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I currently have a ~256GB SSD (and 1TB HDD but that's not relevant) and I'm planning to build a new computer soon. Should I buy a 500GB SSD or buy another 256GB SSD and run it in RAID? Also, could I get an explanation to the different types of RAID and how to run drives in RAID? I'm kind of...

Hey everyone :) Just looking for some recommendations on my next purchase. 1. What is your budget? Preferably under $2000, but will stretch to maybe 2200 if absolutely necessary. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? I'm not that concerned, as long as the display is at...

Hey there, I am a happy and proud owner of the mentioned cooler and I am planning an upgrade from my 6600K to a 7700K and I know that this cooler should be enough for the i&, but my question is, is there a better fan for my cooler than the stock 76.5CFM?

So i have an fx-6300 with a Cryorig C7. Below is the screenshot of my cpu at 100% while running a blend test on Prime95. My cpu should be at 4GHz but instead is at 3.66 - 3.7 GHz. I'm trying to test the stability but am not sure if I'm really doing this right. 20 minutes into the blend...

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I have just purchased my case (Rosewill's Star Predator) and I am wondering if Cryorig's H5 Ultimate will fit inside the case. For some reason PCpartspicker.com doesn't give me the max CPU cooler height. Newegg does it is 170mm. The cooler's is 160mm. However people say that cooler master 212...

I recently upgraded my motherboard and psu and I've been experiencing sudden fps stutter and drops when playing games like csgo or pubg. I did reinstall windows with the option to keep my files but still the problem occurs. Specs: Processor - i7 4790k Motherboard - Asus B85M-G - Previously...

my motherboard is GIGABYTE Motherboard at the minute im upgrading my motherboard ittommorow to an asus H81M-P-PLUS

Hi, I have recently encountered a problem that I am not able to fix myself. Tried many different "so called solutions" however none seem to work so far. "Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1055 Additional information about the...

My ASUS X555L was charging overnight, and while I was on it this morning, I didn't notice my charger wasn't functioning correctly until I received a low battery message. Everything was plugged in, and everything that I've done (hold power for 15 seconds, for 60 seconds) hasn't worked. Other...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been trying to work on it myself for a few days now with no luck. I've seen a lot of threads about front panel audio not working but the only fix I saw that applied to me (Unticking something in the realtek audio center to disable then re-enable front...

My local Best Buy has the pny gtx 1050 on sale, and I want to know if it would improve my gameplay and graphics vs the gtx 960? I was planning on using the pny to run games and the 960 to drive the monitors. Would this work for my 1080p dual monitor setup? Both cards are 4gb Thanks

I am currently in the process of getting new parts and was wondering if i should get a better PSU. My new PC parts would be INTEL I7 6700K ,GTX 1080 Turbo, 2 TB HDD , 250gb ssd , 16gb of ram (not sure if i want ddr4 or leave it at ddr3) heres the psu i have now...

Hi! I have an Asus E200HA running Windows 10 . Its a small laptop with only 32GB emmc out of ehicj only around 14 GB is available for use. It filled up too soon and I couldnt find out what was eating so much space so I decided to Reset it and delete all the data. Reset was stuck at 40% for a...

A recent major Windows 10 update seems to have a silencing affect on my pc. Any known fix?

Hard drive issue, not sure exactly what is wrong. It appears to have died, and I can't get it to register no matter how I connect it. When I hook it up via a USB enclosure or connected directly via Sata to my PC, the hard drive spins up with normal sounds. No clicking, no bad sounds, no...

So far I'm pretty sure that my GPU is no more but just to be sure, I wanted to ask here. I have: i7 2700k 8GB 1600 ADATA GTX 680 Palit SSD OCZ2 Sitting on ASrock P67 Pro3 Powerd by FSP 700W gold (Oh and the whole rig is 5ys old) Two days ago while i was playing games and wasting my life...

Hi, I Have an intel pentium G2010 2.8Ghz cpu. I wanted to ask that will it bottleneck my gpu msi nvidia GTX 1050 2gb? And is it possible to overclock my cpu to 3.2ghz without any damage? Appreciate your answers

Just seeing if there are any good gpus under 300 pound

i have connected my 5.1 sony dav tz145 home theatre with my pc. Its quality seems to be low in pc and when i check with the realtek audio manager only front 2 speakers are working and the res is not working. Is there any way to slove this problem

i have a 0XR1GT model motherboard with an i3 processor and im gonna replace it with an i7 [(Intel Core i7-7700 Desktop Processor 8M Cache, 3.6GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 4.20GHz) 7th Generation)] so.. will this support my old motherboard? and even if it did, im gonna upgrade the motherboard...

What Mid Tower case should i buy? max 95$ to fit: I7 7700k beQuiet Dark Rock 3 (160mm) 1060 3gb ARMOR OC

Is it fine to use one stick of 8gb DDR4 ram and pairing it with 2 4gb sticks to have a total of 16gb of ram? I'm planning on building a PC and my budget would only support 12gb of RAM which I think is fine. Then in the future I want to buy another 4gb stick to have a total 16gb, but would I face...

Hi to all i am new here please help me out i didn't find any bios for this mobo.Problem is i had installed 2x2 4GB memory in properties it shows 3GB main thing i need its Bios to update please help me out .Silly isn't it that old mobo but i wanna use it for surfing internet. Regards DEMON

They are both about the same money, but which is better?

As the title says, I'm looking for a low profile gtx 1050 ti that would fit in my current ideacentre case. The problem is that so far all 1050 ti's (msi, gygabyte, zotac) are too long. The maximum length would preferably be about 150 mm ( 5.906 in.) Thanks for any help.

I've recently been thinking of upgrading my graphics card and i have a spare £220 laying around . I have a asus a88xm-plus motherboard, corsair vs 450 power supply, amd a8 6600k processor with 8gb RAM ddr3. My current graphics card is the gt 720 and its getting kind of old and i was...

When I first installed the CPU and water cooler with stock thermal paste included with water cooler, I ran AIDA64 for 20 minutes and got the highest temp of 69C, I just applied some new thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5) and ran AIDA64 again and now i'm getting a max temp of 64C is this a good temp...

I know there are already a lot of posts like this, and I've tried many of the solutions proposed but there's something distinct about mine that I makes me think the problems hardware related. I've had 2 pairs of earbuds in the past 2 months and the 1st pair worked fine in my laptop until one...

hello everyone,my friend asked me to build him budget pc,so i was thinking of g4560 with rx 470,but i seems that two cores in 2017 is laughable,so is g4560 with rx 470 worth it,or maybe i3 7100 with gtx 1050 ti, but it seems like ryzen 5 1400 with gtx 1050/rx 560 2gb is gonna do fine? he mostly...

I have ordered Gtx 1050 I made sure everything on my pc supports the gpu but I was such a Dumbass I didn't saw that the GPU didn't had any VGA port now I am in trouble. I am thinking of buying this SeCro™ Gold-Plated HDMI to VGA Converter Adapter with 3.5 Audio Stereo Jack & Cable (Buy...

When you put the charger in the on light flashes for one second and it doesn't turn on. I left it on all night 2 days ago. I've tried the thing where you take the battery and charger out and press the on button for 30 secs. It turned on yesterday but I turned it off and it won't let me use it...

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Sorry if you've had this question asked many times before, but I havn't been able to find a definitive answer of my question.. I'm tempted to buy another 8GB of RAM but I'm not sure which speed my current stick is capable of running.. I have tried unplugging it from the motherboard but there is...

8GB DDR2 RAM 750GB Hard Drive Windows 7 Ultimate Suggest me a GPU for CS GO, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS,COD black ops 3 i am asking this because i want to buy an expensive Graphic card for xeon and i am not feeling good about buying a high end graphic card Thanks for the help

so i factory resetted this laptop a few months ago so this problem is going for a quite long time. I factory resetted my laptop and hoping i would get more fps on playing games. Before the reset everything was going fine, csgo running for about 90-120 fps. But after the reset I began having an...

I am currently trying to revive my good friends old Dell Dimension 5150. We believe it is the power button but have no way to prove it. The motherboard's green light turns on and remains on when everything is plugged in properly. I have swapped the PSU out with my EVGA 1300W superNOVA and the...

Hello, Im buying used motherboard gigabyte z170 gaming k3 im not sure if the pins are bent or not please answer ASAP https://www.njuskalo.hr/api/messaging/attachments/912520?time=1499185990&signature=f3774cb2f40ab41e85bab14127aa99b4aaa2b90c Thanks

I built a new gaming PC yesterday and it just randomly crashes freezes on Windows 10. Specs: Ryzen 5 1600 GT 710 1 GB ASUS PRIME B350M-K Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB VS550 Windows 10 pro I'll be upgrading to a 1070 soon as it is not available as of now. I was doubtful whether the GPU could...

Hello, I am trying to hook up a second video card to my PC. I'm currently running 1 ati Radeon HD 5850. I have a second card here same exact thing, and here is the problem. My psu is a fatal1ty 700w and it has only 2 6+2 pcie pins. Each 5850 video card requires 2 6 pin pci pins. So I see I'm...