#tomshardware

Hello Tom's Harware Forum, I have a very low budget but i want to play some low end games with some content creation and editing, so i decided to make a 4th gen pc build. But one thing that always confuse me. I want to take I5-4400 processor and Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH motherboard. But i5-4400...

I have 4gb graphic card, the problem is that the game which I play is using only 300mb of vram, but there is error with game setting is that your graphic memory exceeds or near..please low the settings

So I have 1050ti and wanted to know if it is compatible with motherboard- A88gmv And yes CPU - athlon ii x2 and 270 I know it will bottleneck but wanted to know if 1050 or 1050ti will work with motherboard And yes my PSU is 500 watt Enter e500r Which does not have any 6-pin PCI-E power connectors.

I know that freesync makes the monitors refresh rate the same as the GPU's and it stops screen tearing but doesn't screen tearing happen when the GPU does more than the monitor can handle. How does it being able to change refresh rate affect screen tearing?

Hi guys i have a burned smd transistor in my gtx 770 , so anyone can help me to know his smd code to replace it Thanks

I have a hard time understanding something about bottlenecks. I currently have a 4790k and 2x 1080TI SLI and I'm running at 1080p. Before you start telling me that I'm an idiot for not having a better monitor, I want to know the answer to this simple question: If the CPU can't handle frames at...

So, im getting really frustrated, my pc with 2x 850 evos and 1tb hdd keeps freezing up every 15 mins or so. Either mouse or keyboard will freeze, sometimes a wiggle will get the mouse to work, or my keyboard will just refuse to type or function. I have a razer deathadder elite and a korsair k70...

Lately my cpu (X4 860K) with stock cooler is being really noisy to the point I will just quit the game. I have got the following components: -ASRock FM2A58M-DG3+ -AMD Athlon X4 860K -Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB - PSU: EVGA 430W - 8gb Ram (only one strip) Im still not very good with pc's but I...

I have a Lenovo yoga 3 pro 1370 with a burnt smd component on the mother board near where the power connector is. I can Not find a schematic for this motherboard. Is there a way to visually identify what the component is? I would like to try and harvest the part from another board and attempt...

My laptop is a fairly new HP, it was my dad's until he recently gave it to me. He's never mentioned any problems with its internet. I think it was a windows 7 before it updated to windows 10. Recently I moved out, and the internet modem belongs to my flatmates so I don't really want to mess...

Hey everybody! I am lost and can't figure out why my computer does this. Hoping you awesome guys can help me out. So the most accurate info I have, is that the computer just restarts without warning. I don't get a "Restarting" screen or anything. The computer just shuts down, and then starts up...

Hello! I was wondering if ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AM3+/AM3 fully supports AMD FX 8350?

I have to upgrade my old PC and this is what i came up with, do you think this is a good system? CPU: Intel i5 6600K 3.5Ghz Socket 1151 MOBO: MSI Z170-A Pro GPU: MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6GB Power: Corsair CX-500W (80+) RAM: DDR4 16gb 3000mhz cl15 DIMM Predator (2x 8Gb) Cooler...

Hello guys.I'm gonna build a new gaming/editing overclockable pc for about 1000 euros.I just made a quick synthesis,any opinions?(the links are from a greek website,sorry for that) case:http://www.skroutz.gr/s/7978299/Corsair-Carbide-Series-88R.html...

I'm upgrading to an X99 system and am interested in everyone's thoughts on these two boards: 1. GIGABYTE X99-UD3P (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128772) 2. MSI X99A SLI PLUS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130841) This is for a 5820K based...

I'm looking for a fan controller that can handle 18 of these fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68V21E0611&cm_re=silent_wings_2_120mm-_-9SIA68V21E0611-_-Product Any suggestions? I will be using this for zone control...

Hey guys, Please check out my rig and let me know if I can add a second monitor. I am currently using an ASUS 27" 1440P monitor. To me more exact: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236294&cm_re=asus_27%22_1440p-_-24-236-294-_-Product I wanted to add a 4K monitor...

I've recently added WDC Green power 1TB Hard Drive to my system, and it makes barely noticeable ticking sound every two seconds, but that's not the only problem, the biggest one is that it rapidly slowed down BIOS check time down to 3 minutes, and system loaded in 30 minutes only, I bought this...

Need help here,im used to be a gaming type of guy n i always keep myself up to date with pc stuff but that was 3 years ago,now i lost tracked and i need your guys opinion on which affordable card i can use to replace my old card,my specs are windows 7,amd phenom ii processor,600w power...

Hi guys,just needed some quick help in over clocking my zotac gtx 970.I actually am not sure how much should i exceed,a lil bit concerned about not to blow up my card..So plz give me some tested number,thanks in advance

Hello, I have only found limited practice exams online for the CompTIA A+ Exams, and some of them are not current with the 801/802 exams. Does anyone know of a good site for free practice questions or exams that are accurate? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

when i start my hp it starts normally but then it hangs up on a purple screen for about 5 minutes before my desktop shows up-pls somebody help me-ive scanned and scanned and nothing