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Try hitting ctrl+alt+delete at that screen. My work laptop does that sometimes but that fixes it and brings it to the login screen. If it keeps happening then disabling hibernation should fix it (even if it's not doing it when you hibernate).

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Now that I ordered new parts, I just realized that I actually never replaced the Mobo, RAM and CPU so I don't know how my Windows installation will take it. I know for a new GPU you need to remove previous drivers. I assume it's the same thing for the other parts? Maybe reinstalling Windows will be better? My startup times has increased ever since I upgraded to Windows 10 so it might be a good excuse to give a reinstall a try and wipe everything on my OS drive.

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Is there anything I should be aware of when thinking about upgrading my graphics card?

 

In my example, I'm still running on my motherboard from over two years ago and haven't upgraded anything since. I'm looking at the 1060 series from Nvidia and I've read that most brands you can get a 1060 will be a good choice.

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So two questions:

 

1. Would it still be a problem keeping my older CPU for modern gaming? It seems that when people look into a 1060, they've been getting the Intel Core i5-6600 series processor alongside it. The problem is that those are LGA 1151 whereas my mobo is LGA 1150 socket. If I remember correctly, the CPU doesn't greatly affect gaming so long as you have a competent one for higher processing. I guess that's why on Titanfall 2's Recommended specs they say Intel Core i5-6600 or equivalent.

 

Not sure if I'm getting the game yet, but have been considering it. https://www.titanfall.com/en_us/news/pc-specs/

 

2. I see most of the 1060 variants have a trend of giving you a DVI-D, HDMI, and three DisplayPort. There is one from Asus where it's two HDMI and two DisplayPort and they say it's so you can have HDMI for both your monitor and VR headset. If I did get into VR, do the headsets require HDMI to be connected into them?

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Yeah, if your CPU still rocks modern games it should be fine. I'm on a GTX760 with a ...I think i5-2500, and still doing well. If it starts aging you can always upgrade your mobo n CPU down the line n transplant your GPU over.

 

As for VR headsets, Vive supports HDMI n Displaypot. I imagine others are the same http://www.vive.com/eu/ready/

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I couldn't turn on my PC this morning; the button simply does nothing. When I turn off and unplug my PSU, then plug it back in and turn the PSU on (with the PSU rocker switch; I don't touch the power button on the tower), my computer's fans start whirring for maybe 5 seconds and then everything dies and the power button on my tower still does nothing. I have not had time to troubleshoot this, but my gut instinct is that my PSU died. Anyone think differently?

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Definitely a power button short, as it stays on if I manually short the pins the switch hooks into. But now the computer doesn't appear to post and I get no system beeps because I disconnected and lost the cheap system speaker ages ago. Just ordered one and a new switch on Amazon. I suspect the wonky power switch fucked with the CMOS.

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Unless you intend to overclock, and it's more than a "eh I might overclock down the line", don't bother with the K series. (unless things have changed and they don't have the K series as the "unlocked" chips anymore).

6-series is the newest. Check out benchmarks n see if it's 20% better to be worth 20% extra price.

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