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Greetings, I have been using windows 7 for a long long time and aquired a windows 10 installation cd with a key. I must admit that I'm a little hesitant in changing OS, being so used to win7. My first question is: having my current OS been installed for 1 and a half years ago (no particular...

Hello, I have a Sapphire HD 6870 1GB. I want to replace it with a much younger hardware. I play games such as: Dirt 4, D3, Witcher 3, Mass Effects, SC2, FC-Primal, Cities Skylines, and many more. Witcher 3, and FC-Primal are run poorly but playable, ME Andromeda does not even starts on my...

Hello! I have a problem whenever I download something that is big, like game on Steam, Windows disables my WIFI Adapter/USB Port that its in. I have already turned off the power settings and updated all possible drivers and switched usb ports My computer specs: Edit: Now it's randomly...

I currently have a i7 4770 CPU with 16GB of RAM, would it be worth it to go for a Ryzen 1600 with DDR4 memory? I use my PC mostly for gaming and some light editing but I want to keep it future proof and selling my current components I'll get enough to buy the new parts (CPU+Motherboard+RAM).

I see people say mini's dont have as much OC potential as full size gpu's but could anyone help/ suggest a good and safe OC speed (using firestorm) for a zotac gtx 1070 mini and any other things to change when OCing it, thanks

So I have a Dell R710 running the following... ESXi 6.5 Dual 6 core processors 3.33Ghz 116GB RAM Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller BIOS, PERC H700 Integrated FW=12.0.1-0091 JBOD Setup 8 Bay JBOD connected with eSata to R710 Asmedia 106x SATA Controller...

I just did a fresh reinstall of windows 10 home because it got corrupted last time. But before that my computer use to download at least a 1 MBPS but know it is only getting up to 500 KBPS thats on anything downloading,copying files, and torrents. note: on speedtest.com it says i should get...

Is this PSU any good for this build? I am also planning to overclock the ryzen 3 1200 to 3.8ghz. Will it be able to handle the pc or will it fry?

I don't know what happened to my computer because it was working perfectly fine until I Tried to put an hdd led and pwer sw from my computer case into my rgb header 1 port on my motherboard. I saw that it didnt do anything so I plugged them back into the original ports and now my computer will...

Hi all. I am in the process of repairing an old PC for my brother. I am in the market for a new GPU and after doing some research to refresh my memory, I wanted to clarify a few things with the community... The MOBO is a M3A76-CM which has a PCIe 2.0 slot. I was thinking of buying a Nvidia...

Hey guys, it's good to be back on Tom's Hardware after 4 years of absence. Now I'm back on my project, titled Project PH03N1X, which will be my biggest overkill custom build yet. List (subject to change) is here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mNTRWX RGB-enabled components: Motherboard: ASUS ROG...

my main problem is i cant find out what type of DVI my GPU has so i cant decide which adapter to buy. since i dont enough budget yet to buy new monitor. here is the spec from palit website i need help selecting cable adapter to buy

Hey everyone. I built a computer last year and have been gaming on it for months and everything has been going perfectly. I had recently upgraded to a 144hrz monitor and that was also fine for a day or so but as of late I get crazy performance dips. I'll go from 140 fps down to 80 back up to 130...

Hello everyone! I'm torn between upgrading the platform(CPU+MOBO+RAM) or just my GPU. Here's the current specs of my computer: CPU: i5-2500K @ 4.5GHZ Mobo: Asrock Z68 extreme 3 gen 3 Ram: Kingston Hyper X dual 8GBx2 1866 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 980 4GB PSU: Seasonic G-550w gold Monitor: 1080P...

Hey, I know the title is weird, but hear me out. I have a asus GTX 780ti with some random case fans (temp doesn't go over 75). When I run furmark for 20 mins, it stresses my GPU, but nothing bad happens. When I run Userbenchmark, and get to the GPU benchmark, the screen goes black and graphics...

Hello guys , I have just got my hands on a Winows 10 Ultimate x64 cd from a friend of mine , and I was wandering if you could tell me if i should upgarde from Windows 7 Ultimate x86 to win 10. I would like to say that i like gaming on my PC , like LoL , Hearthstone , WoW and ome Steam games ...

So i just bought a new laptop which is an Asus FX553 with specs of I7 7700 Nvidia Gtx1050ti 4gb 4gb ddr4 Im having problems with games. Overwatch at max settings having 35-45 fps only and changingthe settings to low wont help(also the characters dont load at the start of the game) GTA5 has the...

Im currently building a budget gaming PC and im wondering if all of the parts that i have chosen will work together without having to do any extra bio updates etc. I have a GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H LGA1151 Intel Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard with Intel Pentium G4600 3.6 LGA 1151 GHz Dual-Core Desktop...

I just got a new motherboard and CPU and ram so I basically had to rebuild my whole PC. After finishing I turn it on and the LEDS on motherboard work and fans running but no signal on my monitor and no colors on keyboard or mouse. I'm not too sure what's wrong unless in have a faulty motherboard.

Hey guys, I've had my PC for a while now, but only recently it has started to lag on everything. I unplugged it for a while and plugged it back in around 2 weeks later and since then my PC has lagged on everything. It will lag on google, CSGO, general windows operation, pretty much everything...

Hi everyone! I'm an extreme newbie at building computers, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what is going wrong with booting the Windows 10 USB that I have. I've consulted Google and while there seem to be people with the same problem, either they never got resolved or the problem was...

I was taking one look back again to the GTX 1060 , 1070 & 1080 , comparing the performances and the prices/performance . I did not takes any look at the 1080 Ti . I can say that price ( average ) /performace : GTX 1060 Price around 270$ 6/10 GTX 1070 Price around 350$...

Hey Dudes, I have a PC that is currently performing mehish. I know its a rather old machine but my hardware skills really suck. At the point of taking this straight to a computer store and being like "what can I do with it" but I feel like the reply will instantly be like "new pc" regardless of...

Whenever I install my storage drive, my ssd downclocks to match my hard drive's speed (storage drive). I was told by a friend that you're fastest drive will downclock to match the slowest drive's speed. This really doesn't make sense because there's really no point for an ssd if it's just gonna...

I turn on my psu, the power led light on the board turns on, then after half a second it flickers off, but all my peripherals are powered. It doesn't post when I press the power button and I have checked the pins over. This is the second board I have had in the past 2 weeks that has done this...

First of all, thanks for taking the time to help me. This is the benchmark of the drive (and the rest of my pc) while just Windows Explorer and other basic, invisible programmes were running: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/4140004#DRIVE One hundred percent of the time I am loading World...

I have the monitor and GPU plugged in and there is no input coming from the monitor. I used a VGA to DVI-D adapter and its not being picked up under anything.

Hello, I own an Asus h81m-cs motherboard and I am planning to install a nvidia gt 1030 or gtx 1050 ( Haven't decided ). So - Question 1 - Will the gpu fit in motherboard? Question 2 - will my motherboard support the gpu? Here are the specs CPU - I3-4130 Ram - 8 Gb Hdd - 1 Tb toshiba...

So I'm looking into finally upgrading and getting my first SSD, problem is I live in an area where power outages are common and it has caused me many a headache in the past with my regular mechanical drives. It is my understanding that SSDs are even more volatile when it comes to being powered...

Right so I have a 75Hz freesync monitor, I was planning to get an RX 580. Unfortunately it seems to be unavailable absolutely everywhere and won't seem to be in stock until August (Which is too far away from an impatient simpleton such as myself). Is it worth waiting until it's in stock or just...

I have a acre Acer laptop that has a broken screen I was wondering if I can use the screen for a Dell laptop to replace the Acer screen with or how to do this.

MSI H81M-E34 i would like to upgrade my CPU to something that will be able to support a gtx 1060 And will not decrease the power of my gpu On the MSI Website it says Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket So my question here is that the highest i can...