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I'm trying to put a new graphics card in and it's a PCIe x16. For some reason the motherboard on my computer only has PCIe x1 slots. I want to avoid having to replace the motherboard at all costs, as I have never performed an upgrade that big before. I thought about using a PCIe extender like...

Hi first post. If you perform your backups to a Write Once Read Many (WORM) drive would that prohibit Ransomware from propagating to your backups?

Hello all, earlier I started a chkdsk /r in an attempt to recover data from a hard drive that's starting to fail, and it's past the parts I needed it to do and is now looking for bad sectors that are empty and has been doing that for four hours now and I really don't want to run the HDD any...

I'm building my first system and have run into a problem when installing the graphics card, a GTX 970. I've fully assembled the system without the graphics card plugged in and everything works great. I've installed Windows 10 and the computer is fully up and running with RAM, SSD, etc. all...

My Xbox 360 wireless receiver and controller always plugged in to PC and the yellow LED lights are shown when my PC is running all the time. Do the yellow LED lights consume high electricity when my PC is running all the time?

Please tell me i have a 500w power supply and i5 processor and want to install a gtx 760

Hello guys i have a problem. A while ago i started hearing noise on my hard drive and when i scanned it it had about 2600 bad sectors. I research on google and read that maybe it was a loose connection on hdd head so i opened it ( as seen on picture) cleaned it and ret urned it back to...

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Hi! Reading this forum and the thread I made several days ago, I've decided to go for this (if you recommend me something to modify, be free to do it) - Intel Core i5-4690K - GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 - Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 VIPER 4 Series 2800MHz (PC4...

So I have decieded to buy a completley new PC, I could build my own normal Gaming PC, but I would really like someone more experienced than me to do it. I would like a Recording Gaming PC, my budget is 1050€ MAX. I Could do 1100 if monitor is included. I mainly play games like CS:GO and I would...

I'm thinking of buying either an Alienware 15 or Alienware 17 laptop. The following are the specs that I'm looking at: Alienware 17: Intel® Core™ i7-6820HK (Quad-Core, 8MB Cache, Dynamically Overclocked up to 4.14GHz) Windows 10 Home English NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 8GB GDDR5 17.3 inch...

Okay so a quick backstory: My 2009 macbook pro (i know, lol) is about to die on me and I have about $1000 to spend on a PC and i've decided I want to go with a gaming PC and building one is out of the question. I have no game in particular that I want to play on this PC but I would like to be...

I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard mostly for typing and programming, my price range would be under 100, preferably under 80.

Hello everyone! I need a new pc for semi-professional video/graphic editing. Basically it should be a future-proof built that can be a complete home office hub. This is what I have come up with: CPU Intel Core i7-4790k Socket 1150 4GHz 8MB Intel HD Graphics HD4600 88W Boxed € 359,60 Scheda...

Hi guys. So for my build (been done for about two months, runs amazingly, love it) i used a windows 8.1 system builder oem for my OS. I installed that on a WD caviar green (not the fastest hdd by WD i have now heard.) Now though everything is fine and works wonderfully, i thought that i might as...

Hey! My new Skylake system is freezing. Like it stops to 1 frame and no sound at background. This happens at games and idle. I have allready tested ram with memtest86+ and using 1 ram at time. Any suggestions to what to do? And yeah. I have tested a another psu too. The psu isnt the problem...

I'm downloading all of the drivers from the Asus website for the coming PC build later today. I'm coming from a "Asus P5Q-E" (LGA775) board from 2008 and upgrading to a Asus Z97-AR + i5 4690K so there are alot of new drivers i've never heard of. For example, under the Chipset-menu on the...

Stopped into Wally World last night and all they had was HDMI and VGA... Talk about separate ends of the spectrum. I feel that DVI is almost a staple on all monitors/graphics cards/motherboards, so why would you only stock VGA and HDMI? HDMI is not an input on a lot of monitors and VGA is...

which is better the ASUS GTX 750 or Radeon r7 260x?

Hi guys im going to build new gaming PC soon. I play in 1080p and want future proof PC. I would love if you could rate my build and leave some advice about my parts and if everything have good quality (is reliable). My budget is pretty much done with this build so i dont have much room for more...

I've got to update my computer and I just need a little advice. I have been rocking on a Phenom II for a long time now, and its time to retire the old girl. Awhile back I updated my ram, psu, motherboard and gpu. I now have 16GB 1866 ram, 1000w PSU, an R9 280x, and a 990fx board. My main...

I just ordered the ARCTIC F12 PWM 120mm fans. I ordered the ones that don't have daisy chaining ability. I also ordered a 4 pin PWM fan hub, that allowed me to run 8 4 pin PWM fans on the same header from the mobo. I was wondering if daisy chaining applies to a fan HUB or if it was software...

(IF YOU NEED MORE INFO JUST TELL ME) I dont have a beast computer but decent. i currently have 600w PSU. (im currently and slowly upgrading it when ever i have spare money to throw at it) Specs: CPU: Intel core i5-4430 GPU: MSI R7770 series cape verde (CM hyper EVO 212 CPU cooler) Ram: 8.00gb...

This may seem like a beginner question, and for that i apologize. if a network is set up that has say 150 desktops and one of the desktops "borrows" / "steals" the gateway ip address, why would only the desktops that have been rebooted become affected by ip thief? the nodes that were rebooted...

Hi i really need the help of your expert advice. I just bought a Sapphire Dual-X AMD R9 270x 2gb OC GPU along with a Thermaltake Smart SE 530W PSU yesterday. But ever since I installed it the PSU keeps overheating I mean i can barely touch it. When gaming my graphics card temperature reaches...

Main specs- AMD-FX-6300 CPU, GTX 970 GPU, 8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 MB, Corsair CX500 PSU.

hey guyz m gonna upgrade my card soon firstly i have decide to go with R9 270x or GTX 960 now i have heard that AMD R9 3xx series is hitting the market soon so guyz wat you say should i go with 270x or GTX 960 or wait for some time and get R9 3xx series gpu My sys specs are: Pro: i3 2120 (soon...

The game has fully been installed on my computer and it starts to play but as soon as the EA symbol pops up, it suddenly lags and then disappears. Any thoughts on what I should do?

I have a friend that just bought me a new computer, Toshiba Satellite C55-B5300. It was very nice of him to do so. However, I am afraid that he has bought something that won't help me much unless I can upgrade it. It would have been nice if he let me pick it out or add money to it to get the...

Every time I open g. chrome , searchomiga.com opens up I am not being able to change the settings so that on clicking in the icon on my desktop a new tab will open . Again once I go to google.com and search something it says that it cannot connect to my proxy server ( I do not know what is it??)...

Mine is going down, getting disconnects for no reason it seems during periods of non usage. Whats decent I could snag for around 100 bucks or so?

Hey everyone, I've been looking into buying an Asus UX303LN ultrabook, but the model I want comes with a QHD 3200x1800 resolution screen. I've heard things about how the yellows look off, and how the resolution isn't optimized for a lot of things yet. Also I've heard it may drain battery life...

My Laptop specs: Asus K55V CPU: i3-3110M,2.4Ghz RAM:4GB GPU:Intel Hd 4000 and Nvdia Gt 635M 2GB Hi! , I have problem playing a game via my Intel and Nvdia. The problem is with Nvdia the game is unplayable (5-10-20fps) and with Intel is ok (20-30-50fps). Both tested under lowest settings and...

Hi, i now put my multiplier to 21x QPI x36 uncore x16 BCLK 166 (got 3.5 mhz) (got a perfect 1333 MHZ for ram freq) core features at: intel turbo boost: disabled cpu enhanced halt: disabled c3/c6/c7 state support: disabled cpu thermal monitor: disabled cpu EIST function: disabled Bi-Directional...

Hey, I have this motherboard for quite a while, but it doesn't show up in device manager or for programs like Everest (probably aida too ). That wouldn't be a problem since everything is working fine for 2+ years, but lately I bought a webcam and it seems it's a known problem with asrocks. The...

Hi there, I was moving some stuff and found my old gaming computer and was wondering how much effort/money it would take to make it a gaming rig agaib. In other words: are any of these components still useful/reusable? GRAPHICS: e-GeForce 7600 GT MOTHERBOARD: ASUS AN5X POWER: Cool Max AP-600X...

I am going to build my first custom PC and i need some advice. Are the parts compatible and should I maybe upgrade something? CPU: Intel core i5 4670 Mobo: msi z97 PC mate GPU: Sapphire radeon r9 280X Ram: Cruciale Ballistix sport 8gb HDD: WD Blue 1TB Case: Thermaltake V4 PSU: XFX pro 550W Thanks!

Hi I have one of my home builds with the A4-5300.. For multi tasking it really sucks, lags big time.. Was wanting to know with my current build with this A4-5300 and MSI mobo could I just buy the A8-6500 and pop it in and boot back up and have no problems? I am new to custom builds, I have...

I'm trying to renew a graphics card from a computer that I'm trying to buy, however I do not know what graphics card would be compatible with the motherboard, processor, etc. The specifications are: Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460S Processor (2.9 GHz, 3.4 GHz with TurboBoost, 6 MB cache) OS...

Hello Everyone!!! I have a fairly large case, and i was wondering if my fan setup was good. I have 1 120mm fan and 1 140mm fan that came with the case in the front blowing air IN, so they're both intake fans. I then have 2 noctua 120mm fans blowing air OUT of the case, 1 of the noctua fans is...