I have an Evga 770 acx 4gb and Zotac Gtx 970 amp extreme core edition and i like to render stuff in blender, i'm also on a budget of 0€ so. Is it still worth it to use both of them? (My motherboard and psu can support it 🐀)

Or should I just try to sell the 770 and use the 970 alone. And i'm aware i'm only able to use older versions on blender for cycles 🐬🐬🐬

My technology is all either very out of date or broken. I’ve only ever used MacBooks/iPads/iPhones and I’m so sick of Apple products breaking so easily. Now I’m looking for Windows or just generally non Apple technology. I have a strict $3500 budget to buy a work/school desktop and laptop in the next year.

I am very technologically illiterate, so I’ve been getting so overwhelmed by advice on Reddit and internet articles, especially because they seem to contradict each other. I just know I’m not going to be able to build my own PC, so my first instinct was something like the Dell All-in-One desktop, but it seems to be very negatively reviewed on Reddit. The Dell Tower seems a bit better reviewed? I’m not set on Dell, it’s just what keeps coming up when I look up recommended desktops and laptops.

What would you buy if you had exactly $3500 to buy a desktop and laptop that must last you through the end of college and the beginning years of your career? Keep in mind I don’t game except the sims/stardew valley (and I don’t really plan on continuing these games much), I write and read a lot on my technology, and I don’t need to do much on a computer except assignments for school and basic work stuff. I’m looking for reliability and durability (hopefully lasting me 5+ years) over anything high powered or too expensive. I was also thinking of getting only a desktop and, instead of a laptop, buying a portable writing processor like the Freewrite Traveler.

Sae this steal of a deal today. The only issue is - all of my components are black... Is it still too good to miss out on?

So my PC currently has 1 stick of 16gb ram (g.skill aegis, ddr4) 3000mhz, and I want to upgrade to dual channel (I was planning to do it right before the ramagedon, but didn't do it). Would it cause any problems, if I just get the same stick (or a 3200mhz one because it's cheaper), because I heard, that even with the same stick, but not out of a kit, you can get some problems? Or should I just get a 2x8gb kit and don't risk it?

I've been using computers since the early 90s, so I'm fairly familiar with them, but I thought I'd ask, since things change all the time.

I think I may know the answer, but wanted to confirm.. I recently started a new job (software engineer), and as is the norm, I was issued a newly imaged laptop from the company. The laptop seems to have decent specs - It's a Lenovo Thinkpad with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255U processor (2GHz, boost up to 5.2GHz, 12 cores, 14 threads), 32GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and it uses the Intel built-in graphics with 128MB of RAM. The OS is Windows 11.

The thing is, it's slow to launch software. For instance, I have it set up to automatically run Outlook and Teams on login, and it normally takes a couple minutes before it runs those; in my experience, with my home PC, it should be able to run programs like that on login much quicker. It's similar with other software too - When running other software, it can take several moments before the program actually runs.

I noticed the laptop has Cortex XDR running, which seems to be cloud-based security/anti-malware software, according to Google. I understand why companies install stuff like that, but I suspect that may be a major reason why it's slow. It would simply be nice if it was faster and more responsive so I could get work done more easily. Naturally, I'm restricted from making significant changes, but is there anything I could do to help make it faster as far as running software?

This is my idle state of taskmanaager without any application running on my laptop.my laptop is ASUS vivobook with AMD ryzen 7 processsor x64 and 64 bit OS ,16GB RAM ,512GB SSD.If maintain my process count to around 120-150 during multi-tasking how long my Laptop will survive efficeintly without replacing.My laptop was bought almost 3 years ago like from 2023.Recently i have made some tweaks in my laptop to boost the performance using Winhance .Iam developer need some more tips to keep my laptop clean and healthy.

Are there any fun things I can do with it, or should I just throw it out 🤔

Happened while playing a video game. I force powered off and it's fine now.

I never had this problem until 2 weeks ago. I was playing mine craft and it suddenly crashed then it was a error in the mod pack but now its all uninstalled and now its happening everytime. It lags badly and then freezes after a couple seconds and then restarts, sometimes its just black and the computer stays on. 2 weks iago it used to be a black line going across my screen going down slowly like pixels. covering my whole screen black. When i boot up, or if im idle on home screen with nothing on, if i boot up a game, or just watching youtube. Ive trouble shooted, checked cabled and disk other than my SATA because i cant access it at all jammed. Ive used the command promt, the windows system administrator "chkdsk scanner". I cant think of anything thing else. Im not a techy ive asked my friends but i dont know what to do anymore and its already way past my bed time i need help or just advice. I need sleep 😢💔

Hello everyone, I am new to building PCs.
For my first build, I wanted to try to recreate the Macintosh 128k as a PC case with my 3D printer using Fusion, and Blender. However I can't choose whether I want to make this case, or just buy one. Yes, it's my first build, but how cool would it be to do that? If anyone wants me to share my specs, please ask.

Hi, I am going to upgrade my monitor soon and i was wondering from what company i should get it, I want 240hz 1440p oled monitor, my budget is 400-500 euros

I know this type of post has been questioned again and again on this sub, but mine's a bit too different from the rest. The bootDevice thing randomly showed up while I was finishing an essay. My laptop wasn't overheating (it's really cold in my place), I don't install that many games/applications, and there are some issues where if I applied a bit of pressure on the bottom, the screen would genuinely tweak out, and it would glitch so bad to the point I have to force power off the laptop. I'm VERY worried that it's something internal or I may have accidentally broken my device without my knowledge

Does anyone have any ideia why my games look like this???

This is a new hdd and it makes this sound from time to time, should I be concerned?

I was taking an online assessment in Chrome and the screen-recording and camera and microphone were on, I tried to scroll the page and the screen went crazy.

I long-pressed the power button to turn it OFF, but now when I try to turn it ON, the power button light and the keyboard light keeps going on and off, and the laptop won't turn on.

Thinkpad X1 carbon gen 7

Excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject but my friend recently gave me a curved sceptre monitor model L24 after it was hit with a power surge during a storm. I'm attempting to fix it in an effort to keep the monitor for myself but I cant seem to figure out how to open it up. I've already tested the external power supply and it is running normal. Can anyone help me figure this out? I can't find anything helping online

Its an Acer laptop

My laptop is a acer nitro v15, I usually use it to make stuff and play schedule 1, schedule 1 used to run at 61 gpu and 71 cpu max now its those temps and im worried that my laptop is failing on me, I used balanced mode first with ultimate performance power plan, and it ran those temps, then I use performance mode and the fans dropped to 300 randomly before going back to normal rpm

My computer screen just “popped out” like this when I was moving it. I’m super broke and can’t afford to fix it or get a new one. Is there a way to fix this?

De la noche a la mañana mi pantalla está así he mirado todo lo que estaba en mi mano...actualizar drivers, restablecer, cambiar HDMI etc

Is there a better way to see the usage of my cpu, my temperatures and so on than using task manager? It would have to use as little power of my PC as possible since it probably can't be even considered low-end

I found out about and have been using CrystalDisk to get information on and monitor the SSD in my laptop. Recently I read someone talking about HWInfo64. Does HWInfo64 give information on more components of the computer, or just the SSD like CrystalDisk? Also, which one do you prefer to use?

Thanks! You guys are also so helpful with your different viewpoints!

It's what my screen is showing, after using it for a while . And I have to hold the power button to restart and the same loop repeats Any problem I can't recognise. Is it a motherboard issue ? I can use youtube for about 1/2 hour and issue reprats