Recent content by Jtkyber

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    Installed Windows 10 in "Windows 7 Installation" Mode

    I've looked at this. It doesn't really answer my question though. I'm mainly wondering if installing windows 10 in windows 7 installation mode has any impact on the performance/functionality of the pc.
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    Installed Windows 10 in "Windows 7 Installation" Mode

    So ever since I built my pc, I've had stuttering issues in games. If I enable the dx12 option in games, the stuttering and fps get even worse. I was recently looking through my bios settings and noticed that I had "Windows 7 Installation" enabled and "Windows 10 WHQL Support" disabled. Could...
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    PC Speakers Crackling (Already Tried Common Fixes)

    Yes. Our internet plan only allows for one modem, which is downstairs. Wifi would be too unstable. Now I just need to figure out my stuttering issue in games lol.
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    PC Speakers Crackling (Already Tried Common Fixes)

    Update: crackling pretty much disappeared completely when I unplugged my powerline adapter
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    PC Speakers Crackling (Already Tried Common Fixes)

    I recently purchased brand new Klipsch PC speakers and as soon as I plugged them in, they started crackling. What could possibly be causing this? Things to note: *The intensity of the crackling does not change when I change the volume *Crackling gets worse when plugged into a power strip...
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    I5-8400 vs I5-8600k for gaming on a 144hz display with a 1080

    What did you end up getting? I have an i5-8400 and a gtx 1070 and I get significant amounts of stuttering because of a CPU bottleneck.
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    Stuttering in Most Games (New PC)

    Ok so I just ran CrystalDiskMark and my random read and write results look much worse than what people have gotten on the internet (about half). Could I have a failing SSD? Could that possibly be causing the stuttering? Here are my results: https://i.imgur.com/RDOsIG6.png