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    PowerUp! Power supplies good?

    I have a custom Built gaming computer and unfortunately the poor old Raidmax has its fan going. So I looked around on Craigslist and I found a PowerUp! 450 Watt unit. Just wondering if it is a good brand Specs are as follows: CPU- Intel Core i5 2400 RAM- 8 GB GPU- ATI Radeon HD5770 Storage- 2X...
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    Cloning a hard drive

    Thanks
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    Cloning a hard drive

    I just bought a Samsung 960 Evo m.2 SSD, and I want it to be my boot drive. I know how to clone drives but, my current drive in the computer is a 2 TB 5400 RPM hard drive, and the m.2 SSD is 256 GB. I only have about 150 GB of data on the hard drive, can I clone the stuff on the 2 tb hard drive...
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    What can I upgrade on XPS 8300 to get better performance in gaming?

    WIth your current PSU, an Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb super clocked from EVGA will be sufficient. It only requires 1 6-pin connector and will be able to play most if not all games at 1080p 60fps. The current price is $259.99. If you don't have that much money a GTX 1050 or GTX 1050ti will also be...
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    ***Vintage PC Technology Mega Discussion Thread***

    Who wants an Apple Powermac G5. I'm getting one this weekend
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    Is 3.3 W/m-k good?

    Ok thanks!
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    Is 3.3 W/m-k good?

    I have some Thermaltake tg-7 thermal grease and I was wondering if 3.3 W/ m-k is good.
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    Intel q963 chipset takes 1.5 TB HDD

    I just put a 1.5 TB HDD in an HP Compaq pc5700. And it will not even initiate the hard disk self test. It fails in about 20 seconds
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    Bad Audio quality after new PC build.

    Try the sound settings as I said above first. If that doesn't help try and get a quality sound card for your PC. Don't forget to install the driver when/if you get the sound card or you will not get any sound out of your PC.
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    Officially lost on what my issue is here with my PSU, GPU, and SSD.

    It could be that you don't have any more PCI lanes on your chipset or CPU can't remember which one has PCI lanes at the moment.
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    Bad Audio quality after new PC build.

    Did you try to go into the sound settings in windows? That could be the problem. When I got my new laptop (still in the box) for some reason the sound setting was not on the proper setting. If this doesn't help try contacting your motherboard manufacturer. Then Microsoft customer support. Hope...
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    HP hard drive check in bios good?

    Thanks I will call HP customer support about this. You were a real help. Thanks!
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    HP hard drive check in bios good?

    Thanks! Just one more thing, it says on HPs site that it does 2 tests. It does a quick test for the first one and a comprehensive test for the second one. Still good enough?
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    How to create a bootable USB flash drive

    Ok thanks for all your help on my questions. I asked this in regards to my question about the HP hard drive check in case I need to make one for stuff like sea tools. Thanks for all of your help!
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    How to create a bootable USB flash drive

    I want to make a bootable USB drive with seatools and all the other hard drive testing tools. Can you guys help me?