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  1. AverageHardware
    Audacity.
  2. AverageHardware
    I stand corrected. I only looked at the first link on Google lol. You should be fine then.
  3. AverageHardware
    According to Google: That Vostro has a 250W PSU. The i5 is 95 watts. RX 460 is around 75 max. Your HDD and mobo are another 15 a piece. That's 200 watts already. You factor in the efficiency loss in the PSU, and you'd be running near max PSU load under load. Idk what brand is in the Vostro, but it could fail if it's a cheap PSU.
  4. AverageHardware
    That would be great then. That i5, although older, still has great single threaded performance and 4 cores. As others have mentioned, you could get a 2500k at anytime. You could also probably find a cheap mobo in the future for overclocking. You'll probably need to get a new PSU to support the graphics card.
  5. AverageHardware
    You can be in a different part of the world and still use a DNS nameserver in the US.
  6. AverageHardware
    What games do you plan on playing? What resolution? How long are you going to use this PC?
  7. AverageHardware
    Uhh. A dream come true much?
  8. AverageHardware
    You could find a nice surge protector/UPS.
  9. AverageHardware
    This made me laugh.
  10. AverageHardware
    Recently, watching YouTube videos in Chrome has been impossible. They buffer like crazy. I've never had this issue before. -My internet is fast. -Nothing else is hogging my bandwidth -- confirmed via network monitoring. -My computer is fast -- nothing is hogging bandwidth -Cleared chrome data/reinstalled. -- No extensions Firefox and *Edge* work just fine. Anyone else having this issue?
  11. AverageHardware
    And it's only 51watts. That's going to be a super good CPU.
  12. AverageHardware
    Download the Sandisk SSD Dashboard and run the test: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15108/~/sandisk-ssd-dashboard-support-information
  13. AverageHardware
    You could try reinstalling it. This could be a pain if you have slow internet and/or a bandwidth cap. Unplugging the Xbox completely, waiting, and then restarting it might help. It could also be the hard drive starting to fail.
  14. AverageHardware
    Both these games require strong single threaded CPU performance, which the 8320 isn't too good at. The 960 will play these games on high @ 1080p.
  15. AverageHardware
    Settings -> Updates -> Advanced -> Choose how updates are delivered.
  16. AverageHardware
    The single threaded performance advantage balances out 4 less physical cores. (In this specific instance. i5 6600k vs 8320)
  17. AverageHardware
    Windows Updates.
  18. AverageHardware
    Most of the microphones recommended will pick up the click clack of the keyboard. I've found it easiest to set up a noise gate in Windows.
  19. AverageHardware
    An Intel Skylake processor will blow the 8320 out of the water in every way.
  20. AverageHardware
    Yes. That processor only uses 65watts. It will be fine.
  21. AverageHardware
    The quality of a PSU is determined by the quality of the parts inside. These are things like capacitors, contacts, PCBs, fuses, VRMs, etc. PSUs with cheaper quality components have a higher chance of failing, even more so when under constant load. It's like tires. You can put cheap tires on your car and they'll work just fine, but they have an increased risk to get you into a dangerous situation.
  22. AverageHardware
    The AT2020/Yeti have great quality. I only recommended this microphone because of your huge budget for a mic setup.
  23. AverageHardware
    RAID 0 - Increased speed, no redundancy. RAID 1 - No speed increase, 1 disk redundancy. Your BIOS/RAID controller will tell you what RAID you are using. If you have one disk, you aren't using RAID.
  24. AverageHardware
    Yes it's XLR. You'd need a USB audio interface. They range in price. Here's a 30$ and 100$ one. https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-U-PHORIA-UM2-BEHRINGER/dp/B00EK1OTZC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-3&keywords=audio+interface https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56CM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-2&keywords=audio+interface
  25. AverageHardware
    That makes sense. Before, you didn't have enough bandwidth to fully saturate your wireless connection. And now you do.
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