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I have a fairly new Lenovo laptop that recently started having problems. The symptoms are that the system stops responding, though not fully, after about half a minute or so. Basically, no new windows can be opened and all opened programs stop responding. Though the mouse is still able to move, so it's not a full system crash, and there's no BSOD. When I start the laptop in safemode, it works without a problem, leading me to believe that some system file has been corrupted. I have also run the windows diagnostics command (sfc/ scannow) in the console which confirms that there are some corrupted files, but it isn't able to fix it. After all this, I've decided to give up and try to reinstall windows. There's two things I have to ask: 1. Is there any magical fix to this problem that I've overlooked? 2. If I reinstall windows, will it still be activated? I'm guessing no, but is there any way for me to activate it again without purchasing it?

About $85 They do sell 650x as well, so that might be the best option. There's a discount there too. As I said before. Mostly gaming, but sometimes video editing and similar tasks.

I'll probably go with that for the high-end one then. Fair point, but some headroom is never bad and I've found quite the good deal on an RM750x. Though I might stick with a 550x for the mid-tier

Yeah. I was thinking about that. Would just grabbing an RM750x instead suffice?

I'm working on planning a new PC and what parts to buy. It's my first time building it on my own, and therefore I don't have much experience on this specific subject. I have two concepts for a PC. One high-end PC and one mid-tier. High-end Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 8GB OC Gaming RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz PSU: Corsair RM550x This costs, together with cooling and storage, approximately $2330 USD Mid-tier Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Ventus XS 6GB OC RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3200MHz PSU: Corsair RM550x This costs, together with cooling and storage, approximately $1300 USD Anything out of place? Any apparent bottlenecks that I can't spot? Any help is appreciated.