windows 8.1 with an ATI R7 GPU. I've tried...

Although I've seen it multiple times and have also tried every solution I have come across, my GPU seems to hang regardless even when idle and editing the time frame that windows allocates has also not worked at all. I'm starting to get the feeling this might be system specific or something...

I have recently upgraded a PC from Windows 7 to 8.1. Ever since, I've been having weird problems with my GPU (ATI Radeon HD 4770). Every application that requires above average GPU processing power crashes or prompts that 3D functions are not available. According to the device manager, I am...

if i dont use another cpu cooler(instead of default core i7-4770k heatsink and fan)on the asus z87-deluxe,is it possible to damage the board or cpu?

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Guys please help me out on this. I have a Intel extreme series DP67BG Motherboard and a Geforce Gtx 560ti amp edition 1GB DDR5 256 bit graphics card.Have 8GB RAM and Intel i7 2600 processor.Now I want to add a 2nd graphics card in my Cpu using nvidia sli technology.The reason for adding a 2nd...

With extremely light if any over clocking for the first 2 months or so (plan to get a better cooler, maybe water, when work picks up)

Hi. This is pretty much my first time posting a thread so please bare with me. First I'm new to this whole thing so can anyone help suggest a decent build between $500-$800. In that build i am hoping i could fit in a GTX 760 with an Intel processor, but my main concern is the cooling problem...

I tried using GPUBoss and it is by far one of the crappiest sites i have ever been on in my life. Does any one know of a site worth existing?

Hi everyone. Basically my computer just constantly reboots over and over and over again. These are new parts which I have installed which are the p8z68v-lx and an i5 2500k and I'm yet to get it to work. The parts are second hand because I was on a right budget and couldn't get them parts new...

i have little knowledge about psu wattage needs so yes its my first build and i want it to last also before i link all these parts is it harm to go over the wattage eg you should have a 750w but you put in a 1000w would it damage the system? ok heres the specs i want and need help selecting a...

I have a WD My Book 3TB external hdd that I bought to store movies on. I moved several movies onto the drive and all was good. Then I went to play one of the movies and it was very blocky/distorted/mosaic/etc and skipped. I checked the movie file and a few large chunks of it were missing. No...

So I've never had an SSD, or more than 1 harddrive installed at once on my PC. A friend of mine just upgraded his 64GB to a 128GB, so he's giving me his 64GB SSD. I was wondering what I;ll have to do to install it? I know how to physically install one, I just have no idea how to get it up &...

Hello there! Can you guys recommend a good model of a 16 GB (2x8GB) RAM brand? I have two monitors and like to keep some tabs open with twitch streams while I play Dota and my pc feels slow... MB: Gigabyte P67A-UD5-B3 Proc: Core i7 2600k Another question, I already have 8GB of ram (2x4GB...

Alright so i dont want a mechanical keyboard because they are way too loud. I also want a backlit. Cant find a good keyboard under $50, please help

I have al SATA HDD (40Gb) and I have a 120 Gb Maxtor (IDE). My motherboard (Asus IPBL-LB) is have only SATA sockets. So I bought today a IDE-SATA converter. I plugged it in to my Maxtor IDE HDD, and I connected it to the motherboard with a SATA cable. I turned on the PC, it started, but it...