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    Internet slows down after a day of use

    I have a cox ultimate 300mbps connection. I use a Surfboard 6183 connected to a Asus RT-AC55U router. I have 21 devices on the network. Unfortunately I cant remove any of them. I get full speeds for a day and then it slows down to 100Mbps down/10 Mbps up. I then have to reset my modem and router...
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    Recommend a good wireless keyboard

    I have been spoiled by the MX5500 Bluetooth keyboard which I use on my living room gaming pc and worked great with games and general use. Lately though the keyboard has been misbehaving, lagging or typing 10't's when I press t once or not printing anything. So I am looking for a more modern...
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    Timespy demo crashes with new GTX 1070

    I am not able to get Time Spy to work with my new card. I put everything to stock, but the app would not run. When I hit the Run button, screen goes dark for 20-30 seconds, then I get a work loader or something has crashed. When I hit close, it goes dark again and then get the same message again.
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    Choosing between the 2 Asus Strix 1070

    It's a 40 dollar difference but other than the clockmakers, I don't see any physical difference. Should I just get the cheaper one and oc to the higher speed? Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
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    Using a 970 for Physx

    So I am upgrading to a 1070 from a 970. After getting some low ball offers for the 970(some guy had the cheek to offer 100 bucks for it), I figured why not keep both cards and dedicate the 970 just for physx. Is that a good idea. Has anyone tried this. I got the idea from the NVidia Funhouse...
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    Another 970 or upgrade to 1070

    I absolutely need to upgrade because my 970 is not cutting it in VR games like dirt rally and project cars. Gives me intense motion sickness because of the fps falling below 90. Should I get another 970 since they are so cheap or pay for a 1070 and hope to sell the 970 for a decent amount Sent...
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    Direct to modem gets me 100Mbps down, with router it is 60

    So my setup is kinda wierd. I have an entertainment closet where all my electronics stuff is. There is a coaxial cable outlet which is not working. So I have to use the one in my bedroom to connect my cable modem SB6183. I didnt want to draw a cable from bedroom to the living room. So I...
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    Replacing fans on the Antec 900

    Yesterday while trying to open the panels on the front to clean the dust filter in the front of the hard disk trays, I accidently pulled too hard and caused the fan wire to cut. Now I am looking for replacement fans. I see these fans have 2 connectors one to the power, and one to the fan...
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    what is the safe voltage for skylakes?

    I was looking at guides to overclock my i5 6500 and they say to put voltage at 1.325V. My defaullt is 1.12V, so isnt 1.325 a bit high. I did run Prime95 for an hour at my overclocked settings and it didnt crash, but still worried since with thse beta bios the temps are not reported correctly.
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    How effective is the Bowflex 6 week plan?

    I acquired a bowflex blaze early november and have been doing their 30 minute workout routine every alternate day. I have noticed an increase in muscles but no decrease in fat. Since December 29th I decided to also apply their diet, which is about 1500 calories each day. Since I am Asian, I...
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    Anybody have luck non-k overclocking on MSI Z170A Krait Gaming

    First it won't recognize the beta bios in mflash and after installing the old way through dos, it won't overclock at all. Even a 1 mhz increase causes it to fail on boot.
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    MFlash not recognizing non-K OC bios

    When I run mflash it sees the usb drive but there is nothing inside it. The file is supposed to be E7984IMS.B5T
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    Problem with my new MSI Z170A motherboard

    I noticed a problem last night with my board. It has been working fine for the last 2 days since I bought it. Yesterday I restarted pc to flash new bios and it would post but no video signal. I can see hard disk activity as the hdd led is active. After several reboots I decided to clear CMOS...
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    Is the MSI Z170A Krait Gaming board bad?

    I bought it on impulse since it was on sale but reading reviews on newegg and amazon seems to not highly rated. Anybody here with that board?
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    First upgrades in 6 years

    Decided to splurge a little to upgrade my 6 year old PC, technically the video card is not that old, gtx 670. The upgrades are as follows; I5 4690k Asus Z97-A USB3.0 motherboard Cooler Master Evo 212 Evga gtx 970 LG 55EC9300 1080p oled TV to use as living room TV and monitor Opinions??
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    Windows 10 Tablet

    Let me give a little background. I am a windows user. I have tried android and ipads but keep coming back to Windows. I got the i5, 128GB Surface Pro 3 in July and loved it. However for a pure tablet use, it was overkill. I was mainly using it for browsing, ebooks, netflix, kodi and windows 10...
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    Needa sub $100 LGA 1150 motherboard

    I finally decided to update my system from the i7 950/Asus Sabertooth X58 mobo combo that I was running for the last 4 years. I scored an i7 4790 for 200 dollars and now want to get a motherboard for around 100 bucks. I am planning to reuse the 4x4gb ddr3 1600 and the gtx 970 that I already...
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    my 970 is a [poor] overclocker

    I got an EVGA 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ last month. I was running it on stock till now. This weekend I decided to try its overclocking potential. In PrecisionX 16, the gpu clock could only go upto +100Mhz. Anything over Nvidia driver error and black screen. With Memory clock it was even worse, anything...
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    Evga 970 no video till the windows login screen

    I have my pc connected through hdmi to my denon avr. Previously I had a gtx 670 everything worked fine. Now I got a 970 and when I start my pc the video only appears when the windows login screen appears. So I cannot go to the bios or post screens. I have an x58 motherboard wonder if that's the...
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    670 PE SLI or Single 970?

    I got into some money and I want to use the money to upgrade my video card. I currently have a MSI 670 PE. Should I get another and go SLI or sell the 670 and get a 970? I figure the cost to be around the same either way.
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    Need a motherboard recommendation for i5 4690K

    I need a good motherboard for mainly home use, a fair bit of gaming and ease of overclocking. I will probably salvage my Gskill DDR3 1600 8GB Ram, AC7 Pro cooler and GTX 670 from my current build for the upgrade. What are the best bang for buck boards out there?
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    strange issue with audio in my htpc

    So my setup is my gaming pc connected through hdmi from the Nvidia GTX 670 video card to my Denon 2113 AVR and then through to my Samsung Plasma TV. I was playing Shadows of Mordor last night and noticed that despite setting 5.1 in the game and in my windows audio settings, I was only getting...
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    Putting Kitkat on the Nook HD+

    I got a used HD+ off cowboom for 75 bucks. While I like the minimalistic UI, I am wondering if putting the kitkat will give me access to anything better from google? Have any of you tried this?
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    After 10 years I finally cancelled my usenet service

    Today I cancelled my usenet service after 10 long years. I was primarily using it to grab 0-day tv series episodes, international shows and old shows from the 80s and 90s. But lately with the DMCA crackdown, it has become hard to find anything useful. But now you can find everything between...
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    Need a tablet replacement

    So I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for the last 2 years. last year on a trip overseas, it fell and the screen cracked. I replaced the screen with an oem screen from China. Since then it works fine but intermittently the touchscreen would stop responding. I am looking for an android tablet that...
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    The last PC you build

    This thread is for the guys that used to build and upgrade pcs whenever a new cpu/gpu made appearance and spent all their time overclocking and benchmarking, but now have stopped because of family, job, lack of time or money. So whats the specs of the last one you built. Mine is an I7 950...
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    gaming on surface pro 2

    Just ordered a surface pro 2 from the Microsoft store using the 10% student discount + $100 promo code. I would like to play some strategy games like AOW3, and tropico 4. Would these run smoothly on the SP2?
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    my windows ecosystem is complete!!!

    So over the past few months, I have been swapping android and ios devices for corresponding windows devices and today it is finally complete. I sold a MacBook pro and went for a thinkpad carbon, a dell venue 11 pro for the ipad air/Samsung glaxy tab 2, nokia lumia icon for the iphone 5/Samsung...
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    Some SP suggestions?

    Now that I am rid of consoles, looking to get back into pc gaming. Looking for decent single player shooters, action adventures and rts. Please post your suggestions
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    slingbox setup

    I got the dish hopper with slingbox but I am not able to use dish anywhere from outside my LAN. I have the Uverse 2wire router/modem. Do I have to open any ports for this to work?
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    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 screen issue

    I have a Tab 2 whose screen I replaced back in July last year. It works great, except every now and then the touchscreen stops responding. Sometimes I can get it working by pressing down hard on the screen. And sometimes I can get it working by holding the sides with both hands and bending it so...
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    is RTS gaming dead?

    I am bored of rinse and repeat shooters and sports sims, don't have the patience to play an RPG. What I used to like was skirmishes on Warcraft 3 and C&C. I know HOTS is out but I didn't really enjoy SC2, so gave it a skip. Is there anything else coming soon.
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    Going on a water diet

    I started a water diet beginning this week. Basically drinking 6-8 glass of water through the day, a fruit for breakfast, a pack of planters nuts for lunch and dinner. My only worry is if it will make me feel weak, since I play tennis and cricket during the weekend.
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    Battle.net account locked

    I got a mail today saying my battle.net account was locked due to suspicious activity. To unlock it I need my cd key from the box or the answer to the security question. Now I don't own any Blizzard games(used to have Diablo 3 but returned it within the 30 day MB period), and I don't remember my...
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    Water damaged laptop

    I have a water damaged laptop, reasons were posted in an earlier thread. Question is how do I find out which part is damaged. I want to sell it for parts, but if I can figure out what is working, I might be able to get a little more for it. Right now when I plug in the external power adapter...
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    Samsung 9 Series Ultrabook or Macbook Air

    Planning to get my wife a new laptop for basic use. Which one would she like a MacBook air or a Samsung 9 Series. I personally like the Samsung for its looks, bigger screen(15" vs 13") and I am biased to Windows. But I hear the keyboard and touchpad are not that great. Anybody wants to chime in?
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    Half mug of water poured on laptop

    The following is a true story. My 2 year old terrorist was bathing his toys in water and making a mess. So my wife scolded him. In retribution, he took the mug with water and poured it on her Dell XPS's keyboard. The laptop immediately shut off. My wife put it to dry and next day when she...
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    replacing screen on the touchpad

    my kid dropped the touchpad and there is now a huge line crack across the screen. How easy is it to replace the screen. I don't think its worth sending it in for repair because HP wants more than the 99 I spent on it.
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    Best place to get rid of cellphone plan

    I have 3 months left in my contract with Verizon. My company is enrolling all employees in a corp plan with AT&T and I want to take part. Is there a way to sell my plan, have someone take over my plan, so I can leave without ETF? I have tried cellswapper.com but have not had any enquiries.
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    Toy Collecting gone wild

    So let me give you a brief background. I grew up in a country where average per capita income is pretty low, and American Toys while they were available costed a tooth and nail. So there were quite a few that I wanted but stayed in my dreams. Now I am in the US, for the last 10 years, and...