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Hi, so I have a bit of a conundrum and I’ve been tearing my hair out for the past two days over it and I thought I’d ask the community. I recently purchased a new 7900 GRE graphics card and when I initially installed it and jumped in a game there was a few stutters in the first minute, but then...

Hi , I have a strange problem with window 7 pro , every time I turn on the PC / restart , window will boot to the window logo page then goes into black screen with no cursor. This issues only started this few days , from Monday on wards this week. The black screen will remained for about 25...

I am looking to build a new PC and have been out of the loop for about 15 yrs since my last build. The main use will be for Photo Editing Lightroom and PS, however I may do a little 4K video editing. I do not want to spec out the PC as a video editing only machine as I will not be doing this...

Hi, I would like to know if these parts would be best for me as I’m upgrading my system (cpu, ram and motherboard) CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 MOBO: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX @3000mhz If you think I should choose another brand etc, please tell me what! thanks :)

Hello everybody, would like to buy a 144hz monitor (Viewsonic XG2402 or Benq Zowie XL2411P) my computer... GTX 1050 2gb AMD A10 8 GB di RAM 1tb hard drive will this system support a 144hz display? thank you

i got bronze+80 475 watt PSU with only 1 six pin and the card needs 2 six pins , is it safe to use 2-molex > 6 pin adapter or 2-molex > 6 pin adapter to connect the card ? if it is a bad idea please explain why

Is it a good Motherboard? uses will be for gaming. Probably paired with Ryzen 2600x + Gtx 1080

So I might buy this computer I was wondering if I put a gtx 1060 inside the the desktop if it will be fine, don’t know much about computer unless it’s like graphics. View: https://imgur.com/vZ8uVrA

Hi, Finally fully upgrading my 7-year old build (i did upgrade GPU and SSD before during those years). :) I'd like to order the parts asap, just wanted to check if there's any serious issue (especially compatibility) I might have with the new components. Or any other comments. But I would...

Hi everyone, So I recently received a laptop back from repair (asus 430un) and the fan speeds seemed to be set extremely high. Like 6500 rpm. I have tried to use SpeedFan to change the speeds but it isn't really working. What should I do?

I need some quick advice! Right now newegg has the Asus RX570 4GB on sale for $135 with the 10% discount applied They also have a ZOTAC GTX1060 6GB on sale for $199.99. Their purpose would be getting installed in a extra gaming computer (Mini ITX) for 1080P gaming. Links...

I bought a used rx 460 4gb ebay (my pc didnt have a graphics before and was running on intel hd 4400) i plugged it in and it apeared to work with my monitor picking up a signal but it just showed a black screen. I left it on for about 5 mins and nothing happened Pc specs: Intel core i3 4150 12...

I am very new to PC building. I have a DQ77CP motherboard with i7-2600 chip. I have a 650wat corsair power supply and msi 4gb graphics card. All memory sticks work perfectly fine in all 4 slots in different combinations but when i go to the maximum of 32gb the pc is in permanent reboot. Max it...

I have just had two bad pool callers in one day. I checked the latest crash dump and used windbg to debug it. It said that it was caused by an attempt to free a pool that was already free, which is pretty obvious since it is a bad pool caller. It also says MODULE NAME: tcpip I just want...

Intel tells partners that the last Itanium processor will be shipped by mid 2021, putting an end to a chip architecture that was supposed to be the future of x86 processors. Intel Kills Itanium, Last Chip Will Ship in 2021 : Read more

Hello. How to enabled hardware virtualization in BIOS? Motherboard - asrock AB350M Pro4 ver. P5.50 CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Hi, My motherboard is Gigabyte H97n-WIFI micro and I have a GeForce GTX 650 I would like to update my video card but not sure which one suitable for under $500? Any suggestions? I was looking at this one...

So far I'm factory resetting my laptop. But I wonder, if I turn off the laptop, would it cause to not power up or format the computer fully?

https://imgur.com/a/XxGWxQE I cannot install windows 10 on my 970 evo m.2 ssd. This always shows up when I boot from my Windows 10 flash drive.

I have a GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 motherboard. It doesn't have any RBG headers, but it does have one regular 4-pin fan header. I see a lot of RGB LED strips that have four-pin connections on the end, can I plug that into the regular four-pin port? Would I be able to use this kind of...

So I just installed a new SSD in my system and did a fresh install of windows on it, I wanted to be safe before doing so and I simply disconnected my previous HDD with the files and OS still on it. Would it be safe for me to connect the HDD to my system anymore or will there be an error becasue...

I went to install Windows on one of my old OptiPlexes. This one still uses IDE, so I knew it'd be slow. However, it takes half an hour to format the drive, and then another half an hour to copy files. The Windows pre-install environment took about five minutes to actually get past the boot...

I'm not sure what happened an I don't know how to fix the situation. I was applying a new set of thermal paste after I took off the CPU fan put it back on go to start my PC, an then boom nothing happens someone please help me troubleshoot what did I do wrong. Overnight I took apart everything an...

Bought EVGA XC ULTRA 2070 and i know the cooler is massive and so the left and rightside of the pcb bends by 2.5mm. It's my first time installing a GPU and so when i did, the right side of the GPU went into slot first then the left side. unfortunately Is my GPU seated properly and will...

Motherboard - Asus Strix B250F CPU - i7 6700k PSU - VS650w Ram - 8 gb g skill Last night, water spilled into my pc which i instantly turned off, i cleaned it out and booted it and it was working for many hours completely fine, i left the house for a while to find my pc won’t boot and there is a...

PC suddenly cuts out when under load. HWMonitor and AMD's Ryzen Master application both show that this happens whenever my CPU hits 70c (It's rated to handle 95 safely). Is the problem here with the PSU, CPU, or motherboard? Can I fix it myself or do I need to replace something? There's no CPU...

Hi, I have an rx 570 expedition and an i7 3770 and i've noticed that the core clock barely reaches the max core clock and when it does it's unstable. I haven't overclocked it and i'm quite sure it isn't throttling (doesn't pass 65C) or bottlenecked by the cpu. I've also noticed that when I lock...

So, im looking for a upgrade for my desktop, but i`m struggling to find what kind of motherboard i have. I downloaded Speccy, but this is all the information i find about i. Can somebody please help me? https://imgur.com/a/LDbaDAg

The Manuel doesn't state where to place the motherboard standoff. Does anyone have any info?

I want to build a new Ryzen machine, but I want to have the option of the shutting down the Platform Security Processor (something that irks me on principle) after boot. If you're aware of boards that offer this bios option, please mention them, any manufacturer. Thanks.

Hi. Just interesting where gone 200 mhz speed from my cpu that should be 3900 mhz on turbo mode, but hwinfo, and msi afterburner shows only 3700 mhz when gaming, or on load. Temps are nice cpu and gpu holds around ~60 °c. i7-3770 H77-G43 Gtx 1060 6 gb Thanks.

I have a i7 3770 non k overclocked to 4.3ghz with multiplier set to 43(the max it will go), blck at 100mhz in the bios,and core voltage at 1.300, but CPUz only validates it at 4.1 ghz, and sometimes the clock speed fluctuates to 4.299ghz, the multiplier in CPUz says 16-43, and under load the cpu...

I am just now starting to get into PC Gaming and Building and I need to know will a CPU with a clockspeed of 4GHz, 4 core with 8 threads run the same as a CPU with a clockspeed of 4GHz with 8 cores and 8 threads? On paper I feel like they will run about the same but like I said i´m just now...

So my previous mice all died (3x logitech MX510) so I'm stuck replacing them, well one for now. I got a G502 proteus. Nice mouse, The sensitivity is on crack though. No matter what I do my cross hair either jumps across the screen or I cant turn around fast enough, no happy medium. But my real...

Hello, I have a problem , I got my hands on a used gtx970, a friend of mine gave it to me because he couldn't start his computer with the card plugged in So i tried myself and plugged in the 970 and I have the same problem : when the card is plugged in and I press the power button the...

I have a hp slimline 260-a114. I want to try to upgrade it to play VR games. Can I take the guts of my computer put it in a new case with a new graphics card and play VR? I understand I would need a new psu and would also probably get an ssd I’ve seen people talk about that the motherboard is...

I would like to get the sims 3 or 4 on my new computer I am getting. It is an Acer laptop (not sure what version ) I have 2 questions. One which game is better and two will the game make my computer run slowly?

Hey guys. I just built my pc and I firsy connected PC to the internet using a wifi adapter. I had P packet loss which was good but occasional lag spikes. So I moved PC to another room, connected ethernet cable but I was getting packet loss (1-2%). Ping was absolutely stable though unlike wifi...

Hey there! I would like people to get an opionon about my build I have created and tell me what they think if I should change any thing or if I should change any thing.. These are the parts on pcpartpicker https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gydcV6 but if you don't want to go to it then I will just...

I have 2 old hard drives which i think are about 10 yrs old, haven't been used for at least 5, was gonna try to repurpose them but my computer doesn't recognize them. I have verified the SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 is functional. Pic of one of the HDD: https://imgur.com/om1FdOf