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    Would you choose an i5-2520m or an i3-5005u

    A friend is about to buy a cheap craptop with the i3 for about 379€. Searching a bit I can find off-lease i5-2520m notebook for around 250€. I believe that the older chip would be much better (the notebook will be used mostly at home, so the extra power consumption shouldn't be a problem)...
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    Advice on budget builds

    I need to build a pc for a relative. Basic web surfing and media playback. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Web browsing, media playback. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread...
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    x6 1055t gpu upgrade for 1080p gaming.

    I plan to replace the very old geforce 9600GT in my desktop with a new card to play 1080p and stream games on TV screen via Steam Link and a powerline. I'd like to keep total expense under €300, so that means about €150 gpu. I was thinking of getting either a 750ti or a GTX960. Will I be...
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    ITX gaming rig or Steam Stream?

    I don't know if it's the right section or not, but lately I've been toying with the replacement of my (free) xbox 360. I don't really want to buy another console, so I want to stick with PC gaming. Initially I started looking for a good ITX build for 1080p gaming on TV screen, coming up...
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    Budget basic usage build (cad+ light office)

    Hi, almost one year after this thread the uncle-in-law asks again for mostly the same things.. Basic web surfing/2D cad. The AMD one should be on par with the celeron and it has the extra igpu for basic 3D tasks.. I came up with two configurations.. what do you like more? PCPartPicker...
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    PcMark8

    I wonder what you guys think of pc mark 8. I think that the logic behind it is sound, but I still find hard to understand the gap in scores. For example, what is the minimum acceptable pcmark home score? What's the difference between a 3000 score and a 6000 one? Is a 6k twice as fast or n times...
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    Help me underclock my x6 1055t

    I'm considering a DIY nas. From what I've read Bay Trail celeron or Sempron 3850 are good enough for these tasks. I currently have an x6 1055t I want to retire on a m5a97 2.0 mb. Playing a bit with settings i locked all cores to 800mhz. Power consumption is down to 100w at wall, keeping in...
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    Braswell reviews

    Do we have any good review on Braswell? Seems interesting for a DIY Nas
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    Do I read this the right way?

    I have an old Toshiba 40sl733 I want to use for gaming. This is a link to the HDMI input in manual: https://www.gebruikershandleiding.com/Toshiba-40SL733/preview-handleiding-567497.html?page=0075#af75 If i read it right it means that if I connect my pc through HDMI i can choose between 60hz...
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    Asrock M8 owners

    Hi, any M8 owner here? I'd like to buy one and I wonder how it's the thermal perfomance using it in desktop orientation, basically on the WxL rectangle.
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    Tired of my tower

    I currently have a phenom x6 1055t Tower with a GeForce 9600 gt. Nowadays i rarely game anymore, except for a few sc2 sessions here and there, while mostly using it for office and web surfing purposes. I'd like to replace it with a laptop and i am often connecting to it with a remote desktop...
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    Budget Build (€400).. opinions wanted

    Hi everyone, i need to build a budget system for my gf's uncle. He will do just some web surfing, hd video playback, backups from smartphones, p2p. The budget would be below €400. (with Windows). I'm buying from Italy (feel free to suggest anything from amazon.it) I didn't see the...
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    Dead motherboard? Any chance that the CPU is ok?

    Hello, my pc fails to boot. The screen remains black, although all the fans are spinning and all the other components seems powered. the motherboard is an asrock extreme 3 870 which I bought 2-3 years ago.. it should have Dr. Debug led which actually doesn't show anything. I also removed...
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    Best performance per watt

    Hi everyone. I'm curious: right now what are the desktop chipsets with the best performance per watt ratio? Is Intel still ahead in this respect?
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    Gaming Rig Advice ~ $1000-$1200

    Hi guys, I need to build a gaming system for my girlfriend's brother. I took a look at the excellent mfenn tips, but it comes a bit high if I swap the gpu with a 770 (read below). 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. Mainly gaming. The boy is a big fan of the Assassin's Creed serie, but he...
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    Upgrade advice

    I need a tip on a potential upgrade of my pc. I currently have a MSI SLI K8N platinum, A64 3000+, 2gb RAM and a 6600. I am considering an upgrade of my pc, but I am still undecided on what to do. Keep in mind that I don't like to play FPS and I'm more of a RTS player.. I'll graduate in a...
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    Any way to make use of an hard drive with bad sectors?

    Hi all, my girlfriend has just bought 2 200gb hard drives and she gave me her old drive ( maxtor diamondmax 60 gb). The drive has bad sectors, but I'd like to use it in place of one 15gb drive that I have. Is there some way to make a partition excluding bad sectors? What program should I use...
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    Chaintech VNF4 Ultra

    Hi all, I'm interested in buying this motherboard. Just a quick question: I know there was a bios update and the adding of some sort of cooling on the chipset of the board. How can I say if the board is rev1 or 2? What should I check?
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    A bit of help with a new system

    Hi all. This is my current system: QDI Legend9 PentiumIII650@866mhz 256mb RAM GeForce2 MX 400 HD Quantum Fireball 40gb HD Samsung 15 gb Monitor Compaq FS740 19" I need a new PC, as you can see. I have a budget of $400-450. What is the best upgrade I could get? After upgrading I...