downloading

I am getting crazy slow download speeds from steam(and other applications) I watched it briefly spike to 100MB/s but then drop down to 1 or 8 and it has done this for a while. Im not sure what to try. I have changed the download settings to change the region and have also made sure there was not...

Hey, so, I live in a rural place and have VERY slow internet. Because of this, in order to download large games and files I will leave my pc on overnight to download, sometimes for a few days in a row. Since I have to do this quite often, I worry about wear and tear on my system. I was wonder...

I keep having this problem with my Asus PCIe wifi card that keeps disconnecting me if I am downloading any large file(s) after maybe 5-10 minutes of downloading. However, this only happens when I am connected to the 5ghz network, and works fine on the 2.4ghz network, albeit slower. I updated all...

Hi, Is it possible for me to send my WIFI to my friend? His WIFI is terrible and it takes hours for him to download even small games. Can I somehow send wifi to him or download games for him from my WIFI or even send games without him using his WIFI? Thanks, ExplosiveGeek

Hey everyone , thanks for reading . My problem: When I download games from Steam , for example, it downloads at full speed, no problems, then the speed starts to drop quickily and the connection dies, every device connected to the modem lose internet connection as well. This only happens...

While a file is being downloaded, where is it stored first? (I mean, while its still downloading) Because, I've observed that the download speed is usually higher at times, and I just wanted to know where those bits of data are stored while being downloaded and flushed to the destination directory.

My PC has recently become very slow on startup and when downloading to the point where it can be unusable at times and I'll just have to wait it out. My hard drive and my ssd both have about 100gb left on them so I didn't know if that could be the case, but I'd like to know for sure what could...

Hello, new here and been researching a problem I have encountered. My computer which is fairly old but not completely outdated is having problems downloading things at my internets full potential. My Google speed test revealed a "Good" connection with 28 MBit/s download and 9 MBit/s upload with...

When installing games from steam, it lags just a little. When installing games from Epic Games, it lags like heck you cant do anything, even the mouse has lag. (that happens only when a game is installing, when it is not or it is stopped, everything is fine) h e l p

I recently received a Custom-Built PC from PC Specialist. Overall, the machine runs really well and handles the games I play nicely. However, when I am downloading games on Steam the PC freezes up and then gives me a Blue Screen error with the Stop-Code "MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION". This has...

Hi, I have been having stutter problems when downloading games form something like steam or origin. My computer is basically unusable during this time and its very annoying. It also happens while I am trying to stream. Please help. My computer specs are listed below CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x GPU: GTX...

Hi there. I seem to have run into a problem where my downloads on browsers only download at a speed of 1.3MB/s. (Edge, Chrome, Chrome incogneto[With no extentions] + Firefox) Even when I download on steam at 5.8MB/s and on speedtest get around 50mbps. The file-hosting website doesn't seem to...

Hi, I'm have problem with the Internet Explorer 11. After I created new SCCM preconfigured image first thing I noticed after installing is that the downloading files in IE is strange. When i start to download some file there is two options to select - Save/Run. When I click run, file starts...

Hello, See my specs below :- Intel core i7-7700k ASUS Z-170A Motherboard 16GB Ballistix sport 2400Mhz RAM 2 x 500GB Samsung EVO 850 SSD (I think it's 850) GTX 1080-TI EVGA 1000W Platinum I'm having some issues downloading large files. Everything else runs fine on my computer, installations...

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I was gifted an MSI X370 Gaming Plus motherboard brand new. I was thinking of building with a Ryzen 5 1600 and a B350 but now that I have a X370 should I just keep it or sell it to buy a B350?

Hi everyone, I've had to RMA my Corsair AX650 as it refuses to power on every now and again. The unit is 5 years old and there is no newer version of it - if they can't replace it like-for-like as per their warranty, what would be an acceptable (Corsair) equivalent in terms of build quality and...

Hi there guys, My girlfriends laptop is having a really strange problem I've not encountered before. We will be watching something, Youtube, VLC, etc and the sound and video starts glitching as if it's holding in place. It does this when the laptop has been on for a while, the CPU load doesn't...

Which combo would be better for 1080p gaming? Also, what fps would I expect from both builds. Thank you.

I am building a new PC for gaming. I wanted to know will I need a cpu cooler? I am buying an i7 4790k with GTX 970. I won't be overclocking it atleast for an year because that won't be required. So will I need a cpu cooler for that period? EDIT- I mean cooler other than stock.