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    Question An external drive for gaming on surface pro 9

    I wanted to have an external drive where I can store mostly turn based strategy games like XCOM or Civilization type games and play on surface pro 9. I didn't want to undergo the hassle of changing the SSD in the SP9. Is there a thumb drive that might be able to do this or do I have to go for a...
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    16" surface pro 9 type 2 in 1

    I tried a 13" surface pro 9. While I like the touchpad and how smooth it is, I would really like a 16" screen. I absolutely love how I can fold the surface up and use it like a tablet. The keyboard of the surface does feel a little bit more flimsy but a metal keyboard of similar thickness would...
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    Question B450 motherboard for 5800 X3D and 6700 XT

    I order a B45O motherboard (ASUS TUF Gaming B450-PLUS II for 5800 X3D and RS 6700 XT. Should I return it back and upgrade to a B550. If so any recommended motherboards?
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    I was also wondering whether a RX 6800 + Ryzen 7 5700X would be a better deal for gaming at the same price?
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    Finally decided on this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xt8MY9 New Items: CPU, MotherBoards, RAM and Video Card Existing Items: Computer Case, Power Supply
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    I went to pcpartspicker and apparently my current computer is compatible with a high end GPU RX 6700 XT https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YHJ7JM
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    will a rx6600 be able to run cyber punk on a 65" at 1080p with a 5600 at 60 fps?
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    I forgot to add that I aim to connect the system to my bedroom TV which is a LG 65" 65UJ6300 which has a 120 Hz refresh rate, 3840 x 2160 resolution rate.
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    Question Will a Ryzen 5 be overkill for Nvidia 1050 TI?

    I have a super old system with ASUS P5Q Pro Motherboard and Q9650 CPU. I do want to try out some of the new gen games like CyberPunk and Homeworld but usually my staple of XCOM like turn based games. Given that my graphics card is a Nvidia 1050 Ti will upgrading to a Ryzen 5600 be worth it or...
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    Question Looking for a fitness tracker with decent battery life and some smartwatch features

    Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and one of the biggest problems I have is that it has a very poor battery life. I had the following requirements for a fitness tracker: 1. it should be responsive when I turn my wrist. One of the problems I have with my watch 3 is that when I turn my...
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    Question Anyway to wirelessly connect a TV to a PC?

    Have been researching for sometime. My bedroom TV is about 20 feet away from the PC which is in the living room. Anyway to connect the two wirelessly?
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    Question Most speech is muffled with Asus Vivobook F515 since update to Windows 11

    I upgraded to Windows 11 and a lot of the speech in videos etc. is very muffled. only happens when I watch certain youtube videos from cnn, foxnews etc. Some of the videos have a higher volume and music played from my laptop can be heard fine. Tried multiple things including updating drivers...
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    Question Question Will these memories work together?

    I have a ASUS P5Q PRO 775 P45 RT Motherboard with this 4 gb of this RAM already installed https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-4gb-240-pin-ddr2-sdram/p/N82E16820231166?amp;nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&;cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16820231166 . Wil this memory...
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    Question Windows 10 wifi constantly keeps dropping and then can't reconnect without restarting laptop

    A few months ago my Windows 10 laptop started dropping connections to wifi. I have an internal 2.4 GHz card and a 5 GHz USB Wifi adapter and both will not work at the same time. I have the latest Windows 10 on my laptop which is a Lenovo B50-45. The laptop is pretty old and I wonder if some of...
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    Question Budget laptop to replace Lenovo B50

    I have a Lenovo B50 which I owned for about 6 years and paid $200. I later on replaced the HDD with a SSD. It worked very well for me except that right now the parts are probably coming apart. The power connector doesn't connect all that very well but more importantly recently the wifi keeps...
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    Best SmartWatch for fitness tracking

    Hello, I am looking for a smartwatch for fitness tracking. I would like to have the following features: 1. A good heart rate monitor that will work when you are sweaty in the gym. 2. Should integrate with myfitnesspal. 3. Should integrate with OnePlus 3 android phone. 4. Ability to pay at...
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    Which car pc to buy?

    Hello, I have an old Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder 2008 and I wanted to add a car pc to it. The main aim is to be able to play music, podcasts, start navigation without taking out my android phone. If I could get hands free operation that would be great. Even better would be if I could get side and...
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    Steam link unable to connect to PC

    Whenever I connect via steam link to PC, it brings up the Big Picture mode and then hangs and finally disconnects. On the host PC where the games are running the Big Picture mode is stuck and if I click on the screen Windows pops up a dialog box saying 'Steam Client Bootstrapper is not...
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    Any good free application to lock specific applications in Windows 10

    Hello, I have a steam link that I use to stream games to my bedroom TV from my Windows 10 HTPC which is setup in my living room. Each time I have to unlock the PC to be able to stream via steam link. I was wondering if there is any free application that I can use to lock specific applications...
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    Intel Burn Test Temperature of overclocked Q9650 reaching 99C

    I played Xcom Enemy Unknown and the temperature remained in the 70s. However, I will play over steam link in which case the CPU will be working overtime and 100% so I guess the temperature will be too high at that time. So probably I should try to run the CPU with reduced voltage of maybe 1.36...
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    Intel Burn Test Temperature of overclocked Q9650 reaching 99C

    I collected data over a period of 12 hours and the average idle temperature is around 40.8 C. I think my earlier report of 60C was probably because it was just after the IBT run which might have been wrong. Should 99C during IBT concern me since my idle temps seems ot be ok? Can I get higher...
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    Intel Burn Test Temperature of overclocked Q9650 reaching 99C

    Hello, I overclocked my Q9650 with vCore of 1.4V, fsb speed 450 and cpu ratio of 9. I ran Intel Burn Test and my CPU temperature reached 99C but the test completed successfully. Should I consider my CPU to be stable since the test completed or should I try to reduce the temperature. Idle...
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    PassMark showing higher 2D and 3D Mark for overclocked CPU

    Hello, I had a overclocked my E8500 from 3.16 GHz to 4 GHz and ran PerformanceTest on it and it showed a higher CPU Mark from 1999 -> 2541. It also showed a higher 2D Mark from 447 -> 543 and a higher 3D Mark 5234 -> 5811. I then swapped my CPU for a Q9650 3 GHz. I see that the CPU Mark went up...
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    Yep upgrading my CPU to an used Q9650 solved the problem. Now I am getting 40 fps while streaming with no messages of slow encoding etc. I haven't even overclocked my Q9650 as yet.
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    Modded Bios for Xeon X5460 on Asus P5Q Pro

    Hello, I wanted to install a Xeon X5460 on my Asus P5Q Pro. Where can I find the modded bios that I would have to install to support the Xeon on a LGA 775 socket?The closest I could find is this one http://www.overclock.net/attachments/45664 but this is for P5QL and not sure if it will work for...
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    Modded Bios for Xeon X5460 on Asus P5Q Pro

    Hello, I wanted to install a Xeon X5460 on my Asus P5Q Pro. Where can I find the modded bios that I would have to install to support the Xeon on a LGA 775 socket? The closest I could find is this one http://www.overclock.net/attachments/45664 but this is for P5QL and not sure if it will work...
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    Upgrading 10 year old HTPC

    Hello, I was looking at upgrading a10 year old HTPC with a new i5 8600k and new motherboard. It already has a Nvidia 1050Ti GTX, and with a 750W PSU and 4GB DDR2 I was wondering if that will become a bottleneck. What I want is to be able to wake up the PC via wifi wake on lan. There is no way...
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    I overclocked my E8500 to 4Ghz but that didn't increase the frame rate by much. I now have 3 options: 1. Upgrade to a Xeon X5460 already modded to fit LGA775 Asus Pro PQ5 motherboard and overclock it to 3.8Ghz. Costs about $40 on aliexpress. 2. Upgrade to Q9650 and overclock to 4GHz. Costs about...
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown(Long War) not using hardware encoding on steam link

    Hello, I have a E8500 Core Duo 2 CPU and a Nvidia 1050 TI GPU. I play several games like ARMA III and Stellaris on steam link and when the 'Display Performance Metrics' always says that the host computer is using NVENC hardware encoding. However, when I play XCOM Enemy Unknown(Long War), it...
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    The performance display metrics says that the encoder switches between 'Desktop NVFBC NV12 + NVENC H264' and 'Desktop NVFBC NV12 + libx264(1 thread)' as I move between the splash screen to the 'New Game / Load Game' menu and then actually load the game. At the start of the game the encoder is...
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    Yes I have hardware encoding as well as decoding turned on. I tried wired but that also has the same problem.
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    I would have thought the same. My GPU is a Nvidia 1050 Ti. Even with 720p I am getting only 10 fps.
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    Hello, I have a very old CPU Intel Core Duo E8500 @ 3.16 GHz and ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard. Streaming on steam link to my bedroom tv is very slow with slow encoding always displayed when 'Display Performance Metrics' is set. I am playing strategy games like XCOM so my desktop computer as such...
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    Very slow encoding on Nvidia 1050TI card for steam link

    The game works very well on my local machine. I reduced the resolution to 1600 * 900 and the frame rate increased to 10 fps so at least more playable.
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    Very slow encoding on Nvidia 1050TI card for steam link

    Hello, I have a Nvidia 1050 TI card and a e8500 AMD dual core CPU at 3.16 Ghz. I have hardware decoding enabled on both host and client. I get very poor 4fps playing 'XCOM Enemy within' at 1920 x 1080. In steam big picture mode I see the encoder is steam d3d10nv12 + nvenc h264 and I am...
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    Two locations, two different results, same powerline adapter

    Hello, I bought 3 powerline adapters with passthrough. One I connected to my router and the other to my desktop computer and another to my laptop. On my laptop I get 25 Mbps and on my desktop I get 6 Mbps. Via wifi I get 33 Mbps on both and my total internet speed from ISP is 50 Mbps. On my...
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    Two locations, two different results, same powerline adapter

    Hello, I bought 3 powerline adapters with passthrough. One I connected to my router and the other to my desktop computer and another to my laptop. On my laptop I get 25 Mbps and on my desktop I get 6 Mbps. Via wifi I get 33 Mbps on both and my total internet speed from ISP is 50 Mbps. On my...
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    Unable to set 'Wake on Lan' for Realteak RT8811AU network adapter

    I have a mother board nic but will WOL work with powerline adapters.
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    Unable to set 'Wake on Lan' for Realteak RT8811AU network adapter

    No ethernet port near my computer that I can connect to. The other option is powerline adapters. 100 Mbps will be more than enough.
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    Unable to set 'Wake on Lan' for Realteak RT8811AU network adapter

    So that only leaves with an option to leave the PC on. Does someone have a rough idea about how much that would add to my electricity bill. I know it is long shot because it depends upon the desktop etc. but I am guessing it won't hit the $30 range in California
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