Recent content by buzznut

Is AMD deliberately trying to make the 5700XT obsolete already?

Just yesterday I saw a couple of posts on a FB hardware enthusiast group where a couple of folks were bad mouthing Oloy memory, as if it was a given you are going to have problems. (Well duh, its Oloy memory, LOL) Largely I would suggest many issues with compatibility can be attributed to...

Sorry, I inserted the images not knowing how tiny they would be. The ADATA SSD is 128GB, it is 31% full. It is rated for 1800 Read/850 Write but I am getting 661/446 in crystaldiskmark. I'll try the photo one more time... View...

I have been testing my NVMe SSD and the performance is really poor. I have a feeling its not the SSD itself, but perhaps a driver issue or something. Here's the specs: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M mobo AMD Athlon 200GE GTX 1060 3 GB ADATA NVMe XPG Gammix S10 SSD Windows 10 X64 EVGA 750 W PSU I've...

..which means that the actual price will be about $100 more, with limited supplies, coming straight from nVidia's playbook. Have fun NOT enjoying the new tech.

Well, I don't know about your country but usually I would recommend looking for a bundle to save costs. In lieu of that, for around $400US you could get an A-320 or B350 AMD board (50-60), and a Ryzen 3 2200G ($100) which has a surprisingly capable graphics chip on the CPU. Get a decent uATX...

Yes, I'd suspect the mobo header. When those damn things don't stay put its really frustrating. Heatglue is fairly safe, case builders use it all the time. But here is what I do when the problem presents itself. I will take the 2 pin header on the mobo that's giving me fits and I will...

I suspect your motherboard, it sounds like issues I've had previously. Some motherboards I've owned previously have had problems with sleep, or coming out of sleep. Also I had one board that worked fine every other time it booted, for instance I turn it on, it attempts to boot then turns off...

It would help to know more about your system, the stuttering could be any number of things. CPUID Hardware Monitor can tell you quite a bit about CPU and GPU usage, its a small download and a small footprint in terms of system resources. https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

WIN 10 neccesity: From Start button, click "settings." type in the search box, "control panel." Click on search result. When control panel comes up, move cursor to the control panel icon at the bottom of desktop. (taskbar) Right click the icon and "pin to taskbar" You may want to switch the...

ummm. It seems to me the tests show The Grizzly Kryonaut is the best solution for non-permanent metal liquid options. Yes, its only a couple of degrees, but it clearly is superior to most other pastes. I agree that most TIM compounds are very similar, the evidence shown here is proof of that...

Yes, exactly as I said 2 weeks ago Ethereum mining is inadvisable. There are other coins that remain profitable, however I have always made more money from trading. So I am still hashing away at Zcash, and will be using my coins in trade until it is doubled, tripled, etc. However, there is a...

Oh man, I love EK!! I am experiencing more problems with mobo mosfet cooling these days when employing water blocks on the CPU. Kinda like how video cards now have to have Vreg cooling, a universal block on the GPU core just isn't enough. Its a bit pricey, but no one else is doing it.

Was hoping to pick up a 470 on the cheap, but Newegg has not lowered the prices on the 470 and 480. Which they need to do. So I will wait until prices settle down. As far as the "new" cards go, a lot of the appeal for the 470 and 480 was lower power consumption while still performing very well...

If you don't water cool then it probably doesn't make sense. I think that some people might grab a non-reference card in hopes that a couple of months down the road they can pony up the $150 for a full cover block and backplate. Perhaps more likely is an EVGA fan who takes advantage of the...