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Good evening, all! Intermittently, I am hearing a hitch pitched, squeeky-like, grinding noise coming from my PC, whether I am in desktop or gaming. Please see link for example, occurs maybe a few times every minute and goes away. Happens at the 3-4 sec mark in the clip. Example of noise @ 3-4...

Hello!!!!! I had this EVGA T2 1000W PSU for 3 years. It works fine, but two months ago started to make this fantastic noise: I am in a RMA process, but the PSU, for this 2/3 months worked perfect. I had to use it for my job. It is not the fan. I specifically bought the 1000 watt to be below...

I have a Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 case with the tempered glass side panel, a slew of Noctua 140 mm and 120 mm fans, and a Supermicro M12SWA-TF motherboard. The Noctua fans are all virtually silent, but the motherboard's 40 mm PCH fan is whiney. And it spins at a constant RPM, regardless of...

I've just installed my fresh and new ASUS ROG STRIX 2070S O8G gpu, and I'm experiencing this weird buzzing noise while running a game coming from the GPU (I'm pretty sure) note: when I'm changing video settings in the game and the frames stop pumping, the noise immediatly stops and when it's...

I have just bought the new GPU and running benchmarks I've noticed this high pitched whining sound coming from the GPU, doesnt happen when idle, so my question is, does this mean that the gpu is broken and should i get a new one?

Hello guys, I recently bought a new computer and i've started to notice this "coil" or something coming from my computer when I open games. When changing settings etc the noise quickly goes away however, when the setting is applied it instantly comes back. It doesnt say this sound idle and only...

Hi, I am a computergame development student and I'm out for a new laptop and I'd like some advice. I have found an HP ENVY 13-ah0015 (Intel Core i7-8550U, 13.3 in FHD screen, 512 GB SSD, 8 GB LPDDR3-2133 SDRAM, Intel UHD Graphics 620, very lightweight@1.3kg and good battery life). I'm also...

I need to use a wifi-connected laptop on a vehicle around my property. I am considering a high power outdoor wifi bridge/access point. That part is easy to understand. My question has to do with laptop side of the connection. How does high power wifi work when the wifi connected laptop is...

In windows 7 my AMD 7700 series graphics card had slider bars to adjust contrast, saturation, and brightness. Today I upgraded to win 10. Everything went well and my computer works great. But my slide controls are all gone from my graphics card, all I get are calibration screens which do no...

Now i know there are loads of these types of threads but I want to know, now near the end of September 2017, with all the new AMD drivers and updates for softwares, which one is the best for RX 4xx cards? Afterburner or Wattman?

I want to upgrade my i5-650 to i7-860.Given the respective wattage for each is 73(i5) and 95(i7) and since my PSU is 320W and unable to be upgraded(HP Elite 8100),will there be any adverse affects to the 22 watt increase caused by the i7?Also have n EVGA GTX-750ti W/O 6 pin as my GPU.Thanks.

I have an external hard drive that has a lot of movies and other media files on it and i watch them by connecting the drive to my bluray player via usb... (it is just a hard drive, non-system, no programs or operating system, just files) i want to encrypt all the files or the whole drive, which...

Hello, I want to upgrade my 8gb RAM to 16gb. My MOBO is: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2PT and the processor is AMD FX-4300 @3.8ghz The video card will soon be a GTX 1050 ti 4gb SC I read on my mobo website that it supports 16gb but I need help figuring out what will work in this mobo. Maybe someone...

hello, I use an Acer E5-473. Ita a 4Gb laptop. A few days back I tried downloading GTA on my laptop, but the game didn't work so I uninstalled it. Since the uninstalling, my cursor often freezes and disappears when I leave the laptop open. Please help. thanks

CPU: i5 4690k GPU: GTX 770 2GB RAM: 12GB PSU: Corsair VS650 MOBO: Asus H8M1-e Can someone tell me what I need to upgrade right now for gaming? I want it to last at least 2 years for triple (A) titles. And I am not looking to game over 1080p.

I have a Gigabyte GTX 960 gpu but I only got one 6pin to molex connector. My PSU is a cheap one, I know it, but can I connect my card with only 1 cable? http://imgur.com/a/TtETL Here is a picture. I have that cable which is in the 6pin slot on the right side, If I connect it to the white ended...

I've been happily running a WD Caviar Blue (1TB, 7200 rpm) alongside an SSD for around 18 months now. As is the case with most builds, I'm now running out of storage space and am in need of an upgrade. It's an ITX build so I'll need to swap out the HDD rather than supplementing it with another...

I have an EVGA GTX 960 4GB and I'm using Msi afterburner as my overclocking software...can some one please show me the best settings for the highest fps using Msi afterburner....it doesn't have to be an EVGA card but it should have 4gb.Thanks

I have always wondered which of these two cards are better and can overclock higher and stay cooler without modding it with custom water cooling setups. I can not find any comparisons between the two anywhere so i thought maybe you guys would know. Also what is the average overclock most 980Ti's...

Hey all, EDIT: I've expanded my budget and done a little more research, so this is my updated take on parts... With tax returns and an extra paycheck coming in next month, I wanted to put together a solid rig for editing 4k footage out of a pair of Panasonic Lumix cameras (and possibly...

Hey everyone, this my very first topic here :) and I have a question hope I find answer here. The question is I have Optiplex 990 dell desktop and it has a good core i7 cpu but the problem it's 2nd generation cpu and I want to upgrade it to newer version like 4th or 5th or any newer generation...

Hi all, My laptop is set to sleep when the battery drops below 5%. It does go to sleep, however it powers back on almost immediately. This isn't helpful if I'm away from the laptop as when I next come to use it I get the "Windows did not shut down properly" message. If it went to sleep it would...

Hey all, I recently built myself a new setup with the following specs: Processor: Intel Core i7 5820K OS Version: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (version 1511, build 10586.63) Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) BIOS Version: 1.90 (10/30/2015) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti RAM: Kingston...

Hello I have a MacBook Pro 13inch Early 2011. A couple of weeks ago some coffee was spilled on the table I was working on and some (not much) got onto the logic board. I cleaned it off and the Mac worked afterwards. Then 2 weeks ago my Magsafe charger broke so I replaced with another from...

About a week ago my r9 290 while in game my monitor turn black after about 10mins of gaming I don't know the problem but I think it might be the graphics card. After this happened I downclock my 290 to stock settings core clock: 947 memory clock: 1250 and it worked fine after that here are my...

hey tomorrow is last... do you have any last comment or advice? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QXN3pg this is my last budget for all the parts

Hi, After upgrading my Dell Inspiron 15 3521 to windows 10, my number keys stopped working. I have updated the touchpad and keyboard drivers but they are still not working. If someone could help out that would be great! Thanks

i have a Sony digital video camera recorder by Handycam dcr-dvd610 and I need to view live videos on my Toshiba laptop. how do I make this happen? thank you

pcpartpicker.com/p/thzzrH 2 140mm fans in front as intake 1 140mm as exhaust Which one?

I have a molex plug hooked up to my nzxt phantom 630 cases plugs. And on the end of the molex plug it says Perif. Where would I plug that into on the PSU?

I just recently purchased the Eurocom M5 Pro and got 1x8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz C10 RAM (CMSX16GX3M2B1866C10) I started playing Witcher 3 and it turns out I could use a little more RAM, I max it out when playing. So I went looking for more of the same and am annoyed that it is only sold...

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Hello, Looking for recommendations for an upgrade from this : http://www.amazon.com/XFX-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-FX775AZNP4-FX-775A-ZNP4/dp/B007Z3T5JC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1428350478&sr=8-2&keywords=xfx+radeon+7750 Currently have an A-10 6800K CPU with the onboard graphics disabled. 240GB...

Recently whilst playing games (notably CS:GO and Minecraft) I have been experiencing sudden crashes to a black screen. At this point my computer is unresponsive and my only option is to restart via the power button, however for a few seconds I can still talk to people on Skype. Also note that...

Hello I am currently running Windows 8.1. Recently I have been having issues with programs. Not just one, or two, or three, but several. Most notably: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and League of Legends. They are programs I'm using most often. The issue I'm having with them is frequent...

case:NZXT Phantom hdd:WD BLACK SERIES 1tb video card: EVGA 780ti w/EVGA ACX Cooler power:CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 cpu Intel i7 4770k mb: asus saber tooth ram : hyperx fury 16gb Price:1739.23 is it worth it and is the power supply good in watts

Hello, I want to get a cheap editing pc ($500 Budget) that will use sony vegas on to edit and render videos in HD that will be around 15-20 minutes long. I will also be using fraps to record minecraft gameplay and want a constant fps of above 40 while playing on multiplayer servers. Any...