TheCrazyCryptonian

Budget (including currency): £1600 but ideally lower. Country: UK Workloads: Gaming. most modern titles, Darktide and starfield being main two. Some mid 3d cad as well. Other details: I am lover of ITX cases as small and sleek as possible. I've built in a few in the past, but haven't kept up to date with any recent hardware updates so in need of assistance. I don't mind if the PC can't smash all games at 1440p ultra, as long as most are around the 144fps mark at high settings I'll be happy Also in need of some recommendations for a good monitor for said build. Looking for a 2tb nvme and 2tb SSD, will be setting up a Nas in the near future so no need for bulk storage. Don't mind going a gen or two back on GPUs to lower cost.

Been out of the pc parts circle for a while so no idea if its a good deal or not. Just looking for a nice cheap upgrade to a dying gtx 970 for 1080p games. https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-Gaming-GDDR6-06G-P4-2062-KR/dp/B07MVNPKWN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GKIZGIT0FTSW&keywords=rtx+2060+super&qid=1659161615&refinements=p_36%3A15000-&rnid=428432031&s=computers&sprefix=rtx+2060+super%2Ccomputers%2C105&sr=1-1

Removed the old drive and the issue is still there. Is there a chance it could be one of the SSDs? Think I might try removing the drives one by one and seeing how that goes. Also included the crystaldisk results for those: Boot: Old Boot: Update: Alright I've removed every drive down to the boot drive and the problem still persists. Interesting note though, I managed to open file explorer fine as soon as my pc started, but the issue began after 30 seconds or so as if a certain application had started and caused the issue. I kept my eye on resource/task manager though and couldnt really pinpoint any particular program starting at or just before that time.

Ah yeah I've given that one a go already, forgot to mention it though thanks

Both my mechanical drives seem to be giving pretty low error rates: I do know how weird they can be, especially with the 1TB being 7 years old now. Will try removing it and seeing if anything changes. The 2TB drive is pretty recent though and hasnt seen any real heavy use.

Hey all, this might be a long one, Specs: Windows 10 Home 64 bit Asrock H270M-ITX/ac (BIOS version 2.5, latest, 2017) Intel i7 7700 (2017) 2x8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (2017) Gigabyte Windforce 780ti (2014) Drives: 850 EVO m.2 250gb (boot, 2017) Seagate 1tb (2014) Seagate 2tb (2018) Kingston 120gb SSD (old boot drive, 2014) My PC has been having a number of issues for a couple months now and it seems as though the problem is beginning to worsen. At first, the issue was that every so often on start-up I would be unable to access file explorer. The file explorer window would open, however nothing would appear and the window would become unresponsive. Then, the whole of windows explorer would become unresponsive for a short period and restart itself. I could still launch certain applications such as chrome and discord but any program that attempted to access other files would crash, sometimes to the point where task manager would be unable to close the program after it became unresponsive. After dealing with this issue for a while I decided to reinstall a clean copy of windows hoping this would fix the issue. (Also just to note there were a few issues with installing windows updates before this point sadly remember the error code it gave). With a fresh install of windows I went about reinstalling all my programs, however the issue returned. Luckily I found a workaround as I realised if I just left my pc for 10-15 minutes I would be able to access my files again normally, however there were still some odd issues with this. When trying to create a new folder or file, file explorer would not automatically update, and I would have to exit and re-enter the containing folder for any changes to be applied. Also after certain usage for example, copying the contents of an 8gb USB to my desktop, file explorer fails to load anything again for a couple minutes. This issue was present across all my drives. One problem that has only popped up recently is that Steam has been unable to install new games. With the fresh windows install there was no real issue getting this to work, however simply pressing the install button completely crashes Steam. If I try the process of restarting steam and installing a couple times, Steam will crash so hard its unable to close through task manager, and it even causes the whole file explorer issue I have on start-up to happen again. Managed to get a screenshot of the file explorer crashing: I've been through the following steps so far: The ole' classic reconnecting everything. Thinking it may have been a drive issue I checked CrystalDiskInfo however all drives seem to be healthy (worst was 97% on my boot NVMe ssd). Also used windows checkdisk on all drives but no issues. sfc /scannow as well Checked for a RAM issue with memtest however no errors were detected overnight. When checking event manager there used to be a consistent kernel error occuring (again, cannot remember what error code was). My event manager now is a mess of warnings and errors however I'm not sure how normal this is? Most of the errors seem to be driver failures but really don't know what I'm looking at. So I'm basically stuck not knowing what to test next to be honest. I wish I had some spare parts lying around because I'd like to try swap out the motherboard. I don't think its a drive issue as the problem are present on all drives, and I'm not sure if its a windows issue because of the clean install. I realise I do have some older hardware but those parts don't seem to be causing any issues. I could start taking drives out one by one and seeing what happens but I'm not sure the drive issue explains steams failure to install a game (on any drive btw). I've probably missed lots out here but any help is greatly appreciated before I pay for someone to take a look at it.

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As a current final year mechanical engineering student I'd highly recommend getting a portable laptop just for web browsing/simple document editing and building a desktop. I built my pc back around 2014 and then upgraded it and put it into a fractal core 500 case. Considering it has a full size 780ti windforce (and originally a h100i before that conked out), its amazingly portable. I've put it in my luggage to take it to and from uni and its worked a charm.

Hoping this falls under phones/tablets but I've been holding on to this old tech since my dad let me start messing around with it as a kid. Sadly the charging cable has gone missing, so in a last ditch attempt to get my hands on one I thought i'd post this here and pray that someone knows where i might be able to get one? My final option would be to remove the battery and charge it externally, but you can probably see why that's not exactly ideal :P Here's a photo of the port: Thanks all!!

Bought some as its currently cheaper to import this stuff to the UK than buy it here. Thanks for posting!

I have exactly that setup and can confirm it's a great choice. Wish the modmic magnets were a bit stronger though.

Looks nice but uses integrated graphics. For my usage i'd say a 960m (or equivilent) is pretty much a must.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-15-7559-15-6-Inch-Notebook/dp/B0185P47QY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458964064&sr=8-1&keywords=Inspiron+7559 < thanks linus! http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/pc-specialist-optimus-ii-gt15-960-elite-core-i5-6300hq-8gb-1tb-15.6-dvd-r-pcs-l861552/version.asp http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asus-n551vw-intel-core-i5-6300hw-12gb-750gb-128gb-ssd-nvidia-gtx960m-2gb-n551vw-fw258t/version.asp http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-pe60-6qe-257uk-broadwell-i7-5700hq-hm87-8gb-1tb-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960m-9s7-16j514-257/version.asp Looking for a laptop mainly for gaming and some general use, and battery isn't a major concern. Thanks for any help!

Done.

r9 390, it's just faster