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    Your favorite LGA1200 CPU cooler?

    I have an LGA 775 hi-rise cooler but I gather it won't fit an LG1200 - what's a better than stock cooler you like for an LGA1200? Or alternately, is there such a thing as an adaptor for the 775 cooler? Thanks!
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    How do they keep making faster CPUs?

    How are they able to continually have more and more powerful machines? Are design engineers continually breaking new ground or did they have it all mapped out 40 years ago and they dole it out a little at a time to keep the revenue machine churning?
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    What happened to Newegg? 2.31 rating on resellerratings.com

    My previous impression of Newegg.com is that they were the gold standard for buying computer parts as far as reliability but I see they have a 2.31/5 rating on resellerratings.com, with reviews split between 5 star and 1 star. Do you feel this is accurate or is resellerratings flawed?
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    Newer/faster board/CPU that I can swap my existing hardware to?

    Do all PCIe 4 boards use an NVME drive?
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    Newer/faster board/CPU that I can swap my existing hardware to?

    Doesn't have to be new, newer than what I have that will accept the SATA SSD and run a faster generation CPU than the Core2 Quad is fine. The NVME may be faster but it's not necessarily crucial - I want to run the SATA SSD and don't want a drive that I'm not necessarily going to use. Ergo why...
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    Newer/faster board/CPU that I can swap my existing hardware to?

    Maybe something to do with my VPN and running Brave browser. Thanks - I finally did get to that link. However I see it uses the NVME type of SSD, what I'm looking for is something that uses this kind of SSD with SATA connections. If there's no such thing as a board that has PCIe 4 that uses...
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    Newer/faster board/CPU that I can swap my existing hardware to?

    Thanks - can you state the name/model of the board - your pcpartpicker link sends me into an endless cycle of Captcha challenges.
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    Newer/faster board/CPU that I can swap my existing hardware to?

    I have a machine running a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P that runs a Core2 Quad, DDR2 RAM and it's just not up to running newer games - "newer" to me is Battlefield 1. This Gigabyte board has PCIe 2.0 slots so clearly I'm not getting the most out of a PCIe 4 card. I was running an NVidia GTX770 (PCIe 3)...
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    Win10 more clicks to shut down than Win7 - any way to change this?

    I believe there's at least one more click needed to get to the shutdown command on Win10 compared to Win7 - is there a way to change this?
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    Backsp, delete, CtrlA, Lwr/Caps, numbers stopped working Win10

    Thanks John. Actually, it turns out the problem was the right Shift key was stuck in the down position, which I didn't notice until after I posted the above. *Smack forehead*.
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    Backsp, delete, CtrlA, Lwr/Caps, numbers stopped working Win10

    Suddenly several things went wonky on my Win10 machine. - With caps lock off it only types in caps - with caps lock on it only types in lower case - no response to shift key - No numeric response from either the num pad or the top row on the keyboard, only get special characters. Numlock on or...
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    Suggestions for i7/Mobo combo I should look for to play Battlefield 5 on ultra?

    It's an Ultra X4 850W. Probably 3 - 4 years old. Even if I could get a reliable 30ish FPS I'd be good. I know in the current setup the GTX770 never even hits 50% use going by ASUS GPU Tweak, even playing BF1. The CPU just doesn't have the juice.
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    Suggestions for i7/Mobo combo I should look for to play Battlefield 5 on ultra?

    My current system is running a Core2 Quad 9550 which has served me well but isn't up to playing recent games. I've got a system with an 850W PSU and a GTX770 that's got more capability than my current system can exploit. No interest in playing at anything but 1080p. I'm thinking all I need to do...
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    You were in the right ballpark - I uninstalled the Comodo firewall since it showed it wasn't working correctly and on restart I had an internet connection. Thanks!
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    It didn't automatically go to the C:\Windows\System32 I navigated to it with CD\ but once I got to C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig all it does is bring up Windows IP Configuration but nothing after it. Then back to C:\Windows\System32 again.
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    Here. I did update the RealTek driver to the latest downloading off the RealTek site. Made no difference. Win10 upgrade downloaded from Microsoft so presumably it's the latest version.
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    I'll have to load up another drive with Windows 10 - right now I've converted back to Win7. I'll make a screenshot when I get that done.
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    No. Internet works fine under Win7, doesn't under Win10.
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    No internet after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

    Tried upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Service pack 1 and everything works except I have no internet. System has Realtek ethernet adapter, got the latest driver and installed it, no difference. Under Win7 I connect to the internet with a cable to my Centurylink modem/router. I've got...
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    What would be a good gaming upgrade from a GTX 770 on my Core2 Quad system?

    Per Fraps BF Bad Company 2 with everything max'd out runs as high as 200 fps depending on what I'm looking at - apparently sky and underbrush don't take as much power to render, as expected the newer games make more demands on the system. On medium settings within the game Battlefield 1 seems to...
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