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I used a program that would index files as part of what it did. I didn't know it was indexing files. These indexes turned out to be about 1 to 2 mb in size...but it created thousands of them. One day I noticed my drive was very low on space with no real explanation of why. So I started looking...

It shows the downside of being backwards compatible. Why would you develop software for the 128 and lose all those C64 owners as customers. Instead, you could develop C64 software and sell it to C64 owners AND C128 owners. That of course means less software for C128 which means lower sales...

I have found that in my normal use, SSDs of a given tier all feel about the same. When I write a very large file to the drive, large enough to overflow the cache, yes the less expensive ones get really slow. But how often do you do that? For me it's extremely rare. Is it worth spending the extra...

Faster vs cheaper means the decision rests on what you will use it for. If you are going to be running large games like GTA V, you'll be sorry doing that with a HDD. One the other hand, if you don't play large like that then you can get by with a HDD. It also matters how much TOTAL storage you...

I have used a 500 gb SSD for the OS plus programs, plus one large game at a time(such as GTA V), with two 1tb hard drives for everything else. This way the OS loads fast, my programs load fast, and whichever game I'm currently playing most loads fast. I don't mind playing games off the hard...

Don't feel bad, I've done the same kind of thing. I'd buy the less expensive thing to 'save money' then realize afterwards that I want something out of it that means I'm actually going to be spending more money than if I had just bought the thing I wanted from the start. My understanding is that...

I unlocked a 445. It was easy though, I remember that it was so simple to do that I had no problems. The issue was it was unstable. It would work fine then at some random time the computer would crash. So I went back to triple core mode. If it's not the motherboard then I think it's the CPU...

My guess is that with that game at that resolution and that CPU, it doesn't matter. I'd be surprised if both of those cards weren't limited by the CPU.

Figure out what kind of performance you want from Star Citizen. Then examine benchmarks of Star Citizen until you find out which AMD CPU can get you that performance. Then you will know what upgrade, if any, you require. It's never just 'time to upgrade'. You upgrade for a purpose. If you get X...

I think it's important that you consider the software you will be running. More cores doesn't always mean better performance. Sometimes faster cores are what you want. Also consider what GPU you will be using, if gaming. In many cases, your game performance will be limited by your GPU...

Assuming you are reapplying thermal paste and connecting the CPU fan when you install the CPU cooler, then I'd consider the CPU to be the problem. The bios situation seems to be as up to date as you can get. To verify it's the CPU, I'd try it in a motherboard that was built for that generation...

The 390 came in different models. So first find out which one you have. Either minitower, SFF, desktop, etc. Then download the user manual or service manual from Dell for that model. It should show you where you'd connect the front panel connector that includes power on, reset, hard drive light...

I'm not sure if this will help but: Have the USB stick plugged in first. Then boot into your bios. Sometimes I've noticed it works better than if you plug the USB stick in after you are already in your bios. Your new bios file should be renamed before you put it on the USB stick. When you unzip...

It looks like that motherboard supports PCI-E 3.0 for the GPU. So you should avoid GPUs that require PCI-E 4.0 support in order to perform to their potential. I know the AMD 6400 and 6500 series fall in this category. Most GPU reviews I've seen will mention PCI-E limitations if the GPU has them...

In my opinion, don't spend more than needed on the GPU. Unless you have plans for an upgrade of your CPU/motherboard/memory soon, by the time you're ready to upgrade those things you'll also be wanting a new GPU. For example, you may want to game at 4k by then and there won't be much difference...