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I have a lenovo e41-15 laptop with 4gb ram It runs on and a6 7310 apu so I was planning to upgrade the single slot memory from 4 GB to 8gb as I read APU's have significant improvements over ram upgrade to get better fps in few games like nfs 2012 and ASC1 Is the upgrade worth? It seems it has...

So I’m having this issue with a few parts on whether to buy now when I see a decent sale or bank on getting a better one during Black Friday ir Cyber Monday. I’m looking at getting the Corsair Crystal 280x RGB which retails for about $160 and is on Newegg for $110 (with a MIR). Is it worth it to...

Hello, A while back I had some problems with an Asus Z97-P after BIOS flashing and a Power Outtage. So here is the question I have. Is it possible to use a completly different MB with Dual BIOS remove the secondary BIOS Chip and flash the Z97-P BIOS onto the bricked chip. The other MB in...

I got a i7 8700 with a msi z370 sli plus mobo, an intel optane and 2x 8gb ram sticks. after a couple hours of installing and using the new setup i have been getting this weird clicking noise in repetitions every few hours. I made a recording of this noise using my cellphone. Its low quality and...

So I recently returned back to my home and was excited to rebuild my computer to play some games. Before I left I took apart my computer and put the parts back in there boxes for storage so nothing would happen to them while I was gone. After I rebuilt my computer I started to experience a...

I just bought a gtx 1060 3gb graphics card, and after installing the card and it's drivers windows (7) would go through the "starting windows" screen without a problem, and then just lose all signal when booting. I removed the graphics card to see it work perfectly and removed the graphics...

I am typing along and have about one quarter of the document done. I save this part. Next I am in the middle of typing and suddenly what I have just typed has disappeared. Why?

Im currently having a problem where my computer restarts when playing games like deatiny 2 or even world of war craft but the monitor wouldnt turn on after the reboot happend Spec: Asus strixs x370 f gaming Asus strix rx470 4g 16gb of trident z rgb ddr4 Ryzen 1700 w/ 240 coolermaster. Water cooler

I have taken delivery of a Leibert Emerson UPS , GXT3-2000RT230 ( second hand ). It was made safe for transport by putting it into " any mode shutdown" by apparently bridging terminals 1 and 2 on the rear of the unit which isolates the batteries from the DC bus inside. How do i bring it back...

I recently bought a new Msi GTX 1070 and have been getting very very poor performance in even incredibly easy to run games like League of Legends. Games that should easily be topped out are struggling to run on medium settings at a constant 60 fps. I have tried to clean install the drivers and...

Hi, i currently have put this rig together, and will be buying it soon, my budget was £800 so it has gone over a little but thats fine, i want to know how well this setup will run games such as Rust? Arma 3? H1Z1? if anyone can give me a rough idea that would be great! Would this system be able...

So I recently started recording games for youtube and even streamed some when I got my gaming laptop. I started off using OBS, but then moved to xsplit later on. Recording worked fine, I was getting a solid framerate, the audio sounded great, and there didn't seem to be a problem. Just 5 days...

Hi all, I was lucky enough to find out after buying a MSI 970 GTX that my current motherboard is incompatible and that there is no BIOS update to solve this. Why? For some reason I bought a prebuilt HP machine 5 years ago. My current specs are as follows: i7 2600 8GB DDR RAM (2x4GB) 660 GTX...

Which is better. An Intel Pentium 4 745 or a celeron 450. I'm looking for the best single core CPU for an LGA 775 socket

Hey, I currently have an FX6831-01c with an AMD 5850HD. I've had this PC since 2010 and has served me well for playing games up until recently. I'm not big on maxing out graphics, and have been able to play The Phantom Pain, Fallout 4, and The Witcher 3 without any issues at the lowest...

The desktop is xp and the laptop is windows 7 and I want pics to go from desktop to laptop Susan D.

I changed my old hd 4830 for hd 6750,i know it's not much of an upgrade but i'm only playing euro truck simulator 2 and some other games very rarely, but after i changed my cards i'm experiencing some strange problem so here it is:If i'm playing games on 60 fps it's smooth but if my fps drop to...

I have tried at least 5 times at doing this and still it doesn't work. The update that fails is: Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3106932) - Error 0x800736b3 Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi all. I just got a new 250 gb ssd. All I want to do is install windows 10 and a few games on it. I've read this question here http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1970730/installi... but I couldn't get any info from it. I figured out everything up to the part where they talk about running...

I don't know what to do, do you have any suggestions ??

My build: CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($97.88 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-TB 86.7 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.78 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ares...

I have an ethernet hub but it's in a terrible spot so the wifi box is in the middle of the house. I was wondering if I could somehow make it deliver an ethernet signal to my bedroom without having to put the box back in the hub so that the wifi still gets a decent signal.

Daughter broke vga onboard monitor connector completely off motherboard. I re-installed a gforce 210 gpu that previously worked great in this same machine but I am unable to change the video output to pci-e in bios setup because I can't view the monitor. Any suggestions, please. Maybe log the...

Seems to me, the Intel CPU labelled as low powered are just identical version of the regular CPU BUT with their max running frequency capped. If I don't push my box often and am mostly running near idle speed, seems like a low power cpu doesn't do me any good as far as electricity saving or...

I got new parts and tried to build a gaming PC. However, the system wouldn't boot up so I was trying to unplug everything so I could reassemble it outside the case which, admittedly, I should have done from the beginning. However, when I was attempting to unplug USB 3 cable from the inside of...

Hey guys, I am building my own pc, and the case I wanted to use doesn't have a place for a dvd drive, so I am presuming I need to install windows on a usb? If so, how do I go about this?! Case - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_1510&products_id=27479

Hello! Before I purchase this build, will all the parts work together, and will the psu be powerful enough to power the system? Thanks a ton! Flynn http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/flynntes/saved/wV2TwP

My problem is two fold. The main issue is that I have to use my laptop for labs for class, we have to connect to a remote Linux server, I use windows and therefore am using PuTTY. The issue is that when I was sitting in class and tried to connect to the University's network I got the error...

Hello all I have a 4 year old Acer Aspire 7745g laptop that has been running hot for a while. It idles at around 50 C, but any games increases that to around 70-80 C. I'm using a laptop cooling stand with two fans, which helps a bit, but not as much as it used to. I finally decided to take it...

I don't know who my mother brought this computer from but its a toshiba satellite A215-s5829 laptop. The product key as well as the activation key is not up to date nor was the windows itself. It kept saying windows not updated but didnt think it would cras to wheres it wont even get past this...

we bought laptops through our school, i am now finshed and the school still has the admin rights thus making the laptop pretty unusable as i cant install any programs, or uninstall for that matter. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, I just move all my part from my mini tower to a bigger tower and brought a corsair 430 power supply. I have plug everything except the front panel because my small motherboard from mini tower doesn't have front panel, Now, I can't turn the computer on and I think I need to plug one of the...

Recently built a new PC and used an old hard disk with an OS on (win2k). Everything worked fine. I decided to put a new hard disk in to replace the (by now particularly old) previous hard disk. I have installed an IBM 120XP. Once BIOS has started up it recognises the new drive and gives its...

Hey guys I am making a new gaming rig and have decided to go with Mother Board- GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128384&Tpk=GIGABYTE%20GA-MA790GP-UD4H%20AM2%2b%2fAM2%20AMD%20790GX%20HDMI%20A Now it...

Question: I have a IBM60gxp hd and sometimes it´s making clicking sounds, during this "click-period" I´m not doing anything particular with the computer, not playing games or running any programs, what is the cause of this? I´ve read that clicking sounds (loud) is a indication of harddrive...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Please help. I have a simple network -- 2 Windows XP computers and 1 Windows 2000 computer hooked up through a router. Every few months, the network stops working and I typically spend about 8 hours trying to figure out why...

Hello, I just built an HTPC system using an AMD A8-5600k. I have not installed an operating system but the BIOS is stating a temperature of 57. I've let it sit for a bit and that's the highest it'll go. I'm using the stock heatsink and no overclocking has been performed. The board is a...

Hello, when i first start a game or a dvd on my ps3 the sound will fade in and takes about 5 sec. is this normal?

if you have a ups does it have to be rated at the psu rating ex. if you have a 750 watt psu do you need a 750 watt ups or can you go higher or lower for the ups

Recently my card have been working fine and I was playing LoL for a few hours and I turned my computer off since I'll be eating my lunch. Then after eating I went back to my computer, turned it on then for some reason there is no display but e components are working. So is this a sign of a dead...