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  1. AMDGrill
    Considering the major inconviences I've had with this particular brand and all the frustration sending this to the warranty 3 times in the past, and paying for parts that they claim to fix the 'problems' I was having with the device, I was expecting them to match the A-Data stick for another A-Data one. You could say I am priveliged at this point because of all the things they have put me through. You'ld understand if you knew the full story. I don't want them to necesasrily match the A-Data one, whichever that performs better, I'll ask for a matching one. And no, they don't have to search the internet for a matching stick. Is that how distributors work over there? I'm pretty sure they have dozens of sticks lying around as both the A-Data and GSkill option is still listed in the devices on their website.
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    Correct, GSkill was the added one. I'll not pay for a new stick, I'll call them to get them send me a matching stick of the better performing one, switch out the other one and send it back to them, at this point they are basically obliged because of my previous issues with this device-- just recently got it back from the service, which was the 3rd time in less than two months ( They couldn't solve my issue, had to send it over and over again )
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    Here's the CPU. The rest of the system houses a GTX1050, a 5400RPM 1TB Seagate128m HDD, a 256gb Samsung SSD with 500-something R&W values Do help me choose. Edit: Fixed typo
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    So I bought this laptop a while back. Recently I sent it back to the service to get it some extra parts. an SSD and a new 8gig of RAM. Got it back just recently, was checking things in CPU-Z and suddenly I've noticed this: the memory that got added: I have not observed any performance issues, altough I do feel bothered by this, and given the previous issues I had with the PC I'll demand a replacement for the BETTER PERFORMING Ram module. My question to you is; 1) Will this cause an issue? 2) Which module is the better one that I should ask a second one of? (I'm assuming the GSkill one)
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    That was really helpful of you.
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    Also, nuking my HDD without any backup doesn't seem like a great idea..
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    Being in college I don't have access to my desktop nor any of my tools,are there any alternatives? And since when Windows is so fragile? .. Using Windows 8 on my desktop and the amount of force shutdowns and crashes that OS can handle is mesmerizing. Is this something Windows 10 does a lot?
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    As title said, laptop went unresponsive during gaming, waited a good 10 minutes. Turned it off, now the Windows won't boot and when I try to boot from my USB that has a clean Windows 10 to repair, I just load into a black screen after Windows logo. HELP
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    Type C is the smaller connector right? What type of devices has this connector generally?
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    Oh, I did not know those were a thing, I knew about the DVI / VGA connectors but thought HDMI was too ahead of VGA's time to be compatible. Cant order from Amazon at this point hence I live overseas but I'll see where I can find one. Appreciated!
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    Hello everyone, I have a few questions regarding to said topic and a few other things about USB ports aswell. Within the next week I'll be making multiple presentations in my classes, altough it is possible for me to make it work through the college's own computers, I first would like to know if is there a way to get the VGA projectors in my school to work with my laptop. The ports I have in my laptop are: USB 2.0 1x USB 2.0 USB 3.0 2x USB 3.0 (USB3.1 Gen1) (Type-A) USB 3.1 1x USB 3.0 (USB3.1 Gen1) (Type-C) HDMI 1x HDMI (HDCP) Mini Display 1x Mini Display 1.2 and 1x Mini Display 1.3 These are the ports I have and I dont know what type of adapter or converter I can get to make the VGA work with my laptop. The projector's other back ports are not accesible at this point and It is not possible for me to use my HDMI cable. It is connecte to a wall socket that you mount a VGA extension to the main case to get the video input. Now that's that, could someone also shortly explain me the difference between USB 3.0 and 3.1, The uses of Mini Displays and Type C? Much thanks!
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    You may look into this psu and the ones like it, ThermalTake has been about the Efficency market for a while as far as I know, their power ratings have multiple options and you may pick one you like.
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    As far as I know from nothing but my own experience, highest hardware sensivity & lowest software sensivity gives the best precision for the average user, For example, if you have a mouse that is 5800DPI, always use it at 5800 DPI and lower your Windows && Game sensivity settings manually, which will result in a more fluid panning & movement. But, as always, I may be wrong.
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    UPDATE: It was this setting all along.. Earlier it was set to Multiple Display Performance Mode, which was allowing my GPU to make use of built in Intel HD Graphics 630, and therefore building up more heat on the CPU. Disabled it, lost a few frames, Runs smoother than ever.. I am..at peace
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    I have a 7700HQ on my laptop and it definetly runs hot, so hot that it tjunctions, which renders the only game I play unplayable. I'll try cooking a slice on pepperoni on my Intel soon.
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    Would be more helpful if you could share the Motherboard model and case dimensions and model aswell, If you have enough room you may look into Thermaltake's NiC (Non-interference cooler) series that are meant to go into most ATX cases, they are not very small, but they fit into most ATX cases just right, I believe you need to have about 28cm cooler clearance.
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    A single stick of DDR4 running at 2133mhz @ 1.2volts It happens in offline mode of Grand Theft Auto V, as well as Battlefield 3 after a longer period of gameplay ( BF3 is easier on the CPU I guess? I dont know)
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    I will call the manufacturer tomorrow and see what can I do, If I can replace it without voiding the warranty, I will, If I cant, probably have to ship it out to them. About the thermal throttling, I'm a bit confused aswell, I mean, this is my first laptop and basically my first Intel if you exclude the Pentium 4 I've used ages ago, but I know that 7700HQ and K junctions at 100C and should be fine at 85-90 or even 95.. very strange indeed.
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    Alright, apologies if this thread is getting repetitive and flooded with screenshots, Here in the screenshots below, taken during gameplay when it was stuttering literally every 3 seconds. One thing that got me thinking though, during gameplay I kept my eye on the CPU temp more than anything, and realized something, the temperatures are extremely spiky, as in, nearly 10 degree difference in less than a second --which leads to my idea and story, A while ago I got a new CPU cooler for my old desktop and had no thermal paste applied on my CPU for a while, the shipping took longer on the paste so I had to wait on it, during the time I was running my Phenom II without thermal paste and overclocking it still, I was seeing major temperature changes in miliseconds, this behaviour seems a lot like that.. Could it be something wrong with the CPU cooling? I dont know, maybe they forgot to apply thermal paste, who knows.
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    Here are some in-game screenshots, the game was running smooth at the time
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    Also, I kept on trying with the OCCT and I keep getting the same error, CPU heats up, core clock drops and the testing stops
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    @Pendragon Played around with the Afterburner and RivaTuner to see what exactly is going on while I'm in the game, I will post an In-game screenshot when it starts stuttering that shows GPU & CPU Temperatures and usage, Meanwhile here are the results
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    ..Can never have enough performance? I dont know, Can you even SLI 1080Ti's? It's completely up to you to be honest, if you really need that extra performance and have a couple of thousand dollars in your pocket, sure, why not
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    @Pendragon A minute into OCCT and this. .. I take it that it is thermal throttling then?
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    @Pendragon Here are the results of the 10-min Valley Benchmark runs, I never stopped the benchmark, just took screenshots of the monitoring software every 10 minutes. The settings were set to Extreme HD 10min 20min 30min
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