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? Old vs New GHz nums for cpus ?
It's been quite a while since I shopped for a computer (laptop) and I'm looking to replace it. But the GHz numbers on the laptops these days are confusing: My old laptop that I bought in 2014 has an intel i-7 4710hq which is rated at 2.50 ghz. But I see laptop cpus now that are in the 11th and 12th gen of i-7 or i-9 but…
Reduce Fan Noise
I recently got a computer built at MicroCenter, for the computer I chose Lian Li SL120 fans. Whenever I run anything, they tend to run quite loud regardless if I’m running anything, they run at 900rpm but I can’t get it any lower, any tips to make it quieter through the software?
Not sure what is even happening. Please help?
Not sure what is going on lately with my PC. Recently, I've been having graphics hang ups, black screens, and just straight up crashes on a few different games. The reason for this post though is during a recent League of Legends ARAM game, both monitors I have hooked up went black, and then flashed something about NVIDIA…
Can Micro Center help me build a PC for a prison?
I am in a unique position to purchase a mini tower PC for a prison that I am involved with. I need a standard mini tower running Windows 10 or 11; it cannot be a laptop. 512 GB or 1 TB SSD 16 GB RAM 4 (four) HDMI ports; it can be two dual-HDMI cards or a single QUAD card Blu-Ray DVD ROM drive (internal or external) I need…
Service update
How can I get the store to provide an update on when my service order will be ready? I have tried email and texting. I would call if I could find a phone number
Can a Cooler Master Hyper 212 cool an i7 11700k?
I was wondering if a Cooler Master Hyper 212 would work for an 11700k or if I should go for a more high end air cooler.
Does OS Matter? (Can there be any compatibility issues with an OS?)
I've bought all the components for my PC except for my graphics card and right now I'm deciding between getting windows 10 or 11. The parts are from a few years ago (Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3070, Gigabyte B550 Board) and I'm wondering if older parts can not work as well with a certain OS. Thanks!
Please check on my order have not received it. thanks.
Please check on my order have not received it. thanks.
Sound card help
So my cousin asked me to build him a new pc for his job ( he works at a radio station ) and uses a sound card but the sound card is old and he doesn't want to get a new one. I know the sound card is a single PCI, but my question is if i get a modern motherboard that has a PCI slot, will the sound card still work with it?…
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PowerSpec psu cables
So I have an extra 650 watt PowerSpec that was given to me by a friend but he lost the cables and doesn't have them. I know you cant mix cables from 1 psu to another psu. So my question is does Microcenter sell replacement cables for the power supply? or would I have to get either third party cables? or would I have to buy…
no sound from my 2 month old laptop hp
no number to call?
PC locks up while gaming
On my 3rd evga ftw3 ultra 3090 so far. First one red light of death. 2nd one immediately did this. 3rd one doing this as well. I'm at a loss of what's wrong with it. THIS could happen either 10min into playing or not at all. I could game for 8 hours straight but after it does it one time I'm fine for the rest of the day.…
B745 Desktop Bluetooth Issue
Something happened recently to the Bluetooth on my B745. I had been using my Apple AirPods with it for months with them working flawlessly. All of a sudden the audio quality was horrible. I removed them from Bluetooth and tried to re-add them but they aren't being detected by "Add a device" in the Bluetooth settings. I…
gen4 SSD stuck at gen3 speeds
I recently bought an Asus B550M-A Prime motherboard and an Inland gen4 SSD. I've updated the mobo to the most recent BIOS, however, I only get gen3 speeds when running benchmarks. Also, I do not see gen4 as a link speed for pcie or m.2 settings. I only see 'automatic' & gen1-3. Any ideas as to how to unlock gen4?
Wifi help
So I have an asus Z170-ar motherboard which has no wifi or bluetooth. If I wanted to install wifi and bluetooth it, what would you guys recommend? I believe microcenter sells wifi cards but i'm not 100% sure, if not is there another way i can install wifi onto the motherboard so i dont have to run it through an ethernet…
NEED DIRECTION ON THIS
Hello: I am looking to install a video monitor in my living room to display some short video clips off of you tube and instagram on a loop when turned on and need someone knowledgeable on setting it up for me. It was suggested to me that it would involve purchasing both a monitor with thumb drive input capacity and a media…
Water cooling
So recently just got my hands on a gigabyte 3060TI and i wanted to know, if i wanted to do water cooling, what would be the easiest way of doing it? any recommendations
gpu repair
I have a spare gpu in my room that's non working and i finally have some extra money and i noticed microcetner has a gpu repair service, would they be able to repair my gpu? issue being artifacts, would microcenter be able to fix it and if so how much could it cost what are rates?
A very big thanks
Hello, You may or may not get this alot but I am extremely satisfied with the inland 1TB Performance Gen 4.0 NVMe 4 x4 SSD PCIe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive, R/W Speed up to 5000MB/s and 4300MB/s, 1700 TBW This is just an outstanding product with incredible endurance. I've used it for 1600 hours and have wrote over…
Would appreciate some help…
Hi- In the process of a new build and ran into an issue. My Rogstrix B550A motherboard will not recognize my rkroyal kludge keyboard and I’m not sure why. Would anyone know or have heard of this issue before? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
No key for eset security whats needed
No key for Eset security what's needed
What is my pin number?
The Sharonville location set up my new Dell Inspiron 15 5515. They failed to provide me with the pin number.
My new PC I built won’t post I’m using integrated graphics, no gpu
I have a B550 Aorus Elite motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600g cpu (which both have integrated graphics), Rip jaws 16 g of ram. It turns on but doesn’t display anything, I’ve tried resetting the bios through the CMOS battery nothing works. I’m certain the pins aren’t busted so idk what the problem could be.
Out of Range/HDMI No Signal
I purchased the PowerSpec G164 in April 2021. For the last 3 months, we have been getting the errors: Out of Range, HDMI No Signal. Sometimes we'll move the monitor closer to the desktop and it works. We got it working this morning for 5 min and it stopped. I confirmed that the issue is NOT the monitor. Please help....my…
Delivery order was showing with pending but disappeared.
I ordered 2 things off micro center both being Wi-Fi cards for my new motherboard of my pc, I had one on next day delivery and one on pick up. The next day delivery order was showing with the transaction pending, I refreshed my order pages a couple times over a hour or so time span and it never updated from pending. I just…
Western Digital SSD M.2 2280 not showing up.
Hello, I have recently installed the above SSD and I cannot see it. I think I see it in BIOs but nowhere else.
I recently upgraded my motherboard, everything works except booting windows
i have a windows 11 OEM version on an m.2 drive taken from a previous motherboard. I installed it on the new one and it is not showing up in the bios anywhere. is it because my bios are not up to date or is it due to the OEM version of windows tied to my old motherboard
Black screen monitors and fans go loud/fast when tower bumped or playing games etc
i5 10400 b460m pro 4/ac motherboard nvidia gtx 1660 16gb ram 500 gb ssd bought this prebuilt PC from microcenter a year ago. anyone know whats the issue? basically, whenever i slightly bump my pc, the monitors go black screen and the fans go loud but the computer is still on (can hear audio). need to force restart for it…
Dropped off build for diagnostics and repair
Dropped of my system last wed for a diagnostic and repair. Today is Sat. 4 days later. At this point all that has been done is to tell me what I already told service dept. when I dropped it off. Windows wont load or boot up and cant install fresh copy of windows 10 install. Anyone know how long it generally takes for a…

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