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I have a "EVGA - 600W ATX 12V/EPS 12V 80 Plus Power Supply - Black" in my 2-year old PC which I built for my video editing. The current wattage used, according to PcPartPicker is 374 watts. I am thinking of upgrading to a GPU that uses 80 watts more, totalling 450+ watts. Someone suggested that...

I did some more testing. It turned out to be an defective keyboard.

This occurs to my friend's Windows 10 desktop machine. About a month ago, the Notification panel on the left would come in and out randomly and repeatedly. When this occurs, the notification becomes the active panel so when you were typing in your other application, like entering a url link, it...

I don't know about you guys. For me, a built needs to be balanced. The MB/CPU/GPU/RAM/Storage has to be in the general area of compatibility without one way more advanced or behind the rest. If you can you can use an old GPU for a new built that means you were out of balance. That assures you...

I went in B&H's website and search for "Nvidia Geforce graphic card" and every medium to high end card are out of stock. There are some low end cards available at a price at least 3x what it was a year ago. In Amazon.com there are some card available but the price are outrageous. What was a...

I have the modem and router set up in a room upstairs. My area of activity is in my family room downstairs, not far away. I have a wifi extender (the type you plug into an AC outlet) in my living room. The unit is probably 4 to 6 year old. Recently, my laptop (normally connected to the extender...

I checked Microcenter and they are all out also.

My sources includes that of US Dept. of Commerce which reports a record US trade deficit with China. That means China has to be able to produce and ship those products that the US bought. Maybe you would call US Dept of Commerce data fake news?

I guess I can prepare a boot USB then image the C drive to another drive first. Then I would swap in the larger SSD and reboot from the boot USB and restore the image. Right? I like the idea of having the ability for two nvme though. One of the option is to keep the original nvme, and use the...

I don't know how this would matter. They are all made in China which is in full blast, no shut down.

My desktop has 2 M.2 slots but one of them is a SATA. I have a nvme on one which is my boot disk. If I buy a M.2 NGFF M-Key to Desktop PCIe x4 NVMe SSD Adapter Card 2242 2280 with Brackets and fit it into the PCIe 3 x4 on my computer, would it be just as fast as the one on the botherboard's M.2...

I can wait. The GTX1060 is getting by. My problem is not that much just the price, it's the shifty vendors I don't want to deal with.

I am looking to upgrade my gpu to a RTX 3060 ti, or similar. But everywhere I look there is none in stock? I would like to purchase it at the regular price from established vendors, not from opportunistic sellers jacking up the price 300%. I'd like to keep my house after I bought the GPU. Why...

How do you know what fps the game is playing at?

I am into MS Flight Simulator and the GPU is at 100% most of the time and its temp is at 72C. I know that the temp is OK at that level. But how about the 100%? Does it mean it is maxing out? How does it affect the display? So far the graphic on the screen seems clear and smooth. Anything I...