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i recently overclocked my i3-530 to 3.74 ghz and it sits idle around 35 degrees is that ok ? just wondering

I have been trying to port forward on my windows ten laptop but whenever i check the port online it says it is closed. i logged into the router management page and portforwarded port 27272. I have tried disabling firewall and and antivirus but to no avail. Im on a BT Home Hub 3 with a wifi...

My screen went black today and after a restart went black again as soon as the Windows Login screen appeared. No problems in safe mode or anything but couldn't get into Windows normally. Couldn't for the life of me repair it so I just went with a new Windows install. I'm now getting these...

Hi, I'm looking to build a new rig since my x58 build from 10 years ago is on it's last legs. Main usage will be a combination of work, video editing for YouTube and of course, gaming. I am hunting for either of the ever elusive 3070/80 founders edition cards at msrp. Not fussed which one I get...

I have to travel a lot. I do a lot of digital art work, from 3D assets to motion graphics. Use Blender, Maya, Photoshop, and After effects, as well as using my system to play relatively heavy games. Now I'm currently hauling around my mid-tower everywhere I go, as a university student, I travel...

I was watching YouTube and my mouse stoped working so I restarted my pc, and the keyboard followed suit I have tried many different things to fix them like checking to see if the wires were broken (they were fine) trying a new mouse (didn’t work) checking the power supply (works fine) I even...

Looking to buy a PC after getting bored of console gaming Ino nothing about PCs so I'm struggling to pick one out I want to play mostly DayZ (Modded) GTA (Modded) and other games If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it Thank you

I have 2 sticks of 8gb ram installed and in system information it only using 8gb and only shows i have 8 in my my setting and BIOS. I have swapped the ram in different slots still happening. Iv tried most google ideas and nothings working any suggestions? Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core...

Hi All, TLDR; New 3090 was running fine then had a big ol' crash. VGA light on, tried reseating and swapping out PSU cables to no avail. Tried a different GPU and it worked fine. Anything else to try before trying to get the 3090 replaced? SPECS; Gigabyte AORUS 3090 Master, 5800X, RM850x RM850...

Hello guys. I have recently got back into gaming (specifically CSGO) but my rig feels/looks a little bit dated. My current set up (see below) was a pre build purchased form a former team mate as my knowledge is some what limited. Intel Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 8.00...

i recently bought a glossy white model o, I meant to buy the matte white model o- is there anyway i can get the mouse swapped, its in perfect condition and i've not used it other than to test it out.

I’m building a pc and I’ve got all parts sorted but I can’t get a gpu pretty much anywhere at the moment in the uk as EVERYWHERE is out of stock, Does anyone know when curry’s would be back in stock or ****** or anywhere else I could get a gpu right now??

Not entirely sure this is in the right thread, but I thought a post looking for help would better suit the general forum. Ive lost frames lost a lot of frames tbh I've lost about 250 frames. new system. first booted up the ole cs. we were getting 478 roughly. now, just under two months later...

It happens whenever- normally when I close an editing program. My monitors go black, and when everything comes back all of the peripherals (mouse, headset, etc) are re-detected. Has anyone got a clue what part could be causing this? Got the PC this Christmas, unsure on why it's already playing up :/

Hi, Not entirely new to PC building have built a few over the years but out of touch with current times and my knowledge isn’t great. With the whole GPU stock situation going on it put me off building a PC until I managed to source a Gigabyte RTX307 OC and now looking to build a PC. My...

Debating on which gpu to get on a new pc build, it would be between the rx 580 8GB or gtx 1660 6gb unless there was another obvious choice that would be much better. I’ve done extensive research on graphics cards although this is my first pc build so I still don’t know a massive amount just the...

A friend of mine asked me to look at his pc as it sounded like it was taking off. The PSU was ready to burn his house down so I stuck my barely used spare cooler master mwe 500w in there. He has a Radeon R7 370 GPU, 16gb DDR3 1666 RAM, an Asus M5N97 motherboard and an AMD FX 8350 CPU with a...

Hello all, Bit of an issue if someone is able to offer some advice please. I've just finished a refresh / upgrade of my system, the new(ish) compotents are: Asus X99-E WS motherboard. GTX 1080 graphics cards (I actually have 3 of them, but for troubleshooting purposes I'm only going with 1...

3080 arrived yesterday, swapping it out for a 1070 which I sold last month. The system boots perfectly without the GPU installed, it also boots if the 3080 is installed but I change video output to the onboard CPU graphics - but then 3080 does not show in task manager or device manager. My...

Hi I just built a new PC, I’ve made sure all the cables are in ok and I’ve unplugged them all one by one attempting to fix the issue. I have a 500W power supply and a B450 Tomahawk max motherboard. The pc starts up for a second and the fans start spinning, but then they stop. Can anyone help...