Water Cooling

Hello there i have a power supply that has 2x6 connector i need one 1x8 connector and used but whenever i try to start computer pc won't boot i will take off the adaptor and it starts idk why... i can't let my pc run with 2x6 while one x8 needed... what should i do ? Also i am using 750 W ITD...

Hello, I have a Thermaltake versa H18 mATX and an Msi P67a-GD53 B3 ATX motherboard and was wondering if there was any way i could safely make this work. The motherboard clearly wont fit standing up vertically, but I can run the cables through the I/O shield and let it sit horizontally.. lol, is...

Hello. I have an MSI Micro ATX LGA 1150 board. I have a Pentium I was going to test before selling on eBay. While walking over to the PC, i dropped the CPU onto my longhair, fluffy, static-prone cat. It slid down her fur and into the floor. I picked the CPU up and blew on it and briefly touched...

sometimes when i'm playing games, my screens randomly go black and my gpu fan instantly goes to 100%. i ran heaven benchmark earlier today for an hour with no issues but i played fortnite for 5 minutes after and it did the black screen thing. i've included the problem details that windows gave...

Considering on building a completely new rig rather than upgrading my old one. Would love to sell my old one since it will no longer be of use, so how much do you think it is worth? And how much do you think each individual component is worth? The hardware is pretty outdated, so I'm not...

Hello I have an old Dell Optiplex 390 with Win10, I5, 500gb HDD, 8gb RAM. (Hand me down to my kid) About a year ago the motherboard went bad, I went online found the identical MB and swapped it out. I did nothing additional than reconnecting cables. The machine powered on but I get an error...

Hi all, First time on Tom's Hardware, made this account after browsing the forums for a solution to my issue, unfortunately to no avail. I am at my wits end, and would appreciate any help that anybody can offer. I keep my computer on just about 24/7, and I am experiencing this frustrating...

Hello, I have bought a new router from my ISP. I had some really really old one and I had 9mbps download. Now I have the new one, its 5GHz, ac and some other new features and download speed is 6mbps. How is that possible? Should I set something up? The router is located at the same exact place...

I know this is a dumb question and is probably a no, but I'm here to make sure. I've NVENC to stream and record games, and I don't know if this has a huge effect on my card. I just don't want to do something that will decrease the lifespan of my card. MOBO: Z97 Asrock Anniversary Edition RAM...

When I upgraded my G3260 to i3-4160, I feel like there's almost no different at all. Is there something wrong with this? Btw the mobo is H81M-DS2

I have an E402WA-GA001T model, powered by AMD E2-6110. Touchpad works on Windows 10, but didn't work on Windows 8.1. I want to ask this because these prosessor just designed to work flawlessly on Windows 8.1, old release date and old socket too.

Hi, I'm trying to build a casual pc for watching videos, surfing the net and maybe for some light gaming. I tried using PCPartPicker but it was still confusing. I'm really confused about buying the motherboard and if I should buy or do I need a graphics card at all. Also, the reason I really...

Why do all the gaming motherboard I see only have like 4-5 USB ports. The Asus sabertooth 990FX has about 13 including the usb 3.0 ports. Are there any motherboards that would have more than 4-5 ports? I need one for printer, keyboard, headphones, track IR, and a saitek throttle and stick. Any...

Hi guys, I try to analyze below dump and cannot make sure if the root cause correct or not? If you can kindly to check this answer? Thank you. This is a laptop, DIS SKU, Win10 RS5, and I suspect that it is related to SSD. Dump file...

I would like to run assetto corsa extended over my 3 tvs connected to my pc. My middle and left tv are connected via hdmi to my gtx1050, and the right tv connected to my motherboard as theres only 2 slots.When I try configure surround in NVIDIA control panel, the right tv isn't detected. Even...