Recent content by ChristianO

No, I haven't actually. I was unaware that this was a thing - can you educate me on this?

Yes, I forgot to include that in my list. I’ve reset the BIOS to default settings which still led to the black screens. After the default settings I updated the BIOS to the latest and still am having issues. The errors began after installing the NVME drive. My next step is to remove it to see...

As the title states - for the past few weeks I have been experiencing random restarts / black screen in Windows 10 while gaming or consuming media. This doesn't occur when idle, as I have let my PC run at idle for hours just to test this theory. I have tried to replicate this error and nothing...

Mostly gaming, I believe. Possibly streaming at one point, but I am sure the person will use it primarily for gaming. The monitor is 1440p which is why I wanted to go with a 2070 S, I found one for $1k which puts the total price around $2,500, although I feel like it would be better to wait...

The only reason I went SATA SSD over Nvme is because of the test performance benchmarks it isn't enough for the extra money, especially when trying to get it around/under $2,500 total. I also did not even realize I put the 10600K, I swapped it over to the i5-10400 since the person I am building...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zZ8Zy4 The idea is to keep it under $2,500. I figured waiting it out until GPU prices are back to normal, but I don't know how long that will be. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated! I did find a 2070 super for around 1k so I think that will put me in the...

Title. What do you guys think about this build? (For someone else!) Normally I review everything and compare but due to COVID I’m homeschooling my kids and then going to college myself so I can’t review anything! https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vTCpXv

Yeah, that's true. Definitely something to look for on Cyber Monday. I'm not worried about spending more, I'm stable with some extra spending money so I'm not worried, just didn't expect to spend more bc I didn't even think about the CPU. I'm glad you brought it up.

The issue may be the PSU in the first place so it'll need to be replaced.

I ju Yeah, ideally I originally planned to spend around 300 for a new Mobo, ram, and PSU. I didn't originally plan on buying a CPU But this leaves the PSU to be upgraded too. I originally did not plan to spend more than 300 since the CPU is fine (it works) and it's just the PSU and Mobo...

I'm not looking to increase frame rate, slight performance increase is cool but I'm already running games like outer worlds or modern warfare at 1440p ultra with great frames. I just wanna fix the instability issue with new parts, and this is a great way to warrant new components lol

I'm want to preface this by saying I've bee out of the loop for years when it comes to PC building. I've been having issues with stability - random shutdowns and restarts. All signs point to hardware failure and stress tests won't recreate the issue. All my parts were purchased and installed...

That was exactly my thinking behind it. It was nice to hear it from someone else, I appreciate the response and I'll definitely be taking a look at the link you posted. Hopefully I can resolve this issue!

I should have specified, my apologies. It occurs most often with gaming, however, it has happened a number of times when I'm just browsing online with only chrome open, which is why I'm at a loss. It'll happen outside of gaming as well, but yet stress tests are fine. My PSU: NZXT Technologies...

I've been having constant issues with my system, I can't seem to pinpoint the root of the problem. I want to say it's a combination of the motherboard and PSU, as they're both around 6 years old. The only new part in my system would be the RTX 2060 which I've had since launch, with no issues...