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  1. Hardware
    Hey there! I'm considering putting together a new gaming rig and am leaning towards the AMD platform, specifically eyeing the 7800X3D. I'm planning to stick with my trusty 3080, and I'm wondering if that's a good move. I don't think it'll bottleneck the CPU, and I'm pretty sure the 3080 still...
  2. Hardware
    The following is a list of parts that I'm trying to put together for a hopefully functional PC. This is my first time building a PC and I don't need it to be super powerful but I do want to play the newest AAA games on a pretty high resolution. Is there anything that I should change about...
  3. Multimedia
    It’s my first time building a Gaming PC and I don’t have any outside help. For this reason I may have made a mistake as the Wifi won’t connect or detect networks. I’ve added mine manually and a few times it connected but it was slow, now it will not connect as a whole. I do not have Ethernet so...
  4. Hardware
    Hello so I’ve had my pc for 5 years no problem. The build is as follows: mobo is ASUS H81M-PLUS, CPU is intel 4790k, GPU is Zotac 960 4gb AMP!, ram is 16gb(8x2)of Corsair xms3 DDR3 and PSU is EVGA 650 GQ. So here’s my problem I was on the computer gaming when it shutdown like there was a power...
  5. Hardware
    I'm new here and just need some advice on purchasing a new PC. Also, I'm sorry if this isn't the correct area to create this thread, I couldn't find a more suitable one for my question, based on descriptions... Anyway, I got into UE4 and had a laptop that I used to run it but streaming it was...
  6. Hardware
    I had a brand new PC build for me with all new parts back in August 2020 and has been working fine since, however last week when I turn the PC on it didn't display the usual ASUS logo and the options to get into the BIOS, instead the PC beeped 3 times and then after about 30 seconds loaded up...
  7. Hardware
    System: PSU- Super Flower Leadex 3 850W 80 gold CPU- Ryzen 5 3600XT MB- Gigabyte B450M DS3H GPU- AMD Radeon RX-5700XT HDD's Main: Gigabyte NVMe 1.3/M.2/PCIe 3.0x4/ 1TB SSD Storage: Crucial BX-500 2TB SSD NAND SATA 3 2.5" HSF- Wraith Prism RAM- GSkill Ripjaws 32GB (16GB x2.) Will be bumped up...
  8. Games
    I have recently build i pc for the first time and i thought all went smoothly. Though i am having issues with some games crashing/freezing. The games include Csgo: Freezing when entering a game, "not working on taskbar" Rocket League: Cant launch at all Destiny 2: Crashes after a few minutes...
  9. Hardware
    Good day all TL;DR -I tried to fix a freeze at my BIOSprompt with ctrl+alt+delete, my PC only gives me a black screen now. (please read my full post to properly understand whats went wrong, thanks) Specs: Motherboard - ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming CPU - Intel i5 10600k RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX...
  10. Hardware
    So, not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not, please point me in the right direction where it should be posted. I recently got my brothers "hand me down" computer, but it didn't come with a SSD or video card. So after installing my SSD and video card, I installed windows 10 and...
  11. Hardware
    Hi! This has been a problem for a while now. In random intervals while I'm using my computer a snapping sound is heard from the stereos and it loses signal to the monitor. It happens more often if the system is under load, like gaming or defragging. Nothing brings the signal back except...
  12. Games
    i have recently built a new computer with my friend. but it wont let me play games like Call of Duty, or Need For Speed without crashing and sometimes blue screen of death. But i can play games like World of Warcraft, and Heroes of might and magic 3, without problems. i have tried disableing all...
  13. Hardware
    So none of my usb slots are working on my new finished building. Im at a loss of what to do. Ive checked every wire. The pc boots up and the fans work but i cant use my usb to load the windows driver to start bios for windows 10. The keyboard and mouse both work on another computer. These are...
  14. Hardware
    I recently built a gaming PC where I assembled everything and turned it on. All the fans and lights are working but for some reason, both monitors say no signal (1 DP and 1 HDMI). They are plugged into the GPU into the correct spots and the gpu fans are running so I am not sure how to proceed...
  15. Windows 10
    Hello! I have built a new pc with all new components but 1, the SSD. I wiped it clean and did a fresh install with official windows installer and a key supplied by my university. Windows 10 was very sluggish and slow. It would take an eternity to complete a process and it would freeze...
  16. Hardware
    Hi, I’m about to build my first PC. However I’ve seen on a reddit post about something to do with needing a fan splitter of some sort to allow the stock rgb fans which come with my case to work. I have following; Case - Phanteks p400a Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX Sorry for the lack...
  17. Hardware
    Hi, I'm writing in behalf of my friend who's got this problem with bluescreens on new PC (new everything, pretty high-end build) The PC crashes with black screen, the BSOD does appear but only after a few minutes of black screen. The code says DPC Watchdogs Violation. The problem occurs only...
  18. Hardware
    Hi I upgraded build with a new gpu and problems occured, but first some pc details i5 2400 16Gb ram Gigabyte h61m-s2pv 500W psu 1Tb hdd Windows 7 So I switched from gt640 to GTX960 and it did not booted. Frozen on Gigabyte screen for a few minutes then black screen. I deinstalled the gpu...
  19. Hardware
    Hi guys, I’ve currently finally got my newly built PC to display to my monitor however I am getting a display that reads “please power down and connect the PCIe power cables for this graphics card”, however I am pretty sure I have got them connected properly. I am upgrading so I am using an...
  20. Hardware
    Hello, I have recently built my first PC with the following spec: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370 Gaming K5 RAM: Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 2x8 Gb PSU: Corsair: RM650 Gold ATX Graphics: GeForce GTX 1660 6GB GDDR5 SSD: Kingston 240Gb a400 When I go to boot up the PC -...
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