Z170-a

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    Question No Display post Bios update Asus Z170-A

    Updated the bios of my Z170-A motherboard as it was boot looping my OS drive at windows logo, as well as only getting to windows logo of "windows recovery Environment" from USB flash drive. This completed OK and restarted the machine. After restart was presented with "CPU FAN Error" and to...
  2. Redline09

    [SOLVED] System good?

    Wondering if my system will be a decent one for today's games? Mainly Apex Legends, Forza horizon4 and Skyrim. Mobo: Gigabyte z170x gaming 7 CPU: Intel i5-6600k GPU: msi gtx 1050ti RAM: Vengeance LPX 16gb 3200mhz PSU: Evga 80plus 650w I will be upgrading the GPU in a couple of weeks to a 1070...
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    PSU Enough for Liquid Cooling Kit

    I was in a bind when my main PC died after many years. I did not have the time or cash on hand to build another one. But I was able to get a line of credit from Dell (you can see where this is going). Anyway I picked up an Alienware Aurora R7 (Specs Below). During checkout the wording lead me to...
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    Vsync on = Increased FPS

    Hi, i have a Laptop with an i7-7700HQ CPU and 1050 GTX TI and recently tried playing with Vsync on while playing My Summer Car. I should probably say that My Summer Car doesn't have the best optimizations but i am still wondering why having Vsync on would increase my FPS and also CPU temps as...
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    Some Keys wont work on Keyboard (Asus Cerberus)

    Hey guys. The keyboard model mentioned above has a few dead keys. (V, 5 and F5) It was sitting inside its original box for a few months and only started using it now. Any tips on how to get this working again? I already tried reboot...uninstalling drivers..etc.. Thanks!
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    Wondering if my CPU is responsible for frame drop

    I have a i7 950 3.07ghz cpu and a gtx 1060 for a gpu with 8 gb of ram. I have a friend that has a very similar set up as me but with a i5 7600k cpu but he gets on average 30 frames better in games than me. Even the games that are less resource intensive. I am wondering if my cpu is the cause...
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    Computer restarts at various times during boot

    So my buddy just moved in with me and another friend and pulled his old Alienware out of storage. (Probably from like 2010 or something. Has a 560ti in it). I honestly don't know much else about it. It's I'm pretty sure still Windows 7, it's got 12GB RAM, and the 560TI. At first, it would just...
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    Adding Memory to My System

    I have a Lenovo Bantry CRB motherboard currently using 2 of 4 available DIMM slots for 8GB of memory. The MB is capable of running 16GB of RAM. I have two sitcks from an old machine that can add 4GB of RAM two my machine. All of the specs match my existing RAM (speed, pins, etc.). Can someone to...
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    Gtx 1080 Build Help

    Hello I have this rough build but I need to incorporate a keyboard and perhaps DVD blue ray drive and wireless adapter for internet I already have a mouse I want to keep it under $2000 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tNC33F
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    Samsung TV flickering with movement

    My TV monitor flickers with movement, and I think I've finally found the problem to be the sharpness or gamma, using this website: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/sharpness.php When I scroll through the page, the first image (the circle in the rectangle of patterns) flickers a lot. When I stop...
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    How many Monitors can be run of GXT1070 SLI?

    Hi, Just wanted to know how many 1080P monitors that can be sun of GTX 1070 SLI? sorry if this has been asked before. cheers
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    79-81c Under Load

    I have a i7 4790k with a prefilled liquid cooler and its running at 79-81c under 100% load. Is that normal or should I go ahead and replace the thermal paste. Ive already dusted the pc
  13. datsphilthy

    CPU and FPS

    Hi everyone, I recently built my first CPU - my parts list can be found here http://pcpartpicker.com/list/QMywhq I only play WoW at the moment and my machine runs between 40-120fps depending on where I am. The lower end usually is in areas with a lot of people like Ashran. Is this range that...