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    That definitely looks like more trouble than I'm...

    That definitely looks like more trouble than I'm willing to deal with. I'm sure I'd have to look into a used Coolermaster case or something along those lines.
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    Ah, I see. That's a shame. They have a perfect...

    Ah, I see. That's a shame. They have a perfect size and shape, in my opinion.
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    Thank you for that info. I'll have to look...

    Thank you for that info.

    I'll have to look into putting together a list to see if if would be affordable for me to build my own computer. I'll have to ask around a lot to find out what components...
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    I just saw this part (maybe you added it in an...

    I just saw this part (maybe you added it in an edit?). I never heard about this. Where is it possible to buy them so cheap (and be sure they're genuine)?
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    Moreso trepidation that when I would put it all...

    Moreso trepidation that when I would put it all together, it might not even boot up, driver issues, etc. I'm not as knowledgeable about what components are better than others, what parts are...
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    In my case, though, I'd have to buy almost...

    In my case, though, I'd have to buy almost everything, as I don't have any old cases or PSUs, etc, lying around to reuse, the RAM I have is DDR3, etc.

    For me, the purchase list would be something...
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    How powerful is that i5-8400? Can it run DaVinci...

    How powerful is that i5-8400? Can it run DaVinci Resolve well? From what I can find, it's only 2.4 Mhz, compared to 4.2 for the i7-7700K.

    The problem with building a PC from scratch (at least from...
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    It should still work for years after no longer...

    It should still work for years after no longer being supported by Microsoft, though.

    Windows 11 has too many things I don't like, especially when it comes to sacrificing control and privacy. If...
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    It's the highest generation I could find within...

    It's the highest generation I could find within my budget ($400) that had the necessary form factor (I need a case large enough to fit a regular-sized desktop Blu-ray drive).



    I specifically...
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    Probably in the long run, if the computer proves...

    Probably in the long run, if the computer proves to be reliable. (Although I've read some people saying that a major cause of overheating in i7-7700Ks is that the automatic settings of voltage...
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    After installing the Windows updates as you...

    After installing the Windows updates as you recommended, I decided to make Prime95 my first test. I ran the first test (Smallest FFTs) for 20 minutes. During that time, there were no problems, and...
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    Thank you. Oddly enough, my clean install...

    Thank you.



    Oddly enough, my clean install on that last computer seems to have made things worse. After I applied all of the updates and drivers, it froze much more frequently (about every five...
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    What's the most reliable program for monitoring...

    What's the most reliable program for monitoring the CPU temperature?

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    I just found out something fascinating after asking Bing's AI a question. Apparently, some Dell...
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    What would you recommend as a good battery of...

    What would you recommend as a good battery of tests?
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    I had a similar experience years ago, in which a...

    I had a similar experience years ago, in which a refurbished computer was faulty (it would randomly restart). But that time, the seller sent me a replacement that worked properly. I was hoping that...
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    Well, that didn't last long. Within minutes of...

    Well, that didn't last long. Within minutes of starting to use the computer this morning, I experienced another freeze. After a hard shutdown and starting the computer back again, I experienced a...
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    So far, I haven't encountered any freezes or...

    So far, I haven't encountered any freezes or other such problems at all since performing the clean install. The only issue that I had was finding the warning messages in Device Manager (because my...
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    It has a different Windows product key and backup...

    It has a different Windows product key and backup key than the other computer (and from what I understand, those are tied to the hardware), and when I looked within the case before booting it up, I...
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    I received the replacement computer yesterday....

    I received the replacement computer yesterday. Within a few hours of using it, I experienced another freeze. I found out that the installation of Windows on it was apparently made using something...
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    I'm about to pack up the computer and send it off...

    I'm about to pack up the computer and send it off tomorrow, as, for certain reasons, it's my last chance to do so for a while (and I think that the chance that a replacement will fix the issue is...
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    The partial product key that I got from that...

    The partial product key that I got from that first command matches the full key from the second command. However, the backup default key from the the third command is different (it's the same one...
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    Here it is: 394874 The partial license key...

    Here it is:

    394874

    The partial license key shown here matches the key that the command prompt found, but not the ones that the registry editor or Speccy found.

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    I'm not sure if it would work like that on a...

    I'm not sure if it would work like that on a refurbished computer like this that has probably had multiple Windows installations and keys over its lifetime, especially considering that two different...
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    For some reason, I get three different numbers....

    For some reason, I get three different numbers. The one that Speccy lists as "serial number" is different from the one found by the command prompt (I had to fix the spelling of "PowerShell" in that...
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    Speccy found what I think is the product key, but...

    Speccy found what I think is the product key, but I've never installed an operating system before as far as I can recall (I may have tried once years ago, but I'm not sure).



    I'm computer savvy...
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