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Hello everyone! :) I need a CHEAP video card to drive a 4K UHD TV to use it as a video monitor for PC, NO GAMING at all! The cheapest the best... I see and I am reading other posts about this but they are a little old and maybe the chances, prices and the know-how are changed so I ask again...

I know most think its impossible to run a game like gta v on the z50, but I can run many games on this computer well (ex: cities skylines and skyrim on high settings with loads of mods) SPECS: Processor AMD A10-7300 Processor (1.90GHz 1600MHz 4MB) Operating System Windows 8 Graphics AMD...

First off, I'm sorry if this is the wrong category in the forum. I have an Asus GL552VW new laptop. There is an additional SSD that comes with it that needs to be installed. Should I remove the HDD before reinstalling windows 10 on the SSD? And how do I clear the previous system of the HDD...

Hello I have changed my graphic card recenlty. Got 1070 instead of 780. Did not have this problem before I encounter FPS problem everytime I try to play any game. FPS is just not stable. It jumps form 80 FPS to 40 and then back on 80 FPS -frustating - over and over again----------------- I...

razer mamba tournament edition vs steelseries rival 300 vs logitech g502 i am looking for rts gaming mouse but i am confused which one is better plz help me to choose one of these !!!!

Hello, I have two severe problems with my homebuilt PC: 1. I cannot download AMD drivers for my Radeon Rx480 graphics card. 2. After a certain period of time, my computer stops sending input to my monitor. When I attempt to download the latest AMD drivers and then check the error logs it...

I have a “LaCie Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton” 1TB USB-2 (only) hard drive (purchased in 2010) that won't format. Windows 10 recognizes it and says it needs to be formatted but fails to complete the format process. (I suspect I accidentally disconnected it in the middle of an operation.) I...

Help... I'm new at this and I would be most grateful for some recommendations for a new, Windows 10 compatible graphics card for my ASUS M2N68-VM mobo any help would be much appreciated. Richard

So my modem has been having the disconnect/reconnect problem for a month or so now. But now, the power light isn't even on. I checked everything, made sure it was plugged in, made sure the power strip was on, even tried reseting it but nothing's working, it's just off. I was wondering if these...

So I need a laptop for business purposes, out of these 2 laptops which would give me the best performance? HP 15-ay013nr 15.6" Full-HD Laptop (6th Generation Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) with Windows 10...

I've got a Windows-7 PC that's running super slow. Everything - screen coming up, browsers, even just clicking on SYSTEM. I'm not sure what's going on or what to check. The system is booting off an SSD. Both C (SSD) and D (HD) are set to Active, Primary Partition (is that the way it's...

Afternoon all, As the title suggests I have the 2 above components. I have been attempting to overclock the cpu following several guides but each time the computer fails to boot and loads into Windows recovery. After a little while I figured it was potentially overheating so I bought a water...

hi i think my motherboard have problem whit my rams i have 2 ram. (2*2g corsair xms3 1333) and (1*4g patriot 1333) but my computer don't work whit my patriot ram.(when i use this ram not have screen and any beep) now i need change my ram but my motherboard support 1333 ram by default but i cant...

I just took apart my old computer and I'm wondering which parts I should sell and which I should re-use (I want to build a new computer, something that will be able to run new games and be upgradeable for the future) Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D 1.02g Processor: Intel '86 Q8200 // Intel Core 2 Quad...

Hey everyone, I've been running into this issue lately where on occasion, my PC won't boot properly. It takes about 7 or 8 restarts for the PC to boot properly. I want to say that the PC POSTs properly, but I can't really tell. I'll run it down for you - I'm writing from the pc that is being...

Anyone know if I can get the BitFenix Neos Mid-Tower Case (Window, White/Blue) from a UK seller? Can only find the purple version in the UK and the blue from US only, thanks

Hi. I have problems probably with my motherboard. I brought it to get a bit more RAM in my MB. But it's not story about it. MB - GA-M57SLI-S4 Internet doesen't work on it. It looks like it haven't right drivers but I had tryed bunch of them. Even on ubuntu internet doesn't work it says...

Motherboard is a Asus sabertooth z97 mark 1. It comes with dual NIC's, one intel 1218-v and a Realtek PCIe GBE. PROset drivers are installed and I do have the team tab at the top in the configure options. When I create a team it shows the other nic with no problems, I'm trying to do static link...

So I've got these two GPUs- XFX R9 270X 2GB & MSI R7 370 4GB I've checked on Passmark for benchmarks and the R9 should be better but I've also been told the opposite by a few friends since the R7 has twice the VRAM. Could anyone give me a definitive answer and maybe an explanation? Much...

The minimum system requirements in steam games today are in dual core i have a PENTIUM DUAL CORE, i just want to know if i cant play games with no problem even if the core is different?

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When i want to dual boot in the system i can't do successfully..At first i install Windows7 without any drivers then install Ubuntu(14.04LTS).After that i see that ubuntu run successfully but windows doesn't work correctly.please help me & retrieve for this situation.

So I'm upgrading to water cooling in my system, and the cooler I'm getting (Corsair h60) comes with paste pre applied, as normal, but I have my own thermal paste that works amazing. Do I clean off the pre applied paste and use mine or just apply my paste to a clean cpu and then just install it...

Hi guys! My case is the Corsair 380t and it says 160mm in length but you can remove the Hard Drive tray for 180mm, which I would do. I'm not quite about these 2 EVGA options, as one is from "Superflower" and apparentally that merits almost $40 in diffrence? I will be using an Nvidia Pascal gtx...

Can someone help me figure out what gpu this is? I'm looking to trade and he doesn't know what gpu it is. He said he bought the pc from ibuypower for 500$ during blackfriday 2014. Any help would be appreciative, he doesn't know what pc it is either.

Warning about voltage of 1.65c exceeds maximum CPU recommendation of 1.5v (1.575)... I've read about manually adjusting and using an XMP profile to bring it up. A few of questions: 1) Is there a method that is easier/better than the other? 2) Does anyone have the settings that work already...

The number keys that are on the backspace line those keys not the numpad keys the 2 and 3 have gone weird. Whenever I press Shift+2 or 3 they would come up as " or £ yes I am serious the double quotations where outputted when there is meant to be that at symbol and the 3 key should be a simple...

I've been looking for a laptop for my grandmother for Christmas. It really just needs to be able browse the internet and run Microsoft Office like excel and word at a decent speed. I saw this on sale at Newegg and seems to be on a crazy sale. Am I missing something or why is it on such a steep...

i reinstalled windows 10 on my ssd and deleted it from my old hdd but every time i start up my pc it sais resume from hybernation and it starts really fast withour the motherboard startup screen (that i can see when i just restart the pc). please help me if you want any more info just leave it...

My rig: i5 4460 @ 3.2GHz 8 gb RAM GTX 750 gigabyte My gtx 750 is normal and not the overclocked version. This rig is expected to play games at medium to low at 40fps at 1080p, I have seen a guy on youtube with a weaker cpu and the same gpu play gta V on 1080p at medium to low settings. I on the...

Hi all, I'm looking for a good mATX case that: _Has good airflow. _Must support the hyper evo 212 _Must support EVGA 850w gold PSU _Must support EVGA 980ti acx2.0+ _Hdd and Ssd mounting (this is kind of obvious). _Windowed is good, too. _Does not make sanwiches (but if it able to, I'm welcoming it).

I just bought a PC with a NVidia Quadro k1200 in it. i7 4790k, 8gb Ram, now my question is it better than maybe GTX 970 turbo? Because the price is the same. I can still return the Quadro. but I would like to know did I bought the right one? This PC is for rendering only not gaming. Thanks...

Hello, thanks to anyone who may respond. I have an Intel 4709-K processor & a Z97 Extreme 3 mobo. Lately I've been trying to play games such as Battlefield: Hardline and my CPU keeps reaching the shut-off threshold temperature, somewhere around 100C. I reapplied brand new thermal paste and...

Hi i have judt had my new gpu and psu fitted and was assured on here that it would all fit easily however the guy who helped me fit it said i ned a case as the airflow was really bad as the gtx 970 is much bigger than the 660 my specs are CPU INTEL IVYBRIDGE i5 3570K (OC To...

Hello. I've recently decided to fix my old gaming computer with a few upgrades at the repair shop. I should be receiving it in the next couple of days or so. I'm just a tad concerned if the components stack up to today's standards of games. My gaming rig: CPU: Intel 3570k CPU COOLER...

I bought a WD black sshd hard drive, and after taking my laptop apart I found that it will only fit a slim drive.. Is there any way to fit this drive into a slim slot.. I don't know to much about these things. but would really like to keep the wd black..

The other day I was talking with my friend over skype, downloading a relatively small file, and watching a youtube video, and just like that my screen went blank and my computer shut off. I turned my computer back on and the screen acted like it wasn't plugged in, as did my keyboard and mouse...

guys my Virtua Tennis 4 is can running perfectly but it no any sound in this game only please help win 7 64bit

Lenovo G580 20157 my laptop is not getting on but while pressing the power switch the white light and fan will run then it will go turn off then it will start automatically off on off on and the Display will be blank. so kindly let me know what is the problem..?

My monitor screen appears vertical coloured lines today. Is this repairable? Take a closer look! http://imgur.com/HnY8rwy