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So my problem. I built my pc about 6 months ago and for the last 2 months or so iv been having freezing issues it doesnt play the last sound on a loop or anything like that it just freezes requiring a hard reset even while idling. Yesterday I discovered that if I lay the pc on its side it doesnt...

Hey guys, Hi Guys, Im writing this in a pretty desperately state. Since I got Windows 10 and Upgraded a few pc components (Rig: Geforce 1050ti, AMD 8350 FX, 16 GB Ram) several games just crash to Desktop after playing them for a while. First I saw it in WoW, where I could play up to a few...

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Hello, I recently purchased a $20 headset. Its pretty cheap but id really like it to work properly on my computer. I went into calls and such and it sucked. Only one side worked and all I could hear when people talked was a terrible echo. I plugged the headset into my phone later and tried it...

Alright, I've been at this for like three hours, and I'm just done. I'm not even sure what's wrong at this point, as I find nothing on it. The more I look the more confused as to what's wrong, as is evidenced by the title of this question. I'll get to the point: How do you activate the dedicated...

I don't know why but when i put 400 dpi on razer synapse it doesnt feel slow like its supposed to,im trying to play on 800 dpi and in game sens 12% (h1z1) and it goes super fast,and one streamer uses the exact same sens and hi's mouse isnt going that fast,like its actually playable,what could me...

Hello, I just installed my new h100i v2 into my computer but the temps went really high on idle but to be honest I didn't have any thermal paste laying around so I used the one already applied to my cpu. But I notice when I turned my pc on it said no cpu fan detected and temps went really high...

I'm having trouble with sending audio. With stereo mix the other end just ends up hearing my desktop audio, and with microphone it plays raw static, like the type of static you hear on a TV. I can't even hear myself. This is on my laptop. Can anyone help??

How much PSU is needed for HD 6570 and FX 4320. And since later in the year in october im looking to upgrade to gtx 1050 how much would i need power?

I went to asus website to download bios https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H81ME/HelpDesk_Download/ And i cant opened i try winzip and and 7-zip and nothing works. Any idea how i can update bios with my new motherboard ?

Good day I have been following people's questions and responses. My question is that is necessary to have console mixer in studio I mean small studio and what are the essence of console mixer to studio production?

So... I bought a 970 twin frozr 4GB OC off a friend, and apparently my PSU at the moment doesn't have enough pin connectors, so I was wondering, with a low budget in mind, what would be the best Power Supply for me? Specs: -970 4GB -i5 6600K -8GB ddr4 ram Thanks, Regards James By the...

Hello once again people of the internet i was just wondering which one of of these cpus are better in my circumstance. I7 7700k or 7700 which will be better for a gaming and video editor rig? And will the K version be a better suite for the future? (seeing the new i9's are coming) Will it...

Ok so currently having some issues with my system that i just upgraded (new mobo, cpu and ram). Sorry if this is a duplicate, i am under the impression that these are very specific and not a one fix for everything. Hardware: CPU i7-7700k Mobo - Asus Rampage IX Hero Ram - Corsair Vengeance LPX...

Hey guys i made yesterday a thread about how to copy programs without installation from a hdd to another hdd , i got an Awesome answer from J_E_D_70 ; today my new 2tb Seagate FireCuda SSHD and the Caddy adapter for optical unit came and i installed it successfully , in Device manager i can...

can two Xeon W3670 on dual cpu motherboard? I don't find any answer about W3000 series, I heard only Xeon L5000, E5000, X5000 support multi cpu.

Hey, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question however I have some concerns about a laptop I am selling. It has a mechanical drive in it for storage and I am concerned that despite performing a fresh install of Windows 10, my data may be recovered from it using special...

I just finished building my pc and the only thing missing is bluetooth. How can i know if my motherboard support bluetooth? do i need to buy an external part? and where do i put it on the motherboard? (I have z170 pro gaming) Thanks for the help in advance.

I was wondering if anyone had a list with the "best performance for the money" ratio for the GPUs ; THANKS ;)

Here are the specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/C7nwJV My goals for this gaming rig -Run all games maxed out on 1080p (including BF4 and crysis 3) -Having a budget around $1200 -Do not care about running games on 2k-4k monitors or SLI -will probably want to overclock -virtual reality ready...

Hello all. I am looking at 2 1070 graphics cards for my gaming system; My current system is a dual monitor setup. A 1440 monitor I game on and a 1080 I web search and watch videos on. CPU is a i5-6600k and it has 16G DDR4 RAM installed. These are the cards I am looking at. EVGA GeForce GTX...

Should I change my pagefile settings? currently is auto size I haven't changed anything. I have 12gb ram

I was just downloaded Open Hardware Monitor to see how my computer was running. My computer is running louder than usual lately and I was just wondering if there might be some issues. http://imgur.com/a/5Ioqs http://imgur.com/a/LSdIF http://imgur.com/a/G7MC7 Update: Kept my computer off for...

Hey guys and thanks in advanced for taking the time to look at my post. Just started today that when I'm gaming my PC will immediately restart. At one point it didn't turn on and I took it apart and cleaned it and plugged it into a new outlet which it did turn on but when I game I still have...

Changing the settings like gamma, contrast, etc. I hit apply and nothing changes, I've tried many different options and still no luck, anything I can do to try and fix it?

Hey, recently, I swapped out my newer speakers for my older speakers, because they started having a bad static noise. This is still present on my older speakers, but to a lesser extent. The crackling is not present when using earphones, but is present with every port if my speakers are plugged...

I'm thinking of replacing my old Intel Stock Cooler and I was wondering if this Cooler (on sale atm) would be a suitable replacement. Bonus: What's the best way of removing old Thermal Paste? Edit: Realized I'm an idiot and forgot to mention my CPU. Intel Core-i5 4670K (LGA 1150). Not sure if...

Hey. My PC specs: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 2.8GHz RAM: 2x 2GB DDR2 (3.25GB usable due to shitty limited motherboard) MOBO: F*cking GIGABYTE GA-945PL-S3P GPU: ATi Radeon HD 5750 1GB HDD: WD 80GB PSU: I think it's 250-350W OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 Ok, I tried playing PAYDAY 2...

I'm looking to build a Ryzen 5 1600 PC and can't really decide on the mobo I should go with.Which of these would be better:Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 or the MSI B350 Tomahawk.The main features I'm looking for are memory support(since Ryzen really benefits from higher clocked RAM),sound chipset...

This is my first pc build ever so bear with me please Intel i7 7700k Asus strix z270e gaming mobo asus rog strix geforce gtx 1080 a8g corsair vengeance rgb 16gb ram (2 x 8gb) 3000mhz Corsair h100i v2 liquid cooling samsung evo 850 500gb sdd evga 650 supernova g2 psu corsair 760t white case Dell...

Hello guys.I have an i5 6400 CPU but I don't have a dedicated GPU.I'm thinking about selling my CPU and with the money I would buy an intel G4560 and as GPU I'll buy nvidia 1050 TI.What do you think about this move? I want to say that i'm 16 yeas old and my parents won't buy me a dedicated gpu.I...

So if i wanted to run a 2TB storage in raid 10 with 2 1TB SSD's in the stripe and a 2TB HDD as the backup. First off, would this be possible, and second if it is possible would the HDD backup negate the speed of the striped SSD's? PS: im a newb to doing anything raid so if all this is just...

How much of a diff will vega bring between between the 400 and 500 series sould i wait to buy vega and how much of a price decrease will we see if any in the 400 series would that make it a better buy

Hey guys, My brother's moving practically out of state (From central TX to the Panhandle), and before he goes, he's asking me to rebuild his PC I built him years ago into a smaller, lighter, case. I may know all the other components pretty well, but I'm pretty mediocre when it comes to cases...

Does anyone know of a half-size/low profile capture card that can stream at 720p and 60fps? Thanks for replies in advanced! :)

Hi People, I'm considoring to buy two 140MM fans to replace my stock 200mm fan in my corsair 500r as my old GPU basically fried itself not too long ago and i want to hopefully prevent it from happening again.. I was wondering where to plug these fans in.. My motherboard is a maximus VII Hero...

Hi I have a i7 7700k with maximus hero alpha board but every time i get no display on screen and error 62 did flash the bios too 3201 but no success same error. Dont know what to do more. I am sure bios did upgrade since it flashed and ran from usb but no why to proof since i can not access...

Cannot load or update drivers to sound card. I tried uninstalling drivers and the sound card and then reinstalling. System says it has found correct drivers and then tries to install them but errors out after a few seconds saying sound card has issues. Is my motherboard dead?

I recently got the best hardware I could at the moment and the specs aren't bad but my games are quite slow for how well my hardware is. Is there any reason for this? GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD A4-5300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 3.5GHz 16Gb RAM 64bit Windows 10

Hi my OLD pc was fine videos load just fine everytime but i just built a new PC I7-7700k and Asus MOBO but now my videos take a year to fully load and im unsure what to do... Ive updated my Bios/Downloaded all drivers i could from the Sites/Updated my GPU and intergrated graphics and still take...