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    Which games my laptop can run

    You should be okay if the game is optimised to run on low level machines. You only issue is the integrated GPU. Use www.systemrequirementslab.com it lets you know if your specs meet the minimum requirements for almost any game.
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    [SOLVED] Bootcamp Installation Problem: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition

    If you want to bootcamp any OSX based device it has to be started with no partitions. The bootcamp assistant will create the partition on it's own. If you try to partitions the drive once the device is bootcamped you will also destroy the bootcamp partition so be aware.
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    Memory Consumption 99%

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    2 TB HDD buying decision

    How much are you looking to spend? Are you looking for best value for money or best performance etc? Have a look here :hhttp://hdd.userbenchmark.com/ Select 2TB harddrives The Toshiba P300 looks to serve all needs for a real good price of £60.
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    What is wrong with my coomputer? Stopped responding and unexpected restart

    Are you running AVG by any chance on your machine? I've heard of this issue being caused by AVG restarting the machine.
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    Memory Consumption 99%

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    Memory Consumption 99%

    I remember hearing about users upgrading to windows 10 having 99% usage due to crappy network driver leaking memory over long periods of time. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ndu set the value to 4 which disables it. Try this if not let me know.
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    Memory Consumption 99%

    What is your task manager showing when running at idle? Do you have any AV on your system? IF you don't and no tasks are visibly using up your RAM then may be a case of infection.
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    Win10 does not have valid IP configuration problem

    Can you send me a picture of your IPV4 settings when you right click your adapter and click properties then IPV4 setting. Also can you do an IPconfig in the CMD and show me what it says for that specific network adapter you are using. You 100% sure you haven't left it on a static IP?
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    Google Chrome=RAM hog?

    Hi, yes Google Chrome is and can be very taxing on your RAM. I use it all the time and at work especially with 10 tabs open i'm looking at around 500MB usage minimum! I did see online that the new Google Chrome update is supposed to help reduce it's RAM usage but as for a release i'm afraid I...
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    Laptop CPU making more noise

    When you checked was there any processes that was using unusually high CPU usage? You may have a broken or damaged process that is throttling your CPU usage, thus making it hot and the fan being pushed to 100% all the time creating the 'Noise'. It may be worth running a system checked like 'CC...