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In all seriousness, this is pretty stupid. There was no legitimate reason to get rid of Net Neutrality.
 
RIP free market internet. You will be severely missed.
 
 

Dude, it sucks every year.  Every. Single. Year.  Now. 
 
It's because they're too scared of losing advertisers. 

Yeah you bet, we're looking to do a lot more on the merch side next year (Creative designs, more stuff, old stuff that we don't sell anymore, etc.)

Hey!
 
We will be selling more lanyards in the future - exact date is TBD. We actually just got some samples from a source last week and the quality wasn't up to par so we're looking at alternatives.

Oh good idea, I could use some of those too. Last I checked @CPotter works in sales as well(perhaps someone can correct me if I'm horribly wrong)

Dude, it sucks every year.  Every. Single. Year.  Now. 
 
It's because they're too scared of losing advertisers. 

How nicely can I say this... No..   Thanks.
 
Right on, that's it.  I know you might not run into those cloning problems if you don't have your HDD in at the same time as your new SSD.
But you're right.  I'm going to do a clean install. Thanks dude.

Remember to have the HDD unpluged when clean installing on the SSD
 
 
You won't be saying "it worked perfectly" a few months/years from now when windows tries to install updates and fails, and tons of issues start popping up.

I disagree with NerdSlayer, 7700k is a great chip and if your gonna overclock another reason to go with intel

for gaming specifically, the 7700k beats the ryzen or any HEDT chip. We haven't hit the point where core count > IPC yet, so the 7700k is just the flat out winner for 90% of the games. 
 
If streaming, or doing other content creation where core count can really help, sure. I own a 1700x as well as a 7700k, so I'm not saying ryzen doesn't have its place, but for PURE gaming the 7700k is a clear winner for raw performance. 

Contact microsoft and they will sort it out. Windows probably thinks its on a new computer. And as @themctipers said login in to your Microsoft account should do it, as the key is linked to that. 

Are you going to be using more than one display?  Do you stream or make YouTube videos? 

Well...if you live in the US, I've seen prices of a 1070 as high as 500USD...which is similar pricing to a 1080.
So if you see the prices around 500USD, might as well get a 1080 instead.

I would say that it's a better tradeoff for the 1080 in your case.

I don't think it's possible, but even if it was, it would take WAY more time than just getting $100 to buy a K70 RGB or something.

As a technician with 10+ years of experience, I can 100% confirm that anything NirSoft makes is completely safe, as long as it's not bundled with crapware, of course. He's been making utilities for Windows since the days of Windows 98 and MSN messenger. His stuff can get flagged, of course, since it reveals things like product keys, passwords, and things in Microsoft's "protected" storage area, but that's normal. (So much for "protected" storage...)
 
Me and LogMeIn don't get along very well on the other hand ... it's safe when used legitimately (scammers can use it too, so just be sure it's someone you trust who's telling you to use it) but when they had a security breach back in 2012/2013 I started to receive a shit ton of spam emails that still regularly come to my main email to this day. Now, I realize that no service is 100% safe, but the way they replied to my security concerned email was a complete joke that made me never want to use or recommend their products again.
 
 

Microsoft does have chat and phone support and they do use remote desktop-ing.
Now, I want to say that they use Microsoft Windows 10 Quick Assist feature and Remote Assistance on older versions of Windows, but this is Microsoft we are talking about! So they use LogMeIn Rescue Enterprise (last I check, I don't know if they continue to use this). I mean, why would a company like Microsoft use their own tool that a nice team put a lot of work and effort, and lots of money was spent on it. What is this silly thinking. Big corp problems. The one I work for, uses tools that does many thing you can already in Windows, which I already worked with in the past. Go figure.
 
To be safe, it is best to use the help app in Windows 10 to get chat. Like this you know you won't fall into a false website.
 
I am surprise that the guy uses Nirsoft ProductKey.. I wonder if they hire interns for managing support, and as a result is not using the proper internal tools. But, Nirsoft ProductKey is a legit tool. It looks like shit because, if I am not mistaken, it is done in Visual Basic, at least sure looks like. Now, the mistake from the guy on Microsoft support, is that this tool doesn't fully support Windows 10. On some license type it doesn't work.

As you all might've heard, AMD RYZEN was announced.
 
And MAN I've got to put this out there.
I'm SO happy that Linus got a first row seat to the event, and is one of the first to put out a video about it.
I hope benchmarks will come out at the same pace.
 
GREAT job guys! Great job! @LinusTech @Slick
Compared to the other reviewers, I appreciate how much detail you put into the review, getting as many details during the different benchmarks as possible.
 
Love to se it tested in your own bench! Looking forward!

complete nonsense. This is why I hate the left so much. No, it's not racist. It's a joke

Everything is racist in 2017. 

Only if you're a sensitive baby who believes there are over 100 genders and the world should be a safe space free of original thought because of feelings.

no but it is transphobic.  

getting a micro-atx mobo for an atx case isn't actually bad per se, but it will make the rig look weird. i can recommend this for the mobo:
http://www.vuugo.com/computer-hardware/computer-parts/motherboard/asrock-motherboards-Z270-PRO4.html?tracking=5108053939762
can try this for the heatsink, should perform better than the 212 IIRC.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/3vyFf7/zalman-cpu-cooler-cnps10xextreme

Try looking now, good choice or no? 

I would suggest going with a newer cpu and motherboard. A larger ssd would also be better. 
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($315.25 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($35.83 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($159.80 @ shopRBC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($82.72 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1373.55
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