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I have 2 4gb 1600 and 2 4gb 2100. would it be better to combine all 4 for 16gb and over clock the 1600 a bit or just use the 8gb of 2100 ?

I plan on getting two black ice nemesis GTS series slim radiators (30mm thick) with very low speed fans, A 360mm in the top and a 280mm on the front. Are the GTS series worth buying over say ekwb's SE radiators which are slightly cheaper? What fans would people suggest for very low speeds and...

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...

The Clevo P775dm3 is really appealing to me, as I deal intensively with cyber security tools and virtual machines in my current studies. Right now I am using a Macbook pro, and it is lagging behind like crazy... and I have to use the schools provided VMs which is a huge pain. Whoever says you...

My toshiba L55t was working well, after a while i try turning it on, no lights whats so ever, i plugged charger, no LED indicator is on, wont power up, I tried removing the battery and holding on button for a while then plugged the charger, the white(full battery) was on, but when i press the...

I will preface this with my computer specs: i5 2500k at 3.7Ghz (this is with the "overclock" that my chipset is capable of) B75a-G43 MSI Motherboard 8Gb DDR3 (2x4Gb) 1600Mhz, limited at 1333Mhz HIS R9 290 IceQ x2 4Gb 120Gb SSD 1Tb HDD 700W Thermaltake Toughpower (old but it works) Windows 7...

I would want to upgrade my RAM memory but I don't know anything about it. I want to upgrade from my: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00 To a 16GB ram memory (2 times 8GB sticks) I don't know what brand to...

I currently have an 850 EVO SSD (500 GB, full) of which Windows 10 and all other data are on. Also, I have a 1TB WD Black Series that is completely empty. Both of these are installed and functioning properly. Today, I have bought another 850 EVO and wish to install it and then setup my system...

I'm limping along on my current system, and hoping to get some quick feedback on a new build. My budget is limited at the moment, so I'm open to building something modular that I can expand on in the coming months. Below is my attempt at hitting my $1500 budget on a 2011-3 platform with the...

My current laptop using the integrated graphics and then using the Nvidia control panel, I use the Nvidia Card for games. Currently my cpu is defected so I only run off the Nvidia by disabling the cpu display and it KILLS my battery. I also someone told me Nvidia cards are for gaming and not for...

I currently have a gtx 980 TI ASUS H97 PRO GAMER MOTHERBOARD I'm looking for somethign where i can play games and bot at the same time. Currently i'm using a I3 ( i know it's terrible) I can run some instances but after x amount it just gets to 100% cpu. I am looking for a proccesor where i can...

Hi, I'm trying to "reset" Windows 10 after an update that's messed everything up. I was else where and heard my computer restart, came in to see what happened and Windows had automatically done an update. After the update happened None of my programs, start bar etc are responsive. I click and...

So, I have a Intel Core i7 4790K with stock cooler (i do not overclock) and when i play 15 mins of Battlefield 1 (which.. i believe is quite CPU intense) i'm hitting up temps of around 77 degrees in gameplay. I have had my PC for around 2 months and dust is not the issue. Is this kind of...

i am buying an old i7 2600k + digilite motherboard + corsiar 8gb ram for 7500inr what should i check for a fault and how sould i check it on software for cpu problems.please help thankyou

I get that VRAM is useful for high resolution in gaming but what does it do for normal computer use. as in how much is needed for a pc that doesn't do gaming e.g. a pc for photo editing

I have an ASUS X550JX with NVIDIA GTX 950M 2GB and a couple weeks ago my laptop got this adware and u can't find it, so I just refreshed my Windows 8.1 and reinstalled everything from ASUS and stuff... I also updated NVIDIA driver ! But strangely enough my GTA 4 lose some of it framerate than...

I have this camera SNC-CX600 camera that I can't get to connect to Wi-Fi. If I hardwire it to my network, it comes up instantly with an IP in my router. Once I take the CAT5E out and try to connect via WPS nothing happens. I've tried power cycling it(hard resetting it by pushing in little...

In this comparasment which one is better http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=3&pids=6068,6089

I am connected to my router on multiple devices, but none of them actually have access to internet. DHCP is enables, right ports are open, Tried resetting the router in all ways possible ( Loging on, replug from power socket, and pressing the hard reset button ). Nothing works, even replugged...

Hey, I bought a 690 a few days back installed it using latest drivers , but it's only accessing one half of the gpu, I can confirm this using gpuz it's says that sli is disabled. I have looked in nvidia control settings and the option for turning sli is not there at all. I think this could be...

Hello, I've got some questions that sound rather dumb but really need help answering them, first time trying to build a PC. I noticed under the specs for the Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H DDR4 mobo to have this warning "Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of...

Hello All, First I would like to apologize for the lengthy post, but I want to provide enough details and walk you guys through what i have done trying to troubleshoot my issue. I built my first PC couple weeks ago and it worked beautifully for only about a week. Here are my components...

Recently my grandparents died and they left behind boxes and boxes of photographs of our family history, some going back over 100 years (old black powder flash photos on tin plates). They family has requested that I digitize them all. Needless to say, that is going to be a lot of work. I have...

Have an ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0 mobo with FX-8350 cpu and was wondering if there is a way to make it run at the 4.2gHz level constantly. Currently I have the BIOS set to the middle (normal) function [1 is quiet 2 is normal 3 is Turbo mode] in the BIOS settings and it runs at 4.0 consistently...

I bought a new 4gb DDR3 1333MHz RAM(A-data) today and installed in my PC which already had a 4gb DDR3 1333MHz RAM(kingston). The 2 RAMs were detected as 8gb and there were no visible errors or problems. Both of them were fixed to right DIMM slots and were in dual channel(CPU-Z). They have same...

So I recently moved into a new apartment, and my roommate and I share one of those portable routers that you plug into the wall for WiFi. The router is close to my room so I am using an Ethernet cord plugged into the LAN slot on the router to access the internet. I like to game (League of...

Hi, I saw cheap pc in web, with that parts: CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 Ram: DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) Motherboard: ASUS Z97M-PLUS Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 HDD: Western Digital Caviar 500GB Internal 7200RPM 3.5" (WD5002AALX) Power supply: XILENCE ATX2.3...

Will it fit? Would I need a low profile? It's a sff

How much the maximum RAM can be upgrade for Lenovo Ideapad 100-14IBD 80RK0045MJ?

Hey, I was looking into upgrading a Dell Optiplex 755 minitower and bought an EVGA Geforce GTX 750ti. I bought a PCI E x16 cable riser, and managed it to make it fit so I could put the cover. I believe none of the parts of the GPU are touching the motherboard, but I'm not sure that even if it...

I have just built my first windows-operating PC, and I have no idea how to connect to the internet. I want to connect to the internet with a LAN cable, but apparently it either doesn't work or requires me to do something to it for it to work. Thanks.

After Power Down the orange WiFi & HD Lights Stay on my Compaq CQ61. Will run the battery down. Have changed battery. Didn't notice when this started. Everything else works fine.

Help! When trying to fit the GPU screw into the case, it dropped and got stuck somewhere under the GPU. I then made a big mistake and tried to unlock the card from the pcie slot and now it's stuck. I really don't want to break the pcie slot hinge or the GPU pcb My GPU is zotac amp omega 980 ti...

Hi just looking to know how big windows 10 is so i know what size of a ssd to get? Thanks

Hi Guys! Well I have been using AVG Free edition as my anti virus protection. But then there is question came into my mind that there are so many things for security protection, like I found anti virus, anti malware, anti spyware, anti anything left? :D and off course then there is Firewall...

So I have an AMD FX-4100 which hasn't been all that bad but with some of the recent titles coming out I have noticed some performance issues. Should I switch to an intel processor and motherboard, if so what should I get? My current specs: CPU: AMD FX-4100 GPU: GeForce GTX 970 Memory: 12 GB DDR3 RAM

I want my pc mostly for gamming Should i go for gigabyte z170x ultra gamming or gigabyte x99 ud3p

I recently decided to upgrade from 8 to 16 GB of ram in my system. So I purchased another 2x 4GB kit of Vengeance Pro 1866 RAM (CMY8GX3M2A1866C9R). I've had my current setup for over 4 years without issue. I was hoping I would just pop the new ram in and I'd be up in running, but instead I'm...

Hey guys so I had built my first pc and it was up and running just fine. Although Windows and bios showed I had 8gb of ram so I remove both sticks, and make my way to Best Buy. Once I got new sticks of ram I put them in and I'm now stuck in reboot loop. Yes I've tried changing spots. But as I...

Hello Guys How are you all !!! I have Core i3 6GB Ram with Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Dual Fan 2GB Edition Gaming Card !!!! I can't play GTA V online | I can't open Rockstar Social Club its not opening but i can play gta V Any help plssss I wanted to play gta v online help !