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    1. Overclocking & Hardware

      General technical discussion of topics not covered by the other forums.
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    2. Troubleshooting Help

      Problem with your PC? Ask here!
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      Latest: No 2K/4K avail on 6500XT issue vladtepes, Feb 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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    3. Newbie Lounge

      Flame-free zone for people who are new to hardware and overclocking. No question too stupid, nothing taken for granted. Please read back in the forum and see if your question was already asked (and answered) recently. Non-newbie threads and threads on specific topics should be posted in an appropriate forum below. Troubleshooting or help threads should be posted in the Troubleshooting Help forum.
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      Latest: 4090 v 5080, early thoughts HobartTas, Feb 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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    1. Modding

      Improving the functionality or looks of your PC.
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      Latest: What have you done to your PC today? Sankari, Feb 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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    2. Hobby Engineering

      Discuss CNC Mills, Laser Cutters, 3D Printers, etc, and the projects involved in building with these devices.
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      Latest: 3D Printer General Chat Defyant, Feb 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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    3. Electronics & Electrics

      If ohmly I could resist those capacitors..
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      Latest: Notes on replacing a corsair SP2500 PSU admiralranga, Feb 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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    4. Extreme and Water Cooling

      Watercooling, phase-change etc. AIRCOOLERS GO IN OC&HW!
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    5. Business & Enterprise Computing

      Star-trekkin', across the univ.. no, wait.
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    6. PC Audio

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    7. Networking, Telephony & Internet

      LAN's and WAN's and fixed line phones.
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    8. Video Cards & Monitors

      Video chipsets, cards, screens etc.
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      Latest: Nvidia 5000 series IzzyBlues, Feb 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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    9. Storage & Backup

      Keep your data safe and speedy..
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      Latest: Set up Acronis on Laptop mareke, Feb 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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    10. Memory

      Tasty DIMMs & SIMMs. SDR, DDR, DDR2 etc.
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      Latest: Memory on 870e motherboards Hotrod2go, Feb 1, 2025
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    11. Portable & Small Form Factor

      Laptops, notebooks, PDAs, SFF's, mini-barebones, etc
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      Latest: Framework Modular Laptop teej, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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    12. Retro & Arcade

      Love Retro Machines and old Arcade Machines/Games? This is the place to discuss it.
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    1. Intel x86 CPUs and chipsets

      Discussion of Intel's chipset and CPU products..
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    2. AMD x86 CPUs and chipsets

      Athlons, Durons and Hammers, oh my!
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      Latest: Ryzen™ 9000 Series Discussion Kelvin, Feb 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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    3. Apple Desktop Hardware/Software

      PowerMac, iMac, OS X, etc
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    4. Other CPUs and chipsets

      Discussion of VIA, ARM, MIPS, etc
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    1. Windows Operating Systems

      All turn towards Redmond and bow..
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      Latest: Clone my m.2 nvme windows ssd ni9ht_5ta1k3r, Feb 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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    2. Other Operating Systems

      *ix, *BSD, BeOS, Palm.. etc.
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    3. PC Games

      Gotta use all that PC grunt for something, right?
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    4. Programming & Software Development

      10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”; 20 GOTO 10
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    5. Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Mining

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    6. General Software

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    1. Audio Visual

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    2. Game Consoles

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    3. Geek Food

      Yummy, quick and easy to make!
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    4. Graphic Design & Digital Art

      Digital Art, Illustration, Painting, and Graphic Design – Let’s get creative!
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    5. Holidays & Travel

      Jet-settin' about
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    6. Live Streaming & Content Creation

      Ha ha! I'm using the Internet!
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    7. Mobile Phones & Devices

      Ring ring, bling bling.
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      Latest: Samsung S25 Ultra January 25. Kookooburra, Feb 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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    8. Musicians

      Learning, playing and writing music.
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      Latest: OCAU Guitar Players Club 3 ndt, Feb 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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    9. Other Toys/Hobbies

      RC toys, hobbies etc, that don't fit anywhere else.
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    10. Pets & Animals

      Big'n'little critters.
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    11. Photography & Video

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    12. Science

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