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    kernel-power 41 windows 11

    I have this same error now since reinstalling Win 10. It's crashing once a day at the moment. No idea why. Same hardware has been rock solid since I built it 18 months ago. Only reinstalled Windows because of an issue caused when my 10 year old printer died
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    PC Keeps crashing and I dont know why

    I did have a look at the Event Viewer, but to be honest I'm not really sure what I am looking at, or looking for. Its been so long since I had to do any of this and I'm struggling to remember what to do. Any pointers with regards to the Event Viewer?
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    PC Keeps crashing and I dont know why

    Hello All, I hope someone can point me in the right direction with this issue please? Originally the issue started because my 10 year old 4 in 1 Printer died. So I replaced it with another HP product as I really liked the old one. But there was some old drivers left behind and Windows Update...
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    PCI Slots

    Hello! I've just installed my brand new 3070 GFX and it covers the PCI slot that my soundcard was in. I'm sure I read somewhere that I can use the PCIe x4 slots instead, even though they are not the same size. the beginning portion of the slot is identical. Is my memory correct? or have i dreamt...
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    Gain access to old drive folders

    Update on this. There are just two folders on my Old OS Install Drive that I can't access now. My Documents and Desktop folder. Its just beyond me how to do it. I know its possible but how
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    Gain access to old drive folders

    Hi all, I've just built my first new rig in 10 years. All went well and system stable. Been reinstalling everything on new NVMe Drive. I'm keeping my old Samsung SSD 2.5" as a usuable drive once I've got everything off it. But I'm stuggling to gain access to certain folders. My Documents being...
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    I'm confused

    Update - Just tried Back4Blood and CPU was 75% whilst GPU was around the same. Game played OK.
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    I'm confused

    Someone please settle this argument for me. My system is old. i7-4770K and 1660Super i bought as a stop gap. I'm trying to establish which is the bottleneck, CPU or GPU. I also have a 2K monitor. In the latest Battlefield my CPU is 100% utilised whilst my GPU is less than 50%. FPS is 35 - 50...
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    Which is better?

    I've always bought 2 sticks of ram in a matched pair of the highest size I could afford. So I've only ever had 2 sticks in any rig I've built. But I am wondering which is better? 2 sticks or 4 but half the capacity? Next build will be my first for 10 years. going from an i7-4770K to i5-12000K...
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    Time to upgrade I think

    Have you tried playing Battlefield 2042 with it?
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    Time to upgrade I think

    My CPU is 10 years old!
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    Time to upgrade I think

    Yeah big upgrade required and its long overdue. But right now seems a crap time to be doing it. Like the CPU but now the mobo choices. Also think I would like to go back to Air cooling if it can be done really quietly when not under load (i.e. when I am working from home, not gaming). Will watch...
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    Time to upgrade I think

    Thanks for that. Spent most of the weekend reading up. Doing my head in now. That Mobo is more than I need. No need for WiFi. Why are there so many M2 slots on these boards now? Is all storage moving onto the Mobo? Really like the SN550 at that price.
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    Time to upgrade I think

    My budget is decent havent upgraded in many years. Gaming is not priority but when I do I want it to be the experience it shut be. I've always preferred Intel but was aware that AMD had taken over. Been reading this morning and i5- 12600K seems very decent from Intel too? Current GPU is GTX...
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    Time to upgrade I think

    23-30FPS max. Struggle to get hit reg on players with guns. Was quite shocked when I saw the numbers. Made me realise how old my CPU is.
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    Time to upgrade I think

    Hi all, Not played a game for a long time. Bought BF2042 and used Nvidia performace overlay to see how things were inside. Not good. 100% CPU whilst only 50% GPU. My rig is old and until now was good enough for my needs. I've been putting off upgrading as I am completely out of the loop...
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    WTF is going on here then?

    Update on the SSHD Drive. I've attached it to my main rig and used Seagate tools to test it and its passed all tests. I've just removed all the partitions as it was a boot drive and formated as a storage drive. I'm running a different surface test now. It its fine as a simple storage drive then...
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    WTF is going on here then?

    So there is no point to ZEN4 then? Better to upgrade now? I was looking at 5800X.
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    WTF is going on here then?

    well the embarrassment continues. This isn’t an SSD , it’s a 2.5" HDD. What was I thinking. No wonder it’s a
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