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I'm going to be working from home for the foreseeable future due to covid. Part of that is I answer help desk calls, so I wear my gaming headset pretty much all day. My current razer headset has served me well, but after a few hours it begins to the edges of my ears. I'm looking for a recommendation for a headset that is comfortable for all day use. Any suggestions? I do need it to be USB and I'm not to concerned about mic quality as I have an external microphone that I use, although I would like a built in mic for vocal feedback

I got a new laptop that works great while plugged in, but when I unplug it, the performance tanks. I have set the power plan to high performance just like it would be when plugged in. In League of Legends, I go from 250-300 fps while plugged in to sometimes less than 100 when on battery. My specs are a 1660ti and 9750h in a gigbayte aero 15. Is there a setting that I am missing. I tried setting power management mode to prefer maximum performance which helped slightly, but still not enough to make the performance up to what I would expect

My PC just started making a high pitched whine noise. If this is just coil whine thats ok, but I want to make sure its not a sign of something failing. In particular my PSU is a little on the old side. The best way I can describe it is it sounds like the sound you hear when your ears are ringing UPDATE: I found out it was my ceiling lights, not my PC. False alarm

Follow up: while looking at the suggestions I stumbled on this one which I think fits perfectly what I'm looking for AORUS 5 NA-7US1121SH 15" Thin Bezel LG 144Hz FHD IPS LCD, i7-9750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, Samsung 16GB RAM, Intel M.2 PCIe NVMe 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, RGB Keyboard, Win10, Ultra Slim Gaming Laptop https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RJ3C64R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_A7.GDb2C0MD3P

Under $2000

I'm in the market for a new laptop. I just graduated with a CS degree and want something that can do some programming work. What I need: 8th/9th gen i7/i9 CPU or Ryzen equivalent 16gb Ram A dedicated gpu strong enough to play esports titles (siege, LoL) 1080p or higher resolution 13-15 inch display What I'd like: SSD or Optane (I can also just put these in myself) High refresh rate IPS display The less expensive the better

I mostly play Apex Legends, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Warframe. Im looking to buy a new Nvidia GPU that will run all of those at 1080p 120fps. I would like to also use NVENC to stream the gameplay at the same time (I know that NVENC on my current machine with a 1660 takes ~15% GPU power so that leaves 85% for the games). Which GPU should I get?

I just put together a new build with a 1x8gb stick of DDR4. I then remebered that I had an old 2x4 set laying around, so I put that in so I could return the other ram to save some cash. The problem is it only sees 6 gb in windows, although the bios sees the full 8gb. Do I need to do a full system reinstall to fix this. Ive attached a screenshot of task manager to show my problem

So I am currently running 8gb of ddr4, but am starting to run into situations where thats not enough. The ram I have now is this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J7PF5K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and I want to add more ram, but that particular kit is a little expensive compared to some others, and my CPU cooler is semi blocking one of my ram slots, so I have 2 questions. 1) Do I need the same RAM, same speed, or neither 2) Would I have an issue adding 1 more 4gb or 8gb stick rather then running a dual channel kit

Average or Max temp under 85?

I'm trying to overclock my 7700k and realized I dont really know what temperatures are considered safe. What temps should I try to keep the CPU under while stress testing? I have a beQuiet Dark Rock 3 (not pro) for a cpu cooler

I'm planning on turning an old computer into a media server that I will leave on. I was originally going to use Ubuntu but wanted to know if there is a power draw advantage to using something like FreeBSD instead. The old computer is some old eMachines desktop that had Vista on it

Im upgrading a friends laptop as a surprise. She currently is running windows 7 with 4 gb of ram and a HDD. I know I'm gonna put in an SSD, but I can't decide if I should get a 250GB capacity drive and put in 4 more gigs of ram, she currently has 4gb, or a 500GB SSD and leave the RAM as is. The only games she plays are League of Legends and Skyrim, and doesnt use the computer for any sort of difficult work.

I know there is an empty slot, I had taken it apart before

I'm trying to upgrade a friends laptop as a surprise. The laptop has 1 4gb stick and I want to ad 4 more gigs, but I don't know exactly what stick it is. Do they need to mach perfectly or is having the same speed and such good enough