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    R9 390 Overclock Power Consumption

    Hello. This Holiday season I was planning on buying either a GTX 970 or a R9 390 as an upgrade to my current build. I would like to get the 390, but I only have a 550w power supply. I have read some sources say that you could run the 390 with a 550w power supply, but how would my overclocking...
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    Rate this ~$550 budget build

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    Rate this ~$550 budget build

    Hello guys and gals, a friend of mine is selling his PS4 and wanted me to put together a part list for him with a max budget of $600. I tried to go below his max though because I know he would love to save a few bucks, heres what I put together : PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by...
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    Watching Browser Videos Tanks CPU

    Hey there tomshardware, whenever I'm watching a browser video such as Youtube or Twitch my cpu takes a suprisingly large hit, reaching into the 50% area . During normal web browsing chrome takes up less than 5% of my cpu. This creates for some stuttering in games while having a video playing on...
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    Port Forwarding behind a router + a router/modem?

    Hello there, I have a question about port forwarding! So for the longest time I've tried to portforward, but every time its failed. Just recently I learned of the possibility of being behind 2 routers stopping my succes. Of course, I began to check. I knew I only had 1 router in my house, but I...
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    rate budget build

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    Will this work? (HDD swap)

    I'm no expert on this, but from prior knowledge I can say that most of the time when you install windows on a HDD that windows install is usually "tied" to that computer/mobo. Apparently some people have got it to work but I've seen very rare of those occasions :( So in short, unfortunately...
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    rate budget build

    That isn't too bad actually. I have the same CPU as you, and as Bossyfins said you won't need a cooler for that thing because it doesn't have full OC capability. It works fine unless you plan on playing VERY physics heavy games. Your GPU will do you very well, again very similar to mine :P. In...
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    Does Mini-Display port support 144hz?

    TL;DR: Does a Mini-Displayport to Display-port cable give me the same 144hz performance. Hello, I recently built a new gaming PC and I'm loving it :love: , and I'm now considering buying a 144hz monitor to go with it. My question though is that my GPU only has Mini-Displayport and not full...