Cosmic Railgun

After further investigation it seems this would be the reason, it looks like the way apps are licensed changed recently

We're based in Canada which is a supported country. Our organization doesn't use a VPN

Indeed! Uneven power would cause all manner of issues....

It is great for productivity, but photo editing is a very basic (by today's standards) version of productivity as it doesn't require consistent 100% load on the CPU like video encoding does, so get a lot of ram and an i7, you'll enjoy yourself with that

See if you can tighten the screws, if that doesn't work then try taking out the problem fan and putting a different fan in that place (don't put the problem fan back in) if that works then just order a new fan, if not then there could be a structural issue with the case, in which *case*.....warranty?

For gaming? or Just school work? Kinda makes a difference

The EVGA would probably be nicer to have, I have an 850w G2 and I've kept it across multiple builds. However with that power draw estimation you'd be cutting it really close to the 550w limit which if it fluctuates or you overclock (why wouldn't you) you'll need more power. So really the only option is the 650w

That's a great anti malware/adware removal program, however it is not an antivirus. It works best in tandem with a full fledged antivirus program

Idk, maybe. I'd rather microsoft work on improving the user experience and stability of windows 10 than spend time implementing features like this haha. USB keys are still primarily used for just transferring files, which windows explorer's copy system shows you the drive performance anyway so there's no need for task manager to show it too. Most of the time it would be at 0 anyway

How did you get windows 10 installed if your USB ports don't work?

Not sure if it's possible, flash drives are viewed as a different storage medium by windows. It places certain restrictions on them. If you plug in a backup drive however I do believe that would show up, not too sure however

Interesting, yeah as I suspected I checked my PC and my backup drive (G drive) shows up but my USB key (which is rather large too, 128GB) which is my "H drive" doesnt show up 

Idk, maybe. I'd rather microsoft work on improving the user experience and stability of windows 10 than spend time implementing features like this haha. USB keys are still primarily used for just transferring files, which windows explorer's copy system shows you the drive performance anyway so there's no need for task manager to show it too. Most of the time it would be at 0 anyway

Those fans will spin at a set RPM, they draw their power from the power supply, they can probably all be daisy chained together and run off one 6pin port from your PSU

Which version of 2012 would you recommend?
That sounds great and all, but I really don't trust windows to detect every game I play

Oh shit man imagine seeing you here
thanks for the help!