Recent content by cctaylor88

Out of curiosity when you state "don't accept ANY of the Microsoft stuff" what exactly do you mean? What stuff? "do not set up Windows 10 using a Microsoft account" Not exactly sure what is meant here? I'm just going to make a new account profile etc right? I want a clean install

I plan on saving all of my files/documents on another device. So I want to perform a like new clean install. Is my best option to "Reset this PC" under the "Recovery" tab of the Control Panel? On a separate USB I plan on creating Windows 10 installation media, do I have to format the USB in...

I have no clue how to do this and all of the results google yields are old it seems. I need to portforward specifically for xbox games pass on Windows. Apparently I need the 3074 ports? And I'm hitting dead ends. I'm at the screen to add a new virtual server (or port I assume) and its asking...

EDIT:I'm finding when I reboot my PC I may get some vast improvement (going up to 150-500 Megabits) but then after a few minutes I'm once again crawling along. For example I'm now connected directly to the modem, just did a reboot and got 153 down, now 5min later I got 4 down..

I went from ~400 Megabits per second to ~5. I'm pulling my hair out. My ISP is WOW (Wide Open West) of course there is nothing on their end, no outages, no help offered. I have reset both my modem and router several times. The only thing that has changed recently was me updating Windows 10 (I...

I'm planning on doing a little upgrading to my computer as I have a bit of extra cash laying around. The good people on these forums have convinced my that purchasing an SSD is well worth the money so I will go ahead and purchase an SSD for sure. But, I am also considering buying a new CPU and...

Well I honestly don't even know where to begin, as I have never even attempted to overclock before. The only thing that may be a problem is that I don't have any "aftermarket" cooling or heat sinks, but I don't want to do anything crazy as far as the overclocking goes. Just want to squeeze out...

So I will be running two seperate kits of ram and I was wondering if everything would be compatible as well as run at full capacity/potential. I currently have in my computer 2x2gb planks of g.skill ram (I will provide links below) and just purchased 2x4gb planks of g.skill ram that will soon...

Okay sounds simple enough, I only have one DVD disc drive and the main C: hard drive in my PC...I should have free mobo and power plugs then right

Not really now.. my pc is right next to my TV. I want to watch movies on my TV and store them somewhere seprate. Also..about how many HD movies can 500GB hold

Also..does both the data wire and power wire from the internal hard drive plug into the motherboard? I have 1 CD-DvD drive and the master HDD in my computer...will I have extra plugs just lying around like people say?

I really need to purchase some form of storage for the movies, torrents, etc I have been downloading..some suggest external HDs others suggest making my own external (enclosure/internals) and then many say just add another internal HDD. Is it as easy as they say? I mean..you slide it into an...

Yes my computer has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 w/two slots...as I recall both DVI. My TV has about 5 hdmi inputs (no mini) and an analog input..and then a few choices for audio as well. My TV has no DVI however...so what do I do with the DVI into 2 DVI cord you posted above? Thanks so far

Ive been creeping on here for about two days now and it seems like an active community so I decided to join! Pretty new to the PC world as an actual intelligent member. I have gamed for numerous years and used to be hardcore into StarCraft 2 (still follow the pro events/gamers), WoW, GW2...

Im not 100% sure if this is the correct place to post this as I am very confused with these forums as of right now. I want to stream media from my computer tower (located directly next to my television) to my HDTV. The problem is this...I am currently running dual monitors and the 2 slots that...