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Title says it all. I'm getting ~35C with a Hyper 212 EVO on idle on an i5-4690k (used OC Genie to put it at 4.0GHz constant). IS this normal? Will temps go down or stay around there even if I start playing games?

Greetings all you good people. I'm having some issues when i play various games. The main problem is that i have huge amounts of FPS drops. Fx. When i play Diablo 3 i run it smoothly on a stable 60 fps. But when i meet a couple of elite monsterpacks and they cast their spells all over the...

I need a custom motherboard made for my laptop CPU. Anyone know companies or something similiar.

Will not detect my ssd. Just switched from amd to Intel prior it worked fine.

My pc is 1 year and 7 months old and I was wondering if I sold it what price would I get if I sold them separate on eBay. My pc specs: Processor: AMD FX 4130 OS: Windows 8.1 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 RAM: Corsair XMS3 1600mhz 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 ram Hardrive: Seagate 1tb 7200rpm Optical...

I think it's time to upgrade my gaming PC but I'm not sure what I need to upgrade, maybe you guys can enlighten me. I am currently using a AMD FX6300 3.5GHz and a GTX 660 2GB, the games I play are developing much more faster than I expected, the constant 20-30 FPS isn't going to cut it. My...

Hey guys, I run games and both blender. Recently, I ran my pc configuration on cooler master's power calculator and found that if I attach an R9 270X (2gb or 4gb didn't matter), I need sth around 421 watts. Is it true? If not, then will it be pushing my PSU? Thank you And is it true that the...

So my problem is kinda weird-I download full HD 1680x1050 (exact as mine resolution) wallpapers and they look amazing on the website,but when I make them as my background they are not that HD anymore.I am not sure if you can tell the difference,but here's what I am talking about. Desktop...

Last January (5 months ago), I purchased a refurbished HP Elitebook 8440p. Here are the specs: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit 250GB HDD Intel i5 520M @ 2.40 GHz, dual core APU 4GB RAM I use it as a gaming computer, and thus far it has worked perfectly fine. Recently, however, the CPU started...

For example a phone with quick charge feature has a 3000 mah battery and you have a 9000 mah portable battery charger will the quick charge feature use less mah when you charge the phone up from 0 to 100.

Hi there, I have an issue regarding the DVD drive in my computer. The DVD drive works, but it when it reads a disk, it doesn't show up on my computer. I went into the device manager and under the properties of my DVD drive, it shows "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its...

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-300-series-cards-coming-in-weeks_162963 There are articles that came out this week, and the expected release date is june. I wanted to upgrade my graphics card by the end of this month(was gonna buy gtx 970), but then i read about the 300 series from...

I am considering upgrading my 2 1080p monitors to 2 1440p monitors, yet I am not sure if a single EVGA GTX 970 card (the one ?I currently have) can handle a dual 1440p setup. I play games like CSGO, LoL, D3, and FFXIV, plus I watch a lot of streams and YT videos. Can a single GTX 970 card...

I was looking to upgrade to 12 or 16 gigs of ram. Currently my motherboard has 6 slots running (3 x 2gig) sticks. Can I buy a (2 x 8gig) set and only use 2 slots or do I need to use all 3 slots on the one channel? Aka a (3x4gig) set to get to 12 gigs total?

Im going to buy a gaming pc. And i have the option to choose between: 2x Gigabyte GTX 770 2GB WF in SLI for 250USD (for both) or 1x Asus STRIX GTX 970 4GB for 450USD (The prices are so high because i live in Norway) The real question is are the Gigabyte WF 770 2GB´s too old? since they got...

so this probably can't be resolved but i give it a shot anyway. so i have BFME 2 (and BFME 1) the first BFME works just fine but the second one doesnt reason? i dont have the disk but have the data still retrieved it from my old laptop but now when i try to launch it it says that i need the disk...

building a new pc im pretty new to this but this is what i was thinking http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6ktvCJ what do u guys think i have a case 2X4 gb of ram and a ssd with windows 7 on it already trying to keep the budget under 1000 any advice

Hey, I Just re-formatted a laptop of mine, It's fairly old TBH, and i'm having alot of trouble trying to update the graphics. It's a Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7332 Running with AMD Processor Properties: Windows 7 Ultimate AMD A6-3400M APU with Radeon(Tm)HD Graphics 1.40Ghz Installed Ram: 4.00...

Hello guys, like the Title say I don't really know if the Cooler Master Hyper N620 will work with my i5-4440, well I'm going to use blue led coolers in the case so I want to buy it instead of the 212 evo because it has blue led, do you think it is good to do that ? and please tell me which one...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC) Memory: GeIL EVO Leggara Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.98 @...

I'm going to buy MSI GE 62 with GTX970M...15.6 inches notebook with 4K resolution . If I use this laptop with 4K resolution and set to 1080P for gaming....will the display blur? Because I have a 23 inches 1920x1080 and set to 1366x768 and the graphic is so so so blur. So 15.6inches 4K...

I am having a discussion. How much faster is, say a, 4790k than a i7-4500u? or i7-2620m? How many "years of performance" are mobile CPU's behind? Like, WHEN approx. will a mobile i7 be faster than the desktop 4790k? :-) thanks for inputs!

I have a colormaster radeon HD 7850 I am not sure if should upgrade or not if i do. what should i upgrade too? will the xfx r9 290 do the trick? i can get this for 200$ spec are CPU: FX 8320 mobo: msi 970 gaming PSU: corsair 750m ram: 8gb

I am wanting to eliminate the monthly equipment charge for internet that ATT charges. Can I buy my own modem router, disconnect the ATT one, plug mine in and call uverse give them the numbers on the my new equipment and be up and running. I did this with the other local cable internet company...

I'm about to purchase the below build; an all new PC build. The current goal is to be able to game on the monitor on highest settings. While I'm not trying to future proof, I'm building to eventually expand to a multi-monitor SLI set-up. Also, I'm hoping to invest some now to be able to...

Hi, My current specs are: FX-6300 CPU R7 260X GPU G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 2x4 GB RAM GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 AM3+ MicroATX Mobo WD Blue 1 TB HDD EVGA 500 W PSU If I upgraded to a GTX 960, would it be bottlenecked by my build, particularly my mobo? Thanks

I currently will upgrade my computer to I7-5820k processor. I will be using two 970 GTX video card in SLI (I have no intention to put a third card in it). I'm also looking for M.2 on it. I won't use right now, but will be looking into it in the future. The memory will G.SKILL Ripsaw ddr4-3000...

Tried searching the forum by tags and found no similar inquiries. Will try to describe the best I can. Since last night, I've been noticing some odd quirks and occasional flickering on my late 2011 iMac (Snow Leopard 10.6.8, 2.66Ghz i5 quad core, 4GB RAM, Radeon HD 4850 512mb RAM with the...

Hi guys this is my motherboard http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02967715 and my gpu is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wabezI2ITEw do you guys think it will fit ? I need an answer by today please if you guys can reply. MANY THANKS !!! :D

I have a computer that I just built, and I have a USB with SteamOS on it. I'm trying to install steamOS to it but when I inserted the usb device, changed boot priority and rebooted it has started giving these errors. It tells me to remove any disk or other media, then when I do so Then when I...

I've had alot of trouble with my HTPC running Kodibuntu 14.0 not working, but so far thanks to the help from you guys on the forums, I can determine that its no hardware problem. My parts can be found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2493569/htpc-parts-review.html I had a defective...

As you know, the stock cooler has three distinct strips of paste on it. I placed the cooler on the cpu to see how it should go, and then I took it off and rotated it and put it back on. I then looked at the paste and saw I had smeared it so that there weren't really three distinct lines anymore-...

So i'm looking to trade my Sapphire r9 290x (reference design) for 2 r9 290's (gigabytes 3 fan ones). The reason the seller is selling them is because he was going to build a high end gaming rig but opted not too and originally was just selling one of them. I offered to trade my r9 290x and cash...

Hello, I will be getting a new motherboard and processor soon. I currently have an SSD with my Win7 OS on it. I also have a HDD that I store all my programs, games, documents, etc. I am aware that I will need to reinstall Windows 7 on my SSD when I install it to my new computer. What I would...

I have a hard drive that is about to die and i took the HDD out my system, Windows wouldnt boot but when i put it back in it worked again?, Ohh yeahh i have 2 hard drives?, Iv never seen or heard about this in my life, Very strange I want to upgrade to a SSD but do i really need to reinstall...

Okay, this isn't a "I want to know what RAM to get thread." I know how I will decide what RAM to get (unless I learn something that vastly changes my opinion in the answers here). However, in looking to answer that question, I came up with a couple other questions I haven't seen answered...

Hi I would like to put more RAM in my Toshiba Qosmio X505 Q860 laptop. I think the mainboard has a P55 chip which supports up to 8GB RAM (but I haven't verified the source of this information). I have two questions: 1. Which is the maximum memory frequency that the mainboard supports? 2...

I will be playing at 1080p mid-high settings in most games so these components should suffice. i3 4150 Sapphire R7 260x Asus H81m-k Corsair Vengeance 8gb Corsair CX430 430W PSU WD Blue 1 TB Hard Drive Please suggest any good budget cabinets which are available in India for around Rs. 2500. I...

So in my current system i have a 8GB Corsair 2133mhz Vengeance (2x4GB) to run my with my NVIDIA Geforce GXT 970. But I want to upgrade to 16GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x8GB) but I'm worried as it has 1333mhz, will it run slower than my 8BG 2133? Is it worth spending an extra £34 on the ram?

I'm planning on getting the i7 4790k which has a base clock of 4.0MHz. Do I really need to overclock it? Planning on running fairly high quality games like FC4 on ultra.