small form factor

Hey guys, I'm in the process of planning a new build and I'm struggling with finding some information about cases. I'm hoping to pick something small in size, but not so small that it becomes impractical to build and/or keep properly cooled. I've narrowed my choices to either Fractal Meshify 2...

Hey all, I am building a small desk PC for my nephew on his birthday that he will use to play some light games like Minecraft and other's. I plan on giving him my old Ryzen 2600 CPU that currently sits in my MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard with a Hyper 212 EVO and was wondering what case's you...

Hello All! I'm working on finding a rather niche motherboard. The application is going to be putting it on a vehicle that won't have a ton of wiggle room and components would need to be pretty tough. Won't need a ton of processing power, but not "nothing". A mini-ITX or mini-DTX are about as...

Hello! I have an IdeaCentre 3-07IMB05 Desktop - Type 90NB and I am thinking about maybe upgrading to a dedicated GPU. The question is, would this work? I have a 260 W PSU. Here is a link to the PSU calculation, it appears that the PSU is sufficient. https://outervision.com/b/McQP0T Then...

Hey all so i have a packard bell imedia s2870 that i was giving due to my laptop dying on me, no this small formfactor pc comes with 8gb ddr3 ram a gt620 gpu i5-3340 3.4ghz cpu and a 230-250 wat psu, i want to upgrade the gpu to something a little better i am not looking to play high end games...

I started having issues with my current PC after a 'memory_management' BSOD today. My current build it a 3700x on a 570X Aorus Pro Wifi mITX board with 16gb of 3600mhz Vengeance Pro, a 2080 Super Black from EVGA, two Adata sx8200 pros, a Corsair SFX 600 all in a Nouvolo Steck. After 20 minutes...

Hiya, Im on the hunt for a new case that will serve the purpose of acting as a NAS with high storage as well as hosting game servers to reduce the stress of my main computer. While looking around i cant seem to find the "perfect" case that will suit my needs, with that in mind i was hoping i...

I need to find out the form factor of a hp compaq elite 8100 small form factor desktop pc motherboard.

Hello people a month ago I upgraded my gt710 with Rx 570 8gb oc and switched rampage 600w psu recently my computer started crashing while gaming everything is ok when im surfing in internet or watching a movie or playing low spec games(crusader kings 2 and some text based games) but when i try...

Annoyingly, whilst moving my monitor the DisplayPort cable bent and the casing broke away from the input. Is there a way of removing the cable from the monitor without using the pressure point on the casing? Thanks in advance!

Hey I want to stress test my pc bc I ran into problem and want to run stress test so whats a good thing to use and what should I look for ( first time so yea don't know what I am doing)

First off, Ethernet is not an option for me, but it was working fine until a few weeks ago, when I randomly started to have major issues. My internet is incredibly volatile. I usually get 80-100 download and 10-15 upload, but It constantly drops to 4-5 download and .1-.5 upload, resulting in...

My PC is currently wired via ethernet cable directly into my Comcast cable modem and it is showing up as connected. The network settings say that I am connected to the internet but nothing is connecting to the internet. I uninstalled Chrome and it won't let me reinstall it now saying that I need...

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Hello, So I don't have a GPU but I do have i3-8100 which have a integrated gpu. But I don't how can I plug the hdmi? my mobo is Z370

Hello everyone, hope you're all doing well. I am about to start college in about two and a half weeks so I need to get a new laptop for my college work. I am lost among the vast options of all laptops and need a recommendation for a few decent pieces of hardware. My main requirements are...

The spec sheet says it should only be standard USB Type-C, however the port appears like this and there it was an option to upgrade to T3 with a better specced model. Could someone help me determine whether it is T3 or not? Cheers! http://imgur.com/CowOK9d

Hello all, I am having the common problem of having 100% disk usage and I have tried nearly everything I have found online to help it but nothing seems to work, which kind of leads me to believe it's a failing drive but I really hope not. The main reason I think this is because if I let the...

Ok, so ive done a bunch of research and i cant quite figure out how to succeed at what im trying to do. I would like to use the internet connection from my android phone using USB tethering, to create a wireless connection either by using my laptops wireless or preferably using a router...

Hello!Long story short my desktop PC lost sound.There's a red X on speaker icon in taskbar and whenever i click the icon it enables troubleshooter.Troublshooter says,that there are no devices connected,which obviously are and that ''Audio service is not responding''.What i've done so far...

Hello, I've been thinking of buying a new monitor and I was wondering if my gtx 980 will be able to handle it. I play lots of games most of which are very demanding. Do you guys think i should go ahead and upgrade the monitor or do you think that the card can't handle it?

I'm new to building Computers, is this Pc worth it's price and any suggestions to make it betterhttp://pcpartpicker.com/b/P4HNnQ

Hello. I have a AMD Athlon II X3 450 w/ Cooler Master Hyper TX3 & ASUS Radeon 6670. In the last 2 days my PC Case has been so HOT that I could not put my hand on it. My PC was shutting down at random and would not restart until it cooled down. Last night I deep cleaned my PC w/ Q-Tips and...

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Hi everyone ! Last day i did a test and i saw that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU (not 100% sure if thats a bottleneck) I did test at 2 games and the games show me the same results. The CPU usage was 100% but the GPU only 20%. My components are : CPU - Pentium4 531 HT (I know its old but who...

I have a weird, elaborate problem, so I'm sorry if the description is long-winded. Before I begin, this issue started happening suddenly and my setup has been working for months now. My setup consists of an MSI R9 380 video card with1x DVI-I and 1x DVI-D ports. I have two monitors, an HP 2009...

Hello, so recently on Amazon.de I have found 2 versions of G502 Spectrum, the normal and the UK version. Does anybody know if there is any difference? What does this mean? http://www.amazon.de/Logitech-Proteus-Spectrum-Gaming-Maus-UK-Version/dp/B019DVCW3E/ref=zg_bs_605046_21...

There is a lot of mixed benchmarks around the internet but I just want your guys opinion. I just want to know if the R9 270X or the HD 7950 because I can get them both for about £90 which is around $120

Ok basically about 2 months ago my Pc broke and a transistor or something broke on my motherboard. Fast forward to today and I'm replacing my motherboard. After replacing it and Settin up it seemed to be working fine for the first 7 mins. Then all of a sudden it just powers off. I don't think it...

I'd love to play 1440p Ultra/max settings at least 40/50 fps. Any build suggestions for UNDER GBP£700 (USD$1070)? Keep in mind this price is NOT including monitor and peripherals or operating system. thanks

I have been trying to install new nvidia drivers and no matter what i've tried it won't work. thanks nvidia. now i run on vga standard graphics adaptor. I found one solution that required me to go into safe mode and of course now safe mode refuse to work. loading freezes when it reach...

First of all, sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. Anyway, out of pure curiosity and boredom I was wondering what kind of builds this community could muster together on a budget. So my challenge to you is this, submit the best build (can be a parts list, or completed build) you can for...

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Hi everyone, I'm helping my dad put together a computer and he purchased all the components including an i7-4790K CPU and a Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro closed loop liquid cooling solution. Unfortunately the case that he purchased has room to mount the radiator, but not enough room to mount the...

Will i be down grading if i replace my 760k with a g2358?

I mean they look too plain should I just ignore it I mean what if one of them is plastic what if it gets scratched or doesn't feel good to work with? they look too simple and not smooth/comfortable to work with should i be more worried about specs (i already am, but what I mean is does looks...

Will this motherboard support the i5 3570k? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111297253057

I have my computer connected to my router by ethanet and also my laptop by wifi to a sky router and it says I am connected and have internet access on my pc but I cannot get onto any websites or the the router by 192.168.0.1. Pls help