cpu

Hello: Im thinking of building a new pc and I dont know what to choose: --The first option is intel i3 8100 Coffee Lake and Gigabyte Z370 HD3 --The second option is AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Asrock AB350 Pro4 What is your opinion? Im very much concerned about the power consumption.

Ok so I have a budget of around $600-$800, I dont have the greatest of knowledge about gaming laptops and what specs I should be focusing on. But could someone please suggest some decent gaming laptops around this budget? I am not expecting to be able to run the most demanding of games at good...

This looks a fantastic deal, the games you can aquire are the latest AAA titles. Link: https://promotion.asus.com/en/uk/Ryzen When you purchase an eligible ASUS motherboard and Ryzen CPU: CROSSHAIR VI EXTREME CROSSHAIR VI HERO(WI-FI AC) CROSSHAIR VI HERO STRIX X370-F GAMING X370 PRO & X370 A...

Hi, Currently on a 4.5ghz 2600k, 32gb ram, gtx980 and a sata SSD. I'm starting to notice my cpu is limiting me highly, I often download youtube vids and re-coding them takes ages, work with encoding and editing dashcam video's also could be faster. Also I like keeping everything running, and...

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I've posted this on lots of forums already, and have yet to get an answer how to fix this. CPU i7 6850K Mobo Ultra Gaming Gigabyte G1 x99 DDR4 HyperX Predator 4x4 3200Mhz & 2x Corsair DDR4 2400Mhz (bought corsair to test other ram) GPU G1 Gaming 1080 PSU EVGA Supernova P2 650W & Supernova...

Odd, my CPU was getting to 100C, so I bought a big CPU cooler (twice the normal size). That took it down to 80C, but it's gradually worked it's way back up to 100C again. Now I've slowed the CPU down to 85% of normal speed in the BIOS, and it's back to running at a more comfortable 70C...

Hi all, Other than Cinebench, what other CPU benchmarking software would you recommend and why? Thanks in advance for your advice :)

Hi! I'm currently overclocking an x4 860k on an ASRock A88M-G3.1 but can't get the Voltage above 1.387 without instant crashing on any frequency Is it just the max the board can handle or am i missing something?

I am experienced with PC builds but not with Ryzen. I am current using: a Ryzen 3 1300X CPU, an ASUS Prime B350-PLUS mother board, a ZOTAC Geforce GTX 1050ti mini graphics card (plugged into the grey PCIeX16_1 slot), 2 off SK hynix 8Gb 2133 Mhz RAM (plugged into slots 2 & 4) and a 550W power...

hey i got this cpu Intel Core i3 3240 quite sometime ago from OC but i was wondering what ddr3 motherboard would be ok with this please? thanks very much for any help on this guys and gals

Hi, I'm about to upgrade my old PC especially now when I starting to have problems with my motherboard. Here are my old spects: MB: Asus Maximus VII Ranger CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4,4 GHz GPU: GeForce GTX 1080Ti Zotac AMP Extreme RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB RAM DDR3 SSD: CRUCIAL MX100...

Hey guys, (apologies if I am posting this in the wrong forums). I am running a music studio setup here with the 2 machine being an i7-970 at stock settings in BIOS and a H50 Watercooler (installed in 2010!). However I have a feeling the computer is running on a bit on the high side? (see...

Hi All, I am looking to get a new mobo, CPU and ram to get my computer up to spec for playing PUBG. I already have an nvidea gtx 970 which will do. Im not too interested in overclocking, and will never want to run SLI or crossfire, and dont need anything fancy on my mobo, I dont think.. my...

Hi there Well if your a professional, video editor or just wants the biggest E-peen, the scariest CPU to come out in years is here! We have a few of them in a cage in our SI department, we only bring one out at a time to play as they are quite violent little things, or in CPU terms, damn big...

Hey everyone. First post here, and apologies in advance if this is in the wrong section. I've just bought a Corsair 780T and have a semi-modular PSU where the CPU and main motherboard cables are already attached, however the CPU power cable is too short and won't reach the motherboard socket...

Hi folks Currently run a Xeon Intel E3 1230 V3 Quad-Core Processor (3.3GHz, Base 1150, 8MB Cache) It is on a MSI 1150 socket mini itx motherboard, coupled with a Zotac 1080 mini. Now i have been questioning playing a few games recently on whether my Xeon is handling games like it should at...

Hi I am new to overclocking and I want to buy a new or used motherboard to experiment oc with my q9550 cpu. I am having hard time finding a motherboard which can uses standard psu as well as overclocking support. I have OEM motherboard which has ddr2 6gb ram and non standard psu so I cannot...

Hey guys, I have a self built rig that is doing some weird things. Currently doesn't give me any screen. The first time i encoutered this through a weird screen before crashing on me. It was a gray/green-sh screen with tiny lines. I restarted it and nothing weird happened it just worked fine...

I have built a new PC around an EK P280 kit with push/pull config fans. This is cooling a stock 6700k + 1080ti. I have just switched it on and started Prime95, within seconds of doing so the tempts jumped to 95+ (Idle is around 29-30) on all cores in HWMonitor + gurgling noises were heard. Does...