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    Question Power outage and PC doesn't boot

    Hey all! Had a power outage a couple of days ago and since then, my PC does not boot. I click the power button (on the case and on the physical motherboard) and the physical power button flashes red then the debug led starts displaying some unreadable code. The motherboard LEDs turn on, the...
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    Is my GPU fried/showing signs of failing?

    My PC has been acting weird lately in which it crashed twice (blue screen) then when starting up on the second time was on a very low resolution and wouldn't detect my GPU. I opened up my PC and saw that all the fans and lights are working however my GPU isn't being detected. Cpu- I5-4690k...
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    g sync problems

    Set the default refresh on your monitor to 240hz. If you have a Nvidia graphics card then follow these steps 1- Open Nvidia control panel, it is found on the bottom right of your desktop 2- Secondly, go to display 3- In the display settings, choose change resolution 4- you will have the...
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    Cannot set display resolution to 1080p

    Make sure the drivers for your motherboard are installed/updated but I would guess that they are. I recommend plugging the tv into the GPU instead of the motherboard but if you will then make sure to install that gpu's graphic card drivers.
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    Counter strick 1.6 fps

    CS 1.6 caps your fps at 100. If you want to try and go beyond that then try these commands and disable v-sync (if you haven't already) developer 1 fps_override 1 fps_max 0
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    Razer kraken 7.1 usb vs Corsair Void 7.1

    After what I heard from my friends who have bought the kraken 7.1, I don't recommend it. They all said that for mid-long gaming sessions the headset gets uncomfortable and you start to sweat from it. It ''clasps" on your ears and unless your ears are small it won't be comfortable. I can't say...
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    Which of these headsets are the best overall?

    My old headset's (Plantronics Gamecom 788) top band broke recently after around 1-2 years of use and I plan on buying a new headset. I'm most likely going to buy the headset from a local shop near me so I have narrowed it down to a couple of headsets and just want your opinion on which I should...
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    98% of RAM being used

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    98% of RAM being used

    So I have been having a problem with my pc lagging in both games and browsing with web lately, and decided to check task manager and voila 7.7GB/7.9GB was being used while having no intense programs running. (http://imgur.com/a/T0drO) It started happening in the end of last week out of the...
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    Is my motherboard compatible with the GTX 1070?

    Going to get a GTX 1070 later in the summer once i'm done with my finals but was wondering if my motherboard is compatible with it, and if it is will it bottleneck? I already know that my motherboard isn't compatible with the skylake cpus so that kinda sucks. My build -...