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    Question Upgrading from i5-6400 to i7-6700 but I've run into problems ?

    So XMP wasn’t turned on for the RAM. I have (4) 4GB sticks of 2133Mhz ram. Figured since my Ram was 2133 and that’s the only speed my motherboard uses anyways that it didn’t need to be on since it wasn’t before I upgraded to the i7. I turned that on and got on Destiny 2 to test things out No...
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    Question Upgrading from i5-6400 to i7-6700 but I've run into problems ?

    https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/61737744
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    Question Upgrading from i5-6400 to i7-6700 but I've run into problems ?

    Hello all, First time here, ill try to give as much detail as possible... So my PC is running an i5 6400, with an MSI GTX 1060 3GB for the graphics card. I recently got a used i7 6700. Originally when I installed the i7, my pc would randomly restart, even if it was just sitting on the...
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    CPU Cooler Upgrade

    Hello everyone, I plan to do an upgrade the heatsink in my girlfriend's computer. The overall pc is an HP Pavilion p6653w she got back in 2010. She does some gaming, mainly WoW, and uses photoshop and over time we switched out the AMD Athlon II x2 3.0GHz dual core for an AMD Athlon II x4...
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    hard drive / OS question

    Hi everyone, someone is selling a 500GB hard drive with a fresh install of Windows 7 on it. I've built a couple PCs in the past, and even done upgrades here and there so I may already be getting my question answered, but can you take that hard drive and put it in a new PC build as the main drive...
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    Graphics graphics graphics

    Keeping an eye on a sale for the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1GB GDDR5 graphics card. Seeing it lately for $99 but I saw it had dropped to $79 a couple times, either way, I see that there is an XFX R7 250 1GB DDR5 card on sale for $79. And will be $69 after rebate. Just going off $99 and $79, which is...
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    Upgrade from XP

    My aunt has a desktop she bought from Dell that came with Windows XP on it a few years back. With the support for XP ending soon she wants to upgrade to Windows 7. My question is can you buy a "system builder" copy of W7 and install in that way or do I have to find an actual Upgrade disc? I ask...
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    ATI Radeon 4200 integrated Graphics question

    Had a Radeon HD 5670 graphics card in my PC. Not sure if the card stopped working or if the DVI port just stopped, but I'm back to the ATI Radeon 4200 integrated graphics. I was just wonder what cards from AMD and Nvidia equal the performance of the 4200. I plan to get something to replace the...