performance

Hi there! I have both a smaller (500MB) SSD and larger (2TB) HDD and am wondering whether I should change over the HDD to SSD to improve general PC/gaming performance. Is this even possible? I've read about cloning the drive. Specs (let me know if I should include other info in this and I...

Hey, I apologise if this is the wrong forum, please feel free to move it. I'm trying to get to the bottom of a particular problem that occurs in various games in that, when the game transitions between zones, scenes or sometimes in combat the game will free for a moment (between 3-8 seconds...

Hi all, My PC has recently developed a problem in the form of momentary sound, video and performance stuttering. By this I mean I can be working away, listening to Spotify/Youtube, and then a 2 second stuttering occurs in the form of: Sound as though the output is being rapidly flicked on and...

Hello, I'm in need of help with my current setup. Specs: Motherboard - Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming Gpu - Nvidia EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra CPU - i9 10850k Memory - 64GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3600Mhz PSU - Corsair RM850x 80 Plus Running at 2560x1440 Windows 10 User benchmark...

I have a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz. Not sure if that is good or not. I play GTA V. although I struggle to reach 30fps, it is unplayable. my CPU is also at 100% usage. I have a good GPU, Geforce RTX 3060, just wondering what I can do to improve performance and reduce CPU usage? Thanks.

Hello all, I am having this issue where i cannot increase my framerate in games. I mostly play warzone and get around 40/50 fps with the below set up on low to medium settings within the game. Specs: CPU: i5 8600k Mobo: Gigabyte Z370P D3 Ram: 16GB DDR4 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB HDD: M.2 SSD...

Does anyone (who has one of these cards) have any info/concerns about noise when under load? I have read conflicting views about 30xx series noise issues and due to shortage of GPU's, there are limited comparisons/benchmarks covering this aspect. So will probably be relying on...

I recently upgraded my Mobo+RAM to Asus b550-f gaming wifi and Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey. I am noticing that the ram is running at 2400Mhz not 3000Mhz. Is there some setting i need to enable in the bios? Thanks for the help...

Hi there, I today received my MSI 3090 gaming X Trio and I have noticed almost 0 improvement in my pc performance FPS wise. I upgraded from a 2080ti which I know won’t make a crazy crazy crazy difference but for example in warzone my FPS didn’t increase at all and stayed at the same 100-130 FPS...

Hello, I'm looking for professional advice on an economic laptops (about £1 - 1.5K) for Architectural studies using following software: -AutoCAD, -Revit, -Sketchup, -most of the Adobe Creative Cloud apps such Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, etc.. My daughter is using these and has issues...

Hi all, I'm a way off completing my build while I wait for component availability, so I thought to look into initial setup and tests to run when the build is complete. My config is along the lines of: Case: Fractal Meshify C Mobo: MSI X570 Tomahawk WiFi CPU: Ryzen 3600xt (upgrade to 5600x...

Hi All, So I recently finished my build and got some time yesterday to play around with my PC. I noticed right out of the box, my RTX 3090 FE was underperforming compared to the benchmarks/scores people have posted to forums. Here my PC specs: CPU: Ryzen 5900X (Stock) Cooler: NZXT X63...

Evening all! So I recently received a custom rig as a gift from my wife from Overclockers and it's honestly been fantastic, i could not fault it. However over the last couple of months it seems to have... slowed down/started to struggle. Occasionally I'll have graphical hiccups when i...

I have been a happy owner of a Fractal Design Arc Midi (R1) since 2013 and it was the best bang for performance and water cooling options case to have 8 years ago. I've updated the fans with 6 Akasa Viper 140mm fans so the airflow of the case is really strong with the fans ramping up based on...

Hey guys here are my PC specs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 GTX 1070 MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX 16 GB RAM 550W PSU Just a quick question regarding my RAM. There was some spare RAM at work which I just used for my PC, didn't do much research on it and just assumed it would be fine. Just want to ask whether my...

Hello, I am having an issue with my PC. A couple days ago it was running games just fine (battlefront 2running at 144 plus fps 1440p max settings). However yesterday it has gone down to 80 fps (in the same level of the game). GPU and CPU usage are at 20 to 40 percent. Lowering graphics setting...

Hi there, I'm looking to potentially purchase the "Citizen Gaming PC (AMD Ryzen 5 2600 + RX 590 8GB + 8/16gb RAM)" and I'm very happy with the performance and the price point, but the few people I've run this past have said to watch out with game stutter, some games just won't run on AMD...

Hi, I'm wondering if I can get some advice. I bought a Palit RTX 2070 Dual for my new build, upgrading from a Palit 1070 Super Jetstream about a month ago and I've not had a solid day out of it yet. I started off with blue screens and game crashes and immediately asked Palit and Nvidia for some...

Evening all, Thought I'd share a simple comparison for you showing the difference in performance I got when upgrading from 2013's A8 APU to 2018's R5 2600x. This is what you get when skipping forward 5 years! A8 6600k = avg. FPS: 73.8 (Score:3089) R5 2600x = avg. FPS: 93.3 (Score:3903) A 20...

I have seen a lot of people turn down good deals with 2400MHz DDR4 because they need *some higher speed* as they believe that 2400MHz gimps their system.. How much truth is there in this and has anyoen upgraded from 2400MHz and actually seen noticeable performance increases? I would test but I...