Recent content by beginner191

Actually it just the capacitor or ic blown around the audio boost feature on the motherboard, but still the motherboard is safe to use right? I can still start up the computer, but I could risk destroying my other hardware, if my motherboard goes wrong. I better rma it

Thanks for replying all of you, I going to send the motherboard back to manufacturer and see what I can do, hopefully they give me a new one or I have to pay another 150 dollars to buy a new motherboard, missing screws is fine right?

Hello recently I brought a z97m gaming motherboard, to replace my older motherboard so i build my own pc, my system could not start up(boot half a second and turns off again problem), so I sent my whole pc to the pc technician, at first it was fine, he checking for my motherboard, then he...

thanks all of you for taking your time to answer my question :), i getting samsung 850 evo soon, so i guess that 10gb/s feature is out of hands for me? unless i gonna use any storage media that has m2 or sata express with the card to be mounted on my motherboard pcix 4x slot?

hello everyone, i just brought a z97m gaming motherboard and i was wondering what is this m.2 to sata express optional feature on my motherboard. Is it some kind of connector you plug in your sata 3 cables to achieve 10gb/s? it doesn't come with the motherboard so i guessing you have to buy it...

hello :) originally i posted this question on overclocking section but since no one replied to me i guess i post here to see if there any more help. But anyway, i wanted to change/upgrade my i5 4460 to i5 4960k, but i heard that non-k cpu are unable to overclock, i don't know if that true. also...

bump, anyone? please help i can't decide that should i buy or not.

or maybe i save up for i7 in the future plus a z87 motherboard. i saw in some forums, you need z87 motherboard for true overclocking. i don't know if that is true

hello :) i thinking of changing/upgrading my i5 4460 to i5 4690k and i own a motherboard msi b85 g41, is it designed for maximum overclocking? so i can overclock with no problems? i heard in some forums that B motherboard is not made for overclocking. but i read my guide motherboard book and it...

hello :), i just brought a pc build with gtx 970 msi brand card, i noticed that my fans turns on after 15 sec and both fans turn off? is this some kind of feature? worried that my card might overheat

hello guys :), I was wondering if a cpu i5 4460 at 3.2ghz would be enough to handle a high end powerful graphics card gtx 970? I heard in some forums, cpu will bottleneck/slow down their gpu if the standard is not matched. is this true?