Recent content by dagz85

I'm building a new comp and want to use my old PSU that was working fine. There was a bit of coil whine on my comp with it when I bought a new 1080 so I swapped it out. Now that i'm building another one i'm thinking about using it again since i'm on a lowish budget. I bought a power supply...

I'm building PC for my gf and need help with some choices. I would like to keep the motherboard under $90-100. I won't be doing any overclocking on it. I5 4460 Memory: Crucial DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148465 ( Upgrading to 16gb later)...

Oh and get this, when I connected a 4pini into the cpu slot, it went on and stayed on. Then I powered it off and it did the same thing again. It's really strange.. Even after I re-arranged my memory once, it stayed on. Then I tried turning it off and putting it back on and it went back to the...

Okay so I got the new motherboard put in but now there's another problem. The computer powers on for a quick second then powers off. I ripped my working PSU and memory out of my working computer (both ddr3) and it still does the same thing. I bought a used board off ebay, so i'm not sure if it's...

HSF was the standard intel one, so it's pretty light. When the PSU fries peoples mobo's/CPU isn't the PSU dead afterwards, or can it still fry it and appear fine afterwards? Have you ever tried powering on a motherboard without a cpu installed? I really hope it's just the mobo. I ordered an MSI...

Thank you for the replies. I don't see any visible damage. I tried re-plugging everything back in and it still doesn't go back on. I also tried replacing the power switch with the reset switch. Is it possible that the motherboard can just be fried then? Also I read somewhere that some mobo's...

Alright so the computer fell about a foot. It was on when it fell and when it was picked up it turned off. It won't turn on at all, not even a slight power up. I got a power supply tester today and the tester showed the PSU as fine and healthy. I'm now in the process of rebuilding it. I ordered...

Hello all, so i'm looking to upgrade my comp a bit. Currently my specs are: two 23" asus monitors Nvidia 660ti I7 4790k 16gb Memory Currently I have $600 credit with dell.com and I can either get a monitor or a video card from them. Currently i'm looking at these options...

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Well it's a small double door closet and the doors will be open for the closet, so the hot air will be blowing out into the hallway. Even if I get better cooling or more fans, same amount of heat will blow out. The only solution I would think is to get a better power supply, but the one I have...

Hey there, my computer is an i7 and I have a gaming case as well. It always generated heat for a while now so my solution is to move the desktop itself into a closet in the hallway outside of the room its in. Basically i'm thinking about buying a usb extension cable then a hub and keeping my...

Thank you, I'll go with the cheaper memory. Going to order the parts tomorrow, hope it all works out good. Thanks a bunch for the help. Really appreciated.

Thank you for a cheaper link. I took a look at your link and noticed that the g.skill is ddr3-1866 vs ddr3 2400mhz. The $70 price hike isn't worth the extra mhz? Eventually in a year or two I might want to pop another one in there for 24GB of memory, unless if it will be overkill at the time...

I don't think I need that big of a ssd. I have a lot of regular storage drives, about 3TB total. Also, how about this memory instead of the 8gb? http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengea...dr3+2400+2x8gb With the memory above and without the ssd, it comes to $645. How about this for a 500gb ssd...

Below is a link to my stuff, along with a Q6600 @ 3ghz and 8gb of memory. Should make things easier for you guys. The oldest thing there is the ssd, everything else was purchased around the same time in early/mid 2013. Thanks for the help. The 970 is nice, but if I can hold onto the 660ti for a...