Hi peeps,

I have a bit of a strange question.... my PC and my girlfriends comp are both plugged into an 8 way surge protector which is plugged into the wall power socket... when im playing games (MOH:Airbourne at the min) she reckons her Pc gets slow... is it possible my Pc is drawing too much power from the wall socket and affecting her Pc??? I have no idea if this is possible and i keep getting moaned at lol

Thanks in advance

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Hey D,

What are the specs of her machine.

Hey Joey, its an Acer aspire t135, 1.7ghz AMD sempron, 1.5gb ram, fx5200 gfx card, 120gb HDD, unknown m/board. We are on the same wireless network too but when im gaming i unplug my usb wireless adaptor, so the only physical link between the two is the mains power, the towers are about 1 feet apart.

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does her PC slow down during any other game play? or when she is playing by herself?

Apparantly its fine for her except when im gaming on my Pc, she uses her Pc for work and internet browsing, usually the same sites, she doesnt download anything, her pc is fully updated, has avg anti virus and SuperAntiSpyware installed so im pretty sure its not an infection of any kind, it just slows when i game!?!?!

well my suggestion would be to move to another socket. or try another surge protector.