Recent content by distantthunder

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    QNAP vs windows 2016 essentials

    which is better and why? I lean to qnap because small device to hold up to 8 HDDs but then i lean to win2016 due to secuirty . what does everyone think on this as some manufactures dont update NAS devices till hit by hacker or ransomware. thanks in advance
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    upgrade to i7

    the laptop has a 988 G2 socket. i did upgrade it from i3 to i5, but not wanting to buy a new laptop so the 2 cpus are my choices. looking for input on which is better
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    upgrade to i7

    hello.. currently i have a i5 3230m cpu in my laptop. now i am looking to upgrade it to either i7 3632qm (quad core) or i7 3540m (dual core). i notice between the 2 cpus the dual core has a higher base of 3GHz and 3.7GHz turbo speed compare to the quad at 2.2GHz base and 3.2GHz turbo speed. so i...
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    memory for Dell 780 optiplex MT

    i have a dell optiplex 780 MT (mini tower). i bought some ram with it currently having just 2gb DDR3 1066. googled around and seen i can go to 16gb ddr3 1333mhz (4x4gb). so i bought the ram and the pc beeps. it will not show a display. I updated the bois to A15. it has a core2quad 9550...
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    ddr2 800 or ddr3 1333

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    ddr2 800 or ddr3 1333

    thanks Quarkzquarkz.... so can you tell me for the dell 755 sff am i getting the best performance from my q9550 if its FSB is 1333 and the q35 chipset is 1333 supported but memory max is 800mhz? .... the dell 780 tower uses a q45 chipset. so im wondering is this even better.
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    ddr2 800 or ddr3 1333

    curently i have a dell optiplex 755 sff with ddr2 pc2-6400 800mhz 6gb ram installed. my new processor is the Q9550. my question is this. would i be better the way i am even though i cannot install more ram than 8gb and no other hard drive. or go for a dell optiplex 780 mini tower which i have...
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    skylake i3 and i5

    im planning on building a new PC and noticed that the skylake i3 6320 and the skylake i5 6600k both use memory types DDR4-1866/2133 .... yet the GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 EU DDR4 ATX Motherboard i plan on using will support up to 3000MHz. i would like to know why intel doesn't support these...
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    cannot get windows updates

    just went back into the windows update and its downloading a update. i dont know why its started working after 2 weeks. now just need to somehow get the windows 10 1511 update to come in. thanks everyone for your help here :)
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    cannot get windows updates

    i have windows 10 professional. i noticed that i cannot get windows to check for updates. i keep getting the following message. We couldn't check for updates because you aren't connected to the Internet. Make sure you have a mobile data or WiFi connection and try again. any help is...
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    i3 to i5 cpu upgrade

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    i3 to i5 cpu upgrade

    i do notice that there was another model SATELLITE PRO C50-A-1E4 but no longer made this had a i5-3210M in it. my laptop has no dedicated graphics card.