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so i just sold some of my old ram on ebay but i don't have any anti static bags. would it be safe to just put the sticks between 2 pieces of cardboard and wrap em in bubble wrap?

Hello! So which should i use? Amd A10 8700p(8gb ram) or i3 5010u (6gb ram) or i5 6200u(8gb ram)? I want to play Battlefield 3 and 4 on 60fps and all on low.

Hello, I have a laptop from 2008. I am going to swap out the 2 RAM boards to speed it up. My question doesn't concern the RAM though. When I opened up the back to investigate, I found another board that's by itself, next to a slot that's clearly ready for that board's partner. I wish I could...

Hello , I am going to buy a new mobo , cpu and ram in ~3 months . So should I format my windows (when the new parts placed) and install them again ?

I'm deciding on getting a i5-4460 with a Hyper 212 Evo for the cooler and a ASRock Z97 Extreme4 motherboard. I just want to know if there is any better motherboards that will be more suitable for the cpu. Thank you!

I'll be getting a Skylake i5 6500 for what's in the title above, but would I be better with an i5 6600K? I guess I know what I need for gaming, but my question is, what are good specs for animation/programming? Is 8GBs of RAM good, or do I need 16GB+ ? ANY tips would be great, thank you...

Hi guys quick question ... i currently have a dell optiplex 755 and i want to up grade my current processor to an i7 so i can run better games. Obviously the dell motherboard does not support anything past quad core 2. Do i have to buy a new computer or can i swap the motherboard out for one...

Hello, i have an old Sony Vaio VGN-A297xp PCG-8R1M. I would like to know what it is the max. CPU i can install? Now it is running on 1.8ghz. According to www.cpu-world.com i think 2.1ghz.

I am in a domain user but i have administrator privileges. I am access internet by LAN. (RJ45 cable) Now i want to try to share my LAN and access internet by my android phone through WIFI. For your information I have installed connectify software also and in my PC i have a USB wifi...

My computer turned on and then off. After some tries it turned on again, bur there was no monitor display. I tested the graphic card, ram, power source, even bought a new motherboard but the problem is still the same. I tried tp press the on button for a minute but i didnt work too. Specs: i5...

I'm making a new gaming pc build with the intel i7 4790. I want to ask if the motherboard I've chosen supports the turbo boost 2.0 technology. The motherboard in question is the gigabyte gb-b85m-d2v . The official GB page doesn't specify this. If it doesn't support turbo boost what other...

So I am trying to set up my duel monitors, I've already got them working for multi-tasking, so for instance playing a game on one monitor, while browsing twitch or whatever on the other, but what I'm wanting to do is play games/films on both monitors. I know it can be done. I am currently using...

I bought new laptop Lenovo. When power is switched on the system directly booting to DOS. How to get back to original screen

Hey Guys! I am normally using my desktop for playing, however at the moment I'm on the holiday. I am currently using HP Pavillion TouchSmart 15, with AMD A4 and 8 GB RAM. I have found an offer on local gumtree to get a brand new Lenovo T410. (Intel Core i7 with Turbo boost 3.33 GHZ, 4 GB RAM...

Hello, I had a homebuilt PC with a Asus M2N SLI Deluxe motherboard with a AMD phenom 9550 CPU and 4GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 in it. Well the caps in it blew and now I want to buy an inexpensive AM2+ board to reuse the CPU and Ram that I have left over. Do you have any suggestions for another...

CPU: i5-6600k GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 970 Jetstream Mobo:MSI Z97 Gaming 5 RAM: HyperX Red PSU: Corsair CX750M [ If you have other recommendations, go ahead ] Case: NZXT S340 Razer Ed.

hey guys! My friend just bought me Asus PCI AC68 network card, i have no experience with Asus at all. So i changed my current network card (Alfa AWUS036NHA), my internet connection started dropping specially when playing csgo, other than that the card is very good, i get up to 2 mb speed while...

Hey guys, So I bought a GTX 970 to upgrade my desktop. I also upgraded the power supply to 600 watts. After hooking this all up my computer won't recognise the card. So after reading a few articles I see that you can "force" the card to be recognised by turning off my interior graphics card...

I plan to buy ASUS VS247HR. I wonder if it uses Pulse Width Modulation or not. TIA.

Hey folks, Looking for opinions on my new PC build. I’m planning to build a system that will be amazing now and last me several years. My last rig was built 5-6 years ago and is still running strong, though it has gone through a few upgrades (video cards, HDD, peripherals, monitor, etc.) It was...

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Talifan133/saved/MsXWGX I have a keyboard and monitor. I already have the GPU. I have a Budget of around1300 bucks, but its flexible. I just want to know if this will last me a good while. Any help will be appreciated.

Hi guys, I'm trying to overclock my i7 5820k cpu but my motherboard x99A msi krait keeps on telling me that my cpu does not support overclocking and it wont let me change the cpu ratio it just sits to auto. I don't know if its the cpu or the mobo that has a problem please help. Thank you.

Would I be able to use the av out on the now TV box as a headphone jack??

Hello everybody! am Zyn! I’m glad to found this forum! It looks like a great groups of people on here! Hope to learn more from you guys! Good day! ;) Cheers, Zyn.

hello , i m currently using APC RS 600 360 Watts /600 VA,Input 230V /Output 230V . after 5 to 10min of usage the ups starts off with the beeping sound , even if i m only using anything on it , it still goes off. i have no idea what to do , its about 2 years old . pc specs :- i5 4690k...

I was needing a new computer for autocad work and light gaming. I assembled whatever free parts I could get and bought what I need to finish the build. I was just wanting to know if this build would be a decent entry level build. Cpu: Amd FX-8350 black edition Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P...

I saw Mortal Kombat X on here for very cheap but there is no way its $15 for the Premium Edition i mean it must be fake can someone tell me if its true? The link is below. http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/mortal-kombat-x-premium-edition-pc-cd-key-steam

Hey guys. I'm planning on building a new gaming build next year once I save up enough, but I'm starting to think it's a little too expensive. The Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/5hadowking115/saved/Ys2nTW Can anyone help me cut down on pricing a bit? I'd like to get somewhere around...

Hello members of Tomshardware. I need help overclocking both my cpu and gpu. I have an Asrock 960GM-VGS3 FX motherboard, a AMD FX 6300 Black Edition CPU (Stock Cooler) and a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC (dual fan edition, bought durng my stay in USA at BestBuy). My questions are: -Can I OC both the CPU...

I recently gave a friend of mine an older laptop that I owned, however. In the past I have mirrored a hard drive so that I can upgrade the hard drive space. Don't worry, I used the professional Microsoft mirroring tool. However, on the laptop I gave him I had to restore it to a very early state...

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to make a raspberry pi 2 home server. My plan was to buy the raspberry pi, connect a wall powered usb hub, get some usb to sata data and power cables and connect some desktop hard disk drives. OR Connect some hdd docking stations and plug the hard...

Hey, I've been trying to solve a problem that my Dad has been having with his desktop computer. It seems that whenever he shuts it down, it will boot back up again right away. Some things that we've ruled out: It's not software because this happened while he was running Windows XP, and we've...

So I was moving some wires around and rerouting them (Unplugged/re plugged in wires) but now when I try to boot up my computer gives a "Reboot and select proper boot device" on a black screen. I went to BIOS and I got a UEFI windows manager > Se5.....(Hardrive) > P0: ASUS... (optical drive) in...

I need a single gpu that is capable of getting the highest frames and eye candy for a simulation game called iracing. I'm running at 5760x1080, 60hrtz monitors. I'm stuck between getting the 290x or gtx 970. I'm not thinking the 980 because of the price and if I were to go that high in price I...

Do i need a cooler for this build (I will be gaming btw) http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XkcgNG

the title says it all, is there anychance a factory reset will NOT remove the virus? I am on windows 8.1 and my pc had no disk drive if anyone was gonna sugegst something with a disk. If you have any further questions please ask!

Hi I'm looking for recommendations for a low-cost (ideally about $200) laptop that will be used almost exclusively for watching streaming video and web surfing. I'd prefer a windows system (although I'd be open to a chromebook), and a keyboard (rather than touch-screen). I don't care whether or...

Hello. Early adopter of the HD5970 here, and I really like the card. Should I upgrade? to the 970 or later in the year with the R300 series? Budget: no more than $350 Here is my rig for your consideration:

guys i'm using amd fx processer. amd is hot technology while overclocking in stack fan produce huge noice i'm confused to bye cpu cooler some one suggest me my budget is approx 4000 indian rupees(64 us$) my cpu specs is shown bellow motherboard: gigabyte ga-970a-d3p ram :8gb 1600 (dual channel...

I do know a bit about computers as its what I do in college but I have a problem I cannot fix, I have this notebook which at first was really, REALLY slow, Constant freezing, Did all sorts of scans and came up with clean so I did a fresh install, The computer is one that comes with windows 7...