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Heavy photo editing and business system needing to be configured. Trying to keep the budget in control but don't want to sacrifice quality. Which would be better for photo editing - GTX 970 or 960? Do I need overclocking. No gaming involved.

How do I change the hard drive name, "Seagate Expansion+" to a legal linux file name? I literally can't find a way to change the name, anywhere. Thanks! Dora

Bits on my PC either are breaking or making too much noise, so I'm gonna changing the whole lot. I've already added a few new bits such as my graphics card and my case (so those won't change). My current setup: Fractal Define Desire S, with 2 standard case fans i3570k CPU with Coolermaster...

I have cooler master elite 310 and i dunno if this PSU will fits in my Mid tower chassis My buying PSU is THERMALTAKE LITEPOWER 500W BLACK EDITION Plss. Answer before i buy it

Ive just installed my new r9 280x, and its all going well until i try and play csgo... my pc crashes and im not sure why can anyone give advice Pc specs: Cpu: A10 7850K 3.7ghz Gpu: R9 280X Ram: 8gb Voltage: 600w Could i be bottlenecking?

My ASUS rog GL551JW GTX 960m is Throttling when temperature reach 75C. I was wondering for awhile why it seems that my temperature would stop dead at 75C and then drop to 70~71C when playing The Witcher 3 or when benchmarking and notice lag, also fps drops. Nvidia inspector is unable to...

So I recently bought the "HAWK R9 270x" GPU and a 650W PSU and placed them into the correct spots in my PC. When I boot up my PC I get 3 beeps and the fans and lights come on. i have found that 3 beeps means there is a problem with the RAM so I reseated both of my 4 GB sticks and tried removing...

Hi guys, This is my first post on this forum. I have recently upgraded my PC to the components below: Case : NZXT phantom (full tower) + 6 fans (3 w LEDs) PSU: seasonic 520W (had it from previous build. 3Y old) GPU: GTX 970 G1 gaming. CPU: 4790K i7 CPU cooler: CM V6 GT Motherboard: Gigabyte...

I have raised the boost clock on my i7-3770 through my motherboard's BIOS, but my 3770 never reaches its maximum boost clock. I have it raised to a turbo boost of 4.3Ghz, but it only goes up to 4.08Ghz under load.

Ok so about a week ago I purchased the MSI GTX 970 for $299 and it was backordered, so it won't be coming here until like mid-February. Now a few days after I ordered it, news started coming out that the GTX 970 doesn't utilize 4 GB of VRAM, and only goes to 3.5, the other 0.5 is stored and...

Okay guys, I have my Windows and all of my files stored on my 1TB WD green. I have 131 GB of info on there. I just got my Kingston 240GB SSD and I am trying to run my OS off of the SSD, and keep all of my files on the HDD. I have been working on this for at least a day or so now and I cannot...

Hi, I built my PC about a month ago and it worked with no problems at all when gaming (66h in Skyrim). Now when i game my pc reboots randomly in the game (up to a few hours of gaming). At first i tried to unplug and plug in my PCIe connectors, when i turned my pc on it displayed a message...

So these are the steps I took upgrading from my gtx 680: 1. Removed old card. 2. Installed new card. 3. Uninstalled old drivers using ddu. 4. Installed the new drivers. So when I restarted my computer for things to take effect, the windows logo appears and the startup windows sound when it...

Ok, so here's the deal. I have a Nox Urano 500w psu (i know its not much), will this psu be able to handle a GTX660 or a R9 270X ? Oh, and which of this cards would you choose? Thanks

Hi, I need help with my computer because it all started when I was playing elite dangerous and went to exit out to get ready for bed. but then as I was exiting the game my computer just turned off. about two seconds later it turned on, another 2 seconds it turned off and it repeats over and...

My LAN monitoring software show that I have a lot of traffic on UDP, 3 times bigger than traffic on TCP. Also, I've noticed that upload is 4 times bigger than download. I want to know if is usual or not? What kind of services or applications use UDP protocol? Can be identified the application...

hello, my config is fx6300 asus m5a97 r2.0 mobo corsair vengeance 12gb 1600Mhz asus r9 280 dcu ii top 3gb seagate baracudda 7200rpm hard disk asus xonar dx sound card cooler master 212x hyper cpu cooler corsair vs650 ,650w power supply unit nzxt 230h case keyboard razer deathstalker mouse razer...

Yesterday Nvidia launched its Maxwell-based GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards, and today we bring you a roundup of various cards from the company's authorized board partners. Nvidia's Board Partners: GTX 980 And 970 Card Roundup : Read more

I have freshly installed win 8.1 on WD hard drive and it took half a day for installation to complete and its taking too long to boot..... So anybody suggest me what to do?

I've been trying to OC my Intel 4770k and every time I try to bump up the Clock Speed even to a modest 4.1Ghz I get a BSOD with the error CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I have attempted to overvolt the CPU up to 1.26V and continue to get the same error. My System: Asus Maximus VI gene Intel i7-4770k...

Hey guys, I recently found out that the motherboard of this build isn't compatible with USB 3.0. I understand that the case comes with an adapter for USB 2.0, but I figured it is better to have a newer Motherboard. Can anyone swap out the Mobo for one that is compatible with USB 3.0 for about...

Hey there, I've recently made a clean format of my HDD with two seperate partitions for Windows and Linux. I installed Linux (ubuntu) first after formatting my drive and everything was fine. After this I installed Windows (7 Home Premium) and the installation went fine without a hitch...

I currently have a Samsung QX410-J01 which I bought about 3 years ago. Recently, i've decided I want to change the HDD to SSD, looking at the Samsung EVO 840 250gb SSD. Should I be doing this, or would there be no benefits to my laptop because it's so old?

My specifications on my PC Motherboard - GIGABYTE MA785GMT-UD2H Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition (3.4ghz) RAM - 2x 4gb(8gb) DDR3 PNY 1333mhz Power Supply - 520watt Graphics Card - AMD Radeon HD R6670 XFX Core Edition 2gb DDR3 Im wanting to upgrade my graphics card on my PC, I...

Windows 8.1 not able to start, black screen with cursor, today morning I saw my laptop with blue screen initially later it never started, pls help I am not able to use laptop now, it's not booting also, diagnostics test shows hard drive error

I have an athlon 64 x2 5000+ 2.6 ghz,is it bottlenecking with my gt 430 ? Previously i had and 8400gs,and it made better performance than this.I mean i cant run most of the games.If it is it would be an improvement if i change it with an pentium dual core e5200 2.5 ghz ?

I know it may seem like a stupid question but I'm knew to the whole computer building thing since my upstairs computer is completely outdated. Now I am trying to build a family computer, one that centers around storing photos, video and editing, software, gaming, and something to work at home...

I am living in a hostel and I suspect that one of our user is controlling and limited others internet speed. Is there any software or any method I can do to prevent the user continue controlling the internet ?

I have got a budget of $240 please suggest me the best gpus

I've got a ide hard drive i bought a ide to sata converter to plug it in to my existing motherboard when i hit the power button the computer had power for 1-2 seconds and shut off and could not be turned on again until i completely removed the hard drive?

I'm upgrading some parts in the next few weeks. First on list is the GPU I currently have an ATI radeon HD 5700.. i've looked around and found MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming 4G.. what are your thoughts on this GPU or is there better for similar price? also will i be needing the 4G? Games I play: BF4...

The Lenovo Z510 that I'm looking at is $579. The G510 I'm looking at is $629. It looks like the only difference between these is the G510 has an I7 and a 6 cell battery vs the I5 and 4 cell in the Z510. Oh, the G510 has win 8.1 and only win 8 for z510. It looks like the G series has buttons...

I am looking for a way to have more optical drive bays than my case has do I can have more fan controllers but so far have been unsuccessful Any help? Thanks

My RAM is Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 1866MHz stuff, with supposed latencies of 9-10-9-27. I upgraded my motherboard today, and according to the program Speccy: - old motherboard was 9-10-9-27 - currently 9-13-13-34 Can I change this somehow? I didn't think you could manually adjust memory...

Complete Newbie question here. Is it possible to set up a RAID using scsi drives? I know there would be adapters and cards involved, but is it possible, and would I see any performance benefits from it. The way I understand it, RAID is a way to connect drives where scsi is a type of drive. RAID...

Greetings all! I recently installed a new IBM Deskstar 75 GXP drive and ran the included ATA switch utility. On boot my HD now says it is using UDMA 5, is this the same as ATA 100? Thanks in advance! Hardware Junkie

will my new graphics card sapphire radeon hd 6870 be able to run on this power supply ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aerocool-Strike-X-600W-80-Bronze-PSU-ATX2-3-14cm-Fan-Power-Supply-/170871508247?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item27c8bc4d17

I had made another thread a few days ago about FPS dropping, it didnt get any replies other than someone asking about fan speeds and temperatures which was not the issue I have traced the issue of my FPS dropping in games, they would go from 100-120, and drop down to ridiculously low levels...

have purchased an aio workstation and would like to upgrade the card that came with it (quadro 1000m) without breaking the bank. the computer will be used for spreadsheets, photoshop, a little gaming, web surfing and possibly some light video editing and modest cad/3d work down the road. current...

Hi, I´ve just switched to a fulltower case and my IDE cables were too short. I bought new 36 inch cables (80 conductor) and after this my DVD-player works like crap, I get CRC errors all the time. I have two ATA-100 hard drives on the first IDE channel and my DVD and CD/RW on the second. The...