Recent content by amidoo89

Hey there, Just recently bought a used Alienware 17 from a friend, i7 4910mq at 4.1Ghz. He replaced the thermal paste for both cpu and gpu (can't remember what he used). At idle I'm around 50-60 °C and while gaming, or sometimes just copying large files, the cpu temperature fluctuates a lot...

I found a pretty good deal on a samsung evo, no proof of purchase though because gift to seller. Would that be an issue if I were to rma it one day?

I actually bought a used pc, but the seller gave me the receipt for the ssd. I didnt have any data on it thankfully. Will see with the vendor. thanks.

Thank you for confirming my thougths.

Hi! So my pc was running fine until i turned it on this morning and got the famous "Reboot or Insert boot media" message. I have an Asus rampage IV extreme by the way, I have a kingston V300 that is working fine and another HDD The ocz, on which I had my OS, is no longer detected in the BIOS...

Ok I will ask him if he can do that on his own, not sure he can though, but will give it a try until I go back there. So for the RAM issue you think it is not a compatibility issue ? 3Dmark11 detected the 570 wouldn't that mean it is connected via the gpu and not the onboard video ?

So I went to check out this used computer to find out not all 8GB are read, but only 6GB. I swapped them all, booted with only one dimm, using all four of them, so I know the dimms are ok. The slots are shown as populated in the bios but total memory is shown as 6GB. The weird thing is that...

There are 4 memory sticks. I might upgrade the video card to a 770 whenever I have the money, however for now memory is a priority. I did a quick search a used 570 sells for about 100ish euros. So if I were to upgrade to a 770 and add up to 32GB of RAM, you still think that is a good deal ? And...

Hello all, this is my first post here!! I am looking at buying this used system, according to the owner it is one year old, processor has never been overclocked. I am new to all this, this would be my first custom pc purchase ever, but I have a more than average knowledge when it comes to...