Recent content by genthug

What are you looking to use the laptop for? Is anything stressful going to be put onto it? If there is anything stressful that is going to require a dedicated GPU you're going to end up needing to reevaluate a couple of those requirements as saint said. If you're not doing anything particularly...

And you are sure that it's not simply that whatever you're watching is simply not being streamed in 1080p?

What's your internet like? If your internet doesn't meet the requirements you aren't going to be able to play higher quality videos.

I don't know what OS you were using, but: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 That is the bootable USB download for Win 10. Also be aware that as you were using a laptop, you likely had an OEM version of Windows, and likely do not know what the activation code was...

Unless your friends are logged in via your computer that is not your fault. If you've gone to quite a few sites that have malware, I suggest you get an anti-virus and anti-malware software that allows you to clear your machine of those potential things, as they can be very very harmful. The...

Would need to know what your laptop is to answer that one.

Are you certain it's using that in games? A speed test likely wouldn't detect that, as laptops switch constantly between your iGPU and dGPU. Would be willing to bet that a speed test is simply detecting hardware and cross-referencing other benchmarks using x CPU and y GPU to tell you if your rig...

Many if not all pre-builts use OEM versions of Windows. I'm not 100% if it'll show OEM on this--but if you put the HDD back into the old machine and type "information" in your search bar it should bring up your system info. The first thing listed should be the version of Windows, but I'm not...

Did you buy a pre-built or did you custom build the machine? Edit: Talking about the machine you pulled the drive from.

It refuses to boot from it even if you go into your BIOS->tell it that boot priority goes through the WD blue?

If it's attached, the best you might be able to do would be to go into your device settings on the tablet and see if you can configure any settings on the keyboard. If you can do anything with the keyboard, it's going to be in your device settings.

This is very vague... I'm assuming you're talking about mobile device? You can't really disable a touchpad... it's how the user interacts with the device. If you want a brick, then go for it. Otherwise, leave it alone. As for the sim card, can't know without more information. A lot of mobile...

There is a simple way to fix it, unfortunately both have drawbacks. 1) Custom fan curve. Obvious drawback already stated. 2) Watercool it. Drawback being money. If I were you, I would've expected as you did to get high temps out of it, but I also would've expected to set a custom fan curve on...

Well, I'd say you should do it then, given that you were already looking at getting something to increase performance, and this way you get an essentially free way to do so whilst maintaining the portability that you get to enjoy with a laptop.

Huh. Alright, true. With a 1080, 4k60 wouldn't be 100% reachable, but you would definitely get playable framerates out of it. QHD would be a much better bet. You likely wouldn't be getting 100+frames on QHD with the 1080 either, but definitely over 60. That all depends on the game, though, some...