Recent content by AceMemphis

My mobo is a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. I have tried 2 different 4-pin fans, and I have also tried every configuration in the BIOS auto/silent/manual with .75 to 2.50 PWM value per °C. No matter what setting I choose, the system fan 1 never runs higher than 1000rpm, which is odd because every other...

damn MS you is a cold bitch.... so, at any point, MS could decide to deactivate any microsoft key that I bought from any source other than MS? ... so how does one become a registered refurbisher?

Why is Kinguin the problem? I've used them before. Their key worked for me in the past. Is there anyway of checking to see if a windows CD key is legitimate? Or to check and see if it is in use? And yes, buying licenses from microsoft is much safer but... for $200 (win 10 plus new ssd) I'd be...

USAFRet, you are correct. The laptop was previously installed with windows vista before the HDD died. I bought the windows 10 license from Kinguin.net (i know, i know!) but here's the thing. I've used them before and their keys worked like a charm on my rig I built from scratch. Now...

Hello Tom's Community! I have an old laptop with a broken HDD. I thought I could simply buy a new SSD, purchase a new Win 10 license, and simply install using the Win 10 install guide via usb with the new SSD installed in place of the old HDD. Everything installed correctly, but a short while...

Thanks guys!! xoxoxox

What if I were to swap out the old, rickety HDD for a sleek new SSD? Is that considered a "significant hardware change"?

Howdy! Super quick question. Is it possible to reinstall Windows 10 in a factory computer? For example in an old Dell XPS 8300 that originally had win 7 but upgraded to win 10. I know I'll have to save the drivers and any factory program cd keys that came with the original system, but will the...

Greetings! I have been trying to OC the BCLK of the i3 6100 and have run into some questions that I hope someone may be able to answer for me. Please note this is my first time, so be gentle. First step was changing the bios from version F6g to F5g. (did I need to do this? Or does the F6g...

I hope this thread is in the right place. My main area of question is CPU cooling with the goal of being able to overclock my CPU. For this I want to use the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Heatsink. So far my research tells me it will fit in the OEM case. The trouble I am having is finding out if...

Oooh... Yes, I want to stay as far away from total failure as possible. So you said you recommend Seasonic, Antec or Corsair for my PSU needs? I notice on some sites, hardware has a very large pricing gap. Where one card will be $150, another will be $400. But as far as I can tell, they do the...

Been doing the research. Fairly new to all of this, but always been wanting to learn more. So my question to you fine folks is this, Will the Sapphire HD 7950 run on my Stock XPS 8300's 460w PSU? I've heard a lot of yes and no's but no real definitive answer. The GPU I am looking to purchase...