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Hi Toms, first time user. A novice at best, I have some questions regarding upgrading my Asus M32BC desktop to optimize gaming on a budget. I've already bought a new corsair CX750 psu, but need to upgrade the GPU. I'm looking at the MSI Radeon RX 480. I know it fits the mobo but not sure if...

Hi, I have an Asus X551M laptop. A few weeks ago, I could only boot it when it was charging. Now I can't boot it at all. The battery+power LED turn on when I plug the charger, but the device won't turn on - the fans won't start, no boot sound, no image. I tried connecting it to an external...

This is my first Asrock mobo, and this is a really basic question :-) I read that boot device should be on sata3_0 port. I see the labeling for sata3_0_3 on mobo. My question is which port is sata3_0? the top port or port closest to mobo? Apologies, Ron Hilton

Hi, I have 400$, the only website I can buy from is bhphotovideo.com as they're the only ones that ship to morocco.the shipping costs 100$. I don't need an OS and I want to be able to upgrade later. thank you

What are some good/popular + cheap picks for mobo's to go with a i5-6500? I don't plan on doing anything intensive (no OC of any sort, no SLI/crossfire, etc). Was originally going with the Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI, but I think it has more than what I need. Looking for a (cheaper) alternative...

Specs: Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 RAM: Ballistx Sport Ram 8GB single stick CPU: AMD FX 6300 (Overclocked to 3.9) GPU: GTX 1070 PSU: Corsair CX600M I get bad frames on games and have no idea why, i get around 200 fps on CS:GO, 40-ish fps on Rust (when its not dropping frames), etc. I've...

Hello, I'm currently running a GTX 750 1GB paired with a i3-4160 and 8gigs of ram +2tb hdd.. But i'm needing a new motherboard because this one runs on a 14-pin ancient ass atx connector so I'm wondering if anyone know's a "cheap" (preferrably) motherboard which can hold a: i3-4160 with a RX...

Any recommendations between the default ASUS TURBO-GTX1070-8G and the ASUS DUAL-GTX1070-O8G? The Dual looks interesting but I don't know if it provides much extra beyond the Turbo, even though I can get them for similar prices. Turbo (Standard)...

I currently have a gtx 760 installed on a z97-a mobo. i recently installed a noctua nh-d15 on my intel i5-4690k and i am pretty happy with my cpu temperature so far (no more than 50°c on heavy load). My problem is that while running a gpu stressing game, my gpu temp rises to 80°c and 100%...

I have a motherboard that has only one PCI E x16 slot. This slot has 8 lanes in. Will the max power draw for this slot still 75W or will it be the lower 25W that PCI E x8 slots are limited to. (Note that the slot uses PCI E x8 2.0 technology). I am asking because I am looking to buy a GTX 750ti...

Hey guys! I am looking for a decent home-plug (The thing that runs internet through your power outlets). Cable is not an option, and our WiFi is really bad, especially since my room is in the basement. Anyway, I am looking for a home-plug with a capacity of at least 500 Mbps download/ upload...

Hello, this is going to be a long one, but I would greatly appreciate any kind of technical guidance. Recently I purchased an ASUS K501UX. The laptop can be maxed out to 12 GB RAM (I do a lot of digital artwork on Photoshop and the program eats up ram like candy), so I purchased a Crucial 8GB...

Hello everyone, so after weeks with computer troubles I'm finally coming to a forum for help. Alright so, just today I put a brand new fancy MSI motherboard into my tower, however a issue I'm having is when I plug in my mic which is a Blue Snowball the light goes on but utilities like Curse...

I'm using a corsair h100 v2 installed it successful the USB wire I plugged in but there is 2 other wires one with 2 outputs and one of those outputs is 4 pin shaped but has 3 pins where are they meant to go on my asus maximus viii hero

As the title states, I am studying to get my A+ certification and found myself getting a bit confused when it comes to the busses and wanted to just make sure I was correct in my line of thinking with this analogy: Imagine you are the CPU and you are wanting UPS to have a package delivered to...

Is it bad that I like to reinstall windows 10 on my ssd every couple months? I keep no files and reinstall a couple programs not much tho.

I have steam and was considering installing origin as well. is origin going to conflict with steam or is it just another platform to buy games i cant get on steam i.e. Unravel?

Hey folks, I'm looking to replace my good ol' NZXT Guardian case (went for design only on that one) with a case that offers silence and performance (being moddable, good airflow and good cable management). I've narrowed it down to 3 choices: - Fractal Design Define R5 - NZXT H440 - Cooler...

Before I start here are my specs FX-6300 ASUS m5a99fx pro Gigabyte r9 270 Corsair CS650m Crucial 8GB RAM Hyper 212 Samsung 840 and WD HDD I built this in May 2014 About a month ago I had problems where a red CPU_LED on my mobo would light up, preventing post. I tried as many solutions I...

Hey everyone, Like the title states, I'm currently in the market to upgrade my Processor. Let me start off by saying that yes, I understand that there are other parts that could use upgrading as well, but as of right now, with all of the video editing and recording I've been doing, the...

Guys help me please ! Im really confused right now .My PC can run all my other new modern games like shadow of mordor ,the witcher 3 etc normally but when im playing dota 2 sometimes my screen goes blank(black like when you disconnected it) and then restarting and screen wont appear again .Whats...

While i know a little bit about computers im not the biggest tech savvy guy. Im looking to upgrade my graphics card to an r9 390X model and im not sure if my system can run it. I have a Z68XP-UD3R motherboard, ~850W PSU and i7-2600k CPU. Will my setup run an 390x model GPU.

Ive been recently been checking out MSI GS40 Phantom (970) and GE62 Apache Pro (6th Gen 970) for an idea as my future gaming laptop. Without the price, which laptop is better?

Which case is better they are both the same price in my country. Will the Hyper EVO 212 fit in both? And can I water cool my CPU?

Do I need the backplate for mounting the NZXT Kraken X61 with the LGA 2011-3 platform? the "manual" and all its helpful knowledge doesn't say anything about LGA 2011.

Thinking of swapping out my AMD 8350 for a i5 3570k second hand for a pretty reasonable price. Sick of these devs of today not optimizing for the FX AMD processors. Thoughts? Literally a 30fps difference between 8350 and 3570k on Shadow of Mordor is insane. And whereas in Crysis 3, an older...

So I just installed a new psu (cx500m) and after an hour of using the computer making strange noises. They appeared every 3 seconds or so and we're about half a second long an sounded click-ish.

Hey guys I just started my build yesterday and tried to post before I started adding components to the case and it won't. I can't even seem to get the PSU fan to spin or get any lights to turn on on the MB or GPU. Pretty much think I connected everything i needed to, here is a breakdown of...

I just assembled a new pc. I started trying out some games and i'm getting weird freezes that freeze the whole system and sometimes my system just shuts the game down. Temperatures are not high since i monitored them. No blue screens. System Cpu - fx 9590 Gpu - radeon r9 390 8gb ram Mb -...

Just got a new modem-router all-in-one. This one, specifically. My dad's old single-band laptop and my mom's old single-band phone are the only devices that seem to be able to get onto the 2.4Ghz band. When we try connecting to the 2.4Ghz band with dual-band capable devices, they are kicked...

Hey everyone , my name's Andreas i'm from cyprus and i've been considering to upgrade my pc for a long time now (about 6 months) and go from sandy bridge and gtx 680 to skylake and gtx 980ti . There is a high percentage that i will be going to canada this christmas and the only components i'm...

I have a small overclock on GTX 750. But have it set to a 3D Profile. When I watch youtube videos at 1080p 60 FPS they run fine except I get some artifacts or some mad edging around things that move fast. Like whens someone moves their hands fast in a video. it doesn't happen at 720 60 FPS. It...

So let's say I want a 3.7 GHZ Quad Core computer. And I'm looking at speed. Would I say that this processor has 14.8 GHZ or is that completely unreasonable. I have read in on this and people say that it is good for multi-tasking and others say it is good for doubling or even quadrupling...

Hey guys, I'm planning on building a low budget gaming pc at 1280x1024 or 720p and I can't seem to pick between these two gpus: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270 2G D5 http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=32973A29-62EF-4BED-A065-971EE29FE1B7&lang=eng Sapphire Dual-X R7 370 2G D5...

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...

A little while ago, I upgraded from an AMD FX-6100 to an AMD FX-8350. I later discovered that my motherboard, the Biostar TA970, only supports up to 140 watt processors. Is it possible that this motherboard is impacting my CPU performance? If so, what should I upgrade to? Thanks.

Hello, I am wondering if this computer can handle Arma 3 and DayZ Standalone. Specs: CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4160 3.60 GHz 3MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 Motherboard: ASRock H81m-ITX Wi-Fi 802.11 w/ USB 3+ SATA 6GB/s GbLAN, 1 Gen3 PCIe x16 RAM / System Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual...

Now, we can find a lot of different Streaming services, just buy a Smart TV and sign in. The other way is to purchase one of the dongles sticks: Chromecast, Amazon Fire etc. I have used an app to stream the media without any cables just directly, but do you still use HDMI or just copying on USB...

im planning to buy the zenfone 2 bug i cannot wair for it to release so i might get the zenfone 5 REAL Question: is the Zenfone 5 still worth buying??

Does anyone know where I can get Ethernet controller driver. My motherboard is asrock h97m anniversary