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I accidentally broke a pin when trying to clean the socket. But after assembling the pc , it works and i even did a cinebench test and its even above average for a i7 2600k. Should i be worried?

Hi! So I bought a noctua NH-D15 to replace my stock ryzen wraight cooler, when I was taking the wraight cooler off the cpu came out with it, and i noticed that maybe 2-3 pins were bent, i straightened them with a tiny screwdriver and the cpu was able to fit back into the socket, secured it into...

Can any processor use any type of RAM (DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, DDR5) as long as the motherboard has the correct socket for the type of RAM? Or is it dependent on the memory controller in the CPU?

So, recently I had this thread going on and this exact problem. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/what-is-causing-the-problem.3466729/?view=date and further on guy at the repairing service told me thst my cpu socket pins are bent. Couls thst be true, well they are bent but only in slight...

Yikes! I bent some pins in the CPU socket, and I put a used core (i7-3770) in the LGA 1155 Socket, Dell Optiplex 790. There was no video output, but the signal was fine. I put in the old core, and there was still no video. I will supply some pictures below. Image 1 Image 2 Could it really be...

i have two red LED 120mm fans as exhaust at the top of my case, the one on the right stays brightly lit up all the time no problem, for some reason the one on the left only lights up when cpu is under load? it isn't a PWM fan it is just a cheap Game max one i got from ebay. i am using a splitter...

Hi so i change my PSU to RM 850 x corsair to EVGA 750 bq and i put the cords in correct ways and it is not powering i can see my graphic cards and my cooler is on. my old EVGA had 4 pin on the CPU and i did the same way and it dont work and i tryed to put 8 pin and still not working any thoughts?

I've been in the PC Community for quite a while but this issue I can't seem to solve. Basically, my PC turns on, fans spinning etc but there's no display. My PC was running fine a few hours ago, came back and it wasn't working. I've tried CMOS resetting Reseating my ram Checked for any loose...

Hi Guys im a new i don't know the rols here how its work , but i posted my threads in CPUs My problem is i was using my computer ( desktop ) from 12h - 14h playing videogame , after that i stopped until 17h i started watching only films *no hard usage for CPU or GPU or nothing * heating is...

This is my pc information: Core: Intel i5-4670 GPU: Zotac 1050ti 4gb Ram: HyperX 8GB PSU: 500W Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S With this PC on CSGO: I have set almost everything in csgo as "low" and I get 220 - 240 fps. But suddenly the fps drops to 20-30 and thats a huge amount of lag experienced...

Okay so I used my laptop last night and it wad all good, i shut it down the normal way. Now in the morning when I start it up, the screen lights up but the HP logo doesn't pop up. It just stays there doing nothing at all, the fans spin, the wif led and caps lock led turns on when pressed. I...

I am going to replace the thermal pads for RX570 NITRO and the large capacitors, ex mining card, all looks good except all large black caps look as if got slight curve to their tops. i guessing this model should not have any curvature? i have done caps that looked worse on motherboards with...

After i remove macbook battery and install windows 10, Monitoring task manager cpu speed not over 1.69GHz(max2.20GHz) Power option : Processor power management Min = 100 Max = 100 Sorry for my English.

I'm using a threadripper 1920x on an x399 taichi board, in all these tests the ram was at 3000mhz. In PassMark these sticks score well 98/99 percentile in some scores, good in others (lowest is 64th percentile), and horrid in the mem latency test, 4th percentile in distributed mem mode, 25th...

I know you can use a interface to stream with a dual pc setup. But how would I go about that with an interface?

Some time this summer, after the release of Zen2, I plan on building a system primarily for Adobe Lightroom and some occasional gaming. The plan for CPU is either the Ryzen 3700X or Intel 9700K...which ever provides the best performance. In either case I will be using a 500GB NVMe drive for W10...

Hello everyone! I've been following threads and reading guides on Tom's for some time now, but this is the first thread I post. I finished building my PC about 4 days ago - I followed all the online tutorials I could and went through all the installation guides to make sure I did it right. The...

So im having a problem with my RTX 2060 when it gets to hot (87c) the GPU fan makes this weird buzzing noise so i decided to get a few new case fans thinking that should fix the issue. well sure enough it did nothing my GPU still gets up to the mid to high 80's even after one game of PUBG after...

I just got a new gpu an RX 590 and I've been able to keep the temperature down about 20C by increasing the RPM to temperature by about 300 - 600 RPM higher than default Wattman settings If I keep it like this will it wear out the fan faster? (I enjoy fan sounds actually so I do not care if I...

Hey all, as it says in the question, my computer won't boot after trying to install a new M.2 SSD. Details and system specs below: This system had been working for about 2 and a half years before I tried to add the SSD. While adding the SSD, I removed the wireless adapter (in a PCIE port) and...

Hello, I'm ordering my PC today and I've encountered problem with XFX RX 570 8GB, apparently 400w PSU ain't gonna be enough for it. I was planning to buy Be Quiet! 9 400w, but now I'm looking for some 500w options. Pretty much I have these three to decide from: EVGA B1 Bronze 500 Watt be...

Hi, so today I decided to upgrade my pc by changing out my MOBO CPU GPU and RAM while keeping my old storage which holds my windows and other documents. After the switch I realised i made a rookie mistake... i forgot to remove the old hardware drivers and now windows does not boot because the...

Hello. Everytime when i install my GPU on motherboard. PC get stuck. But when i install it on my friends pc it working fine. Now i am too confused that what is the problem it is in motherboard or related to PSU ??? Can anyone help me ? Thank you

I recently got a new RX 570 for my pc, after installing it about 30 minutes into testing it with various games my pc shut down. It stayed dead for a while then was able to turn back on later, at the time I assumed I needed a new psu but after removing the RX 570 it's been running perfectly fine...

Hello i am doing to buy rams Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Grey 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000 And can work on ASUS PRIME H270-PLUS?

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a Vega 56 (set to arrive this Friday), and I'm trying to slowly upgrade my PC. I've done some poking around, and the Ryzen 5 2600 seems to be a good CPU to pair with this card. I do see that it's clocked at 3.6 Ghz, though, and I currently have an AMD FX-8350...

I got a PC diagnostic card. After inserting the card in PCI slot, monitor displays nothing. And even there is no error code on the card. What did I missed?

Is my system good enough for 4k gaming? What monitors are 4k? Is that just a 144hz monitor or is that an actual 4k tv? I'm going to buy a 27" inch 144hz monitor but if my system is good enough I will just buy a 4k tv. Motherboard: Gigabyte z170x gaming 7 CPU: i5 6600k overclocked to 4.5ghz...

I know lots of people post questions very similar to this one, but I am not sure if it is worth it to upgrade given that I built many computer at the end of 2013 and I am not sure which card to upgrade to, but I've been looking at the GTX 1050ti, but I'm not sure if that is too small of an...

My pc was inactive for 27 days.Then I was setting up my pc...But there was no signal on the monitor.I have connected gpu to monitor using the vga to hdmi converter.What is the problem here?

Hello there, It's come time to upgrade my system. After about 7 years, I think it's time. I'm wondering if there is anything I can salvage from my old build. What I'm wondering mostly is whether or not I can save some money by squeaking by with some of my old components. My PSU is a...

Hi everyone, I'm building my first gaming PC, and these are the parts I've selected for it: Type Item CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor Motherboard MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Storage Crucial...

GRRR, so I hope its a simple fix and its just the sellers not being bothered to say they support 144hz, but essentially my moniter only support 144hz through a dvi-dual link cable but my gpu (gigabyte 2060 OC) only has 2 hdmi's and 2 display ports. So Ive been looking for a display port to...

Can very cold temps hurt my motherboard? I had a motherboard delivered and has been in the porch for a few hours at about -20c to -25c. Now its sitting at room temp. I didn't see any but Has condensation killed my board? Or will it be fine if i just let it sit for a few hours? Its a z390...

My computer has been getting rather loud recently. Along with that, there seems to be a high-ish pitch blowing noise accompanied by the loud fans. I’m not the best with computer stuff, and this is kind of concerning me. It may just be me being paranoid, though. My specs are: Intel Core i5-4670k...

Good day all. I'm a local in a rural part of Colombia. The community are getting together to do up the local school. Resources are tight and we want to kit a class room our with PCs. I am thinking of setting up Raspberry Pi as the main platform. But everyone has agreed that the school should...

The removable Sata-USB bridge base failed on my seagate backup plus desktop drive (srd0sd1). I cannot source a used part for this or a replacement to swap out the dead base. The bridge on this unit performs 4k-512e-4k translations, I believe, so that if I plug in the (functional) drive...

Do to the extreme cost of GPU's I have been trying to find alternative sources other than amazon to find a place to buy my gpu! If anyone knows a good place to buy a gpu where they would have buyer warranty for a decent price then that would be wonderful. If you know of one please respond to...

I'm having a weird issue where my system is intermittently locking up any and all tasks that appear to be related to storage in some way. Basically, I'll run or close an application and either nothing will happen for up to 10 minutes and then it'll finally open/close or the window will appear...

I am looking to buy a new computer from CyberPower and i don't know a lot about liquid cooling so my question is if i am only using liquid cooling for my cpu, do i need to worry about the case supporting a liquid cooling size?