TristanD79

Thanks both for the advice. It has actually just vanished again. Not sure if this is what you wanted:

While rendering in Blender to one of my drives it stopped after a while, and I noticed that it was due to the drive vanishing. So I restarted my PC and now it's back, and appears to be fine, and lets me render to it still. There is now a beeping noise coming from my pc whenever a render completes a frame (I've stopped rendering to the drive currently as to not cause any unwanted damage), not sure if this was there before, but I certainly didn't notice it. It could be a drive sound? I'm unsure. I have read that drives can disconnect due to a bad cable, and that they can beep due to insufficient power as they get older. Unsure if that is the problem mind Any advice would be appreciated And the drive in question is Kingston SA400S37240G that I think was bought in 2018 Update: I've resunk the cables into the SSD and now it appears to be not beeping, so I assume all this was caused by a cable coming lose Update 2: Lost connection to the drive again

So I've just bought myself a HP ENVY 13 2 in 1 laptop, and I want to be able to write on it, but also use it for sculpting on blender. The questions I have are; why is there so much variation in price? And is there anything I should look for in a pen? I assume they all work with other laptops no matter the brand? I had found this one https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=3J122AA&opt=ABB&sel=ACC&lang=en-GB&gclid=Cj0KCQjws4aKBhDPARIsAIWH0JV7bRiQP0N19FRUvtvQlXq3Tzw-IIxWXg6C2f3s6EDimYJlZ1g8PPoaAqiIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds But honestly I have no idea if its good, or whether it really doesn't matter what pen you get at all, and they are just all the same with a brand slapped on it? Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

Cheers, i think ill go with amd then as i doubt ill be doing much gaming

Well anything really, whatever i feel like creating, in game assets and high poly meshes for baking, etc. Though i might render with my desktop if im at home.

I’ve been looking at the HP Spectre x360 14 and 15 models as they are windows pc’s (useful for software i use) and they have 2 in 1 touch screen models which might be handy for sculpting in blender. My question is would people recommend the model 14 versions (intel processors) or model 15 (amd processors). If i had a budget it probably would be max £1,600, and both seem to be relatively the same price wise. cheers in advance

ite no worries, ty

I've been thinking about buying a laptop for my studies and have been looking at the HP Spectre x360 14-ea0009na (link below), and just wondered is it good for sculpting 3D models in programs such as blender? Cheers https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=2Z6X7EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Essentially what maintenance should I be doing with my PC?

Hello, Essentially my computer within the past week has been stuttering in nearly all games, in this case Apex, CS:GO, etc., though i have not noticed stuttering in RTS games like StarCraft 2. I have reinstalled my GPU drivers (though I have not done a clean install). My GPU (1060 6GB) has been running at 75-79 degrees C when playing games, but it has been running at temps like this for a while I think. Any help or suggestions, much appreciated

I (My dad) just bought Microsoft Office 2019 from softwarekeep.co.uk and it's downloading a .img file, I've never heard of this file type. What is it? Should I be worried about it? And why is my computer saying it can be potentially harmful?

So I have a computer with Windows 7 Pro already installed, and I have the Windows 10 installation tool downloaded and ready to run. Is it as simple as running the tool and upgrading then I'll get a licenced Windows 10? Only reason I ask is I thought the scheme to upgrade for free had ended? Any help or incite on the process is appreciated

Essentially I have a computer with Windows 7 Professional, when upgrading it through Microsoft do you get to keep the processional part, i.e. I would get Windows 10 Professional? or do you get the basic Windows 10?

Issue solved by disabling HDR mode

My computer is working normally, it just looks like there is a slightly transparent grey filter.

So I downloaded Star Wars battlefront 2, then opened the game, and I noticed my screen turn greyish (and not just when in the game). So i restarted the computer, and it has not gone away, any ideas? When I print screen and view the image on a different device it looks normal. I have not altered any of my monitor settings, and when I open the monitor menu I can tell that the colours on the menu are correct. So I doubt it is that.

I currently have a 750w corsair PSU and saw people stressing out on the forums about the consumption by 30 series cards. So I wondered what PSU is needed to run a 3080? I checked a PSU calculator and it said I'd be fine with a 700W PSU, but I somehow doubt that.. My setup is: CPU: i7-8700 RAM: TridentRGB 3200MHz DDR4 (4x8GB) MB: H370 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI (dw about the ram, I'm aware) Storage: 1 x 1TB HDD, 2 x SATA SSD (240GB and 1TB), 1 x NVMe M.2. SSD 4 x 120 mm Fans

First off, I obviously understand demand is high right now, and supply is low, but I actually don't know where (if they were available) I can get one in the UK? The NVIDEA website link other cards and where to buy them but not the Founders Edition. Checked several other retailers and I can't see it listed anywhere. I'm obvs not gonna help the scalpers on ebay. So anyone know any sites where the card is listed? Help much appreciated

Yes the old computer was some pre built thing, the new one is a custom build so i can upgrade it etc

Old video cam recorder that uses firewire need to transfer the videos from holidays over and I don't want to keep the old PC just for that

Hello all, I'm not sure this is the right section to be talking about this but here goes. I'm upgrading a 10 year old desktop pc to a new pc. The old PC has a firewire port built into it, and the new one will not have the space I believe to plug it in. I'll link the case ( https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/tower-cases/fractal-design-node-202-mini-itx-pc-case-10202342-pdt.html ). I think maybe one solution may be to have a firewire port card and use a pci extender due to the small case/case layout?? Any ideas thoughts much appreciated!

Where did you get yours from?

Oh good i was looking exactly at that model but couldn’t see an option to get from 8gb to 16gb!

Hello all, I’m attempting to decide on a laptop within a reasonable budget of roughly £800. The laptop is mainly going to be for statistics work which is cpu intensive, as well as general work. I’ll probably require 16gb of ram. Does anyone have any suggestions? Or a website they can suggest to compare and find laptops? Help always appreciated, and thanks in advance :)

Yes I may have to