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    Logitech g933 vs astro a40 (Gaming, Streaming & Vidéo Editing)

    My son had a set of $355 Sennhesiers. He's a 6-2" and when gaming, every time he stood up, he'd tear them off as the wire wasn't as long as he was. Eventually the wire pulled out and he had them sent in for repair. He bought a G930 to use in the meantime and the Sennheisers have been...
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    MSI Stealth Pro or Gigabyte Aero 14

    AFAIK, Gigabyte doesn't make a laptop, tho I dunno who makes it for them. Like just about everyone else (MSI is an exception) , they have it made for them by someone else. The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based Original Design...
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    MSI Stealth Pro or Gigabyte Aero 14

    The more battery life ya want, the more the laptop will weigh The more performance ya want, the more the laptop will weigh 3 hours in performance gaming is a fantasy.
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    How can I find out who's ringing my number and hanging up

    1. Call the phone company and report harassment. 2. They will often tell you to call police
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    New laptop seems held back by something.

    In past years, there were some pretty significant differences between the performance of mobile and desktop GPUs... today that difference is small but it's still there. here's what you should be getting https://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.13849.0.html Call...
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    Solved! Gaming laptop selection + for college

    We have all our lappies custom built by Clevo distributors and save quite a bit of money while getting a better product by doing so. Unfortunately, I guess the Euro market doesn't go for custom built as much as NA, and distributors are getting scarce. Clevo will make you lappies with up to...
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    What is the best free Antivirus/Malware? (Avast vs Total AV)

    https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/ Avast Free AntiVirus 17.4 scored 5.0 / 5.0 on detection in last test (June) w/ Win 10 Protection against 0-day malware attacks, inclusive of web and e-mail threats (Real-World Testing) = 100% Detection of widespread and prevalent malware...
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    Am i alright from the CCleaner backdoor?

    see home page http://www.tomshardware.com/news/avast-unknowingly-bundled-malware-ccleaner,35477.html No need to uninstall ... first fond out if you have the version in question and if you do, just update it. If you open the program and its a 'baddie', it should prompt you to do so
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    Need help buying laptop ;)

    MERGED QUESTION Question from camthemanzx : "Different Laptop GPUs"
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    Laptop, FPS and 144hz

    MERGED QUESTION Question from mikaelbroberg : "Whats my Options?"
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    Computer wont run .exe files or any files in normal mode

    1. The results using what ? Still using the free stuff or something that is known to catch 100% ? We want to avoid the free versions and use a full fledged subscription type with known ability to catch 100% in successive testing. use the full version of kaspersky internet suite which you can...
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    Computer wont run .exe files or any files in normal mode

    OK, before I suggest other alternatives, let me know what the results were of the other suggestions.
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    Computer wont run .exe files or any files in normal mode

    As for Virus / Malware Scanning , the free ones are pretty good if ya consider that they catch say 98% of the bad things out there, but that 2% means you are only susceptible to 250 bad things, To address the bad stuff concern, download and run a 30 day free trial of Kaspersky or BitDefender...
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    3-cell versus 6-cell batteries for Lenovo

    I would ignore the cells and look at the ampere hour ratings. No of cells only matters when ya know the capacity of the cells in each instance