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I'm a first time builder, and after putting everything together and making sure that every cable was in, it flashes on and the internal fans start for about a half-second, before it all dies. I'm not sure if the issue is that the PSU is dead on arrival, or that it's a problem with the mobo (I...

What is the best gaming Intel processor for around $110? I want the best possible performance for my money, and I want it to maybe be able to play GTA V. I will be pairing it with the GTX 960 Graphics card. I have not yet chosen a motherboard. Thanks all in advance!!! :)

Its showing that i cant turn off my windows defender because managed by security administrator.Can tell me how can i turn off my windows defender??

Hello. So I recently got a small used Dell laptop for $180 for college. I am going to use it to browse the web, multitasking between 6-8 tabs, Word Documents, Local Lossless Music (not much) and/or HD Youtube. Here are the specs: Dell Inspiron 11 (3137) 11.6 in Touchscreen Intel® Pentium 3556U...

I have an Asus laptop running Windows 8 and all of a sudden I can't get the '@' sign to work. All I get when using the 'shift' key is the " symbol so I can't email or login to anything. Help!

I just put a new PC together, I'm running an intel i7 4790k, Asus maximus VII hero mobo, Asus matrix GTX 980, and Cooler Master Nepton 140xl cpu cooler with artic silver 5 thermal compound. My idol temps are around 30c, under load and that is playing The Witcher on max setting (this first one...

hello guys well i am looking for a motherboard that too under 5000 rs(90$) that could support a radeon HD 7750 Card.. i am planning to build: lga 1155 mobo with pcie 3.0 radeon HD 7750 intel g2030 3ghz my total budget is 12000rs(200$) see if the above build is good or if i got a better idea at...

I have a win 8.1 pro with AMD FX-8350 8 core 32gb ram Geforce GTX 760 It freezes when shutting down or restarting... fast start is turned off as is remote access & there is no wifi, hibernate is also off Windows defender will only run a quick scan, full scan freezes.... everything is updated...

Can i upgrade my OS from windows vista home premium 64 bits to windows 8.1 PC specs: CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 3.0GHz (OC) Yorkfield 45nm Technology RAM 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5QLD PRO Graphics 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (PNY)

Here's my question: I bought a used Acer Aspire (14" i5-480M 2.66 GHz Laptop | AS4743-6481). I gave it 4 more gigs of ram in hope of being able to play games better, it didn't help much. Now its come to my attention I need something other than the integrated Intel graphics. Any suggestions? (if...

One of my good friends had someone help him build a custom PC, and I think he made extremely poor build choices, I need some good, compelling arguments to show him the error of his ways. Can someone also please make a better build for around the same price. I want good price 2 performance...

My Sony Vaio laptop used to connect to my Panasonic Vierra tv very well. also 2 others.with an HDMi cable Now all I get is nothing but a connection noise from my laptop. I have bought a new HDMI cable,but nothing. again I recently purchased a VGA monitor SVGA M-M15 pin cable as the back of my...

■ I have a i7-4790k and a Zotac GTX 970 amp extreme. I've decided to finally go with asus mobo and the three are in my list. 1)ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 2)ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER 3)ASUS Z97-A The Z97-A is the cheapest followed by RANGER then HERO. But all have almost the same specs except for...

i have a Pioneer Sc1224 rated for 4-16 ohms, pair of 6 ohm Jenson X7s and a 4ohm 320W Panasonic SB-W940 subwoofer. The Sub only has bare speaker wires and the pioneer has preamp coaxial outs. I'm wondering if i could connect my sub to one of the front terminals along with my Jensons ?

making a new pc, done this before but not wth these brands or parts, i got confused looking it up, if anyone can help be telling me if this system would al work together that would be great. specs listed below HyperX FURY Series 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 1866MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module Kit -...

so i have a very low end build that is my office pc and I received a gift card via the rewards card for best buy so i ordered an xfx r5 220 core edition graphics card and was thinking that i should be able to crossfire that with the installed a6-7400k apu. Mind you i have no expectations to play...

I have made this build up and I don't plan on making it I am just fooling around and putting pieces together. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Nct9FT I would really enjoy some feed back on help and what else I can improve on this build is for an intel cpu only I am gonna make a post of one for an amd...

Hello, recently ive upgraded my specs with a phenom quadcore cpu, which is what my motherboard is optimized for. This was the beginning of problems to my computer shutting off, yet from the outset, it can work all day, unless I play a game or now a recent thing, when I watch a video or iplayer...

i have a budget of $450 and i also have fx 4130 and a gt 610. i want to upgrade both by bying a gtx 660 and getting a new motherboard and i5 4590 but then i thought i should get a gtx 970 and upgrade my cpu later i know this would bottlenech the shit out of my pc but what should i do?

My processor seems to be running rather hot. I ran Prime 95 and temps went up fairly quickly to 90 c. I then read somewhere that Prime 95 wasn't good to run with Haswell CPUs so I ran the Intel Extreme Utility test and the processor got hot and into the high 80s. I am convinced that my stock...

I have Acer notebook with two hdd slots. One ssd an 1tb hdd. Problem is with hdd. It mysterious formated itself in two fat32 partitions. It all happened when i took hdd and put another in to move some data. When I put the old one back at first Windows didn't recognize it at all. After restart it...

So I just got the gtx 970, when I play minecraft, there are little white lines that outline the blocks. When I put the mini map levels down to 0, I do not have this problem.Is there any way to fix this?

I just installed a new Zalman CNPS9700 cpu fan. Since, with my old stock fan, my cpu had been running hot, I decided to get a better one. The installation process went fine. I'm running an Asus Sabertooth 990fx mobo, and a six core AMD Phenom 2. As I went to boot the system up my computer...

Hi, I'm looking at buying a Broadcom Crystal HD Decoder for my HTPC. It's mini PCI-E, but I've discovered that my motherboard only has a PCI-Ex4 slot. I haven't been able to find a proper adapter that uses the x4 PCI-E. Am I out of luck with the Crystal HD?

Hey guys, After telling my brothers about me building my own pc, one of them said that they have a Dell 560 that is not used at all. But since I'm planning on building a gaming PC and I already have a GPU, Sapphire Dual-x R9 280x to build around it, I was wondering if the processor can handle...

I have a fx 6300 trying to oc to 4.1ghz, and I am planning on getting a gigabyte windforce gtx 780, I just want to know if I will run into any bottlenecks, like major bottlenecks. I just need an answer from someone who knows what they are talking about please...

I have tried to install Geforce Experience latest version (2.1.3) and after installation/ or when try to run the program, I get "Geforce experience encountered an error and must close". I have tried: Clean install; Uninstall and Install again (Both program and graphic drivers); Nothing works...

My case fan is not currently working in my computer, I believe I have identified it's wire which is currently dangling next to a 4-pin header labelled SYS_FAN on my GA-78LMT-USB3 motherboard. The actual case fan is a 3-pin. My questions are: is it okay to connect a 3-pin connector to a 4-pin...

Hi, could you tell me what better to buy in order to play new games? I am talking about MMORPGs but also some SP or MP (BF4, Crysis and others). This are configurations I can afford atm: 1. AMD Athlon II 750K + R7 250X + 4GB RAM 2. FX-6300 + R7 250X + 8GB RAM 3. FX-6300 + R7 260X + 4GB RAM 4...

Hi everyone, Recently my Windows 8.1 computer keeps freezing at random points. I could be in the middle of a simple task, such as typing in my password to log-on but it stops responding. Just as I think something I have done has fixed it, about 5 minutes later it will stop working. I'm writing...

is there a way to re-install onboard graphic if you mistakely uninstalled it?( i messed up while fixing qq)

Just finished my build and installed Windows 7. Everything seems to be stable and going well except at startup. More often than not (about 8 or 9 times out of 10) this happens when I try to boot: http://youtu.be/8Oji5b1x7pA I don't think it's a grounding issue because sometimes I'll turn it...

My computer has slow internet connection ,but on other computer it work.plss help

I'm looking for better online gaming performance. I currently have an Intel 4 Core i5-2300 CPU @ 2.8 GHz, 8GB DDR3, and a GeForce GTX 460. I'm thinking of upgrading to a GeForce GTX 650 ti but want to make sure my CPU can handle it. I currently have a 600w power supply as well.

Hi guys, Yesterday my computer restarted several times without any obvious reason. This morning I tried to turn it on and it did not. After opening the case I realized that the problem is with my MB - CPU fan, keyboard, etc. were not on (while case fans were working). After checking the...

these are my specs 2 radeon 7850s in crossfire amd a10 5800k 1 wd blue 1 tb atx gigabyte fm2 board 2 blu ray drive thank you much everyone for your help :)

Hi im having a problem with my gateway laptop its stuck on safe mode when i go to normal setup and it has bsod error code for something that was installed and caused it to crashed but i went threw it all and uninstalled a bunch of stuff thought it was a webcam that was installed last but it...

Hi, product is HP 655 Notebook pc operating system windows 7 however due to my daughters negligence (dont know exactly what, do know she very rarely if ever shut it down properly) the computer would go on but but only to black screen stating after general info at top (PXE-E61: Media test...

Hello, I'm looking to buy some new in-ear headphones and was hoping for a bit of advice. I'm looking to spend up to £40 to £50. The only real requirement is that the headphones come with a mic. I've been looking around at reviews and come across these: Nocs NS200 Sennheiser MM 30i Any advice...

My specs: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHZ INNO3D GTX660 TI 2GB GDDR5 192BIT HERCULEZ KINGSTON KHX1600C9D3/2x4G ASROCK 960gc-gs