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Coming from a quad 23" 1080p setup, and looking for a more simple setup. I am considering a dual, 34" 1440p ultrawide setup, and am hoping that each monitor will provide enough width for a good side-by-side experience for spreadsheets. Mostly run spreadsheets, Chrome windows, email, etc, but I...

I am running Windows 10 LTSB version 1607, which I love, but am starting to miss some of the feature of the newer installs on other machines I have, and some programs (Origin, ugh) won't update since I'm on an older release. Ironic. Can I just use the "Change Product Key" tool in Win10 to...

I have an Asus Xonar DGX soundscard in my desktop with SPDIF and 3.5mm out, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 powered speakers, and Audiotechnica ATH-M50x headphones. I use the speakers 90% of the time, but want an entry-level amp/DAC for my headphones. What items of theirs do I need to be able to switch...

Would like better management/logging and better overall network experience. I basically have zero networking experience, but working from home for wife and I... pretty important to have good wifi. Hardwiring not really an option right now. Is there something better I should be looking at for a...

Need some low-req games to play on my i5-8250u integrated graphics. Keyboard and touchpad (lol, I guess I could use my Surface mouse, if necessary) I am a super casual gamer who has blocks of like 20 minutes. Prefer offline, if possible. (can I even play my steam library offline?) Things I...

Sent my Asus Strix Z370 mobo that would no longer boot to Asus RMA. They sent it back with the below paper: Did they fix it? Or not? A BIOS update will fix bent pins? If they didn't fix it, how can I perform a bios update when the machine wont boot? If it is a bent pin, how did it get...

I'm putting together an ultra-budget machine for fun and have a Gigabyte AB350-Gaming motherboard for a Athlon 200GE to go in. It's my understanding that I may need to update the BIOS to work with the Athlon 200GE, and I'll need an older gen supported processor to do so. I don't have any other...

I have a Microsoft Surface that I mostly use for work. My work Google account is what I have signed in to the Google Remote Desktop currently. But how on earth can I get the Remote Desktop program to let me switch Google accounts to sign into my personal Google account? No matter how many...

Edit- Just got a Surface Pro 6 bundle at Costco. It currently has a 90 day no questions asked return policy. I'll be taking it back and forth from work. They offer a $99 warranty that basically covers anything that happens. Destruction, etc. I've never fallen for a warranty before but is...

I like the idea of a Microsoft Surface, that lets me write notes and stuff on the screen. But I'm also an accountant that likes to use the number pad. Is there a good touchscreen laptop/tablet that has a 10-key keyboard?

My Asus Strix ROG Z370 just shit itself apparently I am lead to believe the Asus RMA process is somewhat painful. My wife has given me the directive to get the Plex server back online, so I need to get something rolling. My 8700k is literally the worst of all overclockers, so I don't need...

We were watching a movie on Plex and my computer, restarted after about 3 minutes. Powered off, started to reboot then shut down and rebooted all the way. Weird. Restarted the movie. Watched for a couple minutes then repeated the same process. Triggered on and off about half a dozen times...

I know the crash blah blah next Gen cards soon etc. Is anyone buying these cards now at like $120, often times with a couple games included? Tempted to add another RX570, and mine with it, holding as speculation in case it decides to take off again. Worst case, I'm building some super budget...

Windows 1O LTSB Well I installed the Intel RST drivers to play with the Optane module I got for Christmas. Restarted the system and now my machine won't boot. I get the BSD saying it can't find a boot device. My drives show up in the bios and the proper one is selected first. I tried a...

My wife would like a used Horizon Zero Dawn for her new PS4 and told me to see if any of you would sell me one.

Apparently I'm not smart enough to clone a 1tb hdd to a 256gb ssd. There's only 180gb used on the hdd and 233gb available on the ssd. But when I try to clone, it says there is not enough room for l the partitions, and doesn't copy over the boot partition. Is there a trick I'm missing? I...

Anybody else doing this just for fun? Seems like there is more enjoyment with piecing together the most dirt cheap machine possible, while still achieving good overall performance. Still lets you search for good deals, and keep up with new developments. And slowly build up a part's...

Is this a dead language? Could someone with virtually no programing background learn this?

I just pounced on the MSI RX 570 8GB Armour MK2 OC card for $189. Comes with $20 mail in rebate, $30 Amazon card, and Assasins Creed- Oddyssey, Strange Brigade, and Star Control, Origins. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137291 Don't really have a specific purpose in...

All this talk about the 9900k/9700k being worth an upgrade if you like to stream your games. "Sounds like BS, oft-repeated, never tested talking points to me!" But its a lazy Sunday afternoon, and I had nothing better to do. I'm sure none of this will new news to most of you. I ran the...

I've got an LG WH14NS40 currently, and lately Ive been getting a lot of failed reads, DVDs and Blurays. On a couple of the errors, MakeMKV says usually is a failing drive. Several of them the disc looks in really good condition. Anyways, Im thinking about switching to another drive to see if...

I really wanted to try this game for quite awhile. Finally got it on sale, and gave it a try. Played it 44 minutes before requesting a refund. Crashed 3 times within 10 minutes. Locked at 60fps on my PC. Worthless. Wtf is the side-scrolling camera change thing? Colors, or lack there...

Wife's machine has a G4400. Doesn't quite make FarCry 5 playable.... I just can't bring myself to pay more for a used 6th/7th gen i3/i5 than a new 8th gen i5. A new G4560 is $62. Will the hyper-threading make a noticeable difference?

This is my brother-in-law's laptop for school. Intel i5-8250U 8GB RAM 1TB spinner disk CPU very low- 0-10% Memory steady at about 4GB But the HDD is always at 100%, with nothing running, making it really slow. Virtually brand new. Scrubbed of all Dell factory bloatware performed Nothing...

Haven't seen much about this on here. Anybody play this? Is it worth a try? Im a pretty casual gamer and have never tried a turn-based RPG before. But my wife and I have been dabbling in Dungeons and Dragons and are always looking for a couch co-op/split screen game to play together. Are...

I'm using the basic miner program- not the legacy miner. My cpu only ever hits about 50% ultization and I get about 290mhs, when supposedly I should be doing about 500. Is there something I can do to make my processor use 100%? Something about core affinity...

This is for my wife's current Pentium G4400/1060 3GB/1440p 60hz system. We'd like to be able to play Farcry 5 together... but the G4400 is a serious bottleneck. Not going to overclock, as she has a pretty basic air cooler. Obviously the 8th Gen i5 are seriously better value, but we are not...

This is my old Dell XPS 8500, that has been replaced with a much faster system. Don't need a HTPC, as I already have a setup for that. I thought about joining a distributed computing (thing?), but unlike mining, what do I get out of it? I had used the GT640 extensively back in the day for...

I have several fans leftover from 2 recent builds. Anybody do anything interesting with leftover fans? I have a fan mounted in every conceivable position, and cant fit any more in either of our cases. Any cool ideas? Thought about adding a couple to blow over my router/modem/MyCloud/SteamLink

Trying to "cast" my Windows 10 screen to the Roku Ultra, but it doesn't show up as a network device on 2 different Windows 10 machines. They are all connected via the same router (Lan, not wifi). All the other network items in our house show up, except the dang Roku. Any ideas? Do they...

Not a fancy test, just my anecdotal results. To me, the heat produced by the GPU, being forced down, back into the case, instead of forced out the back is a general source of unnecessary heat. So, I had a spare Arctic F9 92mm fan and placed it at the rear of my case, directly under the...

I've had a cheap Dell 2.1 system for years, and I'm pretty happy with it, but I'd like an upgrade. What I have: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-2-1-Multimedia-Speaker-System/dp/B0031ESKJ0 I'd like to get better sound, but the bass is already "decent", so I don't want to take a step backwards in...

Suggestions? These will be replacing the stock CoolerMaster fans from the Masterliquid 240 AIO. The stock CoolerMaster ones sound like a jet engine spooling up, so noise is a pretty important factor. I know Noctua is generally really good, but I have no experience with either brand.

This is a new build, 8700k, 1080ti, yada yada. As chronicled here: https://hardforum.com/threads/my-8700k-box-arrived-smashed-pics-of-the-devastation-updates.1955358/ A completely fresh install of Windows 10 on new hardware. First 2 games I installed, Arma 3 and Destiny 2 both play fine...

Does anyone make LED control software that doesn't suck? I've tried the NZXT Cam program, and its computer Aids, far as I'm concerned. Are the offerings from Corsair or CoolerMaster any better?

This was the $313 Walmart deal. Came in a padded envelope. Is this going to be an issue? Do I need to send it back?

Now with Pics! Standard 8700k/1080ti RGB build. As I posted in the other thread, my wife bought the 8700k for $313 on Walmart- probably so I'd finally get a move-on and shut up about it. This is a multipurpose machine: gaming/mining/Plex/Handbrake/benchmarks/streaming/HardForum browsing...

Obvious noob post. Help me not fail miserably. I got one of the Rosewill RSV-L4000 server cases that I'm learning to build a rig in. It has 5 120mm fans and 2 80mm fans. Each fan has two connectors (molex, I think is what they are ). My EVGA G3 650 came with what appears to be 1 wire to...

Any idea what's going on with these? Look pretty neat, but no one has them in stock. Are they discontinued?

Simple question: which version do you use? Sorry to the folks that don't use Windows 10- I hope you don't feel left out...