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I have been suggested to buy some DDR4 3200 to go with the new MODO/CPU i am going to buy: asus strix Z390+I9-9900K Online many people talk about the g.skill tridentZ, but I currently have some hyperX DDR3 that I found really good, so i wanted to go for the same brand: But now i am unsure if...

I touched one of the screws on my Rtx 2070 because it had a black sticker on it so i was curious. Gave me a small shock, no visible zap, just a shock u would get from touching a door handle. The thing was i was grounded the whole time, the psu was off, though i am certain it was just the screw i...

Hey guys and gals. I'm building, or rather upgrading my system but i'm completely lost as to which motherboard are actually good these days. Also my first ever AMD based build. The 3 things i'm keeping from my current system is my MSI GTX 1070 Gaming, XFX 750W psu and my CM haf 912 case. I...

This began last night after a shutdown. Not much changed except me unhooking my second monitor (taking it to work with me.) The PC still boots and runs fine. The series of beeps is very hard to describe and goes on for upwards of 2:15. I've uploaded the video to youtube to better try to...

What is the difference between EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 ELITE GAMING RED 11G-P4-6796-K5 and EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING, 11G-P4-6696-KR ?

hello everyone, i have a laptop without a discrete graphics card and only with and integrated graphics card. currently i have a Pentium P6200 with an integrated intel HD graphics. iam planning to upgrade to a quad core i7 but the quad core series that is supported by the laptop socket and...

Hi guys, I need your help. I am new in forums and it's my first post. I am writing here because I have realised my laptop is quite hot and slow and I checked the monitor activity. I realised the process called USEREVENTAGENT is literally using all my CPU (up to 117%) and RAM. Fan runs very...

So here it goes, I bought a corporate computer Dell optiflex 780 with the following specs: core 2 quad q6600 8gb RAM 1tb HDD and GT 710 2gb This was bought from a pc retailer on ebay. Using the video card plugged in, i can only get an image if i use the video card VGA/DVI. The image has...

Hello everyone, I just completed my first build yesterday, with an i7-7700K, an ASRock Z270 Killer SLI/AC motherboard, 8GB of Crucial Ballistix Sport memory, and an MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G graphics card. When I first started my computer, all Bluetooth devices paired and functioned normally...

Hello! I am planning to buy a new cpu and movie soon.So should I get an FX 8350 with wraith cooler or the hyper 212x? I am planning to oc it when I play games.My gpu is gtx 960 2gb,my mobo will be a asrock 970m pro 3 and my psu is an elite coolmaster 600 watts. Thnk you

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Hello everyone, I was just searching for the QVL for one of Asus' motherboards, when I looked through the supported CPU list, and I saw some unknown CPUs. From what I can tell these seem to be the upcoming APU's for AM4. These have been leaked in the past, but now they're showing up on...

Hello, I recently had my Atx-TL500W-BK power supply blow on me. I attempted an old power supply that i got from a friend, only to find out that it doesnt have the proper connectors, or even the proper reach for my cpu. I also recieved a new video card from my friend. It is a Radeon HD...

I'm planning on buying MSI H110M PRO-VD and a Pentium G4560 Kaby Lake CPU, but to actually be able to use the kaby lake Mod edit: keep it clean pleaseI need a bios update, so could I put the update on my Usb drive and flast it on my motherboard?

I currently own a prebuilt PC Which is HP Z400 Workstation and I'm looking to upgrade it's GPU and turn this into a semi-decent rig able to run some games. I was wondering, since the computer has the Intel x58 ICH10R motherboard, will I be able to put a GTX 1050ti on it or anything lower? Can't...

I need help accessing the Netflix app on my Toshiba smart TV using a universal remote control. Toshiba no longer offer tech support for their television products.

Hello, Before I get into the issue, here are my specs: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz clocked at 4.1ghz MSi GTX 970 8 GB Ram I have played various games and seem to experience stuttering or generally low fps in many of them. Especially in BF1. I am averaging 30 FPS which should just not be...

Hello, I want to pair a Sabertooth Z170S Asus mobo with 2x 8GB DDR4 ram. The mobo advertises 2133 to 2400, and tests show that it can go further. I'm not looking to manually overclock. Should i just get 2133 as the safe choice? However, should i choose to install 2400, is it just pnp? Or is...

basicly my case fan is still giving red LED but its not spinning anymore, is it dead? Thanks in advance. *EDIT Its the fan on the back, (case Sharkoon BD28)

PC won't boot past the Thinkstation screen but fans are running and all. Tried replacing rams, checked the gfx card and all but no luck. No beeps as well. Tried removing all rams to check motherboard, and it beeps. Solution plz :\ P.S I don't know much about these things...

Hello im looking for advise. i am after a new CPU intel. and a new motherboard to go with it. i only have £200 to spend and it needs to be good for gaming. any advise is welcome thanks :)

Processor: i7 4790k MOBO: maximus VII ranger Ram: 2x8gb fury Graphics: gtx 1070 Cooling : h75i (i know i dont really need it but it was 2.99£) PSU: arctic 750W monitor: 22 inc 1920x1080

Hi I have read so many articals and watched so many videos, and each one of them does different things to avoid ESD damage. So I didn't really understand how to do it! Do I just touch unpainted parts of the case and that's it? Do I put the PSU without plugging it to the wall and turn it off and...

I need some advice/help with my ram. MB: MSi 990fxa gaming RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 1600 MHz 1. Task manager only show 800 MHz even though CPU-Z show 800MHz and bios show 1600 MHz. Yes XMP is enabled. 2. Is it okay to install ram on 2 & 4 instead of 1 & 3. Am I losing any features or...

My company does a lot of graphic designing for products we make. The CEO does not usually do any graphical designing, but uses a pro graphics NEC monitor at 2560x1440, another at 1920x1080 and sometimes presents things on a 70" 1920x1080 TV all from the same machine. We originally put two spare...

I have a 4gb ddr3 1333 ram now and i bought 8gb ddr3 1333 but when it came it was 1600. Could i underclock the ram in order to add it to my system?

I bought the amd radeon 390 but it keeps displaying "No display". I can see my display if i put the vga in the cpu. CPU: i3 something(Can look it up if you want) GPU: AMD Radeon 390. Motherboard: ASRock b75 pro3. Power Supply: 550W ps the fans on the 390 is not spinning.

Hey! I've bought a new motherboard on saturday, since my old one broke, and the temperature of it is ALWAYS at 103ºc to 107ºc. I power the computer on for the first time of the day and it is at around 105ºc, I play a game and it goes up 1 or 2ºc. Could this be a sensor problem or should I be...

Hello, I currently own a i5 2500K paired with a R9 270 GPU. Now I am going to fully upgrade my system for shure this year but am not shure what I should buy first. It is a choice between a i7 6700K now and a GTX 970 later, or vice versa. So my question comes down to what gives me the best...

Im new at this, so i dont what what it thing is supposed to do http://www.imageno.com/8f8rrccjoutppic.html i just saw a wire plugged in it. I have circled the red area that i want to know about

is the Gigabyte radeon r9 280x paired with an intel core i3 6100 fine being paired with a 550w power supply? It seemed like plenty, but then I read somewhere a person recommending a 700w power supply? is this not overkill?

I wanna get a gaming pc already built between 200-400 dollars for recording/streaming video games such as minecraft, the sims, portal, etc.

I'd like to know if these temps are normal with the stock cooler. Thermal Margin on AMD Overdrive - Idle: 50-60C / Stress Testing: 23C. Now for BIOS/HWMonitor - Idle: 60 - 70C / Stress Testing - 97C. Are these temps okay with the stock cooler or should I upgrade to an aftermarket cooler? CPU...

I'm using Windows 10 on my PC. I have been using it for about 3 months now and I regret installing it. There is so many problems with it. One of these problems is my disk drive will not play or run any disks I insert into it. In the file explorer, the disk drive is not present in the "Devices...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.89 @ OutletPC)...

I got some help from Archgaull earlier making this rig and i have changed some things and want to know if there is anything else that i may want to change or look into. My Budget for this build is $2,000 to $2,500. I live IN the US in Ohio. PCPartPicker part list...

Hello all, I am looking to upgrade the memory on my laptop and I wanted to see if these two sticks are compatible. I thought they were identical, until I looked a little closer. Here's what they read: SK Hynix 4GB 1Rx8 PC3L - 12800S - 11-13-B4 SK Hynix 4GB 2Rx8 PC3L - 12800S - 11-12-F3 Are...

asus m5a88-m compatible graphic card, fx 8120 processor 3.0ghz 14gb ram psu 550watts! my budget is 15000rs please suggest me!

I am very unknowledgable about PC and all and I'm looking into recording gameplay on Xbox and/or pc and wanna know if this setup would be good for it and what else I need with it..

Hey guys. Yesterday I've installed a fresh Windows 7 and the problems started to show up. If I just watch a video on YouTube the cpu usage is going at least to 80%, and this never happened before I reinstalled my Windows. I can't even play Agar.io, the game is dropping a lot of frames. I saw...