Recent content by CAaronD

One hour of painstaking blowing, and I think I have a new computer, lol. I used a toothbrush to clean my CPU heatsink and it really seemed to work? I hope that was alright? The temperatures really have dropped though. All my games now run 10-15C cooler on average. No longer sitting on 80c+ :) I...

Alright. Thanks so much for the help, guys! I'll give it a go now!

Thanks! Sounds like a plan! But won't the dust fly around and then settle back? Should I unplug my PC and bring it outdoors to do that?

Also, I've lost my tube of thermal paste, so uhhh. Am I done for?

Recently my PC has been experiencing unusually high temperatures. I scanned for malware, as I thought it might have been some mining program or something in the background. But there was nothing. Then I checked for dust, as I haven't cleaned my PC for one and a half years. And I found my CPU...

Always thought Hitman was better at these sort of things. I guess I was wrong. Malwarebytes detected 6,000 threats and removed em all. Internet is great now. Thanks!

Recently I've been having some really annoying get rich quick audio playing in the background of some random pages I visit. I suspected adware, so I ran a scan on Hitman Pro, and it detected more than a thousand suspicious files, but ignored every single one of them...

Hmm, after checking HWMonitor, my CPU runs at 80C during "world boss" fights or something like that? You can check my components by clicking on my profile. I use the stock cooler. Is that alright? Are these temperatures bad for my CPU?

I've never heard my PC sound like a car engine before. That is until my brother played Guild Wars 2. My PC is able to run most games fine, e.g. Crysis 3, Witcher, MGSV, Far Cry4, and the temperatures don't even get as hot as when playing GW2. I quickly asked him what he was doing when I heard...

After an hour of updating drivers, rolling back drivers, adjusting settings, google searching, I finally fixed it. I just realized that I was on maximum settings, lol. I had my TXAA turned to 4x. I have no idea who turned that on. It was always on SMAA Sorry for my ignorance. I was beginning...

I haven't been on the game in about 5 months. Today I decided to launch it back up. I am running it on max settings 1080p, and previously was able to achieve a constant 60 FPS with drops to only 50. But now when I play, I am getting frames of a constant 30-40 with drops to 20 FPS on the same...

With your CPU, no. Your GPU, paired with a better CPU, could run it on ultra smoothly at that resolution.

I would know that a good mouse is EXTREMELY important in FPS gaming. When I switched from a stock dell mouse to a Logitech G502, my average score in Counter Strike:GO nearly TRIPLED. But how would a better keyboard help? From what I've seen, Mechanical Keyboards seem to be quite important...

Your GPU will have NO problem running it on max at that resolution. RAM is fine. But that processor bottlenecks your GPU. You should change your CPU sometime. Your CPU barely meets the minimum requirements. I suppose you could.