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I got a build recently with a rather bad case (corsair spec-02), with a 980 ti. Stupid me, I know. I am planning to get a new case sometime near winter, and the define R5 looks very appealing. Although, if I were to get the define s, I would have to pay $230 because of crappy shipping cost in...

Hey, so I want to purchase this computer...

I was wondering if I could use the Media Creation Tool to make a bootable USB of Windows 10 and install it on my new desktop that doesn't have Windows yet. Can I install it using that USB without needing a product key or do I have to spend the 100$ for a copy of Windows 10.

What I need help with: I Need advice building a new PC. I currently have an old AM2 board which is sporting an AMD 64x2 6000 CPU and is running on Microsoft Vista. The boot uptimes are unacceptably slow, vista is no longer supported and I feel it is time to upgrade. Anyone disagree? Needs /...

http://www.techspot.com/news/61042-surprise-amd-shares-internal-fury-x-benchmarks-ahead.html check the settings on AC unity[medium-low textures:high], also look at the games all the 14-15 AAA vram eater games (GTA5, DYing light etc) are missing from the bench. For me it seems to be confirming...

Ok. So Me And My Bro Both Have Laptops And My Brother Continues to have Issues With His Computer Freezing. According To The PC, It Says Its Maximum Speed (CPU) Is 2.10GHz Yet It Will Always Stay Over The Limit Given. Is This Normal Cause I Don't Want His Computer To "Fry" Itself. The Computer He...

I built this PC in November 2011: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 45nm Technology 8GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 801MHz (9-9-9-24) ASRock 770 Extreme3 (CPUSocket) 767MB GeForce GTX 460 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 298GB SAMSUNG HD322GJ ATA Device (SATA) 233GB...

Hey guys I have been thinking about building a budget gaming pc with the following components. Cpu : amd fx-6300 mother board : ASUS m5a97 ram : crucial balistics sport 8gb ram set ( 4gbx2 ) Hdd : 1tb wd blue drive gpu : sapphire Radeon gddr5 psu : corsair builder series cx 600 Total cost...

Is it worth getting the Define R4 or should I go for the less expensive P410? Other chassis suggestions would be accepted. TIA!

I am looking to buy a 1TB SSD to replace my mechanical HDD. I've narrowed it down to three choices: Crucial BX100 - £282 Transcend SSD370 - £272 Samsung 850 EVO - £310 Basically I wondered if the the 850 EVO is worth the extra money and if not, which of the other two is better? The drive is...

I have a database purchased from a specialist supplier to maintain records of my racing pigeons.When I want to print a record I get an error after I've clicked 'print. The document does print. if I ignore, the error disappears and I can continue. If I click cancel it shuts the database down. I...

Hey, guys I'm looking for some specific things in GTX 980 1) Ability to overclock as much as I can (preferably to 1500 mhz or higher) 2) Card clearance of 12 inches in length max , max height of 5.80 inches (or 6" for simplicity). Judging from Asus R9 290 4GB that barely fit in height. 3)...

Hey guys, so i just bought this computer month ago and i noticed when i touch the table with my arm my hdd makes noise, i checked and it is tightened as it should be and nothing else is touching it. So yesterday when i turned on the computer there was noise coming out of it, quiet but enough to...

Hi, wonder if anyone can help? I have 24Gb of ram installed Made up of 2 x 8Gb @ 2133Mhz and 2 x 4Gb @ 1600Mhz I noticed that the mobo set the frequency to 1600 for all. I took out the 2 x 4Gb sticks and now the mobo is set to XMP and reports the true 2133Mhz. My question is. Would the...

I bought a pair of crucial ballistix tactical tracer ram (2 x 4GB 1866MHz CL9). but have been unsuccessful at getting the system to boot with the ram running at 1866MHz. At most i can get it running at 1600MHz @CL9 but any further than that will produce a blank screen after a restart from bios...

Found this barebones kit and was wondering if the parts it contains would make a decent gaming computer... If you could give me your opinion with a scale of 1 to 10 on how good it would be for a low budget gaming pc i would appreciate it. The only thing i can see that it is missing is a graphics...

So lately, My old computer has been getting old. He can't run any decent games, and has become out of date. I am looking into buying a new desktop from CyberPowerPC. This is where I need your help. I need help with what to buy and what not to look at. I need a gaming desktop to play high end...

ok my hard drive worked fine until today i try to copy files from my desktop to the drive but the drive will freeze then crash i tried to check the drive for errors with the tool in properties but it gets stuck on 0% and last time this happened my computer crashed too. i cant format the drive as...

SO I have the amd a8 5600k, but I want an upgrade. I'm thinking of intel, because people have told me that they are better, but I want one preferably under 150$, quad core, and I am willing to pay no more than 200$. I will certainly be updating my motherboard from the outdated FM2 socket, so a...

After I downloaded Windows 8.1 (at the urging of my Dell computer.. a pop up kept reminding me it was ready to download) I am not able to use Chrome. Can someone help. I do not like IE.

Hey guys, I'm looking to build a new PC hopefully by December and I would appreciate some input on the parts I've chosen. Well it's more of a whole PC upgrade because my previous build has become quite old and can't keep up with the games I play and the games that were recently released (eg...

I am having difficulty with the onboard Radeon 4200 Graphics card in combination with my Radeon 7950 (PCIe) card. I have a triple monitor setup with the 7950 driving my main display, and the 4200 driving 2 smaller monitors on either side. Previously these worked fine, but attempting to install...

My specs are Asrock z77 pro 3 HD 7870 GH edition i5-3570 8GB corsair vengeance caviar blue 500GB I want to buy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139060 Will it be able to power my system and does it have enough pins for everything ?

Hi Guys ! Recently my Hdd , Gpu Cooler , Case fans died. So i have to replace them. Starting with the HDD i was thinking to get a 1/2 Tb one. I have found the 1 Tb Seagate Barracuda but i dont trust the 2 Tb version. Any suggestion ? Going to the 560 Ti Ds Sc. I havent figured out yet about...

Hey guys I'm looking to build a gaming PC. Never built one before but I'm sure ill be fine. I was planning on using a Intel Core i7 4770K for CPU and Radeon R9 290 Gaming 4GB for the GPU but I'm unsure about the rest. Please let me know if this combination sucks. I don't want to have to...

I was looking at the gtx 780, quite set on getting one actually. After i realized the r9 290 is much cheaper and slightly better im considering getting one, specifically the xfx dd version. My concerns are the heat and stuttering VRM issues that these xfx cards had at first. I was wondering if...

Hello, this is not relevant but it's funny how I said 2 weeks ago that I had lost interest in gaming, too busy with my career and life overall too. I've never been a hardcore gamer but after I said that I stumbled with a video on YouTube about DayZ and I had seen it before but I suddenly had...

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a little while ago i bought my friends old gaming computer but he upgraded the card for me. for a while the computer worked fine but as i started to play more games on it, the more the games crashed. friend came over and took a looked and lowered the gpu clock and messed with the fan curve. it...

Hello people. I am going to be getting the GTX 770 Palit Jetstream, upgrading from 8570D and 8470 Dual graphics. My CPU is AMD A8 APU @3.5GHz. Will my cpu be able to handle this Gfx card? I'm also upgrading from a 300 W PSU to a 750W Corsair. Will this graphics card run Arma 3 on high or...

Hello, when I woke up 2 days ago I had this problem with my laptop (fujitsu AH531) where it opened up the context menu when i left clicked on the desktop or start menu but on other software (eg Mozilla) it worked fine, also my right click doesn't do anything at all. I changed the settings on the...

at First i accidentally open my Applications with notepad,so i cant open any applications ex.googlechrome,when i press the exe file it opens a notepad with weird writings afterwards i install some some exe.reg and some jpeg.reg so i can put back to default settings (i press googlechrome once...

I have a Dell Inspiron 3000 Series Desktop w/ 4gb ram and 500gb hard drive and I am trying to connect to a monitor via HDMI. The monitor is a Westinghouse SK-19H210S. Whenever I boot up, the screen flashes black for a couple of seconds, then turns blue with a message box: "Input Not Support."...

how do i change the default input.. every time i turn it on it always start in the tv input. shouldent it go for the one with signal.. if i got my ps4 on in BD it still dosent auto select that input, but just goes to tv input aldo i dont have anything in it

I was wondering about overclocking my I7 4770k Processor and keeping it cooled at the same time, i have been looking at the Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler and alot of reviews say it fits the LGA 1150 but when you look at it, the socket set it not for the 1150, so I'm wondering does...

Okay so a friend wants an all-around gaming, production build for art (drawing, videos, music ) and gaming. He wanted something powerful so I picked out these parts. I'm wondering if this is solid enough for a pretty much all-around.. Extreme.. I don't even know what to call this thing...

Not an advanced-level user of computers. I just know more than average on the software bit and ADVANCED level of hardware. anyway. with that said. ive had 4 bsod's today and i'm sure it wont stop. it keeps doing the same thing, this time it was a different code. so i'll paste the code here...

I am currently working with this system: CPU Intel Core i7-3770 CPU Cooler Rosewill RCX-ZAIO-92 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Memory Crucial 16GB Storage Seagate 3TB 7200RPM Video Card PNY GeForce GTX 770 Sound Card Asus Xonar Essence STX Case NZXT Source 220 Power Supply Antec...

So I sent this motherboard back because MSI said that this was the problem but I just installed everything again and I still have the same problems. When I attempt to display the bios by pressing delete the system will just display a black screen. Does anybody know why this may be? Is my...

Please refer to this for my question picture So I happened to have some soft bad sectors on my original WD 1tb BLUE HDD (Disk F). Today I just received my new WD 1tb BLACK, known as local disk C in the picture. After installing windows to it, I plugged in my old WD 1tb blue and low level zeroed...