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Hey does anyone have any monitor recommendations for a professional artist who uses programs like Maya and 3ds MAX? I'm looking for a 27" or 32" that costs less than 1k Right now I'm thinking the BenQ PD2706UA, it looks like it's an IPS panel. Primarily I'm looking for monitors that have eye...

Hey my co-workers told me that they copy files to drop box from the work computer and that's how they get around the security measures installed by IT. Does this sound like a good way for him to copy the files without triggering some sort of windows file transfer security the employer put in...

Hey could you guys please help me out? So I'm trying to restore a corrupted partition on a 2 TB drive using Active Undelete. I complete the scan but then once I try to restore here is the message it gives me; I have a 18tb drive that I want to restore the partition onto but it gives me this...

Hey does anyone know how to check if a hard drive is a refurb or not? I heard you can check by using a program called CrystalDiskInfo but can't figure out how to find that in the program, does anyone know per chance?

Does anyone know what would be a better option for storing backups that are rarely accessed, HDD or SSD? I thought that SSD were supposed to be more reliable but some guy told me that if they are not fired up on occasion the data risks getting lost, does anyone know if that is true? Also...

Do you guys think it's worth dishing out the cash for NOD32, or is regular windows built in anti-virus do the same thing?

Hey guys, I'm looking to purchase an LG Gram 15Z90Q-P and have been looking around for a deal. It's selling for $1600 at Costco right now, but it look like it's almost 50% off on Tanga.com Do you guys know if tanga.com is a reputable seller? They have a D on better business bureau. Do you...

I don't know much about UPS or how they work, so if I have a 850 watt power supply than does that mean a UPS like this one would be sufficient? What if I were to have a 1000 watt power supply? Also does anyone know if there is a specific brand/model of UPS that would be considered the best?

I saw some guy do it on a youtube video Do you guys think this would be a bad idea or that you risk damaging hardware?

I'm cooling a Threadripper 3970x with a stock IceGiant and my CPU is overheating while I play Valheim. Looks like the stock fans aren't powerful enough for how much heat a 3970x generates. When I boot into bios my CPU temp is at 55 c, and I live in a cold place too. Does anyone have any...

I am only getting about 25fps on average in Valheim with a RTX 3090 and AMD Threadripper 3970x and 128gb of ram. Is this normal? Shouldn't I be getting way more FPS with my hardware? I attached screen shots of my graphic settings + EVGA precision

Hey guys I am a bit confused, does anyone know if the Asus Prime TRX40-Pro mobo supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 2x2 Type C or just regular USB 3.2 Gen 2 type C?? In the motherboard manual it just says "Type C" without the "2x2" behind it, so I am assuming it does not support the 2x2 double speed...

I need to use a USB extension cable for my mouse and keyboard to get them to fit onto my standing desk, do you guys know if doing so would cause input lag and degrade performance for competitive shooters like counter-strike?

Does anyone know if using a ps/2 converter on a usb gaming mouse would reduce input lag? I heard that it's supposed to reduce input lag on a keyboard so was wondering if it would do the same thing for a mouse.

Hey I have an old Filco Ninja Majetictouch 2 that I bought in 2012. Was wondering do you guys know if I can just plug it into the USB and the nkey rollover will work, or do I need to put on a ps2 converter onto the end of the USB and plug it into my mobo's ps2 slot for nkey to work??

I just put together a new system with a Asus Prime trx40-pro motherboard and a ThreadRipper 3970x. The system seems to be working fine but the chipset fan does not spin. Some times it appears to slightly sway back and forth as if its attempting to start but cant. Does the chipset fan only turn...

A friend owns a small physical therapy office, his network has 1 server, 4 computers and 6 users. His vendor wants to charge him $5000 for a SonicWall TZ570 with 3 year subscription and $1500 for the install so $6500 total for 3 years of fire wall. Do you guys think this is worth it or is he...

I'm confused about the Threadripper pro processors. I thought you were only supposed to be able to buy them directly from pre-built computer companies. How come at Microcenter they have the Pro versions for sale? Does this mean that you would be able to buy the Threadripper 5000 series for a...

Hey does anyone know where I can get the shittiest sounding possible microphone for my PC? I wan't it to sound like either Daffy Duck or I'm talking through a can.

Their saying that only the Threadripper pro models will be available.

Hey does anyone know if the new Threadripper 5000 CPUs will use the same ram as the Threadripper 3000 CPUs?

Hey I am building a new system and was wondering if you guys think it would be worth waiting for black friday / cyber monday to get parts on a discount? Do retailers like newegg even offer any deals worth waiting for? Mainly looking to grab a bunch of Ram and Sarbent nVME and maybe a computer case.

I have an old Asus P6X58D and just managed to get an RTX 3090, does anyone know if it will work in a PCI Express 2.0 even though it takes 4.0? Do I risk damaging the video card by plugging it in? I'm waiting for the new Threadrippers to come out before building a new system so I thought I'd...

Will be starting a new job, remote work with a Chinese company that requires the use of WeChat and in the contract it literally says they spy on you. I'm using an Asus router and looking to increase security. Do you guys think flashing to either ddWRT or OpenWRT would be a good move to...

Grand theft GPU: $340,000 worth of RTX 3090s “fell off a truck” in China

I'm looking for ram on Newegg for a Threadripper 3970x build. When sorting through the search options on the left one of the boxes you can check mark when looking through DDR4 ram says "Threadripper Ready" and then there are only a fraction of the ram options that qualify as that. Does anyone...

Hey does anyone know what is the best possible case for keeping dust out? Like which one has the best dust filter setup? Preferably also a silent case. I notice that for some reason they don't put dust filters on the exhaust on the rear of cases? I thought it would be a good idea to have a...

I found a video where this guy mounted a NZXT Kraken G12 onto a RTX 3080 so that he could water cool it with an NZXT x53, here is a link Was wondering do you guys think the same procedure would work with a 3080ti? I was thinking if the 3080ti turns out to be 20gb then some of the memory would...

Hey I'm trying to figure out which motherboard to get for a ThreadRipper 3970X. I was looking at the different boards on newegg and it looks like I could only find one with bluetooth built in. Does anyone know why bluetooth is not more commonly built into motherboards? What would be the best...

Hey guys I have been out of the loop for a while and am looking to buy a new power supply to power a ThreadRipper 3970X and RX 3080. I was wondering is Seasonic still the best power supply around? I see that EVGA now makes power supplies and was wondering if those are any good and worth...

I'm looking to build a new work computer with NVME SSD drives in RAID 1. While researching parts and builds I noticed that people seem to not be using RAID 1 any more now a days, does anyone know why?

Hey guys I am looking to build a new work computer some time in the coming months for professional art. I am using this computer for computer game development art programs such as Maya, KeyShot, Z Brush, Photoshop etc.... It looks like the Intel Core i9-10980XE is currently the best Intel CPU I...

Hey guys I am looking to build a new work computer some time in the coming months for professional art. I am using this computer for computer game art programs such as Maya, KeyShot, Z Brush, Photoshop etc.... It looks like the 3970X is currently the best CPU I could get for this build, I was...

Hey guys I am trying to upgrade the hard drive on an old computer, here is a picture from the MOBO manual. It looks like M.2 wont work for this computer, but does anyone know if getting a AIC SSD like the Intel Optane would work? Right now it is using an old school 128gb SSD running Sata 6...

Hey guys the mouse that I am using the instructions say to use liquid wax in order to make it operate better once it gets dusty. Here is their exact wording; "If the mouse movement becomes difficult, you may try to used some liquid wax to wiping it. Problem solved!" I searched liquid wax on...

I have been out of the loop for a while, I am bout to pickup a Intel Core i9-7900X and I'm a bit confused as to which would be the proper RAM to get. So I believe DDR4-2666 would be the proper type of RAM to get. But what I am confused about is on Newegg it appears that ram goes all the way up...

Hello I am having some trouble with my hard drive. It is a 4 TB Seagate and it has 2 partitions on it. When I connect it to my desktop one of the paritions shows up no problem and it lets me go into its folders. The other partition which contains most of the data gives me the following error...

Hello I ordered a Corsair H50 and a H55 as well as a Kraken G10. I'm going to attach one of the coolers to my video card (GTX 670 EVGA FTW) and one of them to my CPU (2600K) Does anyone know if I would be better off attaching the H50 to the CPU or the GPU? Same goes for the H55. Or does it...

Does anyone know of an easy and inexpensive kit I could use to water cool my EVGA GTX 670? I wanted to use a Corsair H50 for my CPU and it would be nice to match it with something for my GPU.

I was reading about the Haswell and if I understand correctly the 8 core versions are not targeted towards gamers. Does anyone know when 8 core gaming oriented CPUs will begin popping out :confused: