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While I don't play Valorant (and after hearing about how intrusive it's anti-cheat is, never will), the fact that it requires this kind of stuff for it's anti-cheat if you're playing on Windows 11 worries me that other games might start enforcing such requirements too in the future. A big part...

The controller I use for my PC, a wired Xbox360 controller, has seen better days. But I am reluctant to just replace it with a modern Xbox controller (especially since I don't like wireless... and they are expensive). I was wondering, are there any controllers similar to the Xbox360 controller...

I have a 08G-P4-3062-KR (EVGA RTX 2060 Super SC Black ACX 3.0) and a 08G-P4-3081-KR (EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Black) For the 2060, the fan sometimes makes a grinding noise (Shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUOB9xM-5E ) and the noise gets louder if I touch the card. I was told that the...

There is a noise coming from my RTX 2060 Super, and I am starting to get worried if the fans are going. When I first got it the fans would constantly while it was idle be off, then suddenly speed up, then go off, and repeat over and over. The noise drove me nuts, so I """fixed""" it by using...

I am looking for a M.2 dock that preferably accepts both M.2 NVME and SATA drives. I tried to Google about it but all the results were for enclosures, I am not looking for an enclosure but a device similar to a HDD dock that will just let me quickly plug a M.2 drive in/out of it. Preferably, one...

This has been a wild ride, and I am utterly confused. My GPU is overheating in some of my systems and I am going to re-pad and re-paste it, I am not expecting miracles but every little bit can help and I wanted to get good pads to replace the stock ones on this cheap OEM card. It only has two...

I have a system that has three proprietary fans on three headers, they are all 12V and 0.95A and look like this: I am going to be replacing them with standard fans using an adapter so I can put more fans on the system, I will be replacing them with these...

I recently got an HP OEM version of a 2060 Super card, it looks like this: GPU-Z reports this about it: And it links to this page (although I am not sure if it's accurate): https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/hp-rtx-2060-super-oem.b10625 This card is meant for an older...

I have a Dell Precision T3610. I would like to clarify that this PC uses a proprietary PSU/Motherboard/Case so I can't really replace any of those with standard parts. My PC came with a 685 Watt PSU, and it originally came with an Intel Xeon 1260v2 and Nvidia Quadro K4000, as well as a 1500RPM...

I got a HP OEM RTX 2060 Super. Since this is going in an older Dell system anyway I was preferring to try to get a smaller card like this to make sure it will fit (And as a bonus the 8-pin connector is on the side like the current card in the Dell is instead of the top which I wasn't sure I...

I am wondering if I should get a new PCIe cable for my PSU that has 8 pins, or just convert the two existing 6 pin PCIe plugs it has to a single 8 pin. I have a Dell Precision T3610, it has a proprietary PSU with a single 8 Pin PCIe power port, it came stock with a cable that splits that into...

I am rapidly running out of space on this old 300GB 15000RPM SAS drive that came with this workstation I am using as a backup PC. This drive is NOT the OS drive (That's running off of a SSD) , it's just used for storage. I have an unused Best Buy gift card, and I saw that there are several 2TB...

So I noticed that there are some 1TB SSDs on Amazon that have recently gone below $50, and according to CamelCamelCamel these drives were all above $50 before. I know these are not the best drives by any means, but I am looking for a drive that I am going to be exclusively putting just my games...

I have multiple SATA drives that my case angles right against it's back side-panel, this means that the cables are mashing against the panel and I am very worried it can bend/fray the cables or crack/break the SATA connectors on the drives. So I got right-angled cables for my drives. Issue is...

I have a Xeon E5-2667 v2 system, it currently has an old Quadro card in it as it was meant to be a workstation that I am repurposing into a gaming system. The PSU is 675 watts... but it only has a single 8-pin GPU power connector (It's also proprietary so I can't replace it). From my...

I am actually not even sure if this is a CPU or RAM problem, or something else, I am assuming CPU only because I just installed a new one, but I am not 100% sure. I have a Dell Precision T3610. About a month ago I upgraded it's RAM to a 8x16GB DDR3 EEC configuration. I ran several RAM and...

I have a Dell Precision T3610, it's a Xeon based workstation. It has a Intel Xeon 1620 v2, it's a 4C8T CPU with a base clock of 3.7GHz and Turbo of 3.9Ghz and 10MB of L3 cache. Apparently my motherboard does support upgrading the CPU to a 1650 v2 The Intel Xeon 1650 v2 is a 6C12T CPU with...

I have a Dell Precision T3610 It's a Xeon E5 1620 v2 system with 16GB of RAM in a 4x4GB configuration operating at Quad Channel, the RAM is DDR3 EEC. I have been hitting my memory limits recently and managed to get a good deal on a used 8x16GB set, the maximum amount of memory the system...

I have a EVGA GTX 1070 FTW ACX 3.0 (Model Number: 08G-P4-6276-KR) These cards apparently had a defect that could short out the VRMs and basically destroy the card. To "fix" it... sorta... EVGA issued a firmware update that just simply runs the fans at a higher RPM and a set of thermal...

So I figured once the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs drop the 5000 will hopefully go on sale and that would provide a decent upgrade from the 3700X my friend uses for both gaming and video editing. Was considering the 5700X for this. Well, I am already seeing prices go down and getting e-mail adverts...

I just purchased a GTX 1060 on eBay for almost suspiciously cheap (A PNY VCGGTX10606PB-CG ), looking at the seller's other items I think I can guess why, they had a handful of GTX 1060, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards as well as bags of PCIe to SATA power adapters, so feels like the chances of this...

This is the system in question: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJ2CC6 It was built in late 2019 and was working fine until about two months ago when it's GTX 770 started having major issues that was a clear indicator of a dying GPU, I attempted several tests/maintenance/updates but to no avail...

I have a Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad G780, and I really like this laptop despite how old it is. Specifically it's this model: https://www.newegg.com/matte-imr-metal-lenovo-ideapad-g780-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834310628?Item=N82E16834310628 That's even the link I bought it from years ago...

For reference this is my friend's build: We built it in 2019, it's for gaming and video editing. Original plan was to use an Intel CPU with an iGPU and buy a better GPU later, but since AMD was overtaking Intel significantly at the time and that CPU power would help with his video editing...

I am trying to find some actual data on this but all I can find is that Gamers Nexus video. From what I have researched, what speeds you can run Gear 1 at vary depending on the CPU, Motherboard, and RAM... but for the most part most people seemed unable to push Gear 1 past 3600, and if you were...

My friend told me he was having issues with his PC crashing or just getting "stuck" for about a minute. He thinks it's the GPU, and from what he described (Basically random parts of the screen stop updating, especially if it's a YouTube video or playing a 3D game) it sounds like it to me too...

So I have apparently been understanding how Dual Channel works completely wrong for years now. I know that it means putting each RAM stick in a different channel, so that you get more throughput over two channels together than just congesting one, but I used to think that meant the reason a...

I was looking into adapters that let you plug a M.2 NVME into a standard PCIe slot. From what I understand, they are basically PCIe devices so that should be somewhat simple. And there did seem to be tons of devices like this that aren't too expensive, but some of their features confused me...

I have a Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Pro AX motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-PRO-AX-rev-1x Right now I have my games drive on a pair of SSDs in RAID0 (Old setup that I have been regretting doing and haven't had to money to un-do) and I would like to migrate them over to a...

I have a Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX motherboard, and the BIOS hasn't been updated in a while. Thing is, the latest BIOS updates added better support for Windows 11.... and fixed some "major vulnerabilities" that they highly recommend you update. My issue is... that update also claims it...

I have a rather cramped setup. I have an air cooler, a NVMe, a soundcard, and a GPU all sort of jammed close within the same area barely clearing each other, and I am wondering if it's safe that everything is so close. For the NVME, it's a 4.0 NVME and it's plugged into the only 4.0 slot on...

I am about to upgrade my 10700K system to a 11700K, main reason to have PCIe 4.0 support since I will likely be using this system for many years. With the motherboard I have (Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX) doing this will also enable a currently disabled M.2 port that will operate at 4.0 speeds...

I have a Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX motherboard, it has two 12V 4-pin RGB headers, and two 5V 3-pin ARGB headers. As well as two 9-pin USB 2.0 headers. The top set of the 4/3 pin RGB headers are already going to be in use, but I still need to use both sets on the bottom of the board, as well...

So I have had my IBM M5014 for a while, I reflashed it long ago to LSI 9260-i8 firmware, I wanted to replace it's battery and upgrade my array from RAID5 to 6. Recently the BBU on it died, and swelled pretty bad. I didn't have the money to replace it at the time, but I finally do now, so I went...

I am trying to work out how I am going to wire all the drives in a new build and I am not sure what to do in regards to a few of the cables. First thing is that I since I am upgrading from a 4-drive RAID5 to a 5-drive SATA6, I am going to need an additional mini-SAS to SATA adapter/cable...

Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the Cooling section since I do ask about fan recommendations too, but figured since most of it is about RGB it probably belongs here. I am new to RGB and trying to figure out how to go about this. I had a system I built in 2012 in a Cooler Master...

I just got a new budget gaming mouse (Steelseries Rival 310) to replace my old one (Corsair Raptor M45) due to it's middle button not clicking about 75% of the time and now the left button was starting to go. And after fighting and dealing with Steelseries trying their hardest to trick me into...

I was looking into getting a second UPS for my computers similar to the current one I have, a Cyber Power CP1500PFCLCD: https://www.newegg.com/cyberpower-cp1500pfclcd-nema-5-15r/p/N82E16842102134 However, it's going out of stock everywhere, and coming back at a higher price when it does go...

I have an IBM ServeRAID M5014 which I flashed back to an LSI 9260-8i years ago. I am planning to install the expanded services key (or whatever that key is called) on it soon and upgrading my RAID5 of 4 WD REDs to a RAID6 with 5 WD REDs. Since this will require me to get an additional...

Built a system for my friend about a year and a half ago, they told me that today the system was lagging and shutting down. Found out the CPU fan stopped spinning, did some troubleshooting and it worked again, but then the next day it stopped again. So looks like most likely the fan died...