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    [SOLVED] my PC rapidly degrades any headphones i plug into it

    CPU: i7 8700K Motherboard: Asus Prime Z390-A Ram: 8GBx4 3200mhz GPU: ROG Strix RTX 2080 PSU: Rosewill HIVE 1000S Case: darkFlash Phantom Black ATX Mid-Tower OS: Windows 10 Pro I've ordered 4 different headphones now and a new motherboard. When I plug in the headphones to my PC, they will begin...
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    [SOLVED] Steelseries Arctis Pro w/ GameDAC (wired) Awful Sound Quality on PC

    Just got this headset earlier today, and my first impressions of it were great. As with all SteelSeries products, the build quality and customization options you have with SteelSeries Engine 3 are great, but as I started listening to music on my PC to test the sound quality I was shocked by how...
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    [SOLVED] Is it safe to test a possibly broken cpu in my main build?

    oh damn ok thank you for saving me there. If I buy a motherboard for the 6700k though, do you think it would be safe to test- like without harming the motherboard or other components attached to it?
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    [SOLVED] Is it safe to test a possibly broken cpu in my main build?

    I have an old i7 6700k that may still work, though I’m not positive. My old system that I used the i7 6700k stopped working after I touched the top of the case.. I got shocked and it immediately stopped working after that. I never fully figured out which component(s) of that system failed...
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    [SOLVED] Low GPU and CPU usage in Minecraft, results in frame drops

    Hey thank you for the reply. Just tried this and it hasn't seemed to change anything. Worth a shot though.
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    [SOLVED] Low GPU and CPU usage in Minecraft, results in frame drops

    I get an average of 10% usage on both CPU and GPU, sometimes getting up to a max of 20%, but I've never seen higher. Luckily, this is enough to keep it above 144 fps most of the time, but if a lot of items/entities/particles are around or lots of chunk updates happen it drops to low frames...