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By their names, why is a "Micro ATX" bigger than the "Mini ATX"? 'Micro' is used to describe something that is extremely small. But there is no way 'Mini' is smaller than 'micro'. What is the story behind this?

hi, so recently upgraded to a gtx 1080 but its time to get rid of my i7 2600k and upgrade cpu, i7 8700k is currently £350 on new egg+ £100 for new mobo also, is this worth it, or would i be better saving money and going for the ryzen 2700x, i already have a corsair liquid cpu cooler. i will...

will gigabyte ga b85m d3h motherboard work with i7 4770k for gaming? will i be able to game on this motherboard?

I am a little out of touch technology and I was given a cyber power pc laptop it has a 1tb Hyderabad segregate hd in right now it has a slot for msata would it be worth it to and msata for the os and the 1tb as storage, if so what side what would be a good size for a msata

ok i have had this 2TB barracuda drive for a few years but never had any problems until i put it in a synology NAS and I got a report that the drive had crashed. I was out of town for about 2 months so i just had my wife power down the NAS till i got back. I pulled the drive out and hooked it up...

Hello, My computer turns off then on by itself (especially while playing games) I thought the problem was solved after i replaced the psu, cables and connected more fans. First i thought it was a heat or psu problem, but now i'm clueless. i've called the hardware provider multiple times too...

Hello guys ! First of all, i'm sorry if i'll make gramatical errors, English is not my native language. I want to know if it's ok to buy this second-hand computer: CPU: AMD Vishera, FX-8350 4.0GHz Motherboard: MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON Memory: HyperX Fury Black 16GB DDR3 1866 MHz CL10 Dual...

g'day, just about to upgrade my processor and not 100% on if it'll all be compatible. I Have: AMD A10 7700K 4-Core Processor Kingston ValueRAM KVR16LN11/4 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 (two of these) Corsair VS550 ATX Power Supply Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 ASRock FM2A68M-HD+ Motherboard MSI Radeon R7...

I'm looking for a new desktop, because my current computer's specs are quite bad. The PC I'm looking at is the iBUYPOWER Gamer WA583R7 that can be found at ...

Just finished my first build, but am having problems with my M.2 drive. (500GB Samsung 950 Pro) I installed Windows 10 fine, but everytime I restart my PC it boots to BIOS (I removed other drives) I have to select the M.2 to boot to Windows. Have already installed the NVMe driver.

Hi all, I'm looking for a new laptop/netbook for TEFL (English as a Foreign Language) online. Requirements are: - Must support Skype conversations and have headphone/microphone jack - Must support Google docs and MS Word - Excellent Internet connection - Don't like Google tracking me around the...

So, last weekend I built my new machine. ASUS 99X-DELUXE II MB, Corsair 32g RAM (4 X 8 Sticks) 2 SSD Drives (one 512MB, one 1TB) My old mechanical 1TB Drive (For backups) And a shiny new Samsung Pro 512 M.2 Drive (plus some other stuff...video card, fans, etc...) Plugged everything in, Set the...

I have have a 980ti hytbrid 6gb card. which iv been told is fine for 4k gaming not at ultra but good. so i bought a 4k montior Asus 28inch 1ms 60 hz monitor. I plugged it into the gpu with HDMI and it was super laggy with the mouse and overall not smooth like 1080. Called asus and they said to...

I have a 750GB Hitachi 5K750 2.5 notebook drive, which I took off a ASUS Transformer Pad. It worked fine on it, but I wanted it on my desktop. I have no issues connecting the SATA signal cable to it, but the SATA power cable doesn't fit. It's called a notebook drive, so I guess it's meant for...

I've just had a ten year old powered USB hub blow all but two USB ports on my 6 year old Dell XPS. Thankfully, the only devices it fried was three mice when testing for the problem. However, I'm left with a machine with several USB ports on the motherboard not working and I have far more...

I have used 8800gt, gts260, gts 450, gtx 750(current), these were all nvidia cards.One thing I marked about nvidia gpu is that they are costlier then amd and always have low vram.:kaola: When I was googling I found that AMD's latest RX 480 which is even more powerful than gtx970 is available...

Hello! I just bought the k70 rgb rapid fire and I really like the keyboard. I have an issue, though. I wanted to install custom lighting profiles but whenever I import and select the profile it's not working. I also tried to manually switch the profile but it still didn't work. I hope you could...

Hey guys! I'm moving soon and have been organizing my garage and packing stuff. So I found an old computer that doesn't work any more (mobo problem) and decided to take the HDD, RAM, and CPU. I'll have to ditch the rest of the comp, and I don't know how to store the CPU. If it was an Intel one...

*Please read all before commenting* i have an evga gtx 980 ti hybrid and i want to plug in a Noctua industrial 3000Rpm fan as my rad fan... but the female plug for the Rad fan is a 4 pin PWM but the hybrid fan connector is a 3 pin that is enclosed, im finding it extremely hard to find an...

Hi I moved to uk before one month and I wanna spend 500£ for a gaming PC, I play league of legends,path of exile,cs:go but I won't say no to gta.. Also I wanna stream some of these games and record video at good resolution.. Help me find the parts cause I don't know the stores here.. Worth buy...

This morning I accidentally deleted the SoundMax program from my old generic PC running Windows XP and now have no sound. I'd be grateful for some guidance on how to get the sound working again. I'm guessing that I'll first have to identify something like the sound chip or sound card in my...

i have a wireless keyboard mouse reciever plugged into it but when i hit escape to exit full screen programs the keyboard won't work. so i plugged the receiver piece into the rear ports for now and it seems to be working good now. can i fix my front usb ports? And why would they do this all of a...

I just bought a PC on black friday,which I can return if I want to. I'm coming from a PS3 and I'm wondering, which do you think I'll like better, the uniformity of PS4 hardware and familiar controller, or the sheer FPS increase of a PC with a GTX 960, and an xbox controller, which I'm NOT used...

i was looking to build a cheap gameing rig that is small , power full and under 550 dollars so i came up with this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/svyFVn

hello , i wanted to know about dell S2240L 21.5" ips monitor ..i have no knowledge about monitor ... Is this monitor good for gaming or will i get a better 1 at this price range ? i m open to any suggestion. thank u

I need immediate assistance with my m17xr4. A few weeks ago I came home to my laptop not running. I have tried a hard power down pulling the battery pretty much everything that I can think of. I'm not getting any fan motion and when using a different power source my battery light starts to one...

Can anyone post a save file of Assasin Creed Unity sequence 7 memory 4? I am stuck...killing Pierre Bellec is nearly impossible...especially on keyboard mouse controls...plz help me. Is there any way to replay missions for this game?

Could someone please Make me a build around that price range! I would like it to include a CPU Cooler, SSD, Case Fan, Speaker, and Monitor. (This is for GFX and Gaming) Thanks!

computer: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227594&cm_re=gaming_desktop-_-83-227-594-_-Product what graphics setting will this computer run (low/med/high)... minecraft, GMOD, rust, dayz, armaOA/2, civ 5, and portal this is just what graphics settings this computer...

Hi all, I am Using USB Keyboard & Mouse but not working on bios. I had one doubt when I using USB to PS2 convertor keyboard will work on bios or not? Regards, S.Muthu Kumar

Hello nice community, i am building my gaming pc, before this i had amd, now im going on Intel 4790k because i just heard is a beast, with 8 gb 1600 mhz rams and my old video card Gigabyte Radeon r9 270x 2gb oc windforce x3, now, my question is, should i change my video card too? to an nvidia ...

I bought this computer and cant get in becaise it is locked. How do i unlock it?

Hey guys, i'm looking for a good headset and mouse for cs:go. My first question is which brand should is choose? Which one for the headset and which one for the mouse? I can't choose between Corsair and Steelseries. I like corsair because of it's quality, but steelseries is used by so many pro...

Hi: I just built a new computer using a fairly popular ASUS motherboard (M5A99FX Pro R2.0) in a Rosewill Challenger U3 case. I can not get the front usb port to be recognize with either a USB 2.0 or native USB 3.0 flash drive. The rear ports recognize these devices with no problem. Below is...

I've got an Acer Aspire 3690, my hotmail account was working perfectly 1 minute but i went to send a couple of emails out & i got a message saying they've failed to send. It's not just the 1, it's several. I typed the email addresses correctly as i've checked. Can someone help me pls.

CPU: AMD FX-4300 Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M FM2 A85 Graphics Card: Radeon R9 270X Ram: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 1TB Power Supply: 600W Corsair 80Plus Bronze Please help me, i have worked hard on this, i just need to know if anything will go wrong or if i...

if i add a graphics card to a apu system can i dedicate the gpu part of a apu back to the cpu? mobo: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 apu(cpu+gpu): AMD A8-5600K ram: 2x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) hard drive: western digital wdbh2d5000enc-nrsn

I've got a new desktop which is connected to my home wifi using an USB adaptor. The signal quality is constantly at 5 bars but I find myself frequently having to refresh multiple times whenever I load a new page on the browser either because it's not loading or pictures or not showing. Pages...