Recent content by Dryeetz

My bad, thats just the angle that I took the picture from, it's upside down. As far as the add in NIC, thats how I got it. I recently got this on a super good deal from an IT person that cleared out an offices computers and I decided I'd finally make the jump to pc gaming with it. I just took it...

Hi all! I'm back looking for some more advice, thank you so much to the people on here who have already given me great advice and led me to learn much more about pcs. @Azzyasi gave me some great advice about some of the things to look out for when trying to upgrade an oem pc into a gaming pc...

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and look up that information for me, I really appreciate it! I'll update when I get home and can take a look. Also I found a good deal on the gpu i mentioned on R/hardwareswap so i'm going to go ahead and not cancel it. Its $110 shipped for a...

@jojesa @13thmonkey So will the Saphire nitro+ RX 580 work then? I'm planning on upgrading the psu. Honestly I'm confused as to whether it is an AMD card or not. I apologize for how little I know, I thought I did a lot of research before I jumped into trying to create a budget pc but there are...

Hi all, I recently ordered a Saphire nitro+ RX 580 for my Lenovo Thinkstation P300 tower with an i7-4790. I was told on another thread that there might be a whitelist or compatability problems with an AMD gpu and my stock lenovo mobo. Can anyone help me out with this? Should I cancel my...

Dang, I don't know how I haven't heard of this before. I'll keep a close eye out while I upgrade, hopefully I don't run into those whitelist problems. Thanks a bunch for the heads up!

Thanks a bunch @jimmysmitty and @justin.m.beauvais ! I'm going to follow your advice and get a SSD, new PSU and probably 16gb of matched 1333 ram to go with the 580. I'll let you guys know how it goes!

Hi all! I picked up a Lenovo Thinkstation p300 with an I7-4790 cpu for just $80 last night! I was super excited, I've been looking for a deal like this for a while. I need some advice on increasing the ram as well as advice on my upgrade plan. I believe it has this ram: PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 MHz...

That's a good point, I was a little late on the draw and this computer was sold. I'm still looking at all the used apps and what not and might have a deal on a purpose built gaming pc with a I5-4950, 1060 gb for 150 with mechanical keyboard and mouse. Seems like a steal! If it works that is.. haha

Lots of great advice here, I'll be referring back to it as I try to carry out this deal. Part of me wants to just keep researching forever before I dive in and the other part wants to just dive in and take some chances. I've been considering switching over to PC for years and keep putting it...

Thats a good point, but in my case I would probably use mostly used parts to save money and end up in pretty much the same position so either way I think I'd be taking a similar risk. I'm going to look into some other deals here locally for used workstations that I know will be in working...

Yeah, I kinda mentioned this in my last post but it seems like it might be worth the risk for the gaming power and since I'm just learning about working on, playing with and building pcs. If I end up getting burned its a learning experience nevertheless. I airsoft and am learning to tech and...

Yeah I definitely see your point. Do you think that I would have the same potential problems if I elected to build my own pc as a rank novice? My other option was to buy a used workstation with a decent cpu and then just add a gpu in, mostly likely replacing the psu too. I would know that the pc...

What are some things that you think I should read up on or be aware of if I end up going this route? Money wise it seems to be a great deal but I know that I'm very naive at this point.

Yeah, I know there is a big potential to get burned here. I figured if I did get burned the case, psu, and mobo would be worth around 150 at least and I could take the build from there and make it work. Does that sound about right?