Recent content by BRANDON DAVIS

Hmpf. So going with AMD 83xx processors my last two support-centered workstations (2013/2015) turned out to be a pretty good choice for the unforeseen future after all, eh? (Note. My PC use is primarily multi-tasking, not gaming, and is generally informed by budget constraints and the SSD...

I keep randomly losing sound on my workstation, and it's driving me nuts. Self built PC in early 2016 (building PCs since the '80's, so this ain't my first rodeo lol) and relevant-to-the-discussion components are a Gigabyte GA-990FX-Gaming mainboard (introduced Jan 2016) feeding into a...

I upgraded from a 1020 to a 950 on Saturday last plus one (11/28) ...sort of: I'm keeping the 1020's too. Significant upgrade. The phone is way better than the reviews (well, for WP peeps). ...and the iris scan is very cool. But the 950 in general is an incremental-through-significant...

This is just a follow up to my previous answer ...I listed instruction on how you need to set your mainboard fan settings in the following thread. http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1967973/thermaltake-nic-dual-fan-issue.html#12429049 ...but basically, you need to be able to disable the...

Solved ...solved it myself. The following instructions are specific to the Gigabyte GA-990FXA UD3 v4 mainboard (but the general principal is probably applicable to other mainboards). Power down, and plug the NiC C4 (which use a Y'ed 3 pin connector with a "VR" fan speed knob to power both push...

I found this pretty useful when I was deciding on a PSU: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp And this scored PSU list was slightly less useful, but I paid attention to it too: http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx But you might be more interested in this (depending...