Recent content by Omar Khan

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    [SOLVED] Mixing nickle plated with copper parts

    I understand not wanting to mix metals like full nickle/aluminium/copper together; but what's the deal with nickle plated? I understand that copper is the best after silver in terms of conductivity resulting in better heat dissipation so nickle plated gives that natural metal look with almost...
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    RAM prices are crazy!! Anyone see any recent articles or anything regarding future prices??!

    With the behemoth market for smart phones and their switch to DDR4 ram about a year and a half ago the market for enthusiast ram for computers has cracked. Most producers, there are only really like 4 at best, have switched over most of their resources to making Lp-DDR4 ram resulting in the...
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    Windows 7 and virtual space

    Wow! Thanks for the screenshot. and thanks for the command line! learned more than how to get rid of the hibernate feature, I also know not to choose discussion cause I now cannot give you the best solution which you deserve.
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    Windows 7 and virtual space

    Turn it to 1 gb or 2 gb total? or 1gb to 2gb per gb of ram as the min/max? Sorry if asking this sounds redundant, just want to be sure.
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    Windows 7 and virtual space

    64gb of ram. And lol no hibernate at all. So whats the correlation of ram to virtual memory ?
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    Windows 7 and virtual space

    Hello Tom's hardware community. So I'm a bit confused about virtual space and how it works. I reinstall of windows 7 on my 500gb ssd and it seems to take a little over 100 gb of my hard drive with 64 gb of it going to virtual space and like 24 gb for hibernate; so 24gb wind7 + 24gb hybernate +...
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    i7-6700k Temps high 60s low 70s with 12% CPU usage

    Hello Tom's Hardwarians I7-6700k cpu Asus Z170-a mobo Cooler Master EVO 212 MY temps have been excessively high with any CPU usage. When I first start my computer, before any programs really open, mainly Windows action center, it stays between 29-35 with the occasional spike in the 50s...
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    CPU usage monitoring

    Not a solution to monitor usage at the same time as gaming with only one screen, but when you "alt tab" to go to an already open task manager, your game is still open and should still be giving load to your cpu while viewing task manager. You can also just game in windowed mode so you can view...
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    Action center causes CPU temp to double.

    Hello community once again. So... my CPU temp is stable at low 30s until the action center opens. After a lot of trial and error and component troubleshooting I do not believe it to be my MOBO, nor my CPU cooler. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQm7h4FaO5M) I made a quick video using my...