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    How Dangerous Is It To Use Speaker Wire To Make a PSU's CPU Cable Longer?

    I'm planning on doing a CPU stress test for about 30 minutes, just to make sure it wont melt the wires... What would happen if the wires come loose and touch each other? Could it possibly fry my mobo or cpu?
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    How Dangerous Is It To Use Speaker Wire To Make a PSU's CPU Cable Longer?

    I switched my pc to a new case, and guess what? My 4 pin cpu cable was about an inch too short. I cut the 4 pin connector off, went and grabbed a few pieces of speaker wire (about the thickness of each individual cable inside of the 4 pin cpu cable), and some wire strippers. I stripped down each...
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    Is this PC good for gaming ?

    Go to systemrequirementslab.com and look up the needed specs for those games.
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    How Many Power-On-Hours Does a Hard Drive Usually Last?

    I am just curious as to the average life span of a hard drive. I have defraggler open in the PC my parents use. It is an old Dell PC with Windows XP, and a Single-Core AMD CPU. It has a 80 GB Samsung HD080HJ/P Hard Drive in it. Defraggler says the drive is in good health and has a temperature of...
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    Is it harmful to have my subwoofer facing my desktop computer?

    My subwoofer box blows out to the left, and my desktop is sitting about twelve inches away from it. It is harmful to play lots of bass and have it blow about 12 inches from my pc?
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    Malwarebytes VS AVG (Free) Which One?

    Just build my new PC, and installed Windows 10. I would like to install an antivirus ASAP. I have used both AVG Free, and Malwarebytes Free. I know that Malwarebytes is anti malware (which includes antivirus). If I download Malwarebytes, do I also need to get AVG? Or will it just be a waste and...
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    Does this build work?

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    Upgrading my PC

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    Does this build work?

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    What are Some of Your Favorite Windows 10 PC Games?

    Building my new PC, and although it's main purpose isn't gaming, I still enjoy games! Just curious as to what some of your favorite free games are? Here is my build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($120.98 @ Newegg)...