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    i5 7200U with SSD or i5 8250U with HDD?

    i'm from india looking to buy a laptop around 50000 rupees ($750-$800). problem is most upper mid range laptops being sold in US are either extremely overpriced or not available in India. i finally narrowed my search down to two laptops. 1) Lenovo ideapad 320s Intel i5 8250U...
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    how to i set weboot antivirus to automatically initiate scan when i insert any removable media?

    i recently purchased webroot secure anywhere antivirus. im really happy with its light weight without sacrificing protection. but i observed when i plug in any usb webroot does not scan it. the usb shield is on yet why doesn't it scan it automatically? wouldn't this be a problem if the pendrive...
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    can i access my pendrive when my antivirus is scanning it?

    my eset smart security scans any external device when i connected to my pc. now when its scanning my pendrive, during the process, is it safe to access my pendrive, open documents, run programs in it or wait for the scan to finish, clean any Trojans, if any, and then proceed?
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    why i5 with no hyperthreading outperforms i3 with hyperthreading?

    i3 is a dual core CPU with 4 threads i.e two threads per core. i5 also has 4 threads but a quad core CPU, one thread per core. then how is i5 faster?
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    why amd fx processors are behind intel core CPU's with respect to single core performance?

    for example lets take fx 4300. it has six cores, six threads. whereas i3 6100 has two cores 4 threads. on paper amd is superior to intel in almost every aspect. yet why is i3 far superior in performance especially in single-core. what makes amd slow despite the more number of cores and threads...
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    does intel i3 6100 have hyperthreading?

    i3 6100 has 4 threads as per the official website. i3 being a dual core, does that mean it can handle two threads per core giving an illusion of quad core CPU to programs? if this is true then the processor does support hyperthreading right?
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    best GPU for intel pentium g4400

    im building a budget pc and expecting a decent gaming experience. i've chosen a pentium g4400 and a h110 chipset motherboard from gigabyte. now my question is which is the best GPU i can pair up with the processor without any word for bottleneck? my monitor's resolution is 1440x900. is gtx 960 a...
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    is it safe to open usb flash drive during scan?

    i have eset smart security installed on y pc. the moment i plug in any flash drive it starts scanning it automatically. now during this scanning process is it safe to access my pendrive and open files?