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    Tom's Hardware Steam Giveaway - The Witcher 3 + DLC Season Pass

    Exclusivity can be harmful for both the developers and consumers. Developers have a smaller consumer base, and consumers would have tough choices of which VR headset to purchase and whether they might need more than one just so they can access everything the platform has to offer.
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    Flash Player is not installing on Windows vista

    I have gone through the steps for a clean install, but it didn't help. When I download Adobe Flash Player it works fine I double click the download and run then I allow it. When the Adobe Flash Player Installer window has opened nothing happens inside the window it is just a grey color...
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    Computer wont start up just the fans seem to be spinning

    I figured out it was the power supply so I have put in a new one and my mom's PC works now
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    Computer wont start up just the fans seem to be spinning

    So I'm not sure exactly what happened, this is my mom's PC. She said that she used the computer in the morning and then when she went back to use it she tried to wake it from sleep and nothing happened. So she turned it on and everything seemed to start up, but the monitor is not responding...
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    Antivirus: Kaspersky AntiVirus or Avast free AntiVirus

    So I just setup my new windows 8.1 pc and was wondering if I should use my Kaspersky Antivirus I had on my old computer and still have 6 months left on the subscription, or if I should just go with something new like Avast Free AntiVirus. I believe Kaspersky is an excellent antivirus, but I...
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    AMD gaming evovled by raptr

    I am downloading my drivers for a MSI Radeon R9 280 and they come with AMD gaming evovled powered by Raptr and I'm wondering if I should install this or not. I've looked online for reviews but can't really find many.
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    Installing drivers on a freshly built pc with windows 8.1 x64bit

    Thanks for your help. My motherboard has on/off charging for the usb ports and I was wondering if I need to install that off of the motherboard disc. Is there anything on the disc that comes with the motherboard I may want?
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    Installing drivers on a freshly built pc with windows 8.1 x64bit

    I have an AMD FX-8350 cpu, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard, MSI Radeon R9 280 gpu, a PNY optima 240gb ssd, and Seagate Barracuda 1TB hdd. I'm probably being overly paranoid here, but I've downloaded the chipset, LAN, USB, and audio drivers from Gigabyte and when I run the setup for the...
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    Just finished building my PC and installed the OS, What drivers should I install

    So I was following some tutorials on building a PC and they go from checking your bios settings and then installing the OS. So I installed Windows 8.1 Home and got it working. I then looked at the gigabyte website for drivers and saw that two of them said preinstall driver. I looked in my...
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    Should I use one 8 GB stick of RAM or 2x4GB?

    I meant to buy a 2x4GB kit of RAM but accidentally bought a single 8GB stick of RAM. Should I send it back and get the 2x4GB kit or just go ahead and use the 8GB stick. HyperX Fury 8GB 1866 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104470&cm_re=hyperx_fury-_-20-104-470-_-Product...