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    Question Report: Super Micro Dropping China-Made Components After Backdoor Reports

    Companies cutting ties with chicom manufacturers is fundementally a good thing. The chicoms seem to respond somewhat to economic incentives. Editorializing by "news" story has been going on for decades and is reason #1 why the news has lost so much credibility. Trying to morally equivilize...
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    What PSU is better?

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    What PSU is better?

    Are you overclocking? If so, it never hurts to have a bit of overhead, or, in your case, more cooling capacity, as well.
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    Black unresponsive screen after driver update on Ryzen 3 2200g

    I've been having issues with my Nvidia drivers. I'm using a month old driver that functions fine. Send AMD a note, with full info, and hope and pray that the problem gets solved in a future update(either AMD or MS). Until then, download a smattering of old drivers and start testing to see if...
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    i7 8700k overclock help - 4.8ghz, temps are waving

    Sorry to hop in so late, and be the fly in the ointment, but you really need to figure out what PSU you have. Overclocking a chip that draws as much juice as yours requires a high quality power supply. A low quality unit, even if it can, on paper, provide the voltage, could be a serious, even...
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    Microsoft Re-releasing Windows 10 October Update (1809) Today

    WildCard999, I didn't do the switch to Home, I just left the pro as was, and then when the troubleshooter ran, activation occurred, and the watermark I was getting went away. I shall join you in hoping that Windows upgrades you automatically, as having to call MS is a pain, I can only imagine.
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    OS Roulette: A Bug Appears to Deactivate Windows 10 Pro

    Mine did this, it reactivated when I rebooted.
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    Hardware Vendor Says Tariffs Raising Prices By Up to 10 Percent

    schwatzz, the line where statecraft and the free market meet is indeed relevant and interesting. Further, how does the US government exert influence and control over publicly traded companies that are, at least, partially owned by foreign entities? The recent revelations regarding Google not...
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    Hardware Vendor Says Tariffs Raising Prices By Up to 10 Percent

    Wonder what the vendor would say about prices, if we take into account for the costs of China's IP theft!? Pretty sure that one hasn't been completely calculated. Perhaps it's not as sexy a topic(or doesn't paint a certain US President in a bad light and thus can be ignored).