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I'm planning on purchasing a used think pad and want to make sure I'm not stuck with something locked to a company and be prevented from doing things like reinstalling windows or potentially even using the device. is there something easy to check for when purchasing (in person)?

I'll give it a try then, Thanks!

looking to throw a gtx580 into a core 2 duo pc for a friend's kid I'm just doing this with parts i have laying around, I've got a EVGA gtx 580 and a Corsair VX550w. will the powersupply be sufficcent? i read online that nvidia recommended a 600w PSU

16tb wd red I bought is making a noticeable hum at idle, when i start writing to it the hum stops. should I be worried and return it?

i can run a aida 64 test and get temps in the high 90's, im pretty sure if a dead pump was the culprit i would not be able to put a load on the cpu whatsoever. also when i was gaming earlier the top of my case where the radiator was mounts was extremely hot. I don't think it would have exhausted that much heat if the pump was dead but then again i can't discern the pump sounds from the fans

yeah i hear noise, i'm assuming it's from the pump and the fans. i also think my temps would be way more extreme if the pump was dead. my motherboard is a MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon Wifi

i have a meshify c with the radiator mounted on the top everything should be default in terms of cooler setting as i just reset the bios when i pulled the cmos battery the pump rpm seems normal, as in it goes up when the pc is under load currently at 1959 rpm sitting on the desktop and i used the technique you mentioned when i reinstalled the cpu cooler after putting on new thermal paste

i just got a new graphics card today and installed hw monitor to check it's temps and what not i noticed that my cpu was running REALLY hot, it hit 100 degrees while playing overwatch and i felt massive amounts of heat coming off of the top of the case, to the point where it was almost too hot to touch once i noticed that i made sure everything related to the cpu cooler was connected properly, the whole cooler only has 1 fan cord the radiator fans all have a place to connect them on the radiator, it was on the cpu fan header and i moved it to the cpu pump header. i also reapplied the thermal paste while i had the pc opened up the temps are still very similar so then i looked online and saw something about undervolting my cpu to get acceptable temps. i tried this but the pc wouldn't boot afterward. i had to pull the cmos battery to get it back on. anyway asking here so hopefully someone who knows what they are doing will help me not brick my pc

my 32" 4k monitor defaults to 150%

it was game mode in my MSI dragon center "true color" was enabled

Whenever i launch overwatch it makes all of my monitors change color slightly, it makes them all have a hint more red/orange i first noticed it yesterday and the colors go back to normal when i close overwatch i have windows night light disabled

i have a nhd-15 and it's worked better then 2 aio's that i've had so idk what to say i've had a h100iv2 and a fractal design aio

nh-d15 is better then most aio watercoolers

i have a 60% keyboard right now but i don't like how small it is (or loud) and i was looking at new keyboards but one of the things i would like to be able to do is reprogram keys, can razer keyboards do this?

i had the same issue with my pc for a long time, capping my framerate fixed it for me i think the issue ended up being my power supply because i have since replaced it and no longer have the issue but try enabling a fps cap or vsync and see if you can get the game to launch

i set my voltage to 1.375 in my bios and here is a HWmonitor screenshot

i was running aida 64 so it was under 100% looad

if the max package temp is 90 whike running aida 64, is that too hot?

this should work, thanks! also i have a 6700k and a gtx 1080 (i'm assuming it's my cpu that's causing me to lag while i stream)

is there any way to use a elgato hd60 to record my gameplay but still play at 144hz? my pc can't handle streaming overwatch that well i think it's my cpu but i may be acquiring o pc with a (probably) 4th gen i5 or i7 which i could use as a streaming pc i already have a elgato hd60 so i was wondering if this was possible in any way it doesn't make sense to buy the really expensive 4k one in that case i would be better off getting a better cpu

do you post videos early on the forum?

i own a g pro wireless it's amazing i used to own a g502 but it work out and i love my g pro wireless basically all i do with it is play competitive shooters (overwatch) i think the main selling point is the weight and the wireless technology being as good as wired although i watched this video and it left me with lost to think about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stf8UmIaJuo

basically all i do in my pc is play and occasionally stream competitive overwatch i'm looking into upgrading my monitor that i game on but i'm not sure what i would like better right now i have a 144hz 1080p monitor and it is nice but i would love a higher resoloution, i realize how bad 1080p is at 27 inches frequently because this monitor is beside a 4k monitor and a 3440x1440 one but on the other hand 144hz is amazing and so so so much better then 60hz, i just want to make sure i'm not missing out on something huge not getting a 240hz screen Edit: i have a gtx 1080 so i should be able to run either

only reason i picked that board was so the build experience would be smooth (no messing with the bios) as he is new to pc building and i'm across the continent from him so the only help i can give in in a video call

for a friend he plays osu a lot now but want to be able to play other games PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $197.75 @ OutletPC Motherboard ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $153.99 @ SuperBiiz Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $79.99 @ Amazon Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $64.89 @ OutletPC Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $214.99 @ Newegg Case Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case $47.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $54.89 @ OutletPC Monitor Acer GN246HL 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $179.99 @ B&H Keyboard Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard $32.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1117.35 Mail-in rebates -$45.00 Total $1072.35 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-17 17:54 EDT-0400