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    [SOLVED] Cloning a HDD "C" Drive to a M.2 "970 EVO" NVMe SSD | What happens to Desktop Shortcuts

    Okay but my current HDD, which has my C drive.. Is ALSO My D Drive. Its partitioned. Does that change anything
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    [SOLVED] Cloning a HDD "C" Drive to a M.2 "970 EVO" NVMe SSD | What happens to Desktop Shortcuts

    I didnt do it yet. If i had already done it, id have my answer. I just wanna know, what happens to my C drive, once its cloned. Like to the Desktop Shortcuts And the current C Drive which is a HDD, once i cloned it. Would the apps that are on it (The HDD), interfere with the SSD? Like my...
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    [SOLVED] Cloning a HDD "C" Drive to a M.2 "970 EVO" NVMe SSD | What happens to Desktop Shortcuts

    Current system drive is a 5 year old Toshiba DT01ACA100 (1TB) (Crystal Diskinfo "Power On Hours-33480" - "Power On Count-1325) I also have a 1 year old 2TB Seagate Barracuda as a Game Drive (Which has over 18k Reallocated Sectors on it..) And the new SSD is a Samsung 970 EVO (1TB) And the MB...
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    [SOLVED] Cloning a HDD "C" Drive to a M.2 "970 EVO" NVMe SSD | What happens to Desktop Shortcuts

    What happens to my Desktop Icons/Shortcuts When i clone my System Drive over to the SSD and boot from it while the original System Drive is still plugged in. -I have Game Launchers/Internet Browsers and misc. like ShareX on the C Drive. Also i have a 1TB Toshiba DT01ACA100 , however its...
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    [SOLVED] HDD boot drive to NVMe SSD boot drive. | How to move my current C drive files, to SSD, and make that my C Drive.

    I bought a Pre-Build system back in early 2016. That came with a "TOSHIBA DT01ACA100" a 1TB HDD. (Which has been partitioned. | C Drive is "151GB free of 344GB") And i've recently been interested in NVMe SSDs. My Motherboard the "Z170A PC MATE" Has a M.2 connector. And supports NVMe drives. So...
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    [SOLVED] Is it possible to get NVIDIA SLI to work with a Crossfire Motherboard

    I currently have a GTX 960 2GD5 Card and a MSI Z170A PC MATE Motherboard I have an option to get a 2nd GTX 960 for fairly cheap. And was curious if its possible to get SLI to work with it, even though my MB says its for Crossfire.
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    [SOLVED] 32GB 3200MHz "CL16" Kit of 2 VS 32GB 3200MHz "CL18" Kit of 4

    Greetings I've been looking at some ram, and i ran into some curiosities. 1. Is there a difference between CL18 and CL16 at 3200MH performance wise. -- I at most will ever need 32GB of RAM, so populating all 4 DIMM slots is fine by me. Full name of the ram: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB 3200MHz...
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    [SOLVED] Planning to get a 1440p 144Hz Monitor . Is CPU/GPU adequate? | Is it worth it? Should i stick with 1080p

    Regarding my current build, i have thought about it and after seeing that, my CPU is not suited for what i want, and if i were to upgrade it, id need a new MB, and at that point, an entirely new build so i have decided to just get a new GPU Like a 2070Super ( id use that for a new build when i...
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    [SOLVED] Planning to get a 1440p 144Hz Monitor . Is CPU/GPU adequate? | Is it worth it? Should i stick with 1080p

    Current Specs MB: Z170A PC MATE CPU: i5 6600k GPU: GTX 960 2GB RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury 2666MHz Monitor: Dell SE2416H (IPS panel 23.8Inch, 60Hz, 1080p, 6ms) I dont play Highly Demanding games. I usually play stuff like Warframe, Overwatch, Apex Legends. I can run those at 50-60FPS just fine on...
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    [SOLVED] Does the speed of an M.2 NVMe SSD matter for casual use | Which SSD to buy.

    I looked up what IOPS is And what it is on those drives Crucial P1 (Random Write:170k | Random Read: 240k) Silicon Power P34A60 (Random Write:250k | Random Read: 240k) Silicon Power P34A80 (Random Write:390k | Random Read: 450k) Adata XPG SX8200 PRO (Random Write:390k | Random Read:380k)...
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    [SOLVED] Does the speed of an M.2 NVMe SSD matter for casual use | Which SSD to buy.

    Motherboard: Z170A PC MATE Current storage: 1TB Toshiba DT01ACA100 I've been meaning to get a 1TB M.2 drive. However, i have no idea what i need/which to pick. I would be using it as a Boot Drive, for Web Browsers, Game Launchers (Steam, Battle.net), Some Games. And also save ShadowPlay...
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    [SOLVED] RGB/Fan Controller connection question.

    My Motherboard (Z170A PC MATE) Doesnt have a RGB header So i looked up some RGB controllers and found one called "Lamptron Fan And RGB LED Controller CFM36" I was curious if u could connect the RGB wire from the cooling fan, to the controller And the Fan wire, to the Motherboard And will...