Recent content by Chrisweasel1981

Well, if Americans weren't buying. Also when has prohibition ever worked?

It's it normal not to show what the equivalent competing specs should be? This seems odd to me

I ran down the list to troubleshoot it. Amazon has sent a replacement already, and same problem. The RGB on the motherboard lights up, and when I hit the power button, the GPU and the chipset fans fire up for about a second before turning off. The Q-LED's don't turn on to point me in the...

Upon closer inspection, the GPU only spins up right when I start the PC up, and same with the chipset cooler

No sure if this helps, but I have a Ryzen 5 2600 in it

So, I just finished assembling my PC, get it plugged in and turn it on, and then nothing. Fan's start spinning, none of the problem LED lights up, so I turn it off and try to see if I missed anything. I did, the EATX 12V_2. I get that plugged in, reconnect power, and now the motherboard doesn't...

Sorry, been away awhile. Core i5 6400 Gigabyte Z170-HD3P 16GB G.Skill 3000+ Intel SSD 460? RX 570 8GB 650 Watt Silver certified Kind of a generic chassis Windows 10, fully updated. I also installed the OS on another hard drive, and it does the same thing. Once I added the second hard drive...

So, I have a Gigabyte Z170 HD3P, and I recently added a second drive to it, and now, in the middle of gaming, or surfing the internet, or just coming home and my pc will load into the BIOS for no reason. Then I have to go through and set my boot drive to the correct one. But, it will do this...

Well, my 250 is starting to show it's age. It has started to stutter in Pillars of Eternity 2. I mostly play RPG's and even the special edition of Skyrim plays okay on this card, but it's starting to stutter now. I have seen the Ryzen 5 2400g get's pretty good FPS, but wondering if I should just...

So, I just recently bought a Samsung SSD and I can't clone my windows install onto it. And I can't clean install windows onto it, because it isn't formatted. It only gives me 2 formatting options through windows, exFat and NTSF, what should I do?

I need it, lots of issues with everything right now

So, I have been away from needing a bios update for a very long time, and my last board would do it from the Bios. I have the F2 version, and need to update. Any advice on making this easy on me?

Found this motherboard, I have had good luck with open box products in the past http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132572R

I was thinking about 500 dollars. I have an 850W PSU, and an R9-380x as of right now. I would like to get a higher resolution monitor eventually, but right now I have a 1080p monitor.

So, I am looking to build a new PC, for gaming and media uses. It has been a few years since I have built, and a bit behind now. Is an i5 still they way to go for gaming? And what would be the best motherboard to pair with one without breaking the bank?