Trident

Since I built this system in 2013 it's had an occasional problem where when I go to power it on or wake from sleep the power light blinks and the fans spin for about a half second then it won't do anything even if I push the power button again. The lights on the motherboard stay lit. The only...

The question is simple : If i've a old mobo like a B350 and an old ryzen like a 1600. Is fine to update the bios to a version compatible with ryzen 2 processors and still using the old cpu? Seems a bit dumb but i've tested with my aorus x370 k7 with my 1800x updating the bios from an f10 to an...

I have a msi b350 gaming plus mother Board and I have a Ryzen 5 2400g. I can’t figure out where my case header goes on the board. My case is the Phanteks Enthoo pro full tower.

Hello there. I've recently changed thermal paste to my cpu and now I can't manage to plug all the cables back in order for my pc to work again. When I turn the power on I can see the pc lights on, but it won't boot. I guess I didn't plug the power switch and the other cables mentioned in the...

Hi Guys, I just bought a new build to update my 5 years cpu and mobo. I Bought the Aorus Z390 pro rev1 with an I7 9700k and a new Gskill trident Z RGB DDR4 ram 32GB. I am using and Evo212 with arcsilver thermal paste The computer wont post. and the Dram led is red with cpu led flashing every...

Is my CPU bottlenecking the rest of my rig? Ive found that even when upgrading my Graphics card from a 1030 to a 1050ti and adding 8gb more ram, my in game fps and such didnt increase, and my streaming is still mediocre quality at best, with low frames and rare freezes. Is my Ryzen 3 1200...

I'll upgrade my whole system but i'll be getting a new gpu in the long term..

I gave my cousin my old computer with the processor which is in the title, but upon him taking it back to his house, games started to lag on his computer. I remotely tried to troubleshoot, and with inspection saw that his processor temps were pretty high. I'm assuming that either the processor...

I think my gpu is being bottlenecked by my cpu (Gtx1060 6gb and intel i5-7500) is there any way i can actually check that? if there is and i do end up seeing that it is bottlenecked, which cpu would allow my gpu to go 100%? according to some of my friends, they have no trouble getting 150+ fps...

In order for them to play out of both ears, i need to push the cord in with force, and the moment i let go it goes back to one ear. ANy thoughts?

I own a Sapphire R9 Nitro Fury 1020Mhz (11247-04-40G). When i launch a game shortly after starting my PC i noticed that after about 10 mintues it goes from a max 1020 to around 700-900 Mhz. I tried everything i thought of. My temps reach a max of 72C. I even turned on manual fan target and tried...

Intel i5 4690 Geforce 1060 6Gb 8GB DDR3 ram (unknown clock) Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 This is a problem only with fallout 76, other games and applications have been tested and work normally, as expected. The game started up originally running at 60fps @ 1080p. Ran perfectly fine for multiple...

i have rtx 2070 and i5 9600k but i only get 60% gpu usage in king dome come deliverance..

Hello all, I have a pavilion g6 1215et laptop. When I start laptop, fan starts and working normally, but when cpu temperature goes down, fan starts slowing with weird noises and stops. After it stops laptop starts beeping(single beeps) randomly. Laptop becomes very hot like 99 degrees and the...

im searching for a new mobo to go with the 8700k. i noticed alot of the z390 are only £35ish more than the z370's. i know the z390's are made for the 9th gen chips but is there any advantage to getting it for the 8700k? better overclocking/better power efficiency ect. exaexample. MSI Z370...

My laptop screen cable recently broke. Can this be a cause that prevents my laptop to startup and from charging. Because it is when the screen cable broke when it refused to start and charge.

Hello, So my cpu fan is running 1500rpm when idle and while gaming. Is it normal? If not what can i do? It's stock intel fan and it's clean. Temperatures are ok. My motherboard is gigabyte b360m ds3h.

im playing gta4 on my pc and i just recently started getting an orange color coming from only two guns that i use in the game and it only happens in a certain area of the game. its like a orange flicker when i shoot the gun. its not my graphics card because i tried a different pc and it still...

So I have clean installed windows 10 on my pc hoping the stutter would go away. Right now, I'm downloading tencent gaming pubg mobile on PC and then it was so slow, I found out on my task manager that something is using almost every bit of my connection (3mbps) it's called: Service Host: Local...

I want to purchase a CPU, and I found a i5 8600k which is 3.6 ghz, and i7 8700 which is 3.2 ghz. Now my question is which is better,in terms of speed and for future gaming etc, both are 6 cores.

Hi All, I have an issue that is noticed 99% of the time when playing games (Fortnite, CSGO, LoL etc). My PC (Windows 10) will randomly freeze and i will have to force restart. I have run hardware tests and dont seem to be able to put a finger on it. My PC specs are: PC Specs: CPU - Intel Core...

I have HP Omen 17 and the fan speed bothers me even while just browsing or moving cursor it turns on and spins at 2200rpm. I saw on a couple of posts that it is possible to change at which temp it will start spinning using program RWEverything. Can someone help me to figure how to do it? Here...

I switched from core2duo to core2quad but it is still showing me 2 cores and 2 threads on c2q.I am currently using win7 32bit os.Please help me.

I’m wondering if the r5 1600 will bottleneck the vega 56 on 1080p much at all? Thanks!

How can i calculate the remaining life of my hard disk drive? It's a 1 TB Seagate barracuda 7200 rpm from 2011 which i have partitioned into 130 GB and 800 GB, and ~ 100 GB free space is left.

hye if i currently using gskill aegis 4gb ddr4 2133 Mhz,can i add G.skill Aegis 4g 2400Mhz.because its diffrent speed..would it run as normal?

I have a 6700k on an Asus z170 deluxe along with a 970 gtx. I've been debating upgrading as of late and am a little overwhelmed with all the CPU choices currently. Initially I was looking at an 8086k from earlier this year and possibly holding out for an z390 mobo. After more reading i may skip...

Right now I'm buying and gathering pc parts for my first gaming station. But I'm currently stuck. At home we have a Tv just laying around. Its actually quite new and basically unused. Would this work as a monitor for my pc or should I just buy a brand new one aimed for gaming? The Tv is a...

Id like to buy some gaming headset but Im only able to spend up to 60$ so I think Im gonna go for some used headset rather than new. What I usually play is CS GO, Battalion 1944, PUBG & Fortnite and ever since Siberia v2 came out I had them and I was really satisfied with the quality of the...

I've gotten a text message from my bank that says "Payment of 9.99 USD was completed, Merchant GOOGLEGameloftInc gcohelppay US" I am using an iPhone and i don't have any connections with Google, so what can i do to get my money back, i checked with my friends and family and none of them used my...

So i bought a pc (used) recently and i have been getting 15-30 fps on games like Rust, csgo and Overwatch despite using lowest settings. I bought the 1 year old pc used, i don't know a lot about pc's but i belive the psu might be the lacking component as i dont know what else could be wrong...

So im wanting to get this cooler https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-MasterLiquid-MasterFan-MLX-D12M-A20PW-R1/dp/B01N57LAE0 to cool my ryzen 3 1200 but im confused on where the fans will go? do they mount onto a case fan slot? if so i have one spare, but it seems really thick so im...

For starters, I have a MSI B350 gaming pro carbon and I'm switching from a EVGA gtx 750 to a Gigabyte gtx 1050 ti. My PSU is a Corsair CX750M. I uninstalled the old drivers with DDU, and replaced the gpu. The gpu did not come with any power cables and my psu doesn't have any other cables that...

After I plugged a mike with a self-contained battery into my asus laptop, all sound went dead. No internal or external mic, no speakers, no headphones. Could the mic have blown an audio fuse, of some sort, within the laptop? It does not seem to be merely an issue of the external mic being...

Hi guys. So my current system consists of the following.. I5 3570k Gtx 1080 16gb ddr3 1600mhz ram Gigabyte z77n motherboard Windows 10 64 I seem to be able to play most games comfortably with pretty high frame rates at 1440p and not far from maxed out settings, however the games I play the...

Desperate for help, I have a R5 2600 and evga GeForce gtx 1080 I cannot play games on full screen because they will freeze and I have to restart my whole computer I made sure all the resolution and scaling settings are set correct in the control panel and Nvidia control panel I have a 180hz g...

I want to purchase ASSEMBLED CPU following parts Intel i5 8th generation Gigabyte b360m d3h 8 GB ram 2 TB hard disk Graphic card 2 gb But Plz. let me know which cabinet i am purchase. Normal cabinet with smps Or Cooler master without smps cabinet Plz. Help me for this...

This is my first build. PCU Corsair AX760 Pro Motherboard Asus Rog Strix Z370 H CPU i7 8700 Hexa Core 3.2Ghz Corsair Hydro H100x Liquid Cooler Corsair Vengeance RGB 16gb 8x2 3200 mhz i connected all components but pc does not post. The Led Ram light lits up as orange on motherboard. I notice...

I am unsure of why wiggling my CPU power connector sometimes makes my fans come on. I have a Asus Prime B350M-E Motherboard, a EVGA 550 G3 550W PSU, a Ryzen 5 1600, a be quiet! Pure rock slim CPU cooler, a Thermaltake versa H15 case with the pre-installed fan in the rear and 2 be quiet! pure...

Hi guys, i need some help and advise so that i wont screw my shit up :bounce: My current setup MOBO Gigabyte B250m HD3 with CPU i5-7500 running on windows 10 pro I'm planning to upgrade my MOBO to Gigabyte Z370 HD3 1151 board with a i7-8700 CPU If i were to upgrade my MOBO and CPU, will i...