Recent content by Tim Stryker

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    [SOLVED] Task Bar Flickers, Exactly every 10 minutes - 1:40, 1:50 2:00 etc

    Thank you kindly for the prompt response... After exhaustive hours today I believe I found out exactly what was happening & the fix. " You could look in schedules tasks to see if anything there set for 10 minutes. " THIS ↑ I did look through there as one of the earlier TS steps, but am not...
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    [SOLVED] Task Bar Flickers, Exactly every 10 minutes - 1:40, 1:50 2:00 etc

    This started appx 2 days ago. Any time I am playing a game, or watching a video in full screen, at the exact second that the clock turns 30, 40, 50 after, etc - the task bar briefly overlaps whatever is currently on my screen & flashes / flickers for a brief split second at the bottom of the...
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    My First Venture Into A High-End PC Build - Seeking help & advice with parts, please

    Yeah, thats one aspect I wasnt sure of. Never messed with BIOS before, other then to tweak a few basic settings in it. But with the intel 7700K & being as I do plan to get some kind of Z270 MOBO - Sounds like that wont be an issue. ( : Just still have to try to figure out what MOBO to get...
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    My First Venture Into A High-End PC Build - Seeking help & advice with parts, please

    Quick Update. Did several more hours of research yesterday & think I pretty much figured out what CPU cooler I wanna go with. be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler. From what Ive learned, seems to be the best fit for me, has a lot of good reviews on the cooling &...
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    My First Venture Into A High-End PC Build - Seeking help & advice with parts, please

    Hi there, Thank You for taking the time to stop by & hopefully impart on me some very wise, helpful info to keep me going forward in the right direction. ( : Also, a quick TY to Tom, whomever he really is, for this site, as Ive gotten lots of useful info here in the past for other tech...