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Is 165hz really the default refresh rate of this monitor?

Hi! Is there difference in performance of games with GTX 1050 Normal or GTX 1050 OC?

I have a intel skylake i7-7700k stock clocked at 4.2GHz and i was wanting to overclock to 4.5GHz but I have a pretty basic cpu cooler (This one). Can i safely overclock my CPU to my desired frequency with this cooler? Vielen Dank

my motherboard supports 95w tdp can I go lower than that

I am on Linux, and I have windows as a dual boot. However, sometimes I want to get into Windows without rebooting the computer. My question is, how do I boot the windows partition inside of Linux for a VM kind of thing?

Hello everyone. I have some serious problem. All the time my procesor clock rate are at 0,77GHz. Whatever i doing if launching Photshop or game still 0,77GHz. Games are unplayable and system works slow. It happens out of nowhere, 2 years everything working ok but now i couldn't use my laptop...

Ok, so this may sound odd, but I have landed my hands on a Win 10 Pro Product key, and I have Win 10 Home. Can I activate Win 10 home with the pro key? Or do I have to re install. Thanks for any help.

Basically i have had to rma my current power supply which is a evga 650w g2 gold it is coming back with my replacement on Wednesday next week, i was wondering i have a msi gtx 970, i do have a spare 500w xigamatic unmodular which was my old psu before i got this card would this be suitable for a...

Hello all i am after advice on choosing a high end MB for microsoft Azure POC. spec is windows 2012R2 certified, min 96gb ram and 12 cores ! must support SLAT also. anyone know of one ? ASROCK ? thanks dave

Hello, I recently overclocked my 290x lightning and was curious what you made of this: I raised the power limit +50 I changed the core clock to 1175! I changed the memory clock to 1350 and i left the fan control on auto The overclock is stable in Furmark, I never witness any artifacts and...

Confused in which graphics card to take

I am planning to buy a 2 TB storage but I am not sure if I should buy internal of external HDD. External would be easier to remove which suits my needs but in terms of speed which one is the best? Is the difference that significant ( SATA vs USB 3.0)? Thanks I could use a dock for HDD. Would...

so the problem is,that,i bought a pavilion laptop an year ago, the model is pavilion g6-2331se,it was all working fine and great, yesterday night after a proper shut down i powered it up today, i was busy with my phone so did not pay much attention to it, as time passed i saw that the screen was...

My PCs Mobo burnt up so i replaced it but now i have a problem regarding the Wi-Fi.Whenever i connect my laptop or smartphone the connection breaks automatically.I can use internet only on my PC.I have a broadband connection with Line-in and NETGEAR box.Please help.

Desktops Can My Old Pc Spec Run This game? Spec : - AMD Athlon 3000+ 2GB DDR2 160 HardDisk GeForce 8600 vga 6x Usb + 2x Usb HD Audio Network Gigabit 550 watt psu can run on this game ? :- Outlast rocksmith 2014 Battlefield 4 Dragon age Dragon age II Dragon age Origins Call Of Duty Black...

I am building my own computer for Cad which I will use to work from home. I will be working in 3D most of the time and want the program to run flawless. With money not being a concern, I want to know which processor would be best : Intel i7 extreme edition or intel xeon e7 family I will note...

Hi. Help needed for choosing motherboard. Cooling questions too. My planned build: CPU: i5-4570 PSU: XFX 450w Case: CM Silencio 352 (mATX case) http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-tower-silencio-series/silencio352/ SSD: 840 EVO 250gb HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB As you can see I haven't decided...

is it possible to link 2 original Xbox's via the internet without xbox live?

Hi all! Okay, so a bit of background info first: My ISP is Virgin and we have recently had our speed doubled. I think we were on 30mb/s before, making it 60mb/s now, but I can't be sure because it's my dad (I'm not 5 years old or anything don't worry XD) who pays for the connection and he wont...

I have spectranet fiber optic broadband connection at home.They offer 16mbps internet connection at certain limits as per plan.After limit speed is reduced to 1mbps but for youtube video streaming and download,google playstore in android phone speed does not get reduced.It is continuing at the...

So I purchased a 27inch 1080p monitor a bit ago (I now know 24inch is about the largest you should go at 1080 resolution), and when I view HD planet earth videos on youtube, some areas look great and some look pixelated or jaggies I think they are called, like mist, clouds and fine foliage in...

Hello, I'm looking for a new CPU cooler, thinking about the Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V, will it fit my GIGABYTE FAX58AU'S3R LAG 1366 board?

Hello.I wanted to ask if it would be technically okay to get a 700W PSU for a system that needs say,500W. Would the remaining 200W put stress on or burn the components,or cause other problems,or would it just be wasted? Would it generate unusual heat? Thanks

Ok so my internet is faster with wired than wireless but with downloads wireless is faster than wired including with wired i get significantly more download timeouts than wireless. i am using 50ft cat6 cable connected to a dlink 524 router and the other end is connected to my fatality mobo. own...

I am trying to restore an older system running XP to life and I find the following: ■When I start it with no memory installed, the sytem starts up and runs, but I see no bios prompt/screen, hear no beep, etc. I have 2 video cards (internal and external) and it doesn't matter either way. ■When I...

Hi, What is the general consensus on using a can of compressed air to clean a laptop. I see many articles recommending it but I also see some articles that say it does more harm than good (i.e. Pushes the dust around). I'm not experiencing any major problems but my laptop is about 2 years old...

Hello, I'm trying to connect to an external device through a LAN. Connection is good w an old laptop w XP but I can't connect w the new laptop (W7). I turned off all the firewalls, etc.

Hey all, I was just wondering when would be the most economically/performance related time to upgrade from my current system. Now, or when Intel releases their new line of chips later this year. Will current chips drop in price dramatically? Or should I bite the bullet and pay for a premium...

Witch cpu has the best performance for autocad use?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) After the usual three chkdsk stages run OK (full chkdsk output below), it gives these messages: CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the master file table (MFT) bitmap. CHKDSK discovered free space...

Hi, Built a gaming PC about 6 months ago, which I then sold on about a month ago. Everything worked 100% before shipping but the buyer sent it back and had a a refund as it was apparently faulty on arrival. Now that I've got it back the issue is that all then fans & hdd are spinning but there...

I have recently come in contact with a free APC BACKUPS 1300XS Battery Backup this one to be exact: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BX1300LCD Anyways the reason it was free is that the batterys were like bulging out braking the saroundings of the battery(the...

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet (More info?) I recently checked out one of our networks to find that our switches with 1000BaseSX uplinks were connected to, and functioning with, our 100baseFX switches. Also, from what I've been told and seen (from the brief time that I've been...

The $40 mail in rebate sealed it (I'm $ challenged but I wanted to future proof as much as possible). Good choice? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103941 I'll know in 2 days if my problems were PSU related.

My motherboard's PCI slot is very close to the top of the power supply in the Antec 900 Case...(maybe about 3 inches or so). I could put it in the uppoer PCI slot, but it would be a tight fit with the sata connectors, so opted for the lower slot. My question is this. With the video cards fan...

Hey good people Last night turns computer of fine... This morning turns on computer and everything is running silly slow. The windows keeps popping up telling me the computer is running slow and asking me to turn to windows basic What's happening ? Help

Hi all. I'm looking to finally update my E6300 system from the Fry's Combo that I bought it with to a more modern system that can be overclocked. Currently it is housed in an ECS P4M800PRO-M with DDR Memory and an AGP Card. My AGP card has bit the dust and I don't want to spend any money on an...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) I do enable/disable MAC addresses on my router, but does someone know what those initial stand for ? Not MacIntosh, of course.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) When working on my computer i randomly check the bast station log and i find multi logs of 2004/04/24 14:09:01 ** Unauthorized HTTP Access ** <IP/TCP> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:2874 ->> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 i have the firewall...

my actual rig soon to be upgraded :) Mb Epox nforce2ultra 8rdai Cpu Athlon xp 2400+(1800mhz)thoroughbreed oc 2400mhz(12x200fsb) Cooler Thermaltake volcano 12 2x512mb ddr 400 kingmax cl2 Vga 6800 gt agp 256/256 inno3d + arctic cooling nvsilencer5 hard drives: 1x80gb wd jb 1x40gb seagate...