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  1. [POLL] What are your preferred storage solutions for 2022? (HDD and SSD)

    by goretsky

    Hello, This is a new yearly poll for sharing your preferred storage solutions and covers both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Please feel free to describe what you are currently using this year, plus any planned upgrades. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky

    Last reply by PGHammer,

  3. Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB 1 2 3 4 6

    by Andrew

    Welcome to the Battlestations 2018 thread! If you want to show your fellow Neowinians what your workstation/battlestation looks like, this is the place to do it. When posting, please note the following: If you plan to img-embed your picture, please try to keep it under 100k. Actually, it's best if you just link to it externally. If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embeded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc. The moderators of this forum reserve the right to edit or remove your posts as necessary in order that they will comply with the Community Rules. The Batt…

    Last reply by Steven P.,

  4. [POLL] What is your preferred CPU and GPU for 2022? (AMD, Intel, Nvidia…)

    by goretsky

    Hello, This is the new yearly poll for your preferred processor (CPU) and graphics card (GPU). The old poll is located here. Please leave a comment sharing your current hardware, plus any upgrades you plan on making this year! Regards, Aryeh Goretsky

    Last reply by MS Bob 11,

  5. Show Us Your Servers

    by 4CxbqFxVnstmA
    • 16 replies
    • 18.3k views

    Welcome to the Servers 2017 thread! If you want to show your fellow Neowinians what your server looks like, this is the place to do it. When posting, please note the following: If you plan to img-embed your picture, please try to keep it under 100k. Actually, it's best if you just link to it externally. If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embeded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc. The moderators of this forum reserve the right to edit or remove your posts as necessary in order that they will comply with the Community Rules. The Servers 2017 thread is not to be used as a…

    Last reply by AnotherITguy,

  6. Mobile Device Desktops

    by Andrew
    • 13 replies
    • 13.5k views

    Welcome to the Mobile Device Desktops thread! Here you can post screenshots of your mobile device's desktop. Please bear in mind the following guidelines for this thread: Posting Guidelines: * Stay within the board rules, no matter how yummy you may believe it to be. * If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embedded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc. * Off Topic Posts will be edited or removed. * The desktops thread is not to be used as a means to post images of a pornographic or otherwise provocative nature. We do not support a babes forum and neither will …

    Last reply by bryangreene,

  7. Zoom in without touch screen

    by Sandy
    • 0 replies
    • 72 views

    Hi Guys I'm looking to buy a new laptop. I like that my current laptop has touch screen functionality, I can just pinch and zoom into anything as I would on my phone, it doesn't lose contract or quality either. I find this functionality handy for when I'm using google street view, as I tends to be handy for my work. The standard way of zooming by pressing CTRL + using mouse scroll wheel doesn't work in the same way as it maximises text, boxes etc, whereas the pinch and zoom changes nothing but zooms into what you need. Touch screens tend to be a lot more expensive and don't have the same kind of response times as non touch screens. My question is, …

    Last reply by Sandy,

  8. Corsair LL120 RGB Fans, only 1 of 4 are lighting up

    by jnelsoninjax
    • 0 replies
    • 150 views

    I have 4 of the fans installed and they are all spinning, but only 1 of the 4 fans is lighting up, the other 3 remain lights off. I have ICUE installed, but it does not show any fans, it shows the control box, the GPU, and the motherboard. I have also tried using the Asus armoury crate and Signal RGB, but none of them seem to be able to control the RGB of the fans. Short of rewiring the fans, is there anything else I am able to do? The motherboard is ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi) I took the rear panels off and accessed the Corsair controllers, everything is tightly plugged in and I even pulled the GPU to gain access to the bottom of the motherboard to ensure tha…

    Last reply by jnelsoninjax,

  9. Dual pin cards, run them off single rail, or dual?

    by xMorpheousx416
    • 7 replies
    • 476 views

    Okay folks.. quick question. For those of you running dual pin video cards (like a six pin and and eight, or twin eights), do you find better performance power wise, or is there a significant difference if you run your card off a single rail (with twin connectors on the end of the power cord) vs. running the card off of two separate 8 pin connectors to the PSU?

    Last reply by xMorpheousx416,

  10. Planning to build a new PC- suggestions needed

    by anmol112
    • 7 replies
    • 366 views

    Hey everyone. I am planning to build a new gaming/workstation PC with the following specs: AMD Ryzen 5900x 32 GB Corsair Dominator (3600 MHz) kit (2x16GB) Nzxt Kraken X63 RGB Asus ROG X570-E Nvidia RTX 3080Ti FE Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200rpm HDD Corsair RM1000X Corsair 5000D Any suggestions/recommendations are welcomed.

    Last reply by Mindovermaster,

  11. Looking for an option to playback music via Alexa

    by jnelsoninjax
    • 9 replies
    • 238 views

    My nephew (non-verbal/non-communicative autistic) would greatly benefit from having music played in his room, and I have an alexa device in the room and would like to broadcast music to it without having to purchase a subscription to Amazon music or Spotify, etc. My original thought was using an old cellphone to access Plex that I have running on my desktop, he does have a laptop, but he will not leave it alone (he used it to watch movies, but has lost interest in it and has not touched it in months) I also don't think that a laptop can broadcast to Alexa. If anyone else has some ideas, please share them!

    Last reply by jnelsoninjax,

  12. What type of USB cable is this? 1 2

    by jnelsoninjax

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  13. New Cooler Installed Today..A Couple Questions

    by bikeman25

    Previously with stock cooler i was approaching 94C while gaming and other tasks, Family member told me well it ran hot alot since your always using the Computer, is that true? or false? Cooler Installed by PC Shop locally was Freezer 7 X by Arctic Is it adviseable to use system same way i did with the former Stock Cooler, or should i make changes, and use system a bit less than i did previously? originally purchased from Amazon a Be Quiet Pure Rock 2 Black, but had some problems installing, so had to see what shop would do for a cooler, and settled on that one

    Last reply by bikeman25,

  14. Western Digital 4TB Red for $30 .. the glitch is over.

    by +warwagon

    Their site has been price glitching today but this one still works . Orders might be cancelled. We shall see. I ordered 11 of them. Looks like the fixed the final glitch, the price for 4TB is now $69.99 https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd?cjevent=a4a48888cf0211ec82d4d5ad0a82b838&utm_medium=afl1&utm_source=cj&utm_content=Shop Western Digital US&cp1=4485850&utm_campaign=USwdchomepage&utm_term=10-28-2021&cp2=Slickdeals LLC#WD40EFAX

    Last reply by I Love Jeep,

  15. What's the Biggest Hard Drive You Have (and regularly use)? 1 2

    by Sir Topham Hatt

    I generally have stuck to 2TB drives just in case of loss but out of the 6 or 7 I have, none have actually failed. I wonder if 4TB is now quite safe and popular. Pick the closest to you, 1TB is anything between 1TB and less than 2TB and so on...

    Last reply by Michael Scrip,

  16. Odd Overclocking issues..

    by fusi0n
    • 5 replies
    • 410 views

    I'm running an Asus ROG Strix x299 II motherboard, Intel i9 10940x, with Corsair Vengeance 3200 RGB Pro memory. My PSU is a 1200 Watt Corsair. I am also running the latest BIOS for my motherboard I am able to use the AI auto clock clock to get 4.8Ghz and the memory runs at 3200. In the past, I have been able to hit 5.2Ghz, no issue. I am able to hit 5.0Ghz with my RAM slightly overclocked (3350 I think), it boots into windows, I can ping it, I see my fans load up, ect.. However, I have no video. The video from the BIOS doesn't show nor does video in Windows, but, it's booted in Windows. I've added more voltage to everything, in small intervals, and nothing seems…

    Last reply by hellowalkman,

  17. I think I might have enough Laptop Chargers.

    by +warwagon

    Over the years I've accumulated quite a few laptop chargers... Would you believe that out of all those chargers I only have a single Lenovo charger. These are the other ends... and some more chargers saying around

    Last reply by hellowalkman,

  18. Very odd behavior with YouTube and FF

    by jnelsoninjax
    • 9 replies
    • 363 views

    Last night I noticed this issue a little bit, but it was just a one-off so I thought nothing of it. Now this morning when I was watching a video on YouTube the video would freeze for a second, and the audio starts getting choppy ,robot sounding, almost like the sound you would associate with a BSOD about to happen, but it doesn't happen, and then it begins normal playback, but then it randomly starts doing it again, and on different videos as well. I opened Process Lasso and noticed the CPU was spiking, and the one application using around 18% which was related to windows update, once I figured out a way to stop that process from running the CPU spikes stopped, but just n…

    Last reply by jnelsoninjax,

  19. Inexpensive Graphics Card for my Dell XPS 8940?

    by nerim
    • 4 replies
    • 450 views

    So I got this XPS 8940 on the Amazon Marketplace, with no Graphics Card installed (just graphics software suggested from Intel's web site), and I would like to get a "decent but cheap" graphics card. I do know how to install them, etc. Can anyone kindly suggest a card I might be able to buy online for under say $300 to 500? I not a gamer, just a fairly basic graphics and video hobbyist at this time. Thanks for any suggestions!

    Last reply by nerim,

  20. Ribbon item needed

    by Bruinator
    • 3 replies
    • 394 views

    Hi, I have an older laptop from asus model number x550za which has a couple of ribbon cables that need to be replaced by I am not sure of the item replacement number to buy them. I had the ones that came with the laptop but I misplaced them. Is there a way to find out what the item numbers are for both cables? Any help in finding this information is greatly appreciated. TIA

    Last reply by Bruinator,

  21. Looking into purchasing a Predator XB273 Monitor

    by wd40

    So I'm looking into getting a new gaming monitor since I'm getting a nice i9 with a 3080 TI GPU in a few days but I'm looking at possibility of a different monitor or should I just stay put. I'm mulling around purchasing the one listed below but I'm just hesitant since the monitor I have now isn't to bad. I currently have an LG 27GL63T-B.AUS 27 Inch UltraGear I'm looking into this one: Predator XB273 GZ bmiiprx 27" They have the same screen size but the predator has a much higher refresh rate and a few other things. Would I notice a different in screen quality and gaming play with going from 144 mhz to 240 mhz? I'm currently getting 1…

    Last reply by wd40,

  22. Gpu issue

    by Orlo

    Just put together my new pc https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/wp9wzf When I turn it on it stays on, all the case fans are spinning and are lighting up the ram is also lighting up, the cpu shows the temp. The gpu fans spin to start then stop a few seconds later it does have some rgb that is on and the motherboard says the graphics card is the issue Edit: after turning the pc on and off again a few times it just decided to work

    Last reply by Orlo,

  23. Shutdown/boot issue on ProBook 470 G3

    by onclock

    Hi everyone Backstory: Recently, I put a Samsung 870 evo in my ProBook 470 G3 and clean installed Windows 11 on it (I followed the standard procedure as always: using an iFixit anti-ESD mat while being grounded correctly). The laptop worked perfectly fine with Windows 11 installed on the m.2 Sandisk ssd, so I figured, upgrade a bit so it will last longer + I needed a little bit more storage space. Everything went well until I noticed that the laptop didn't reboot, it only shut down but in a weird way: instead of the power light and the Wifi and Mute button going out together, the last 2 went out, then the power button went out and then the Caps loc…

    Last reply by onclock,

  24. Streamlining my setup

    by +Dick Montage
    • 0 replies
    • 332 views

    Hi, I've got a real buzz on recently about streamlining my desk & computer setup. I have all sorts of peripherals that I just don't use, and I think my setup is a bit outdated. Also, I am trying(!) to move away from PC the whole time to Mac. So, my plan is this: Replace my two decade-old ultrawides (1080) with a 32" 4K monitor. Plug this into a thunderbolt dock, with the speakers, webcam, keyboard and mouse attached. This thunderbolt dock can then plug into either: My Macbook Pro My personal Win11 laptop My work Win11 laptop Thus giving me essentially a docked desk for whichever laptop I plug i…

    Last reply by +Dick Montage,

  25. 2 Sandisk Flash Drives only showing 249MB available out of 16GB

    by bikeman25

    Bought 2 Idenital Sandisk small flash drives, says 16gb on the drive itself, some reason Windows only sees 249MB available? anyway to solve this issue?

    Last reply by bikeman25,

  26. Can my motherboard support the Ryzen 9 5950X?

    by jnelsoninjax
    • 3 replies
    • 562 views

    I have the Asus ROG Strix Crosshair VII hero (Wi-FI) and I want to upgrade the CPU, but when I look on Asus's website, and all it says is see asus.com for CPU compatibility, but I don't see CPU listings.

    Last reply by jnelsoninjax,

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