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My bad - PC Link

In short... I am looking to get a PC for a friend however I intend to get them a decent PC. (With a GPU/iGPU better than a UHD 630). I came across This PC on Amazon however I do not know to trust it or nah...? The lack of reviews and build "style" kinda makes me not trust it buuut... aside from...

My PC recently had an issue where it wouldn't boot up properly where itd just boot to a grey screen and get stuck with the "Not Responding" wheel. I did a full scan using Dells pre-boot diagnostics (scanning the CPU, Memory + Extra Memory tests, Disks and Screen), sfc scannow and dism /online...

Essentially the higher the resolution/quality settings you use on games, programs, software, etc... generally more VRAM will be used. GPUs also tend to follow a similar trend with lower end GPUs (using the RTX 30series as an example here) generally having less Vram: (using desktop variants...

(Nvm its back after some painfully confusing diagnosing buuuut my recommendation - dont update to this driver unless ya want ya monitor to look like its permanently covered in fog... - if ya use "HDR" that is)

In short I updated my iGPU (UHD630) however it made my display strangely very grey and dim so I rolled it back in Device Manager -> Properties which more or less temporarily "worked" After restarting my PC UHD630 no longer showed in Task/Device Manager and instead showed as "Microsoft Basic...

Are there brands that allow for more modularity? I do know of the Framework Laptops (although from what I last saw they tended to be on the slightly pricier side) however are all brands pretty locked to only allowing certain things to be tweaked/upgraded/etc... or are some brands (like Asus...

NOTE: The above is my current plan as I am not 100% on: - Swapping to a CPU with a higher core count - If my motherboard will actually "allow" for this? (Alienware 03R2RY - i7 8750H, 2070MQ) As of recent I've noticed the thermals across the CPU (using HwInfo) is "unstable" (there can be as much...

In short I've consistently had an issue where the more I use my PC (with 32GBs) it will slowly use more memory (until overall usage gets to around 97%/98% memory usage) and if I end a process it will take the memory that process was using. Dwm (Desktop Window Manager) for some reason likes to...

Java (Oracle) 1.8.0_401 - (64 bit) Java (Oracle) 1.8.0_411 - (32 bit - only appears in a modding platform) OpenJDK 21.0.1 (64 bit) - I dont think the Java Updater affects OpenJDK

I know I have OpenJDK 21 and Java 8 (not sure of their exact versions currently) In short I've recently been hitting an issue with my Java install where when I try to update it it comes up with: Unable to validate security integrity on the file. File is either corrupted or unsigned. I assumed...

In short how crucial is a high memory speed for a (mid/heavily modded Minecraft server). I recently found a Xeon E5-1650 V4 CPU for a fairly low price but it only supports up to DDR4 2400 so I'm not sure if the lower RAM speed could hinder a heavily modded server's performance - Build is listed...

The past few days I have noticed dwm.exe (desktop window manager) excessively hogging RAM. My setup hasn't changed (1x 27" monitor, 1x 16" monitor - both on 1080p 144hz) and for some reason over time dwm slowly takes up RAM varying from 10GB - 16GB (out of my 32GB). If I launch a program that...

It's a Laptop not a desktop. I am always on Ethernet (I rarely swap to using wireless). Had a look in task manager processes and looked like my Antivirus (Avast One Essential) was using 20% - 40% CPU. Probably going to Uninstall as a lot of posts on Reddit claim it might by CPU mining or...

I have Gigabit Ethernet at my place however my Alienware M17 (Alienware 03R2RY, Intel HM370) currently now 6/7 years old seems to bottleneck (or rather the CPU just instantly spikes and sits at 100% until the download is over). My SSD most of the time whilst downloading sits at 5% - 20% usage...