Thermal

Hi, I would like some advice on choosing a laptop. I'm trying to choose between an i5 8300H and a i7 8750H, the laptop is exactly the same accept for the processors on the Lenovo Legion Y530. The price difference between the i5 and i7 version is about 10%, I read a comment about how it's not a...

My laptop CPU get in high 80s when gaming for a while, due to the surface it’s on. My glass desk doesn’t allow it to get air very well, if I put it on it’s back and let it get more air from my room, my temps decrease by around 10°C. I will try and get both thermal paste and a cooling pad but for...

Hello everyone Few days ago I picked up a I7-2670qm for my old laptop [ Medion Akoya P6634 ]. The idea was to swap this CPU with my old I3-2350m. Since I've recently been using that laptop as my little project to revive it as much as possible... When I got the "new" CPU, I replaced it, and...

Hi All, This is my first post here. I have scoured the internet for a solution for this but to no avail. Anyways, I have the GTX 1070 equipped MSI Trident 3 with an Intel i7-7700, and a 330W external PSU. After successfully managing a stable undervolt of -165mV, and running a stress test on...

Does spread spectrum clocking cause a CPU to operate at higher temperatures? If so, why? Spread spectrum clocking minutely varies a CPU's clock speed to spread out RFI to meet FCC and EU guidelines. I disabled spread spectrum in my BIOS, and my CPU is running ~20°C cooler! I also noticed that...

So today i bought a new CPU cooler whose seal was opened by shopkeeper to show me contents of box. When i opened the box at home i saw that thermal paste on that stock cooler was little yellowish in colour and looks dirty and applied more than what should be. Manufacturing is mid 2018. Can...

Hey all, I haven't been here for a while. I recently purchased my friend's old i7 4770 (non-K) off of him to pop in my PC just as a small update. I installed it tonight with the stock cooler (don't have any other ones) and I just hit 99c while playing Apex Legends for a duration of 5 minutes...

Here is the pc I built not really based on looks, but I wanted some RGB in it since it has a side panel. If you`ve got some better ideas post them down below, but my absolute maximum budget is 1000$. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jAAklis/saved/#view=zYPtgs Thanks for reading, jAAklis

I got a mobo bundle for one of my friends, it included a Supermicro server mobo, a Xeon L5640 and some RAM. Unfortunately, it came with a very small passive cooler, which wasn't enough to cool the Xeon, so I recommended him getting a freezer 13, the most affordable block cooler. It does a good...

Hello, everyone I'm new to pc building. Today i built my first pc and i'm really excited about it. I haven't installed windows yet, but i checked the bios and everything looks ok. The problem is that i had to unscrew and remove the wraith stealth cooler with the pre-applied thermal paste right...

Hello, I'm looking for a gaming laptop with the following specs; GTX 1060 and i5 8300H or i7 8750. The CPU shouldn't matter all that much, just depending on the price (I've read they both are sufficient for gaming). I have read that the 1060 is superior over the 1050 Ti. I have found 3 laptops...

I recently build a mini-itx system cooled by the h100i v2, the fans get rather loud during games which is expected but keep going after i've closed the game. Speedfan shows CPU to be less than 30 degrees, gpu is around 45 and hd0 (im assuming hard disk 0 which is m.2 ssd) is hovering at high...

Hi to everyone, around two months I buy a R9 380X, and today, viewing the temps, I see an unusual temps, 45ºC Idle , 92ºC playing FarCry 5. I change the thermal compound and the temps go down only 2ºC. My Specs are: i5 4440, 16Gb DDR3 HyperX, 240 GB SSD HyperX, 750W 80 plus Thermaltake PSU...

In a hypothetical situation, what are the best things I could do to make a laptop better suited for Overclocking? Better thermal paste? Water cooling? Are there any water coolers designed for laptops? How about external water coolers, if that exists? Thx in advance! Sorry if it's worded badly...

Hi, I am currently using EVGA 770 SC ACX, 2GB GPU. Now, I'm planning to upgrade. I was planning to get the EVGA 1080 SC (08G-P4-6183) but I couldnt find where I can get. I now have these option: EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC GAMING (08G-P4-5671-KR)...

Im looking for a card that can run games smoothly either ultra or high at 60fps

Hello, i need some help from you guys, i mostly play Wow, Wot and some Fortnite. Is there any good budget monitor you can suggest for me? I don't know real difference in these games between 75hz and 144hz monitors.

Recently the internet companies in my area have been battling by raising the base speed they offer now to 100 Mbps. Even though my net is 100 Mbps when running speed tests I was getting 50-60 max.. this was over WiFi so I went and bought some Ethernet cat6 cables and a powerline adapter even...

windows 7 shuts down when I hit restart. It works fine and starts up fine when I hit the start button. Problem is when I hit restart after any installation it just shuts down. Toshiba Satellite T135-S1310WH

This is getting on my nerves. I have 4k resolution set. When I turn on my computer it goes to 1080p 30hz and no 4k resolutions on the panel. Installing fresh drivers fixes it but comes back once in a wile. Also the control panel doesn't show up on the taskbar. I used to fix it with a youtube fix...

I was playing games with my GTX 1050 2gb. While I was trying to change some stuff for fps boost I did something to video memory. Now when I try to start the game I played yesterday, it says "your computer appears to be out of video memory"

Hello, i am currently looking to upgrade my system as i have recently bought two 1440p monitors from Dell. I am mainly using my PC as a work machine, mostly for editing videos and other graphic related work. However every now and then i'd also like to run some games at decent framerates. I...

Hey guys, I will probably be purchasing a CPU cooler (CoolChip HPC specifically). I'm going for a near dead silent build, so max of 28 dB, and it will dissipate ~40 degrees C at that speed. So my main question is this: Should I go for the i5 6500, 6600, or 6600K? And will an M.2 SSD affect my...

Hey everyone I will build a pc and I wanted to know if it is worth it to get a 2tb 850 evo ssd over a WD 2tb caviar black. Will I see much of a difference or is it better to go with the common setup of a small ssd for os/apps and large hdd for data? Budget is not that much of an issue but I...

Hi, i want to Upgrade my a555lf-xx406d RAM 4 gb to 4+8 gb. i heard that here the 4 gb ram here is attached and can not be removed. i want to know if i can surely upgarde it to 12 gb ram or not. and also if this will cause any problem with warranty. also it will be better if you can provide a...

Hello, right I have no idea what's going on here. My CPU and GPU fans are spinning against the way the blades are designed to operate, so basically not sucking or blowing. Imagine a desk fan spinning counter clockwise doing nothing! I thought it was a faulty motherboard but the replacement is...

My PCs specs: Intel pentium g630 2.7 ghz Intel dh61ho motherboard (2nd generation) 400w ATX switching power supply (non brand) 4gb ram Current gpu: GeForce 210

I have evga gtx titan hydro copper and im wondering can i use nzxt x41 kraken for the gpu and i buy a new better one for cpu?

Hey, so, dumb question, sorry for asking here, but I can't find my answer on other forums. I own a Gigabyte P34G V2, and it's a laptop, but it's been designed with a special USB 3.0 port to use for charging. This port should charge at 1 amp, compared to a usual USB 3.0 port's 0.5, But it has...

I'm using Windows 7 with an 850 EVO 1TB SSD Hi. I recently bought an SSD to become my primary drive for games and loading things in general, and it's great. The only issue was having to clone about 700GB of stuff I already had on my HDD just to get the OS over. The reason for this is that I...

I got a Mediasonic ProBox Hard Drive Enclosure that can carry up to 4 hard drives, right now I have 2 3TB hard drives inside the thing. When I plug it directly into any computer, the hard drives are detected quite easily. I tried plugging this Enclosure into my Archer C9 TPlink Router to work...

Hi! Ive been trying to play COD AW, but for over a month ive only got "No games found" even with the NAT OPEN. And just recently, i havent got ANY games and also the NAT Strict! What can i do????? Help please T.T

I just received a lenovo laptop for work, and i can't get it to turn on. I hit the power button, the harddrive and everything turns on but the screen is completely black. Before I go running to my supervisor, I just want to make sure I am not overlooking something.

So.. I upgraded to windows 10, and like usual, I had high expectations. I am now pretty pissed off. I installed it, it seemed to work fine and all, then I cant click the taskbar. Literally, cannot click into anything except for Steam and Windows Explorer. No start menu working, no internet...

GOG is preparing its catalog of current and classic games to work with Windows 10. So far, the process has been easy, with only a few hiccups by way of bugs and a few incompatibility issues. Maintaining The Library: How GOG Is Preparing For Windows 10 : Read more

Hi, recently I bought this 32GB flash drive: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Transfer-SDCZ80-032G-GAM46-Version/dp/B00KT7DXIU/ref=dp_ob_title_ce with advertised speeds of 245MB/s read and 100MB/s write. However, I noticed when I'm transferring files, it only writes at a max of ~30MB/s...

Hey guys, i am running a gtx970 with a ASUS B85M-E Motherboard and a CORSAIR VS 450. The Pc was running about a month without problems, but when i turned it on today, after i logged in into windows the monitor went white for a second and then went black. The pc was not responding and i shut him...

This is my first PC build. Just asking for some feedback or suggestion that can help improve my build. I plan on OC-ing it, though I don't do hardcore gaming. I'm also wondering if the PSU is the right wattage for my build. Suggestions for other IPS monitors are welcome too...

I have an amd r9-270x right now and was thinking of getting a second nvidia card to run primarily for physx. What is the most important thing to look for in the card if this will be the primary use of it? I would think you would just want the fastest processor and maybe more cuda cores? Really...

Hi guys, I was just wondering which GPU is better as i haven't got much knowledge about AMD GPU's, i think that the GTX 970 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GTX-970-Graphics-Express/dp/B00NOP536Y/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N7KKTHWMVHSE2YPK9KV) is better but I'm not sure. Could...