I'm turning an old dell into a media/streaming computer. I want to run my 75in 4k Samsung TV with HDR active. Right now it has an old Nvidia NVS 510 and it isn't cutting it. Just moving the mouse on screen pegs it at 100% so you can imagine video playback isn't good. What graphics card do you recommend to run 4k video at…
Is this a good starting gaming pc? CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 5800X Vermeer 3.8GHz 8-Core AM4 Boxed Processor Motherboard: ASUS - B550-F ROG Strix Gaming (WiFi) AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard RAM: G.Skill - Trident Z Neo Series RGB 32 GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3600 PC4-28800 CL16 Dual Channel Memory Kit F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC Case: Lian Li -…
Hello! I purchased a asus tuf 3090 and bitspower water block for the card. According to the microcenter website and comments the waterblock is compatible with both the 3080 and 3090 however I'm finding conflicting thermal pad layouts for the 3090 and am wondering what layout of thermal pads have people had success with…
I currently have a mesh system of 3 wireless google wifi things. One connected to the router downstairs, one in the living room, and one in my room which is upstairs. I have a ethernet cable from the wireless google wifi to my pc. My internet speeds have been mediocre at best and I was wondering if I could benefit from…
I purchased my ACER laptop at Microcenter about 5 years ago. I'm now being asked to activate my Windows. I now have a dark background that I can't change, because it requires activation of the Windows. Can Microcenter check my purchase record and provide me with the activation key?
Hello all, I was gifted a Toshiba Satellite laptop model C55-C5270. While working on it I discovered the reason it was a gift was that it had no hard drive, nothing. I have been researching and as far as I can tell for a replacement I could get any 2.5" ATA or SATA hard drive. I don't need a big one, only enough to throw a…
I just recently switched to a Wi-Fi only internet provider and within the last couple of days it's been getting glitchy it goes on/off and i intermittently get this message: My, "SSID" isn't secure This wifi network uses an older security standard that's being phased out. We recommend switching to a different network. I'm…
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I've been working on this issue for quite some time, PC will run fine for about 3 weeks then experience overheating shutdown issues which is PCU related. I frequently remove dust with an electronic air duster, keep the PC in a good location for air flow and all fans are working. I will list a picture with all of my specs.…
I have the PowerSpec G706 for two years. I reset my PC to clean out my drive and start fresh, and now I'm locked out of windows 10 and have no way of using my computer as a result. I've reset it several times, trying to start over, it's not working. When I try and use safe mode with CMD, I'm in an X drive and can't access…
I recently purchased an "HP Pavilion TG01-2032 Gaming PC; AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9GHz Processor; AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB GDDR6" from the Madison Heights MicroCenter and, overall, I have been happy with its performance. For some reason though, whenever I go to view my zoom lecture recordings online, the videos are distorted…
Hi everyone! I bought a ryzen 5900x and a asus x570 motherboard and I have a couple of questions. 1. Will I need to update the motherboard bios in order for it to work? 2. These parts are an upgrade from my current PC. I was wondering if I could just take my 2 ssd's from my current 3700x & msi b450 gaming plus and put it…
I have an HP printer with a "printer failure" error. Can Micro Center fix this for me?
I just purchased a new PowerSpec desktop from Micro Center. It came with two sticks of 8 Gb ram for a total of 16 Gb and has two more open RAM slots. I want to upgrade the RAM so I have a total of 32 GB. - Question: Is it better to replace the current pair of 8 Gb sticks with two 16 Gb sticks, or is it better to add…
I recently purchased a computer (Windows 11) and transferred my pictures (all JPGs) from the previous computer. Upon doing so, the pictures transferred successfully, but the thumbnails do not show the picture. I have tried: 1) File Explorer Options - View - and unchecked the Always show icons, never thumbnails 2) rebuilt…
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Will Micro Center do a system swap for me to a different case and install a new CPU cooler in the process if I purchase the case and cooler through them?
I have several Microcenter Flash Drives. I use them for backup media. I ran into something strange. I found that the 128GB USB 3.0 Flash drives are twice as fast as the 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drives. It seems the labeling is reversed. It appears the 128GB Flash drives are USB 3.1 GEN 2, and the 256GB Flash drives are USB 3.0…
Hi everyone, I just got my parts from Microcenter (CPU, motherboard, RAM and NVMe drive) and tried building my first gaming PC. I had my GPU , case and PSU. I spent like whole day building watcing youtube and reading the manual. And at the end, when the time comes to press the start button, it wont turn on. No power to…
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I haven't played COD:MW in a while and I had to update the game, after this update I could no longer set it at 1440p. When you launch safe mode, it defaults to 720p. The game freezes my whole computer and usually becomes a black screen when I try to set it up for 1440p. I have no idea what's doing this since I haven't OC'd…
All I have been using a system built by Microcenter for little over a year. I had a Desktop built around the ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E motherboard and had been using the onboard WIFI adapter to get connected . It had been working smoothly until yesterday , when after the computer went to sleep , and was re-booted , the Wifi…
I have a /dev/sda5 file under the "/" mount point that is running out of space and was looking to allocate more to it. Unfortunately, changing an already created partition has a high chance of corrupting pre-existing files during the time of expansion. Is there a safer way or will I just have to keep deleting things until…
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My computer will not transfer/save/ email any of my documents produced through microsoft office 365. my computer will not print to my wifi printer. is there a setting i need to adjust?
i bought a nokia 3.4 cell phone 1/31/22 and the battery is bad and wont charge now. this was an open box phone andit was in a ziplock bag with yellow sticker & no extras with it can i bring this into the store and get a store credit to pick out another phone
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