Recent content by byss66

I built this machine (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/byss66/saved/Kpchyc) a couple years ago and all has been fine up until about a month ago. My GPU, a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS, has been hitting 85-86 degrees Celsius when playing games. It doesn't seem to matter which games I...

If I were to choose the "Fractal Design Define S2 White – TG" case, should i get extra fans over just whatever is included and the CPU fan? It says it comes with three but has 9 slots. I've never done liquid cooling, so I'm wondering if that's better than the case fans, or if both together is...

There's a flagged compatibility issue: "The Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler may require a separately available mounting adapter to fit the Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard.". Any idea what that adapter would be?

Hi all, So I'm familiar with what hardware pieces do and how they work together and how to build a PC, but I haven't built a PC in 4 years and haven't kept up with the parts. I'm looking for a PC that can do gaming of all types that can run 95% of games on ultra high settings without issue, as...

Hey folks, I'm trying to help my sister upgrade her family desktop so her teenage sons can play more games on it. They're wanting to play Overwatch, and finding their current PC lacking. I know enough about PCs to have put them together, but I'm not sure how to figure out what components will...

I built my PC with advice from here almost three years ago on a budget (~$900) and want to upgrade some things starting now to keep it from going too out-of-date. Here's what I have now: Mobo: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 (MS-7721) CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core Processor (3.8 GHz) Video Card: AMD...

I built my own PC once over a decade ago, but got out of the gaming scene (plus into jobs that use Macs...) so I have no real experience with building a machine anymore. Not that I had much to begin with, obviously. I've been reading Maximum PC online and playing around with a budget system...