Recent content by aplipinski

Hey all. I would really appreciate some input from some veteran computer engineers out there. I am a sophomore in college and I just decided to switch my major of secondary education into something computer related. The problem is, I don't know what is out there. I only just developed a passion...

Alright rewind haha. Copper base of what and nickel of who? Can you explain that to me real quick?

Just as the title states. Anyone know what a good/compatible water block might be for the MSI H110 Gaming Micro ATX board. I didn't see a cpu cooling category so I put it here. I am just beginning my research into liquid cooling and could use some help. Thanks!

Final question and you've been a big help so thanks. But if I go with the 1440p and find that I'm dropping into the choppy, I would rather put my nerves through a shredder, kind of gameplay, couldn't I just drop the resolution to the 1080 then run ultra?

Yeah but I don't think I would ever want to drop under 60hz. Isn't 60 standard? My concern is that higher end games would start to get laggy and I would have to reduce quality. So I guess the real question should have been is it better to have 1440p on medium settings, and do you think it would...

Looking to upgrade my monitor. I spent more than I should've on my PC so I had to get by with a 720p 32in TV for a bit. I am running a gtx 970 ssc 4gig and want to know if it is okay to go with a 1440p 60hz monitor or should I stick with a 1080p at 144h? I am not a super competitive gamer so the...

Hello all. I am looking for a good low cost 1440p 144hz monitor. I would like to cut costs by passing on gsync or free sync. However google searches are tough to pick through. Anyone out there who went the same route and has any suggestions?

Oh! that brings me to one last question. How do you think a gtx 970 would fair on a 1440p screen? Or a 4K?

I've heard people say turn off or on vsync to increase performance, but I've no idea what it is. Any info just to help educate me? Also in your opinion is getting a smaller monitor that can display all 1080 during intense gaming worth it?

This is going to be a long post but I would love some help if you all could hear me out. I built my very first PC about a month ago and I love it. However I am wanting to make sure I did it all right. My biggest concern is my cpu bottlenecking my gpu. I don't know anything about this subject but...

I second his question. It all depends on what you're playing. Also be careful reusing old power supplies. If it is pretty recent you will be fine. As far as the other components go, pick a nice ssd, it is well worth the money. They are whisper quiet and faster. If you can't afford 500gigs of ssd...

In my opinion, what you have just described my good sir is a lot of the Bethesda games. Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4 (though I personally have not played it.) I've clocked well over 100 hours on those games and I still find myself enjoying them. There is always new content I am finding...

Here might be a fun one for some of you out there. My girlfriends birthday is coming up and we are getting pretty serious. Serious enough to where I am buying two copies of games and guilting her into playing with me (she is a keeper.) Her issue is she doesn't have a mouse, just a silly...

Hey all! I just completed my very first gaming build. I have never owned anything so capable and I am just through the roof with excitement. I wanted to see what my gpu was really capable of so I ran Valley Benchmark on ultra. The temperature reached 80c after running it for a few minutes...

So I am building my first gaming rig and in my cart I have Windows 10. I believe it comes in disk form but to be honest I am not really sure. Regardless, I am not buying an optical drive because I am trying to save money and really I don't use disks that often anymore. However I do have just a...