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Title. I'm not looking to recover my data, I have mine all back up so all I need to get it back into working order. Thanks

i recently built a new pc, my old build had a 1tb hdd in it, can i use it on my nw build? will installing an os over the old os delete everything from the old one or will it cause an altercation of some sort? do i need to wipe the hard drive before i switch it, or will installing windows do it...

I cannot contact my computer from the web, via our external IP plus a port number. We have a permanent IP - 101.167.x.x and I've port forwarded port 2555 to my computer. So 101.167.x.x : 2555 should contact my computer. But it does not. There's IIS running on my computer, of course. I...

I want to buy a new CPU for my PC,and because my motherboard is only compatible with ddr3,I was thinking to buy a Intel i5 4690k CPU.The problem is that I'm not sure if the CPU is fully compatible with my current motherbord! Is it fully compatible? (I couldn't find any similar question online...

I am currently in the market to purchase a laptop for school. I currently do not have a home PC or Laptop. I have searched a few sites (Newegg, cyberpower, MSI, walmart) and it all, is a bit overwhelming. All i need is for the laptop to support Windows 10, Adobe apps, and microsoft office apps...

I recently replaced a bunch of parts after my PC started black-screening on startup, so I now have a new 750psu, a Gigabyte Z270X Aorus Gaming 7 Motherboard with i7-700K, new RAM, and an AMD Vega 64 as my old GPU seemed to be the issue with my old parts. Now my problem is, and if you check an...

I want to know what specs i should upgrade, i use my computer for gaming and video editing mostly, i want to get it to a point where it runs smoother and faster. here are my current specs Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4130 Quad-Core Processor - 3.80 GHz Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti RAM: 9...

Hello actually i have a tacens radix ii 520w, not modular, not smart, on a i7 6700k 16gb and one SSD, do i will be able to handle a GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB GDDR5?

Hi. I'm still stuck on LGA775 and I currently don't have enough money to upgrade my mobo cpu and ram and I'm saving up for it. I was wondering would an intel core 2 quad Q9550 be a sufficient upgrade for the time being and good enough for games like csgo and quake champions that i get 30 fps on...

I found a Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 gaming mouse in the trash. The mouse seems to work fine just plugging it in, but without a custom driver for it, I don't have access to all the adjustable settings. The Mad Catz site doesn't list XP as one of the choices for downloading a driver. In fact, they don't...

I have an old pc: I want to upgrade it but I only have 500$ (CAD) what can I do Cpu: AMD E-350 1,6ghz dual core Gpu: Amd Radeon 6340 intergrated 1gb 3gb of ram about 200w-250w psu Would a gtx 1050 ti 4gb and a 8gb of ram would fix it: also a 450w psu. I don't play latest games, I play games...

I recently got a hard drive with windows 7 on to add on to my already existing hard drive. I wanted to delete windows 7 off of it and one tutorial said to go to disk management and delete volume. After I did that the disk disappeared and I can't get it to show up again. My bios detects it but...

I have had trouble in the past with my computer with games crashing and found out my PC was not getting enough power and fixed that. My games had been runing fine since then and they werent crashing but now my computer is having problems with its RAM and its crashing more frequently when i have...

Hello guys, I'm having a real problem with deciding which monitor to get I have narrowed it down to these 2. The acer sounds promising as it has G-Sync and im planning to get a GTX 1070 but since its not much of a performance boost I'm primarily thinking which will be best colour and lighting...

Hi everyone, I was looking over the mobo manual for the ASRock A320M-HDV and I was confused over the memory installation chart and which of the two slots to install ram. I have one stick of ram from Crucial, 8GB SR DDR4 2133 and I am using a Ryzen 5 1500X cpu. So which slot is it supposed to...

http://imgur.com/a/IwTu0[/img] Hello, So this is the infamous asus pg279q model. Stupid me, and lesson truly learned, I had a tv dinner too close to the display and when I opened the lid some hot water/maybe gravy sprayed on bottom corner of the display. I grabbed one of those computer cloths...

Toshiba satellite power light and battery light flashing have tried removing battery and power and holding power button for 30 seconds no luck. Purchased new battery and power charger still not working

I have a ASUS GL502VS with a GTX 1070M, i7 7700HQ, 16 GB of RAM, and an SSD and an Hard Drive and I'm running on Windows 10. I've been having problems with basically all games on Steam and other Platforms for example, I was playing NBA 2k17 and the game at random would black out and go the...

I just discovered that I never installed chipset drivers for my gaming PC that Ive been using for over a year... it kinda always acted a bit funny but I assumed that was just nature of Windows 7 - slightly buggy. Have I been limiting my PC in some way by not installing these drivers?

SPECS: I5 6600K, 250gb ssd with windows 10, couple hdd, 16gb ddr4, gtx 980ti, ive got mcaffee and malwarebytes. Hello, Ive searched many threads and tried many things to solve my issue and have not found the solution. PROBLEM: I will be running any game and my pc starts lagging/stuttering...

Hi guys, I'm new to all the new PC gaming stuff and I was just wondering if someone could help me out to find a power supply, my build total wattage comes to around 315-330. I was thinking of either getting the Corsair VS550 or the Corsair CX450 since they are both similar price on amazon atm...

Hello, My first question in pc world i have a msi 1060 gaming x which has 8 pin connector and a huntkey psu 900 watt my problem is the output of my psu and gpu are the same and i cant find an 8 pin connector that i can insert ( in ) the gpu and ( in ) the psu , so i mean i want a (...

Ok the question is a little misleading, New to this forum not sure where to ask. Stick with me. I love video games but for the entirety of my life i have had a shitty PC. My current PC is: -4gb of ddr3 ram -nvidia geforce 210 -intel celeron g1610 2.6ghz dual-core -ASrock h61m-vg3 Yes, i know it...

I have 2 year old OSZ Trion 100 SSD, which has worked phenomenally past 2 years. Out of no where today it couldn't find a bootable device. I tried troubleshooting with changing bios settings with my laptop (in which I have used it) with no luck. Laptop still sees it as HD0. I tried recovering my...

Hey folks, simple question here. I have a desktop computer located about 20ft away from my desired workstation. I've been using an HDMI extension to get video signal to my monitor(s). I need to get a USB signal from my desk to the desktop. I read online that a USB extention should do the...

Okay I have an a8 6600k, I'm on a budget here, I have a buyer for my Mobo and a8, would getting an Pentium G4560 be a substantial upgrade? And I've already picked a Mobo for it, was looking to get a ryzen 1600 but just can't afford it. I will get the ryzen later on. Also I have an xfx rx 480 8g...

i have a Corsair VS Series 450w PSU would it be able to run ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ROG STRIX OC Edition ?

Hey all! I am going to be building a new pc soon and am seeking some advice. This is going to be my first pc build ever, so I am kind of a newb. I have some basic understanding of technical stuff but get quickly overwhelmed when I start researching stuff like processors and quad core vs 6 core...

I have been getting issues recently where my ram will occasionally hit 97% when my computer is completely idle. This tends to happen when I either start up my computer or I have had my computer on for a little while. I took a look at my memory usage and the biggest user was a process called...

I'm building my first gaming pc at the end of June and I would like to know if It will be good for 1080p gaming on high or ultra settings on games like gta 5, COD WW2, Battlefield 1 or Ghost Recon: Wildlands. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hr3WTH And for those who would suggest a ryzen 1600 over...

It's a bit of a wall of text, but before I go crazy replacing parts I want to get a second opinion. What I'm currently looking into is a new PSU, like the EVGA G3 750W, even if it is overkill in the Watts department. If there's still an issue, I'm not sure what to be suspicious of, other than...

I'm fully aware that multiple threads have been made which highlight this issue but I am still without a solution. When I first got my card, I had a problem with the drivers crashing my PC; this was quickly fixed by upgrading the drivers. Recently, I've been getting frequent pop-ups letting me...

I bought a $900 pre - built by dell but i'm having very bad FPS on alot of games ( GTA 5, Arma 3, Trucking Simulator.) I have updated drivers and used recommend graphics by GeForce Experience, but it did no good. Even when over clocked. All games are in standard/ low graphics. Specs: Processor...

So I need to replace my old motherboard and I was wondering if I can use the same CPU, GPU, ram , and hard drive. The new motherboard matches the same socket as my old one for an intel i5 6600k.

Hello everyone!Im building a rig,and I need a good CPU cooler.I went with air cooling since its cheaper and easier to install.And where I live there's no Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo,Cryorig or Arctic Freezer.There's only Deepcool and Xilence. The models that I picked were: Xilence M606 and...

is this computer a good value for money? https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/tdgN9W

I began getting some weird flashing lines while I was trying to OC my graphics card. Before I even touched anything, I noticed that whenever I would move a window, my monitor would start showing these weird lines across the screen. If anyone know what it might be, please let me know. I would...

Hello just recently purchased a new system cpu: 6700 Ram: 32 gb ddr4 GPU: GTX 1070 How successful in the future will I be if I attempted to run 4k? What is the success rate of 4k on 1070 now I.e. Fps etc.? Thanks in advance. Trevor

My computer wont turn on. Now ive tried to fix it by getting a new psu, my first suspect to the problem. I bought a new psu, and it didnt turn on my pc. "Okay" I thought. So I sent back the psu, and instead got a new motherboard battery, doesnt work. Today I find my computer, STILL doesnt work...

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz RAM: 4,00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz MOBO: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL/1600 (Socket 775)