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I am changing my 5400rpm hdd to Samsung 850 evo so should i fresh install os or just clone it. I have hp laptop g6-2236tx with 3rd gen i7 8gb ddr3 ram 2gb graphics....

Hi everyone, I've had to RMA my Corsair AX650 as it refuses to power on every now and again. The unit is 5 years old and there is no newer version of it - if they can't replace it like-for-like as per their warranty, what would be an acceptable (Corsair) equivalent in terms of build quality and...

Wasnt 100 % sure where to put this thread but I'll try here. So if I boot up, disk usage stays at 99-100%, until pc shuts down. If i then boot up the computer again its fine, and uses "normal" disk usage on idle. I can also just shut it down and it works fine lile that too. However, if i...

I just finished up my watercooling loop and filled it with EKWB CryoFuel Red solution. I am currently bleeding the system and I'm worried as the bubbles in the images look more like condensation then trapped air bubbles. Before this I opened up the monoblock and cleaned the inside as I...

Hello, I plan on purchasing a new laptop for work/gaming in the near future. I'm more than happy with its specs but I'm a bit confused regarding the drives. It comes with two 1TB drives, one SSD and the other HDD. I'm unsure of which drive the computer is going to be booting off of. I'm assuming...

So I'm planning for a build, and now that I have most of the components down, I want to know how good it is, and if I made any mistake! CPU: i9 7920X Cooler: CRYORIG A40 CR-A4A Hybrid Liquid Cooler 240mm Radiator with Additional Airflow Fan Motherboard: Obviously depends on the CPU, but the...

Hello. I've been experiencing isues with my laptop temperature while gaming, aswell as massive framerate drops and plenty of lag spikes/microstuttering. Before you ask, yes, I have cleaned up my laptop. There was actually a lot (and I mean a lot) of dust inside and it was generally just very...

I have a ga-ab350m-gaming 3 motherboard and a full atx PSU. I was wondering if anyone makes a case like the node 202 for full PSUs and mATX mobos? Thank you for anything and everything.

I have the G11CD case and the interior is kind of like on of those early 2000s and how do I manage the cables in that case?

Hello, I would like to know which one is good in quality, performance, heat (cooling), power limits that hinder the GTX 1070, portability, , battery, auto live updates and support, which one could be worth it for gaming. Please note that both options have free cooling system, either Free IC...

Sooo Im Planning To Buy An Asus STRIX GTX950-DC2OC Videocard 2gb 128bit OC DDR5 But A Deepcool DE-500w is enought to Cover it With APU A10-7850K And 2 Sticks Of Kingston HyperX Fury 4gb

Hey guys, I'm currently sitting on a HD 4670 GPU, really old GPU. And recently I got a little bit of money and decided to buy a R7 250X or if it's not available then a 550TI, both used. I have a crap PSU "MS Industrial Pro 550W" and was told I would need a better PSU since this one only outputs...

Just wondering if this cable kit: https://store.cablemod.com/product/cablemod-e-series-g2-p2-basic-cable-kit/ would work with this graphics card:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GLYD7MG/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_10?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I have an amd fx9590, with a full open loop cooling system. I have a 280x140 45mm thick full copper radiator, 2 decnt push fans and on 140x37.5 thick high power pull fan (only had room for one on the back for the rad). It's got pure distilled water in and a bit of biocide in to stop it getting...

i tried recording it to see what is written on the box and it was empty, the title was "taskeng.exe", i tried fixing it but nothing seems to work. this has been going for couple of days now.

I want to buy a CPU and my budget is around Rs13000, I prefer Intel 7500 But do not know much about ryzen CPU's So I wanna ask that is ryzen 1500x is a better option and if not then which CPU did I choose.

Hello, I was wondering, since I'm new to the whole building a computer thing, if I could have some advise on an $800-1000 gaming build, or if that's too low, a $1000-1200 build. The games I would like to be able to play are dishonored 2, dark souls 3, and other similarly graphics intensive...

I have a Dell Inspiron 5558, my display has a resolution of 1366x768 non touch and I found some panels that were 1080p with touch screen, I was wondering if it would be possible for me to upgrade my laptop's monitor with a better one.

I have a server that I connect to my home network using PPTP VPN the problem I have is that I can't open port to the server on my router. I'll explain: The server gets the IP: 192.168.1.200 and my Raspberry Pi that has the PPTP server has the IP 192.168.1.87. When I go onto my router it looks...

Can someone walk me through how to connect my laptop to my wifi connection manually? I've tried many that I've found online but when I connect it says I don't have connection so I'm obviously doing something wrong. I need to manually connect to the wifi IP address because it may fix a problem...

Are there SATA 3 HD Male to USB3 Male Cables on the market? i ask this question, as I am into PC Audio, and haven't managed a answer from any where else. Is it possible to make or purchase a lead, that would provide data transfer only (not power) from a WD RED SATA3 HDD to a USB3 input ? Now i...

I'll try to give you what I can. I have a GTX 660 right now with an Intel i7-4770. I believe I have a 600w power supply and an ASUSTek H81M-PLUS. Honestly, I have no idea about the motherboard. But I want to do an upgrade sometime soon. My question is, do I go for a GTX 980 or a 1070? I can't...

I'm a bit worried now about the speaker and amp config I was planning to buy. I was planning on buying a pair of Klipsch R-15M speakers which are rated 85w continuous and an amp in a few weeks, but recently saw an Onkyo tx 8020 100w (50 wpc) stereo amp on sale for about $100 and dumbly bought...

My pc randomly froze I noticed because my mouse disconnected. I unplugged mouse replugged in and it lit up but pc screen was still froze. I turned off PC and turned back on and all it will do is turn on for 2-3 seconds then power off and then turn back on 2-3 seconds then off in a loop...

I'm pretty much ignorant about *Bottleneck*, although I'm planning to build a PC and I'm curious if it will Bottleneck or if it'll run with no worries, if there's something you want to suggest then feel free. Here are the specs: Monitor: Samsung 1600x900(Decent but I'm planning to buy a 1920...

Ok, I'm on the latest Win10 build, and I dont know if this is the right category, but here goes. In windows 10, is it possible to change the background color of just the file explorer? I'm not talking about themes. The high contrast black looked good enough, but every icon had unseemly borders...

Hi people, i got offered this deals of some cpus; i7 6700 for $220 us dlls (new with stock cooler) i7 4790 for 135 us dlls (it doesnt have a cooler) i5 6400 for 130 us dlls (it is used but it haves a cooler) i5 3750 for 50 dlls (used, no cooler) which one should i get and why? i want to get the...

Im building my first pc and the components are: asus maximus IX hero motherboard , intel i7 7700k, intel 600p 256GB ssd, G.skill (8GBx2) Ripjaws v. DDR4 3200 mhz CL16 memory, MSI Geforce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1, Corsair 650w,vs650 power supply, ID-Cooling se-214x 120mm pwm. with LG 25UM58-P 25inch...

Can asus p55 support gtx1080 I need answer quickly plzzzz

Hi guys :). Thanks for your help on building my new pc, its almost done. Just have one more question. Whats the best mobo for oc an i5-6400? My budget for it is 150 dlls. Thanks

I have been using ccleaner for years & never had any issues. But this time I cant find some of my excel worksheets or microsoft word documents. I have looked everywhere I can think of. Is there some way to reverse what I did? Thank you guys so much!

Hi Guys, Long time lurker on here for many a year. So I just got finished with my latest build: ■ Thermaltake Core V1 ■ AMD 7860K ■ Samsung EVO 850 256GB SSD ■ BeQuiet SystemPower 500W (Amazing by the way) ■ 8GB HyperX Fury Ram ■ ASROCK A88M-ITX/AC ■ Noctua NH L9i It is far and away my...

when clicked on the power button the options to restart, sleep, shutdown is not available and task manager option is greyed out. When tried to shut down using alt + f4 it gives out an error message to contact system administrator.

my specs core: i3-3210 3.2 ghz (dual core) mobo;intel dh61ww ram:16gb gpu;msi gtx 1060 gaming x(6gb) can my PC give me atleast 60fps on a 1080p monitor for watch dogs 2 and battlefield 1 and some other AAA games?

which one should i buy, i mean i can afford both but will a core I5 really be necessary for an average gamer like me and how relevant will the G4560 be in the next 2 years please help :)

Firstly, I didn't know what category to put this under so that's why it is just under 'Windows 10'. Okay, so Drivers, I've heard of them. But I have no clue what they do, what they're for, how to access them, how to download them or how to use them. I do not know what programs/software etc. I...

A few months ago I went to fix my computer because I could only hear a buzzing noise on my computer and nothing Else. Currently I can hear everyhing except the soundcard is broken because regardless of the microphone used, there is an extreme buzzing noise and everyone listening to it has their...

I received two Hard disk drives that are formatted or mapped as network drives. I want to use them as drive D: and drive E: in a PC or as two external hard drives. In a PC when I want to format them, I am told "you cannot format a network drive". If I install them in an external enclosure, I...