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    [SOLVED] USB-C switchable hub

    Is there such a thing as a switchable usb-c hub? Just usb-c. Looking to connect two laptops (or more) through usb-c to a port extender/display box. They work individually, but would like to be able to use both with no moving of cables.
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    [SOLVED] Would this work?

    I want to build an amd ryzen system. It would have a ryzen 5 1400 Gigabyte b450 aorus m Seasonic M12II-620 EVO 620W 2x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 4GB 2400MHz DDR4 Deepcool Captain 240EX Universal CPU Liquid Cooler White Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3 Mini-Tower mATX And a gtx 560 ti 2gb (will...
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    Xbox one as booster for my laptop (please help) cause i think it could work?

    i have a asus laptop and it was 300$ and it comes with 4 gb ram,AMD E2-6110 cpu with a AMD radeon R2 GPU and its not that fast and i was wondering if i could use my XBOX ONE as a um well some type of boost in performance for my laptop?
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    [SOLVED] Can't get 144hz on my monitor?

    Hi, I recently bought a monitor (Acer KG241 144Hz) and was stuck at 120Hz since I was using an HDMI-HDMI cable. I got a DP-HDMI cable: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017Q8ZX1O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 When i tried plugging it in (DP in monitor and HDMI in GPU) i kept...
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    Laptop cpu in desktop

    I have an asus laptop with a i7 as cpu. Could I put the cpu from my laptop in a desktop? Because I am going to build a gaming pc. If I could use my laptop cpu in my desktop than I could save some couple of hunderd euro’s.
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    Upgrading from i5 to i7

    Hello, currently have a i5 4690k with the evga 1079 ftw edition. I'm wanting to upgrade to a 1151 socket motherboard and upgrade too an i7. I mainly play games, I typically have multiple tabs up at the same time. I think I'd like to spend 450 on both motherboard and cpu. I just need a couple...
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    [SOLVED] Ryzen 7 1700 + Rx 580 or Ryzen 7 2700 + rx 590 ;

    is it worth buying Ryzen 7 1700 + Rx 580 or Ryzen 7 2700 + rx 590 ; i would prefer to be futureproof and as the price difference between these two builds is only around 100 dollars. Which build is better bang for buck i am planning to buy...
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    Computer boot loop, doesn't show anything on the screen

    So this first happened yesterday, I was just watching some videos on my PC and I accidentally knocked off decorative wooden fan off of my speakers, which then hit the top of my PC case and turned it off, which is normal for me. Whenever the computer got hit or something got dropped on it, it...
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    CPU EZ debug light on motherboard. No video output.

    I left my PC on sleep over night and woke this morning to the power light on my PC tower flashing on and off and the EZ debug CPU light lit up on my motherboard. I turned the PC off and tried to turn it on and the light on the motherboard was still lit up and there was still no output to the...
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    Upgrade CPU, motherboard, ram and maybe PSU

    Hello I considering upgrading my PC, but idk which CPU should i buy ryzen or Intel i rly dont know (iam Intel guy but AMD seems rly good option too - change my mind please :) ) I know i have to replace motherboard and ram along with CPU. The PC is primary for Gaming, i feel like my CPU is...
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    Cheap 16GB DDR4 RAM for Ryzen CPU

    I'm looking for some cheap ram for my new PC, but from what i see DDR4 costs a **** tonn of money. I was recommended https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bf98TW/gskill-memory-f42666c15d16gvr But that's like basically the cost of my CPU. Are there any cheaper options?
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    GTX 970 to 1070 ti. To upgrade or not to upgrade.

    I can get a pretty good deal on a 1070 ti. Not sure if I should take it or not. I'm currently running 3570k with a gtx 970 on a 1080 144hz monitor. The current games I play I can run about 100 fps avg. Sometimes dipping into 70~80 on load. Most running low~med settings. Will upgrading to a...
  13. The Original Ralph

    Sata power extension cable

    curious if anyone has seen a vendor offering a sata power extension cable like the one highlited in the picture below - that's a Fractal S2 Define computer case and that's apparently the cable they ship with it tks in advance
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    Partition recovery problem

    I have deleted my three partitions by mistake and hard drive showed it an un-allocated space, then I made one partition of all un-allocated space.. Now I want back my three partitions with data... Anyone here can help me?
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    gt 1030 problem with acer pc new

    hello guys i got used pc with i3 3240 / 8 gb and then i add my gt 1030 it s new and when testing it with my friend s monitor HDMI it works good but when testing it with my monitor VGa and putting adapter dvi-vga not working !! and then i test it with hdmi in my tv else it s not working so i...
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    ASUS Z270-E RGB lighting is bust!

    Hello there good people! I have a problem that I have had for quite a while. I was stupidly playing with connecting the RGB headers from my ASUS Strix Z270-E to a Phanteks RGB LED strip, when I touched two RGB cables together (can't remember which colours, not the 12V), and a disturbing POP...
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    8700k overclock safe temps

    Hello, I'm wondering if 70-75c temps are ok while under gaming load or if I should be getting cooler temps with my AIO. I'm running the 8700k overclocked at 4.9ghz. Corsair AIO H100i v2, Rx 580x2 8gb Crossfire, Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb DDR4 3000.
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    pc build with openshot

    About a year ago I built the following pc with budget in mind but keeping room to grow a little: intel g4560 currently running integrated graphics h270m pro motherboard 2x4 GB DDR4 RAM I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on it and my wife has recently picked up video editing. She chose to use Openshot...
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    My PC won't turn on can't find out why

    Hi.My PC had some issuses like this during these 2 weeks. When this happened first for me I just simply solved it by unpluging everything (monitor, speakers and case itself) for a while around 2 to 3 hours and again pluging them. It happened 2 more times and it worked both other times. But when...
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    Windows Installer freezes

    Hi guys, so yesterday I installed Windows 10 just fine in my PC. But lately, the system process clogged my PC down (it used 100% of the disk) that I had to do a shutdown. After restarting a while later, my PC entered disk repair, in which it got til 69% before entering a loop of disk repair ->...
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    PC compatibility check and suggestions

    I'm going to build my first pc, and i want to know if everything is compatible. I will buy the RTX 2080, if it performs as well as the GTX 1080 ti. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/parkour68/saved/#view=KLpBbv Plus i want some suggestions, if you guys think you know a part that will work better...
  22. MrMario

    JBL Arena 130s?

    Thinking about buying the JBL Arena 130s. They're on sale for $140. What do you think? Insta-buy at that price? How good are they? What's a good and/or relatively inexpensive amp to pair with them? Any sub suggestions? Thanks for your thoughts.
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    G4560 at 100C

    The title is fairly self explanatory, and I'm going to assume that this temperature is not at all safe for my CPU. Could this possibly be throttling back my CPU and do I have to replace thermal paste?
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    8700K - ASRock, MSI or ASUS to reach 5.0Ghz?

    Guys, I decided to make an upgrade on my rig and now I'm planning get the 8700k for my new build. I'm in doubt of which motherboard I should buy. My rig is all based on a black/red color scheme. I ended in these 4 options: 1 - ASRock Z370 Extreme4 2 - ASRock Z370 Fatal1ty Gaming K6 3 - ASUS...
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    Will the cooler master MA410P fit into my case and mobo

    I wanted to buy the cooler master MA410P heatsink for my cpu because the stock one is overheating my cpu slightly. The CPU i use is an i5 8400 and my motherboard is the Gigabyte H370 Aorus gaming 3 wifi (rev1.0), and the case i use is the Rosewill Nautilus. On their website it says 154 mm cpu...
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    what is better

    ASUS ROG Strix RX570 OC edition 4GB or MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G i have msi amd modherboard
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    Intel i7 or Ryzen 7 2700 for long term durability ??

    Which processor is good for long term durability . Intel i7 8700 or ryzen 7 2700 ??
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    using a msata for win 10 would it be worth it and what would be a good size

    I am a little out of touch technology and I was given a cyber power pc laptop it has a 1tb Hyderabad segregate hd in right now it has a slot for msata would it be worth it to and msata for the os and the 1tb as storage, if so what side what would be a good size for a msata
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    Connecting the power supply to video cards question

    I need a refresher course in connecting power to video cards. I'm working with a Corsair RM750X. There are two 8 pin cables supplied. One of the cables has an 8-pin connector with another piggybacked off the first. I'm going to assume that I can use this to connect two video cards with one...
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    Low CPU usage

    Hello, in this morning all was good and I had a good fps in games. When I comes from the work I started to play csgo and I had only 30 fps while before I had ~200. I opened the monitoring and see that my CPU usage in the game is only 5~8÷ while the GPU usage is 100÷. The same think in pubg and...
  31. agenthunk

    Dedicated Video Memory from System Memory on Motherboard after installing 8GB 2400mhz ram did not update to 1GB! HELP!!!

    I just bought a kingston 260 pin DDR4 sodimm laptop memory for my Dell Inspiron 15 5576. I need to find out why it still is saying 512MB still? Both are made by Kingston 1xR 8GB PC4-19200-2400T SA1-11 2400MHz RAM both are the same type. My system is Dual Channel support for gaming Two...
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    Usb is acting weird

    So a while ago I used my flashdrive to run memtest because I had some problems. Since then the flash drive works normally on my computer and displays the full storage capacity while on any other PC it only displays 60 mb with memtest instructions.
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    ssd compatibilty with motherboard

    can i install samsung 970 evo in asus crosshair 6 hero
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    Hp 2000 2d09se

    Hello guys i want to ask if I can upgrade my laptop cpu My laptop is Hp 2000 2d09se what can i also upgrade I searched the internet but i didnot find any answer I hope that you can help me ( I saw once that the Core i5 3380M ) My current Laptop are core i3 3110m and integrated intel hd graphics...
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    Need Feedback/Suggestions on Major PC Setup Upgrade

    So I'll soon be doing an internship over the summer which will pay me $1315. I want to use this money to upgrade my current PC gaming setup. My current specs are: i3-7100, GTX 960, 450W PSU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 120GB SSD+1TB HDD, and a mid sized tower which I actually quite like. I also currently...
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    Looking for a gaming headset that has a mic that will work with my laptop.

    So I recently purchased an Acer Predator Helios 300. I had been using a Turtle Beach x12 with my old desktop, but when I switched to my new laptop, I noticed it sadly only had one 3.5mm jack instead of the two I needed. The Turtle Beach x12 has a headphone jack and a microphone jack, so it sadly...
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    Gtx 750 ti

    I am willing to buy a gtx 750 ti 2gb 1 fan but i would like to make sure that it will be compatible with my current pc. I have a dell 7010 MT with a i5 3470 , 8gb ddr3 ram, 500 gb hard drive and a 275w psu so will it be fine with my pc or i will need to change my psu...?
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    Computer won't boot past bios

    Unable to get my computer to boot past the bios. This happened about 8 months ago, then the computer got shelved for awhile till I had time to dig into this. I just remember turning on the computer and being unable to boot it. I hadn't made any major changes that I recall. Now when I try to...
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    Xeon 5650 running on 2 cores 4 threads

    I checked the bios and it says all cores should be running, hyperthreading is enabled and I'm not sure why the CPU is still running on 2 cores out of 6. BIOS version is FH, I didn't mess with the bios I just got the PC and not sure what is the issue. My specs: CPU cooler - Corsair H75 CPU -...
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    What is this for?

    I assume it's a splitter to power 2 hard/solid state drives. But where do I plug the white end? I tried plugging it into the motherboard and into a hard drive but it stopped the PC from booting. Here are pics: https://imgur.com/a/ls2IAx6 https://imgur.com/a/jpN7Rk3 https://imgur.com/a/WHNGpA5...