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I tried to install two ventirad (Shadow Rock 2 and NHD15), but each time the holes in the back of the motherboard are too small. How to find a compatible cooler?

I'm currently planning on upgrading my system, which is currently pretty well balanced, and I was wondering which I should upgrade first to be able to actually see an improvement in performance. CPU: i5-7400 GPU: RX 580 4GB If you need more specs for any reason I can post the rest of them at...

System details: Intel Core™ i5-9600K Processor, 3.7GHz w/ 9MB Cache Asus Prime Z390-P w/ DDR4 2666, 7.1 Audio, Dual M.2, Gigabit LAN, CrossFireX Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 2666MHz CL16 Dual Channel Kit (2x 8GB) Asus DUAL RTX 2060 OC GeForce RTX 2060 6GB PCI-E w/ DVI, Dual HDMI, Dual DP 1x...

Hi, just built my first ryzen build and noticed that it advertises a 4.1GHz speed, and when i open task manager or AIDA 64 it tells me that the base speed is 3.4GHz and no matter what i do, like run a game, or the stress test, it is locked at 3.4 despite it being the base speed. I have the Asus...

I have an old RAID card (Dell SAS 6/iR) that is recognized as a dumb controller card by the system. In order to get RAID functionality, I believe I have to boot in 'legacy' mode. There are options for booting a drive and the onboard NIC in Legacy mode, but not PCIe option ROMs. Am I overlooking...

URGENT!!! okay so I am selling my pc and I am wanting to wipe the whole pc so its empty and ready to be sold to the new owner but as I have seen the windows 10 was an upgrade and I dont have the upgrade key. if i factory reset the whole pc does that mean i the windows 10 aswell?

I currently have a Z270-Gaming K3 Motherboard which seems to be incompatible with an Intel i7 8700 processor. I'd like to get the 8700 sometime soon so that my PC is up to scratch for Ray Tracing requirements. I'd also need a suitable heatsink to fit the 8700 too as I'm unsure if the one on my...

So I recently found this on Amazon being sold by a dude with a brand new seller page selling an odd variety of stuff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-NVIDIA-GeForce-GAMING-11Gbps/dp/B06XYSPRT5/ref=sr_1_16?m=A1X8O4G57XN83A&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1551029289&sr=1-16 View...

I owe an IT company and want to built a budget PC for my developers. I looked up at different variants and liked the following three: i5 3470 3.2GHZ + 16GB DDR3 RAM + Nvidia 710 Graphics with 2GB RAM + 1.0 TB Hard Disk i5 7400 3.0Ghz + 8 GB DDR4 RAM + 120 GB SSD + 1.0 TB Hard Disk i7 3770...

I don’t know when it started but maybe a few weeks/months ago I started to hear this noise at the back of my motherboard. I have 30-40 idle temp and everything seems to be fine when using the pc except for maybe few FPS drops here and there but it’s always been like that. Is this something I...

I initially thought this was a display problem but it would appear it isn't. I thought my graphics driver was crashing due to a certain application, but I have stopped using said application and it just crashed, so this might actually be a graphics card problem. When it first started giving...

As the title says, I'm looking for a new 1440P Freesync (not spending GSync Prices) monitor that is supported by Nvidia cards. Id like it to be 120-144hz if possible and in the 200-300 USDrange.

I installed a new 4gig ram into my laptop, and now instead of 8 gigs i only have 7. one is hardware reserved. already made sure maximum memory in msconfig is unchecked and updated bios. according to cpu-z it seems that my graphics card is the culprit for squirreling away my lost gig, but i cant...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4zjJ9J Just wondering how my build is! Trying to keep the same price but not really familiar with how to judge processors

I have already installed windows 10 home on my pc with a boot drive but a family friend has given me a new boot drive with an activation key. What happens if i use this new boot drive to install windows 10 pro and activate it? Would i lose my current data?

I'm planning to upgrade my gpu from gtx 660 to either gtx 1070 or rtx 2060. My question is: will it work with my 550W psu? My psu: Radix VI 550 Cpu: intel i7 4790k Ram: 2 x Geil Dragon Ram (total 16GB) Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer 3 HDD drives Target gpu's: ZOTAC GTX 1070 AMP...

Hi all, I hope someone can help me out... I've seen a few videos online of people installing the AMD FirePro M5100 into the HP Elitebook range - 8540w, 8540p, 8560w etc. I've got an 8560w, and have just bought an M5100 to upgrade it, but when I start the laptop, the screen is black. Sometimes...

I was wondering if this pc would be good enough for some decent gaming at 1080p and 3d modeling as well. My PC: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/H8sbYT

Hello, I just got a Dell Inspirion Model D16 (3847). Would this power supply be compatible? https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=evga.com&qid=1550500753&s=gateway&sr=8-3 I am just wondering because the cause only has the type back...

I am thinking of upgrading some of my pc parts. Do you guys think this is good and stable. And maybe what motherboard I can get for 250-300 au. GPU: RTX 2070 CPU: INTEL CORE I7 8700K MOTHERBOARD: NOT SURE YET PSU: 750W GOLD G3

I recently just bought a 1080 ti sc2 of ebay, it still has 2 years of warranty left. The problem is that one of the fans is making a cricket like noise and its very irritating. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do?

I recently got a Dell inspiron 17 7535 from a friend. It has an i7 4500u with 8gb ram and intel 4400 graphics. I want to upgrade this, but im not sure if its possible to buy and install a laptop GPU. If not, what is your suggestion for an adapter so I can use an external GPU?

It seems like I can only find NAS or DAS which are doing management I don't need. Are their plain cases where I can just put a bunch of drives I have and them just appear in Windows? I think I may be using the wrong terms when searching for such a unit. Thanks!

So basically I have an 8gb stick of Corsair Vengeance LPX and I want to upgrade. I want the Vengeance RGB Pro 2x8 kit but then I would have 3 sticks, is that okay? Also if this works how would I place them? MB: MSI Z270 Gaming Plus

hi can someone help my I have Dell optiplex 7010 I5 with 240w psu I want to add ASUS GeForce 210 Silent Low Profile V2 1 GB https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-geforce-210-silent-low-profile-v2-1-gb.b5564 it said power consumption is 31w will my psu handle it ? I have 2.5 sshd 500gb...

So... I originally had my router ran to just my computer but the guest network/firewall was congesting the network so bad that my latency was awful. I now moved the router into the room with all the other stuff and have set up bandwidth limiting so that the guest network can only accumulate...

I am looking for a new graphic card for my HP Compaq 6300 SFF computer and I want to know if there was a place that could tell me if the card will work for what I need. When I got this computer I thought it would work but I guess the card is not good enough

So resently my computer has been running a little slower than usual. Not the main problem but might be useful. The main issue is that when turning on my pc, after a few seconds it just instantly restarts, as in turns off without warning then turns back on. Once it has done this once it just...

I've seen a lot of posts saying that it's ok to be running 100% CPU while gaming but I have a hard time wrapping my head thinking its really ok. I haven't really had too many issues except small stutters every blue moon but every game I play (even tested older games like borderlands 2) runs my...

I want to install Windows on my portable LAN PC and when I try to boot from my Windows 10 USB installation drive the system displayed "disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter". Sometimes it gave me an error code PXE-E61 when I enable LAN boot. I tried resetting the CMOS, use only 1...

I bought a second hand PC about a month ago just to run Netflix and tv show/movie d/l's and it was running fine until 2 night's ago when it shut down for no apparent reason and wouldn't boot again. Not knowing this (because my partner was using it at the time of the first shut down), I turned it...

Hi, This is gonna be my first pc build ever. Can you please rate it for me, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gwGYZR Thanks.

Hello, I recently bought a Xeon x3450 for my GA H55M UD2H (rev 1,3). But it will not post or boot. If I take out my GTX 970 the pc turns on and all the phase LEDs turn on but that's it. With the GPU, the computer just turns off and on over and over. I was using an I3-540 and that works fine. My...

Raspberry Pi is finally ready for the full Windows 10 experience. A new installer lets you put Windows 10 on Arm, including the Pi. And it's made by the same people who got Windows 10 on Arm onto Lumia 950 and 950 XL handset. Windows Latest first reported the news. Read more here. ANDREW E...

Hello, I know that enabling fast path will decrease my download speed . I don't really care about download speed , I just want to decrease my ping . I can't find how to do this , is there any command in cmd ?

Before i return my A400 480gb ssd i just was wondering if there is just a problem with what im doing. Ive replaced the sata cable and ensured its connected properly. The kingston ssd manager says all drivers are up to date (although without any drivers it still should be way faster than my hdd...

Hello guys, so I"m having problems with my pc right now, I keep getting bsods with error code IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I think that I tried every solution I could find on internet, but none of them worked. I checked my memory with memtest and it showed no errors. The bsod happens randomly, while...

So, first time posting. Hope it's not already answered elsewhere. I was setting up a computer at the club I run at school and saw the weirdest thing. The monitor was powered and seemed to be powering the mobo and CPU fan via VGA?! Check out the video. For clarity the only thing plugged in is...

Hi Community, I bought this laptop on October 2018 and accidentally, I put the power cord to the ethernet (yes it fitted perfectly for some reason) with the result being breaking one of the eight pins of the ethernet port. I sent it back to Asus; they told me that I did it (apparently) and the...

My pc won’t turn on. One day I was playing in the morning, I turned my pc off no problem, but then lasted on when I tried to turn it back on, it wouldn’t! I’ve already replaced the power supply and checked the IO panel, but I don’t know what else to do.