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My nephew gave me a 2060 Super a while back, and I replaced an old Radeon 380. After installing, my Samsung monitor will randomly have its menu options pop up on the screen. I can exit it with the monitor's buttons, but it comes right back. I updated the nvidia drivers a couple months ago, but...

My wife's nephew told me he wants to buy a computer. He is only 10 so I'm seeing what is out there used. I'd like at least some kind of quad core Ryzen or Intel equivalent with appropriate motherboard. I'd like 16gb of RAM.

What is the current state of going to Windows 10? I know that even after the free period ended you were still able to do it, and every time I've installed Windows 10 from scratch I've been able to use a 7 or 8 key to activate it. My nephew wants me to install 10 on his wife's notebook that has 8...

I'm looking to buy my son a new power supply. He's running a Ryzen 1700 and an RTX 2070, 2 x 8gb RAM, 2 hard drives, and an m.2 SSD. I was looking at the Antec HSG750 on newegg, https://www.newegg.com/antec-high-current-gamer-bronze-series-hcg750-bronze-750w/p/N82E16817371110. It doesn't have...

My son decided he wanted to replace his 960, so he decided on the EVGA RTX 2070 Black Gaming card. After playing some games he's told me that he has experienced random black screens. He says it will go black for a few seconds and then return to normal. He is using the latest nvidia drivers. He...

Let me know if you have 8gb DDR3. I may do a build for someone and need 8gb. Speed really isn't important and it can be 1 x 8gb or 2 x 4gb.

I have 4 sticks of 2gb GSkill Pi PC2-8500 RAM. All 4 are the same part number, but are 2 different sets. 2 have matching heatsinks and the other 2 have matching heatsinks. I guess GSkill decided to revise the heatsinks at some point. $75 shipped. Pics upon request. Heat is also under htpc_user.

Just looking to see if anyone has 4 x 8gb of DDR3 1600 or higher before I go buy some new. All 4 must be the same type, no mismatches.

How does it work when using an external antenna with a router that has 3 antennas? Just connect to any 1 of the inputs? I have a friend who is trying to do some long range networking so the outdoor antenna will be directional. Will this work or do you actually need a router that only has 1 input?

I had someone offer me an i7 970 for free but after searching for a motheboard they seem to be non-existant or more expensive than I'd want to spend. Does anyone have a 1366 motherboard for sale at a reasonable cost?

I've been somewhat of a defender of Windows 10, but I swear I think it is screwing up my network. I have a total of 5 PC's running Windows 10 and every time my son complains about the internet or I notice problems I log into the Asus router to see what's going on and I notice large traffic...

I have a Galax 960 GTX 2gb video card for sale. It's brand new bought from their sale. I ended up getting a SLI bundle because the other cards were sold out, but I only need 1 card. $105 shipped. PM me for a pic. I also have Heat under the same name.

I've been looking at 4k TVs; I'm thinking of getting my son one for Christmas. But I keep seeing only 1 input capable of 4k@60 Hz. Does any one make a TV where all the inputs are 4k/60? This seems kind of dumb to me. I know stuff is limited right now but how about a bit future-proofing? This...

Just seeing if there's any interest in this stuff before I throw it out. I will take pictures upon request. Prices do not include shipping. 6600 GT AGP video card $15 Gigabyte 2600xt 256mb pci-e with silent heat pipe $18 Asus 2600xt 256mb pci-e with fan (this one uses GDDR4 memory) $18 EVGA...

It used to be that hard drives would come with CDs that would clone your hard drive and since I had one from WD, Seagate, and Maxtor I was pretty well covered. Now I don't know what to use to get it accomplished. None of those discs work any more. I bought a PNY SSD today and it came with...

My DSL internet rolls along and with my Asus router supplies every one in the house with internet on several different devices until...I turn on my own main desktop PC. My son kept telling me that when I turn my PC on he gets disconnected but I didn't believe it. I thought it had to be something...

I was reading if you buy the digital copy of Forza Horizon 3 you get the PC version as well. Is the PC version tied to the same account as well or can it be used separately? My son wants this game and we usually buy from Best Buy since we have the Gamers Club Unlocked. But if I can get the...

I want to change out my son's 6790 video card. I'm only looking to spend $50 ~ $60 as I plan to get a 480 or a 1060 at the end of the year. Probably looking for a 750ti or 270x at least.

I installed Windows 7 on an older laptop that I'm going to sell. After I ran the first Windows Update and it restarted it went to a page that basically said I was running an older version of Windows and asked if I wanted to upgrade Windows 10. I was like, "Again with this?!"

I bought an Asus RT-AC68U router so now I have an Archer C7 to do something with. In my youngest son's room he has a PS4, PS3, and PC. Both PlayStations are connected wirelessly and the PC uses a Rosewill wireless N USB adapter. Any reason to connect these 3 devices wired to the Archer C7 and...

I'm pretty sure this is my first "Hot Deals" post. This is YMMV, and might be just be at my local Walmart. A few weeks ago Memorial Day weekend my local Walmart had some stuff on a table and they had 2 Asus RT-AC68R routers marked $99.99 down from $199.99. I thought about it but passed. Sunday...

My wife has an HP laptop running Windows 8.1. Sometimes I use it but it has issues with the router; it will show me a "Limited connection", so no internet. Sometimes it will connect and then fall back to "Limited". However if I connect to our repeater it doesn't have any problems. It's not a...

My nephew has caught the PC gaming bug for the moment. He's been at our house the last 2 weeks so he can play CS:GO with my son. So he's been hogging my PC to play on. He brought his computer that I gave him a few years ago. I ended up getting him a Q6600 for a good price from a forum member...

I want to upgrade my nephew's PC to at least 8gb of RAM. I need 4 x 2gb of RAM either DDR2 800 or 1066. Let me know what you got.

Anyone playing Factorio? My son got the game so he and a friend can play multiplayer but they can't connect to each other. I've opened the port in the router and checked Windows' firewall settings. They also tried Hamachi but no luck there either.

I usually think people are being too hard on Origin, but things like this make me reconsider. EA is giving away Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) so I downloaded it on Tuesday. I'm trying to get it installed but it keeps giving me an error about Direct3d11 installation error. I am running...

My son asked me if I've ever seen in a game where looking up with the stick is fine but looking down is too slow. I told him I've never encountered anything like that. Every time it's either been fast both ways, slow both ways, or just right both ways. He says his cousin said he doesn't have a...

Can you log into Uplay if you have an old Ubisoft account? I used to have to put one in to play Rainbow Six Vegas, and I was wondering if I have to go through setting up a new account for Uplay.

My power went out yesterday while I was at work, and when I went to turn my file server back on I found that it was dead. My first guess was the power supply, and it turns out I was correct. It was the Corsair 430 watt model regularly seen for cheap after rebate. My first thought was just to...

My wife gave me a Biostar AM1MHP motherboard and a 5350 cpu for Christmas that I wanted to rebuild my HTPC. I didn't get any new RAM, but I have 2 x 4gb DDR3 2133 GSkill Ares RAM that I'm using in my MSI FM2+ motherboard. I was wondering if I could just use this RAM in the AM1 motherboard and...

I have a 4890 1gb video card for sale. It is ATI branded. $35 shipped. It was a good upgrade for me to play Battlefield 3 on high, and it played Battlefield 4 on high/medium. Unfortunately it wouldn't play Star Wars Battlefront so I figured it was time to upgrade to an R9 380.

I was going to order an R7 370 4gb card this weekend in preparation for Battlefront. Then I decided to take a look at the GTX 950, and I saw that it is faster than the 370 in most games and I know it uses less power. Both are around the same price. The only reason I question it is I'd really...

I'm asking for a non-tech-savvy friend of mine who just recently got Comcast cable internet. He says he got the 110/20 speeds. However doing tests on speedtest he isn't getting any where near those speeds. Apparently he discovered his speed was slow while trying to watch some videos that kept...

I've had my main PC for several years now. This ECS motherboard has been the most stable motherboard I've ever used, and it's been the only computer I've ever had where "Sleep" functioned correctly. Now ever since installing Windows 10 if I put it in Sleep I'll come in the next morning and...

I was trying out streaming games from my son's Xbox One to my PC that I just installed Windows 10 on, just to see what it was like. But I noticed the video quality is pretty bad. Is the streaming hardware dependent or what? I have a 955BE, 8gb RAM, and a 4890. When I stream Steam games they...

I have a Radeon 4890, and I was thinking of upgrading before Battlefront comes out. The 4890 has outlived it's usefulness...or driver updates at least. I had decided on just getting a 380 for around $200 but now I keep reading posts telling other people not to upgrade now, and how the next cards...

Is anyone here in the Best Buy Gamers Club? I'm wondering if it's worth joining? It seems like it would be. I saw people on slickdeals talking about $10 gift cards when buying games but I didn't see anything about that listed in the Gamers Club description. Is it just a random thing or only...

I have done a little streaming on ESPN on my Windows 7 HTPC, but there is a tiny bit of jitter at times...enough to make it annoying. Today I decided to go in my son's room and try it on his Windows 8 PC. I installed the WatchESPN app and started a live event. The video played smooth just...

I have a 955BE and 8gb of RAM, and I know that I'm in need of an upgrade. But it seems every time I get serious about pulling the trigger something comes up that keeps me from doing it. I wanted to do the Windows 10 upgrade but I'm not sure if I want to "waste" my Windows 7 key and tie the...

Any one know of an ATX case that is 15.5" high or shorter? I have a very specific area I need to put one in in my son's room. I want to give him my motherboard, CPU, and RAM but my board is ATX. I'm stuck because his case and board is micro-atx. His board only has 2 RAM slots so to get him...