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Hey all, looking for some opinions on long term future of console gaming Given all Microsoft`s recent studio purchases including the likely purchase of Activision, it seems like Microsoft is heavily committing themselves to Xbox long term The above along with PC integration like Xbox play...

Hi all, wondering if anyone has come across compatibility problems with X470 and 5600G When i try to run the system using thr 5600G build in graphics it freezes deskset and eventually blanks screen, but when i throw in a gpu the system is fine Any ideas ?

I was thinking of having a semi future proof system by getting a ddr5 board, so I could get either 8 or 16gb ddr5 just to get running now until the early system problems have been solved and prices are down

Hi all, hoping for some opinions on a new Alder lake build, trying to obviously balance cost with performance No gaming, most intensive activities photo & video editing and a lot of file transfer between drives My main undecided points are cpu and ddr4 or ddr5 Below is possible build i put...

Hi all, I am looking for feedback on experience of editing 4K video without a gpu, only for personal use not posting online and i currently don`t use fast editing via gpu acceleration. I am cutting back on my videos, so wondering if i can get by on new system without a full gpu Thanks

Hi all, can anyone tell me if using fast video rendering reduces quality of the output file ? Specifically i am using power director 19 and Nvidia nvenc, when i render without gpu acceleration it almost maxes out cpu and takes significantly longer, when i enable nvenc, it is much faster and...

HEIC support seems very hit and miss, of the few programs that support import of HEIC, none of them support export of HEIC Everything online refers to HEIC as replacing jpeg, but when you can export in the same file type, it seems more similar to raw

I recently got a new galaxy phone and it is my first device that supports the heic photo format, hoping to get some advice from folks that have been using it for a while, obviously i searched online and it seems to be a replacement for jpeg and has no real affect against raw, the only other...

Just thought I would post about an unexpected Windows 11 upgrade issue I ran into incase anyone else gets it Obviously everyone knows about the whole TPM 2.0 requirement, however even after upgrading my uncles board and cpu I still could not upgrade to Windows 11 due to getting a missing GOP...

I just reinstalled to check if the permissions would revert back and now I notice I have an unknown account in the list, has anyone seen this before

Thanks John The issue is kind of resolved, I went through the security tab of both C: and D: drives, I adjusted all permissions of my account to full, but also had to change ownership in the advanced tab from SYSTEM to my own admin account The folders still have the read only box ticked, but...

Every folder John in both C: and D: Strangely it is only the folders, the odd loose file is not marked as read only

Hi john, it seems it is not related to office after all, I just did a clean Windows install and immediately after install checked my folders and all are marked as read only

Hi everyone I just upgraded to office 2019 and after installing, I have noticed many of my docx documents now open in read only mode ? I have checked properties tab and the read only box is not ticked, I never made them read only, so I guess it is an office 2019 default setting Can anyone how...

Thanks beers, I don`t game on pc and although the system does everything I need it to do in terms of editing, I might test putting it up for sale and see what I can get back for it then weigh up how much I would need to add to build a new system

Isn`t AMD on AM4 socket until 2022 ?

Hi all Considering an upgrade from my current 2700x, however with how expensive new gen ryzen 5000 series I am not willing to pay for ryzen 7 range, so I am wondering weather an upgrade to a ryzen 7 3700x or ryzen 5 5600x would be better ? Thanks James

Hi all Just wondering which burning software is best now, been a while since I had to burn any discs, but currently doing thorough backups of important files to various media. I did previously use both Ashampoo studio & Cyberlink power2go. Does not have to be freeware, looking to burn to both...

Thanks beers, I knew the storage drive wouldn`t run full speed due to the second m.2 port being x2, as long as it doesn`t drag down my os drive plugged in the main x4 slot. The sata ports should not be an issue, I am still deciding between removing all sata drives or leaving my main 2tb hdd for...

Hi all I currently have a crucial m.2 drive installed for my Windows installation with an hdd for storage. I would like to add a 2nd m.2 drive for file storage and I am just wondering if this will in anyway affect the speed of the main os drive, both drives are pci-e gen 3 with os drive in the...