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    Question Should I expand to 32GB? bottlenecks etc.

    I don't know how to do it myself (replacing a CPU or a MB), but replacing a memory is easy. So you too say there's no point for the 32GB upgrade?
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    Question Should I expand to 32GB? bottlenecks etc.

    Running Victor Vran + browser drives Hard fault/sec spikes hard to 100 when uploading the game, then about once in a minute (while gaming) spikes are 10-30% during the game, and when I add Steam browsing spikes are up to 100%. Physical memory and Commit charge remain stable around mentioned...
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    Question Should I expand to 32GB? bottlenecks etc.

    The system files are on an M2 drive , games and other stuff runs from an SSD an HDD.
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    Question Should I expand to 32GB? bottlenecks etc.

    Using this browser only (Firefox, 155 tabs (don't ask...) but only 5-6 running real time): Used physical memory is about 80% Commit charge (I have no idea what that is) about 70% Hard fault/sec mostly 0-5% but spikes to 10-20% sometimes.
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    Question Should I expand to 32GB? bottlenecks etc.

    Hello, This is my system setup - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~3.7GHz Windows 10 Pro 64-bit X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 DDR4 V-Color 16G (2x8G) 3000Mhz RED HEATSINK I mostly game - anything, from FPS, racing,RPG, etc. I think of...
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    Question Adding memories from different manufacturers

    Thank you ppl. I would buy 2X16 coming Black Friday
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    Question Adding memories from different manufacturers

    Hello, I have V-Color 16G (2x8G) 3000Mhz RED HEATSINK memory sticks on Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING motherboard. I want to expand the memory, but can't find the same kind. Can I add memories of a different make, for example G.Skill Aegis 2x8GB 3000Mhz DDR4 CL16 that I found in a local...
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    Question Screen won't sleep Windows 10

    Sadly yes, it is the controller. What is the best practice to handle this? Thanks
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    Question Screen won't sleep Windows 10

    Hi, Currently earphones, the keyboard,a mouse and a controller.
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    Question Screen won't sleep Windows 10

    Hello, The screen of my desktop doesn't fall asleep, even matter how I defined short periods of times on power plan/power settings. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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    Question External HDD is not recognised as a drive, but appears in the drive management utilities ?

    No, since there is no drive letter. However, it is recognized precisely (only the model number) by the device manager and the WD utilities (show 0 kb)
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    Question External HDD is not recognised as a drive, but appears in the drive management utilities ?

    tried to initialize the drive as MBR or GPT, but I get an error "the request failed due to fatal device hardware error"
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    Question External HDD is not recognised as a drive, but appears in the drive management utilities ?

    Hello, I connected a WD MyBook 1140 external HDD with data on it after a year of not using it. The drive does not appear on the file manager, but does appear in the system: All relevant system pics are here: View: https://imgur.com/a/HvEKbfN I tried to update the drivers - it says they are...
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    Question Device security window is empty

    OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Processor AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor, 3700 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F3, 8/8/2018 Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING-CF GeForce RTX 2070...