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    Question Which of these for a Software Engineering student?

    1) Lenovo Thinkbook 14 G6 with Ryzen 7 7730U or Ryzen 5 7530U or Core i7-13700H 2) Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 with Ryzen 7 7730U or Ryzen 5 7530U 3) HP Pavilion Plus 14 with Core i5-13500H 4) HP ProBook 440 G10 with Core i5-1335U 5) Asus Zenbook 14 with Ryzen 7 7730U or Ryzen 5 7530U 6) Acer...
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    Question New laptop for student - - - photo-editing, $1700 ?

    Hey! I'm looking for a new laptop. I've tried to look everywhere but ive come up empty handed. ive got a few requirements and i can't find a pc that matches. The big problem is that I don't know which one to compromise on. I've looked at the asus zenbook line, dell xps and thinkpad. 1. What is...
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    [SOLVED] Two routers, one ISP

    Hello! I have a weird question. I live in a student home with a router i cannot access to open ports and such. However i have my own router and i was wondering if i could disconnect the main router, put a switch and connect both my router and the main router. I guess this is possible, but will...
  4. TheJJBman11

    Question Download and upload speed high but ping fluctuates!

    Hi guys, I've just moved into my uni accommodation and have noticed a few issues with the wifi. To my knowledge the landlord shares one router between 4 hours totalling 25 people. The router isn't in my house and we merely have 1 wifi booster which is located at the further point from my room...
  5. kalebpp

    Question (URGENT) PC Checking Media Presence

    Firstly thank you for taking time out of your day to read. I am a student and have online classes and essays due and I only have my phone now. Please help! I have a HP Pavilion Power 580-023w Desktop PC series. I am currently receiving this. Checking Media Presence Media Present Start PXE...
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    help choosing uni laptop

    hi! im a Informatics Engineering student in spain. this is gonna be my third year and i really need to change my (very) old laptop. Ive seen a question template here so im going to answer them so you can help me n 1. What is your budget? less than 3000 euros 2. What is the size of the...
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    Question LOOKING FOR VERY, VERY SMALL MOTHERBOARD

    Hello everyone! I am a high school student in the process of building a working prototype for a new PC platform design, which is still sort of secretive at this point. I recently filed a PPA at the federal level and am beginning to design a manufacturer-able version of this design. However, I'm...
  8. exidis

    Question Looking for Mechanical Engineering Student Laptop Recommendations

    Hello everyone! I am starting college soon and the time has come to choose a laptop. I, as the title says, am an incoming Mechanical Engineering student, and I am looking for a quality laptop to reduce dependence on university computing. Essentially, the laptop will need to be able to handle...
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    Question Better laptop for a student than Acer Swift 1 at its price point?

    Hello! I have been searching for a laptop for my upcoming studies. I will be studying medicine, and wont therefore need anything that will be able to handle any tough 3D or CAD programs, I also have a desktop at home. What I need is something that has reasonable performance that I can use while...
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    How to tell if a projector lamp is life expired?

    Apologies if this is in the wrong section. At work, we've discovered a box of Epson projector lamps - about 16 in total. All of them are in their individual boxes but none of them appear to be the right model for the 2 Epson projectors we have. What's odd is that they're all in full original...
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    CPU Clock speeds jumping from 1k - 4k

    i recently just did my first build and i am using CAM to monitor everything. but my issue is that my clock speeds rapidly go anywhere from 1500 all the way up to 4200 and tend to mainly stay around 4000 clock speed. so my question is, is this normal and if not how can i fix it. System specs...
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    Difference in visuals besides fps gtx1050ti vs gtx1080

    I've looked every where for the answer to this question and I can't seem to find it. I currently have a gtx1050ti with a 1440p gsync monitor. I only really play 3 games, battlefield 1, 4, and wildlands. I can play both battlefields at 1440p high settings vsync off at a consistent 60ish fps give...
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    Looking for a new CPU fan A6-5200 FT3

    Hello, everyone, After several unsuccessful web searches and the purchase of an unfitting product, I'm asking for your help to figure out where I can buy a fan for my AMD A6-5200 CPU. The socket is a FT3 type (BGA769). I found out on a website that I cannot upgrade the CPU because it is...
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    Random SSD Apeared

    I got an 2 tb SSD for my bday yesterday, I upgraded from a hard drive and have never owned an ssd before. When I went to disk management, I saw my SSD, but another, unkown, 500 mb ssd. What is this?
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    Optical drive problem? Discs not recognised

    CD Drive not apearing in device manager, nor is discs being recognised. Whenever I press the button for the optical drive, it opens and closes with no problem whatsoever. I place the CD/DVD inside....but nothing happens. It is not recognised in the "my computer" and when I checked "Device...
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    Possible risks of OC gpu?

    Hello guys So I've been looking in to overclocking my gpu, I have a few questions I want answered before I continue though. What happens if I set my core clock too high, or memory clock too high, is there any risks of them getting damaged in doing so? I've looked at overclocking with msi...
  17. BuckyJunior

    AMD Piledriver FPUs

    Hi, everyone. I know AMD FX Series CPUs have four modules, each containing two cores, which equals eight cores in total. How would all eight cores work at the same time when it only has four FPUs? Or does it just flip-flop between cores? What happens to the four cores that are inactive?
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    Is the 1070 compatible with my motherboard?

    Ignore this thread please it was an accident☹️☹️☹️ Ignore this thread please it was an accident☹️☹️☹️ Ignore this thread please it was an accident☹️☹️☹️ Ignore this thread please it was an accident☹️☹️☹️ Ignore this thread please it was an accident☹️☹️☹️ Ignore this thread please it was an...
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    Help Choosing a new MoBo

    Hello! I was thinking bout buying a new mobo for my pc and I've been choose between Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX Gigabyte GA-X99-Phoenix SLI Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming could hardly see any difference between any of those gigabyte mobos. was thinking bout going x99 Ultra gaming for my msi x99...
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    Looking for new cpu

    Looking for a new CPU for emulators and browsing my parts are an Intel core 2 duo E6300 1.86ghz 2gb single channel DDR2 265MHz Micro star international ms7318 socket 775 1024 ATI AMD Radon HD 4350 300w psu Am new to PC building is this worth spending a little cash on or better off changing...
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    Bad_Pool_Caller dump file

    On Fri 8/19/2016 6:34:52 PM GMT your computer crashed crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\081916-11828-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x142940) Bugcheck code: 0xC2 (0x7, 0x126C, 0x0, 0xFFFFE001F3371768) Error: BAD_POOL_CALLER file path...
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    Can I use the extra USB ports on my mobo even if my case has 2 front USB ports?

    Hello, I have a bit of a problem. My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H) has 6 USB ports (4 2.0's, 2 3.0's) but my case (Rosewill FBM-02) only has 2 USB ports. Is it possible to use all of my ports somehow? (I have to plug in my headset, my keyboard, mouse, and extra stuff whenever I need to)...
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    Screen Is Black

    Hi, I'm experiencing problems with my PC whenever I turn on the monitor, it will look for a signal, then the screen goes black with the number 99 at the bottom right hand corner. It's not the Monitor, GPU, or my HDMI cable btw.
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    ''amd display driver has stopped working and has been restored successfully''

    I recently bought a new graphics card and ever since i installed id at random times the screen would go black and i would get the display driver has stopped working error even when i'm in chrome watching videos. even though benchmarks run fine on my pc and temps aren't getting too high i have...
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    The Best Gt 730 driver????

    Hello Companions its dragon here a past few days i bought the (Gt 730).... Its a good card i ran games like Gta San Andreas on ....lower to 80fps so iwas wondering what is the best driver for (Gt 730)... Anyways thats it for today any replies will be greatly appreciated....Have a nice day and...
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    GTX 970 core clock not dropping on idle

    Okay so last time I checked, my gtx 970 card only runs about 100~150 mhz on GPU clock and 300~ on memory clock and the temp stays at 50 deg C on idle. Now it remains on 1151 mhz on GPU and 3505 on clock while still on idle. What is the cause of this and how can i revert it back to normal?
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    Game flickers to desktop when i click - HELP

    My games keep flickering to my desktop when I click if I rapidly click the game crashes it also does this every once in a while in IE but only once or twice. I had this problem when I 1st got my monitor but I resolved it by changing cable and the refresh rate I had a displayport cable plugged...
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    i installed 32gb of ram 8gb x 4 sticks and windows only reads 8gb? any ideas please?

    i installed 4 sticks of 8gb of ram g-skill and my computer and windows 10 64bit sees on ly 8 gb? any ideas to help it read the 32gb? it is installed on a sabertooth x79 thanks
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    MSI H97M-G43 Super-Charing port

    Hello. I have a question about combo MSI H97M-G43 with Cooler Master Silencio 352 case. Silencio case has front USB 2.0 together with SD card reader on a single USB header. Can I connect it to the super-charged USB front header on the MB (red colored header) without damaging card in a reader...
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    should i let a computer shop install my hardware?

    i bought a new graphics card, power supply, mother board, and cpu. should i just make someone else do it since i dont know anything about building a computer?
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    Ditched Comcast Router/Modem and Wired/Wireless Connections Crapped Out

    So... I got the bright idea that I was going to skirt the $10/mo Comcast modem/router rental fee and buy my own. I went out and got an Arris SB6141 modem and a Linksys EA6350 router. I got the modem activated by Comcast, but as soon as I got everything hooked up, my connections started getting...
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    Old Computer Upgrade

    Hello. I have an old PC Mobo model: P8H61-M LX R2.0 Processor: Intel Pentium G2010 Memory: DDR3 2GB. It is super slow. I am planning to upgrade memory into 4GB. Would it be faster than before or I need to upgrade CPU too. Thanks ahead.
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    System (D) almost full

    Hi there. I recently reinstalled windows, and noticed that my D drive (Which previously didn't even show up under My Computer) is using 7.5 of it's 8GB space. This is almost entirely down to two files, SPL_WINDOWS.swm (4GB) and SPL_WINDOWS2.swm (3GB). I have no idea if this might be slowing...
  34. kyotokid

    Needing to upgrade from Win7 Home Premium to 7Pro

    ...Looking to upgrade the memory in my graphics workstation from 12GB to 24GB. The one "rub" is I need to also update my Win7 from Home Premium to Pro as Premium only supports up to 16GB. Microsoft has pretty much stopped selling Win7 in any form so the online "Anytime Upgrade" path is rather...
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    Minimum wattage for a build that is required for stability.

    Hi, my customer has a build consisting of: CPU: Fx-9590 Gpu/s: R9 290 Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth R2.0 Storage: 1x Seagate Barracuda 1TB, 1x Samsung SSD 840 evo ~250gb, 2x caviar GP 500gb (RAID 0) PSU: Corsair CX750M The customer wants a upgrade to the latest technology so he can get even more...
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    No Input Asus VN248H

    Hey guys, I bought this monitor as part of a build a couple weeks back. It worked flawlessly in the beginning. However, after I get up to get breakfast and return after 3 minutes, there was a blue screen that said "HDMI / MHL-2 No Input". I've tried plugging it in different ports and changing...
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    Are these modifications to a prior gaming PC build fine?

    pcpartpicker Options i have for motherboard: Part1Part2 The suggested motherboards (MSI Z97-GD65, GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H, ASUS Z97-PRO) all dont ship to Singapore and the local shop doesn't have them either. So i replaced it with the ASRock Z97 Extreme4 since the local shop has it but i...
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    How do i clean my computer CPU ??

    There is one time that my computer died because of dust in it. How do i clean it ?? Do i need to get the parts out to clean it ??
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    Crucial M550 vs Samsung 840 Pro vs Samsung 850 Pro vs Sandisk Extreme Pro vs Crucial MX100

    Hi Experts, I have a need for a Hard Disk or a SSD. I'm building a server for my own use. With 32 GB RAM, 2 CPU Quad Core 3GHz processors. I'm trying to find a better SSD, since they are lot faster than traditional Hard Disks. Can anyone, please suggest me, which SSD is better when it comes...
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    Good gaming build?

    I was asking if this is a good gaming build.Can you give me feedback in the comments?And what would you change in? (Thats my first build)...Thank you :) Part list: CPU: Intel core i7-3770k 3.5 GHz quad core CPU fan: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM liquid Motherboard: AsRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 RAM...