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Im kind of lost after buying a i7 4790 and realising how <Removed> my office PC's OEM motherboard is. Instead of some kind of electric resistant nuts there was a backplate which the Ilm and stock cooler were fastened to. Now that I have removed the cooler and the backplate I'm wondering where I...

Hi. Got a new SSD, WD Blue 250GB, and it constantly freezes my entire pc when transferring files to it through either download or just moving files to it from elsewhere on the PC. The freezes are seemingly random. I was able to transfer Final Fantasy 14 to it through an external hard drive when...

Hey folks, This thread has been created before, but they where old and technology moves way too fast. So i'm hoping i can get some advice on my project. Us animators are quite poor, so i'm trying to get the best out of around USD 1.500,-. But if that sum is far too low, i'm open to...

Hello there folks, I was doing good with my pc. But recently i got to setup windows on my pc bcz i wanted a freash windows. I downloaded the latest fall creators update(1709) and then setup it, After that i noticed my pc is shuttering, After effects are unstable very slow and before the windows...

So I have a Dell Inspiron 3250 ( i3 6100 variant) . After using cpu-z I was able to find that my motherboard was 0DNMV1 . However I am unable to find its max tdp support . The i3 has a max tdp of 51 W. I want to upgrade to an i5 6400 which has a tdp of 65 W. Plus I am unable to find whether if...

Evening guys. Recently my pc has started randomly shutting its self off. I thought it might have been the graphics card over heating as the fans would go crazy after a while. I replaced the thermal paste and the fans are at a reasonable speed now. But it keeps shutting off. I don't even have to...

Can I use one of these: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/hdd-dockingstation-inter-tech-1x5-25-einschub-x-3534-intern/9200000048285993/?suggestionType=suggestedsearch To both recover data from a harddrive and re-install windows (without affecting my other internal drives?) People come quite often to...

I posted something on the Gift Guide for the Hardcore PC Gamer and since I did every single time someone adds a post to it I get a notification listing on the top right of the Tomshardware page. How do I remove notifications from that posting only?

So, yesterday I bought a new AOC 22" monitor specifically the AOC E2275SWJ 22" monitor. I've had no problems with it in terms of colors,resolution or burnt pixels. But, there is one problem I have. On the left side of the monitor (right next to the bezel) there is a 2mm (really small) black bar...

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Hi there, people. Some days ago I asked about the low voltage my DeepCool Aurora 700W was providing on the +12v rail, got some answers, but sadly the PSU died a couple of days ago before I could start my project. The only thing I did was update my former i3 6100 for an i5 6500 a week ago. I...

Hello these are the parts im wanting to combine. I was just given a pc from a friend, the powersupply was bad and i was going to throw his parts into my pc using my current mobo, Hd, and power supply. Hopefully combining the ram if they work, ive been told before its just trial and error for...

Good day everyone :) Could anyone help me find out if Deepcool DA600 is a good PSU for my system ? I couldn't find any good and informative review so came here ) Realhardtechx says that it's made by CWT (as far as I know it's a good PSU making company) and it's max load on +12V is 552W. How...

Hey, everyone! I had an FX-4300 around and i chose to build a system with it. I went on to stress test it but i saw that the temperature readings were weird and wrong everywhere. HWmonitor shows it at 30C at load and 12C at idle, which is impossible with air cooling. There is also another "CPU"...

How to turn off safe search for ever or remove it.When i delete cookies it stays on,when i uncheck safe search it stays on,what do i do??

Hello, I am hesitating between these 2 monitors for gaming. The specs seem to be identical except for the G-Sync module added to the PG27A and a response time of 4ms for PG27A vs 5ms for PB279Q. Now, since I have a 1080 Ti, and since I play stuff like Doom 2016, for which the 4K fps is measured...

I am going to be upgrading my motherboard and case in the near future and am looking for any recommendations. None of the cases I've looked at would fit my needs. I like the new Coffee Lake CPU and was thinking of going in that direction, I know that will mean a new motherboard. So for the...

So right now I don't know what to do with my graphics card At the friday while playing games drivers would crash every five minutes while playing Fornite,and after few crashes Msi afterburner says ''lost connection on gpu'' so I restarted my pc after that Windows loading and everything was slow...

Okay my 1TB hardrive is full just about. I got another thats a 2TB drive, im running on windows 7. Question: Im wanting to clone the 1tb to the 2tb hardrive, but also have windows regonize the 2tb and not just 1tb. Is this possible? I know its possible on a CLEAN install as i done it in the...

I recently chose to go to a previous revision of Windows on my laptop because the new update makes the speakers pop. Only problem is my pc is in a continuous startup loop. How can I fix this? I tried to spam F8 but it gets to a point, says restoring windows, then continues the loop.

Hi, first of all, sorry for my bad english(im portuguese) I was going to buy a new graphics card when i saw that my motherboard wasn't compatible with it(the motherboard is P45(P5Q) and the Graphics card is AMD HD 6670). So if i buy it, am i going use it or not? (ty for the help, im a little bit...

Had this processor since late 2012 and has worked like a charm the whole time but now I think it's time it was upgraded. I'm just stumped on whether to get an 8400 or a 1600. I'm not much of a content creator and tend to just play games. Honestly don't know at this point. Plus I will have to buy...

I currently have the following setup. Router #1: Upstairs w/ devices connected via LAN to the devices. This router also has wifi capability 2.4/5GHz. (Standard Comcast High Speed Modem/Router) Router #2: Connected to Router #1 via LAN. This wireless router is a Linksys Nighthawk router. The...

So my old logitech g430 just broke and im looking for a new headset for around 100$, i saw the new cloud alpha from Hyperx and they look pretty lit, tho since im a fps player i use 7.1 sorround sound a lot and it worries me that the cloud alpha do not come whit 7.1. I've seen videos where the...

Hello.I'm looking to buy a ryzen 5 1500x but i can't find a good mobo and some cheap compatible rams. Any suggestions please? Budget around:180$? Not my currency so this came out of the converter