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SPECS: gigabyte-ga-z97x-gaming 3 mobo MSI nvidia gtx 970 GPU Corsair cx 500m PSU Intel i7-4790k CPU Kingston hyperx fury 16gb 1866 MHz RAM It all started a few days ago when I downloaded the game "rocket league"(Which has apparently fried some other people's PCs). A few mins into the first...

As the title says im looking to build/buy a gaming pc for £800 +/- Would Ideally like an GTX 970 so its ideally future proof but an AMD card would do also. Been looking at overclocked I5s. I only normally play wow which id like to main a solid fps while on ultra with no issues and if room in the...

I'm trying to print 6inch x 6inch invitations. They will fold so card loaded is 12inch x 6inch. But each time I enter this custom size into Word it retorts to 12inch x 8inch, causing the invite to print with the top part missing (because they printer thinks it's larger than it actually is!)...

Hello all! I am currently looking to buy a tablet that will allow me to stream my games from my pc to my tablet using Steam's Streaming feature. I do not know much about tablets, but from some quick reading I saw that not all tablets will run Steam. I was just looking for some insight into which...

Hello tomshardware i built a gaming pc about a year ago and have upgraded it quite heavily until about 4 months ago and recently it has been running shit frames for a month. Specs: 980 i7 4790k 16 gbram Games before: Minecraft 300 with shaders maybe 250 Csgo never dropping 300 Planetside 100+...

Can i run gigabyte amd radeon r7 250x oc 2gb ddr5 on hp 7900 convertible minitower? Psu=365w

My computer isn't reaching it's limits when talking about temperature, but I would like to purchase another fan/water cooling component to put in my PC just to keep the temperatures as low as possible. What would be the best cooler to get that would be compatible with this case and components...

Spent a day looking at these parts. I have only built one PC previously, and that was with the help of the Tom's Hardware community. I've https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Revxltage/saved/#view=d23nTW

Hello, I had built a new PC and when I turned it on the screen said, "CPU or Memory Changed ! ! ! Please enter setup to configure your system. Press F1 to run system. Press F2 to load default values and continue. I meant to press F1 but (I don't know how but I) pressed F2 on accident. Is...

Hi guys! I have an i54690k, an Asus Z97-A and RAM 16Gb GSkill 2133Mhz. I've been reading tutorials to correctly overclock my cpu and I was able to stabilize it at 4.5Ghz Turbo Speed with 1.85v. I want my cpu to ramp from bottom to top speed, because I leave my computer sometimes on Idle or just...

So I'm looking to build a new system which will be used to rendering and video editing, maybe a little gaming, I was just wondering if this is an alright build and if there's anything that should be changed. CPU: i7 4970k w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo Mobo: Mod 1150 ASUS Z97-A ATX RAM...

Hello. I am building a new pc and was wondering will it work if I removed my old pc's hdd and put it in my new pc. I dont know what hdd I am currently using but if it is comaptible will it work and do I need to buy a new windows :D?

Short Version: After using Avast to remove almost 70 high-severity viruses that suddenly appeared on my other computer, my Windows Vista license seems to be no longer considered "genuine." I've got the Vista repair CD in there, but don't know what to do next. Also of note: The virus symptoms...

I have always used a DVI connection to transfer video from the CPU to a monitor. Can an HDMI cable be used to do the same thing? I am thinking about buying a computer which does not have a DVI connector, but both the computer and the monitor have HDMI connectors.

I'd like to upgrade from my current Asus ATI RADEON HD 5770 to a better graphics card, as I think I can get some more milage out of my PC that way. I'd like to play Ark: Survival Evolved, BF4, and maybe Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. I just downloaded Ark, and it's not running very smoothly...

Guys I just build my new PC installed genuine Windows 8.1 with all updates completed, But I am not seing that windows button on the bottom right corner which is used for reservation of Windows 10 upgrade So please suggest me how to get that and reserve for windows 10

I'm confused I was searching for a good graphics card for my pc for a better gaming experience [Not for die hard gaming] and for my work [Photoshop]. I selected R7 250 1GB DDR5! but now I saw R7 250X 2GB DDR5 it has more memory than the other. I don't know much about the X version. My PSU is...

This is the computer I plan on creating: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wHpLXL Looking for feedback and/or possible changes that could be made to this computer, for example i'm uncertain about the fans, don't know if I should change the amount I plan on using or if its good the way it is and...

My GPU has an 8 pin with an adapter to two 6 pins. My PSU has a 6 pin and two 4 pins. My PC has trouble turning on when the graphics card is in my PC. The card requires a PSU of only 400 but mine is 450. I don't really know what to do at this point.

i have an upload speed of just over 12 mb/s and a upload speed of 0.63 mb/s, is there any way of improving my upload speed even if it reduces download speed??

Hi all, I recently purchased a brand new acer aspire vn7-591g laptop and i bought a corsair raptor hs30 headset to go with it. On the laptop i only have one 3.5mm audio jack so therefore this is the reason why i bought the headset as that has one wire which i can plug into the laptop. It plugs...

Hi guys I was wondering if you know any articles or maybe someone could explain to me how a dedicated server for games such as CoD or WoW works? I know RTS games for instance some of them still use peer to peer connections. My questions in specific for these dedicated server topic are: Are...

Hi, I am in need of help regarding my computer. Today, I decided to start overclocking my cpu a bit and wanted to start fairly high and work my way down. So, for starters, I went ahead and started at the stock turbo boost and work my way down. So I set 4.1ghz and set a voltage and went back into...

Hi, I have been looking alot at laptops over the past 2 months and I want to buy 1 of these 2. The specs for both of them are: Lenovo Y5070 Asus Rog Intel® CoreTM i7 Intel® CoreTM i7 4710HQ 4720HQ 2500 MHz...

I tend to not like the whole "buy a card and upgrade a year later" thing. I find that newer cards drop massively in value in the first year and half, while cheaper cards already beyond the first year have already lost most of their value and will not drop and hold their value much better. since...

I've got an LGA775 motherboard and I saved up for a graphics card. SInce I'm planning on setting up a new rig anyway, I went all-out with the graphics card for an R9 280. At first I thought it was broken, but it turns out I was just a whimp and didn't push it in all the way. Now, I've got a...

My key+bo+ard keeps trying ++++ without me pressing it+! +++++++I+ have tried +the foll+owing+:+ - Anti-virus scan - Anti-malware scan++ - Pressing Esc - Messing around with keyboard settings - restarting the computer - Un pluggin+g and repluggin+g +the keyboard in++++++++++++++ What else can...

Hello all, I know you may get this question a lot but I would like to know if my build would run a game like Skyrim or Witcher 3 at low, medium, or high settings and if it's a good build. I'm not planning on overclocking. Thanks in advance. Build: Intel i5-4690k 3.5Ghz Quad-core processor...

Finding a gtx 970 card that will fit in my GD05B Silverstone Case is my issue. I'm using a Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-GAMING LGA1150 mATX motherboard. Not relying on measurements from GD05B case specs, I took some measurements. I have this EVGA 750ti card currently installed. Specs for that card are...

So I have a Benq RL2455HM, and thinking of going dual monitor as soon as I save up my money. i plan on getting an IPS panel for movie watching, content creation, etc. I originally thought of going for an ASUS MX238H, but would a 1440p be a good long term inverstment, or do you think prices will...

can anyone plz tell me a benchmarking software which benchmarks both cpu and gpu. I have tried 3d mark 11 advanced but it sucks, i mean its very slow even when i change the settings than unigine heaven benchmark.

Looking to buy this laptop. I can't spend any more than this. Trying to choose between these two, whichever would play games better...

Hlooo everyone. As the title suggest, please help me in building a gaming pc. I live in India so please suggest a rig within 41000 INR. I would like to play games for almost 2 years from now so please suggest a rig accordingly.

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Processor = i7 3770k Graphics card = Asus 2G R9 270X Memory = 2 * ADATA 4G DDR 1333 PSU = Thermaltake litepower 650W Motherboard = BLK DZ68BC Windows 8 installed on 60G Solid state drive. The mother board and graphics card light up when power is connected...

Hello everyone, I am looking for a laptop under $500, at least 15" screen but most likely 17". the only job of this computer would be working with Adobe products such as Photoshop and InDesign. Any good advice? thank you so much

I want to upgrade for better experience on open-world games. I prefer to get a ssd or an i7,but I don't know what should I upgrade first because I don't have enough bucks....... Plz help! My spec: i5 4440 zotac gtx 970 WD 1TB Blue Gigabyte H81M-HD3

Hey everyone, I currently have a MSI R9 270X Gaming 2GB GPU in my system and I wanted to upgrade to a crossfire system and I've been tracking prices for this card to go on sale, but instead of it going on sale it seems to have gone out of stock everywhere. So my question is without sacrificing...