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    [SOLVED] High packet loss when connecting to router and huge intermittent latency spikes when playing games

    Hi everyone. I am currently living in a pretty crowded area with tons of internet users (there are 47 networks around me that I can connect to, with a lot more outside of my WiFi adapter's range.) My problem is that I experience huge packet loss in the connection between my router and my...
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    Minimum GPU to run 4k 60Hz for WORK

    Hello there! I would like to update my Work PC with a 4k monitor, what would be the minimum gpu required for a 4k 60hz display? I mainly use AutoCad, Illustrator, Lightroom and Photoshop
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    Secure my phone

    Hi really just need to be sure there isn't a tracker on my phone if it is i need taken off
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    Looking to upgrade my low end prebuilt "gaming pc" wondering if this will work.

    I have a rebuilt Cyber power PC, and want to upgrade the build to achieve 60+ fps on most games. I have a 166hz monitor, a nice Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2 so I just need better parts. I hope this will make games able to run mostly at the highest settings. My parts i'm considering are...
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    How much is my computer worth?

    I'm looking to either sell my computer as a whole to someone nearby or sell parts individually to put towards a completely new and different build, but I'm not too keen on the resale of items. -GPU: ASUS Strix Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti -CPU: Intel i7 6700K @ 4.0GHz (4 Cores) -RAM: 32GB of DDR4...
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    Cannot get my bios to update

    I recently purchased a ASRock Fatality AB350m Gaming K4, and I am trying to get the bios to update. I went to the ASRock website, and followed their procedure on how to download the "instant flash" option. I downloaded it onto a USB drive, and when I rebooted into the Bios it brought up an error...
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    HDD indicator light always on, HDD health is good

    Hi, maybe one of you could help me. I've run Avast full scans to check for viruses, I've run Malwarebytes to check for malware, I've run HDTune to check my HDD health, as well as check it's SMART and everything checks out. But, when I monitor my hard drive activity while I use my pc, it spikes...
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    HDMI colors are awful - Intel graphics 520

    Hello, I own HP EliteBook 840 G3. The GPU is Intel graphics 520. First, when I plug my PC to a TV screen with the VGA the colors are great and there are no problems. When I plug my PC with the DisplayPort (with an adapter to HDMI but that's not the issue) to a TV (tried LG and Samsung) with a...
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    GPU Recommendations needed

    Hey everyone, Just gonna keep this short and simple, my current rig consists of an i7 4770k 4.4Ghz, 8gb ram and a GTA 960. I need to upgrade my gpu and I need some good suggestions. My budget will be around £250-£300 And the requirements I need are: The card must be future proof for gaming...
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    Sooo please help

    Okay recently I order a bunch of stuff from newegg and they decided to throw in a gift card from Hellofresh, is just this service where they delver fresh goods to your door and cook it. But i'm wonder if there is some way I can redeem a gift card like this for something else like steam money or...
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    970, monitor problem.

    Been having a problem with my monitors starting very slowly on a fresh startup of the day. They can take from 10-20 minutes to start displaying anything. Mean while they have a black screen and flicker slightly. Once the monitors display they function fine. I recently changed my psu for a...
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    It will support or not

    My motherboard is gsonic ddr2 processor Pentium dual core 2ghz.. Can nvidia 710 ddr3 support on my mother board answer me fast...
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    Is my build compatible, enough wattage, good cooling, etc.

    Hello everyone, I simply would like To check the compatibility on my build found at the link below. I also would like to know whether you would suggest the Phanteks enthoo pro full tower as a good case. I am planning on doing an SLI in the future and possibly additional or upgrading water...
  14. Dizturb3dwun

    My CPU fan is scaring me

    I made a quick video to show you what Im talking about better than words ever will. http:// I'm terrified.
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    60 fps 1080p recording + editing.

    I would like to have suggestions on what computer build to get. Including 1 monitor, preferraly with g-sync. that can RECORD any game while running 60 fps minimum (at ultra settings). And being able to render/edit videos (so perhaps an i7 cpu). I would like to have a build for this purpose as...
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    QOS on CPE B593 router?

    I'm kinda getting kinda sick of playing online with 700 ping spikes. Probably because everyone is downloading horseporn on the Wifi. Can I setup a QOS on this router somehow? It's not on the GUI.
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    How is this for a first build.

    Case: XION Gaming Series XON-310 CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K GPU: Radeon 6970 HD Sapphire Edition HDD: 500GB WD Blue desktop HDD RAM: 8GB HyperX Fury Black Series MOBO: ASRock AMD Micro ATX Motherboard PSU: EVGA 600W PSU
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    Hp pavilion G6 black screen wireless light orange fan runs no hdd was running a little hot before it shut itself down now blac

    i was using it and it was ok went out of room came back and it had switched itself off now black screen please what can it be
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    Best GPU under Rs11000 ($ 175)

    I am thinking to buy nvidia gtx 750 ti 2gb. My other specs : i3 3220 Gigabyte h61M-HD2 Corsair 4gb RAM( i will buy 2gb more so 6gb total)
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    Windows Firewall exception

    what is exception in firewall? ipsec means what?
  21. pondish

    Zotac GTX 970 vs. Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Omega Edition, difference?

    Hi. So I have this question and it's kinda nowhere to be found on the internet (easily). What are the differences of Zotac GTX 970 & Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Omega Edition and are they significant? Thanks.
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    New Build questions

    Hello, I plan to build a new machine with parts from 2 separate computers. Questions I have pertain to the SSD's and HD's. I plan on taking the SSD's and HD's from a win7 machine and placing them into a win 8.1 machine with data still on them I.E steam, origin, Uplay games because...
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    building/upgrading my home computer

    I'd like to build a computer,the optiplex980 with I5 cpu that i currently use, works well but lacks video and audio and as i don't seem to be able to increase the power supply I have been looking online for parts to build my own .The problem being all results seem to land me in the gamming...
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    How to find Opera Browser Command Line

    Probably a dumb question, but where is the Opera command line so I can execute a unix swtich? When opening Opera 25, it opens in a reduced window which it never did before so I want to make if open normally again.
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    ARRRRGGGH Swapping hds with different OS

    I have a yen to run two different OS on the same mainboard by swapping hard drives out from bays Sounds easy right? Yah well not so. There is a Boot manager issue that Win 7 gets into when I put a hard drive in that does not have Win 7 on it. I get a BLACK screen of death when I try to go...
  26. spider40

    Please Advise Friends

    I have a budget of RS18000 and i have decided to go with this one= Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon R9 270X with Boost OC 4 GB DDR5 Graphics Card. I play games like far cry 3, max payne 3, fifa 14 etc. Please advise. And i am also buying a new cabinet so that it can fit the card Advise on this too MY PC...
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    RED NAS Drives good for hosting things from my house?

    I was thinking about getting 3-4 of these RED NAS drives and using them to setup a raid of storage and possibly run a few gameservers off of it. Would these drives perform terribly or would it suffice for running gameservers like counterstrike and such.
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    aftermarket cooled r9 290 vs non ref

    so with all the price gouging bs going on, ive come to the conclusion that it'll never end. my buddy is willing to sell me a r9 290 for 400 which ill slap on a accelero for 70 somthing. is it worth the wait for the non refs? or will aftermarket cooled do enough?
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    Radeon R9 280X 3 gb or Nividia Geforce GTX 770 2 gb

    I want to play graphically intensive games like Battlefield 4 and Bioshock Infinate in 1080 ultra with a decent FPS, maybe like 60 or more. I don't want to spend more then $400 for the card though. I am stuck between the Radeon R9 280X 3 gb and the Nividia Geforce GTX 770 2 gb. Which do you guys...
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    Entry-level game for a non-gamer?

    I'm not much of a gamer. I bought a kickass computer for my 3D animation stuff so I thought, what they hey, I might as well try some games out. I used to play Counter Strike and I enjoyed the online stuff. I know it'd get obsolutely lit up these days, but I'd probably still have fun. Are there...
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    new system help

    hi, i am in the process of buying a new system for my home. for the moment i only have a 800mhz Athlon, which i payed more then 3k back when that was the fastest thing around. now i will take another approche, instead i will only spend like 1.5k and skip the fastest out there, but i still want a...
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    Screen resolution windows 7

    Hello, just got new hp laptop having a hard time seeing the screen outside in the daylight ... did not have this prob on the old one ...is their a setting i should use
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    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit wont boot after forced shutdown

    hi guys im wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem my windows 7 will not boot after i shut it down manually ive tried absolutely everything reverting to last good known configuration and it still will not boot ive tried the repair utility but all it does is post this problem...
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    Twain epson 1200 w7

    Windows 7 n'a pas l'air d'avoir un driver pour scanner epson 1200
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    Would like to use with only black cartridge

    I have a hp1315 with a print cartridge error message. Troubleshooting indicates the color cartridge is bad. It is still the original (7 yrs) since I never use color. How can I run on only the black cartridge? If not able, does anyone know of a printer/scanner/copier all in one that is black...
  36. mattd860

    HP Officejet 6210 Does Not Work with Windows 7... Please Help

    I just built a new computer running Windows 7 64-bit and I’m loving it. However, I have one problem that I just cannot seem to fix. I have two printers - HP Deskjet 5550 and an HP Officejet 6210, both of which I cannot print to. When I send a job to be printed from ANY program (IE, Word...
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    XW8000 vs DX2200

    I have recently finsihed rebuilding a DX220 which is maxed out (no overclock) with a 3 GHz Dual Core Processor, at 800FSB and 2 GB (Max) of RAM, and a SSD. The machine has native SATA The XW8000 is maxed out with 3.2 GHZ 533 FSB DUAL (2) HT xeons, 4 GB of RAM and an SSD. However the XW800 boots...
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    Can I make mutiple copies of system image in Win 7

    I have two drives on my Windows 7 (64 bit) computer disk 0 Intel 160 Gb SSD partitioned into c (OS) and a 100 MB reserved partition which was put there as part of the Windows 7 install disk 1 WD 1 TB HDD with two partitions: drive (D) 600 GB for data and drive (K) 375 GB for backups of...
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    Problem with my compaq, help me

    I have a compaq also, it also powered itself down. When i boot the fun turns and for some seconds all you hear is the memory sound beeping, and the num lock light also blinks.I taught it was a memory problem so i replaced the memory but its still not working.When u put the memory in another...
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    Install of os-Can't find/create partition

    I have acquired a kingston 64 gig ssd, which is formatted by win XP pro. When I try to install Win 7 on the ssd, it gives me an error like, "Can't find/create the partition." Set up see's the primary drive-1, but I still get the error and won't let me install the OS. I've searched the internet...