Recent content by boostedturbo

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    GPU Crashes - Fans Speed Up

    Try rendering in Zbrush, if it crashes, you have found your problem, it is the ram.
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    GPU Crashes - Fans Speed Up

    Question does your rendering software utilize your ram or just your GPU? If it utilizes only your gpu, than I would say your ram is shot that is why your games are lagging out... If it utilizes your ram than I would say your gpu is shot...
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    Will an i5 650 bottleneck a gtx 580?

    You should be fine, a little outdated for hard gaming, but you should be just fine. You might need to tweak games setting to get them optimal for this set up.
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    Will an i5 650 bottleneck a gtx 580?

    http://thebottlenecker.com/bottleneck-calculator/
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    Need help with an upgrade!!!

    You won't be playing BF1 with this pc any time soon, but you do have tons of upgrade potential with it :) You will need more Ram, a better cpu, and maybe a better gpu to play modern games at medium settings...
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    GTA Graphics/Frame Rate Issue

    That is probably your problem... Your HDD can't send bytes fast enough for your OS and game at the same time.... Try buying a $50 ssd, and putting your OS on it...
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    GTA Graphics/Frame Rate Issue

    Do you have an HDD or SSD or both?
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    Need help with an upgrade!!!

    So you need a new case? In that case here is what I would do... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($67.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3HP Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.88 @ OutletPC) Memory: Patriot 4GB...
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    Screen goes black while playing games

    Sounds like you fried your GPU....
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    Need help with an upgrade!!!

    SO just to recap, your CPU will be about the same, the GPU is like 240% better, the motherboard is a lot better as well, your ram is faster (but you will have less so upgrade in the future for another stick), and your power supply is the best at that wattage :D For $250 it will be really hard...
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    Need help with an upgrade!!!

    250 bucks and a better pc than you have??? DONE! PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rmGk7h Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rmGk7h/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($67.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Gigabyte...
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    Help me build a rig

    Hats off for the crappy over priced server guys :)
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    Help me build a rig

    Here is my dream pc :p **CPU** | [Intel Xeon E5-2699 V3 2.3GHz 18-Core OEM/Tray Processor]| $3410.46 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BL 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler] | $299.99 @ Newegg Marketplace **Motherboard** | [ASRock X99 WS-E/10G EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard] | $655.99 @ SuperBiiz...
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    Best RX 480 Brand

    For england I have no clue, but Amazon is cheaper than New Egg in america so try Amazon...
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    Help me build a rig

    WHat! 960pro is like 1000x faster and betterer! Its all in the name pro dude! And you need 64gb of ram to run farmville....