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My build is about 5 years old, beginning to show its age. I'm thinking about upgrading the GPU to get another year or two before a new build. We use it for basic home PC (web browsing) and generally light gaming (Civilization). My son wants to play Fortnite on it, is getting serious lag...

Hi folks, Our home computer is showing its age and needs an upgrade. can you please help with what, if anything, can be reused and what I should upgrade? The PC works fine for usual basic tasks but is struggling to maintain high enough FPS when our son plays Fortnite. I'd like to upgrade or...

This is an unbelievably fact-poor and opinion-rich thread. It's a classic P&N scream-a-thon! Let me inject some facts into the discussion. This is copied and pasted from a different thread a while back where I was schooling Prof John on his poor math and reasoning skills...

Thanks for the suggestions and the help. In case this helps someone else later, here is how I resolved my problem. I replaced the Enermax 485W PSU with the PC P&C 610W (Enermax was 485, not 475). It didn't help the problem, still kept getting Windows freezing and BSOD after a few minutes...

thanks! I finally got to swithching the PSUs, now have the 610W PC Power and Cooling. So far, the random shut-downs are gone, but I still see the BSOD after 3-5 minutes of running the machine. When it boots back up, half the time it can't find the SSD drive (my boot drive). Does this...

Really? Is four years old for a PSU? I thought PSUs should last 7+ years

I have a spare PC Power and Cooling 610W. I thought the Enermax would be powerful enough for my not-really-demanding system and it's worked fine until recently. I'll try the other PSU and see what happens

thanks for the thoughts. I have a spare PSU I'll try

Thanks for the suggestions. I meant to add the basic system specs and forgot. Here is what i have: - i5 750 CPU, stock heat sink, no overclocking - Enermax 475 W PSU (about three years old, recylced from a previous build) - Radeon 5750 gpu - 60 GB Agility 2 SSD - Two Seagate HDD...

I have a problem with my computer that I can't figure out. It shuts down and restarts unexpectedly and randomly. There is no pattern to the failure, it happens even when it's just sitting idle on the desk top screen. The failure looks like someone just pulled the power plug. The screen...

Last post and I am just going to get out of this stupid thread. Let me just provide a perspective that is not completely selfish and myopic that it can consider beyond "me" and "now". Before moving to the US 20+ years ago, I lived in a country with UHC. I experienced its good and bad...

yes, please give us those studies. I really would like to see how bad the Canadian healthcare system is: - how long do patients wait to see specialists? how long do they wait in the US? - what is the cost per capita of healthcare in Canada? what is it in the US? - what are the survival...

Yes, really. It is an about face. You said: Then you said: Unfortunately for you, those two comments are still there. Would you like to pick one of your statements and tell us which one you'd like to go with? UHC is bad for sick people b/c they can't see a doctor, or UHC is good for...

First, the revenue thing is really hard to say, since Reagan presided over the LARGEST TAX INCREASES as well as his original massive tax cuts. Republicans do want to forget that part of Reagan's legacy, but unfortunately for them, it is what Reagan did! Second, here is what the data say on...