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Yes Okay thank you, I will check those out and RMA the drive.

The PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 Ga, 80 Plus Gold 550W (purchased brand new) The new HDD: Toshiba N300 8TB NAS 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive HDWG180XZSTA (purchased brand new) The new SSD: SAMSUNG 870 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E1T0B/AM) (also purchased brand new) CPU: Intel Core...

About a week ago, I experienced a sudden computer crash while streaming some TV. Upon attempting to boot up my computer again, it got stuck at the "preparing automatic repair/diagnosing PC" screen for Windows 10. I tried booting up the computer a few more times but I couldn't get past the...

For anyone that's wondering, I seem to have fixed it by replacing the power supply. I'm guessing the problems started when I cleaned years of dust buildup out of the computer (the GPU and CPU in particular had a lot) which allowed those parts to run at higher speeds than before - and therefore...

Okay, thank you for the help.

It would occasionally crash before but it wasn't like a weekly occurrence or anything. How could I find out if that is the case? Is there another way for me to test the CPU? I don't have any thermal paste and it would take at least a week for delivery.

Okay so I tested my old cheap ram first, it passed 47 of 48 tests total. It failed test 13 (the hammer test) once. Would this explain why my computer crashes every day after a few hours of use? I'll test out the newer RAM in a little while as the tests take forever. CPU: Intel Core i5-3450...

Thank you, will test this in a couple minutes and post results. I might have worded that poorly. The computer had 2x4GB sticks of RAM that came with the computer and have been in use for years. I took both of those out and slotted in 2x8GB sticks that I ordered online (they were packaged/sold...

When I would stream video for about 90 minutes or so I would run out of memory, the browser would freeze, and I would force it to close (and wait 10-15 minutes for the process to fully end). This was annoying to say the least so I thought I should upgrade my RAM from some cheap 4GB sticks (for a...

Alright, I'll be sure to make a backup of my files. Thanks!(y)

I'm trying to build a new PC from scratch using this case: https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-Enthoo-Chassis-Window-PH-ES614P_BK/dp/B00K6S1B3Q/ And I wanted to know if I could salvage the drives from my laptop to save on cost. The HDD...