Recent content by Edward T

Well I deleted all partitions, made a new one, formatted it, updated the SSD firmware, updated my motherboard bios, reinstalled windows 8.1, enabled fast boot, first restart in windows 8.1 was still with the black screen but that was before the bios update... so motherboard is at fault? :o never...

Well I bought the PC and built it. It's great! I have a relatively small problem right now which I posted today so if you have any recommendations on that I would appreciate it. @bootcher: Haha I'm glad I was impatient and didn't wait for AMD fury to come out and everything because the price...

BACKGROUND INFO (the problem is after the next paragraph) -- (please read all of post to help) So I've recently (less than a month ago) built a brand new gaming PC for $1750 :D Specs: i5 4690k CPU gtx 980 GPU gigabyte gaming 7 z97x motherboard 256GB mx100 crucial SSD and 1 TB HDD 750W EVGA PSU...

Thanks for helping come to a final decision! https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edwardtyl/saved/Lx2nTW bootcher I picked your PSU (the semi modular version though). Final question: so I really only need 550W for a gtx 980 build? What if I overclock later will 550W still be enough for overclocking my...

So I am going to buy these parts and build it on July 31 (nearest date when I will be able to do all that). This is the build link: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edwardtyl/saved/Lx2nTW You can skip over reading this paragraph note: This is the third time I'm posting for feedback. First time my...

Ok quick update to the last post just made some personal changes on it... https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edwardtyl/saved/Lx2nTW the case I have included right now, which I changed to nzxt h440, do you guys think it will be good for my build or should I get a different case?

Hey everyone thank you for all the answers. Here are my responses: Thank you for suggestions about storage, keyboard & the monitor, I appropriately made changes: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edwardtyl/saved/Lx2nTW To the gtx 980/ 980 ti people: You say I can afford it, and you give me builds...

Hello! Introduction: So I have completed my build and I just want to confirm it here on the forums before I order and build it at the end of next month (July, 2015). My price limit is $1550 (including screen and keyboard). My aim is excellent gaming performance at ~1080p Ultra on AAA titles...

So I've narrowed down my search mainly to these two laptops as the best laptops with the gtx 970m price-wise: http://www.amazon.com/G751JT-DH72-17-3-Inch-GeForce-GTX970M-Graphics/dp/B00OBQ5950/ref=dp_ob_title_ce which turns out to be $1,786.99 and...

^yeah what they said change the PSU for sure. The mobo is good but you haven't specified price... so if you're willing to pay more then some better motherboards can be the following: Asus h97 gamer pro AsRock H97 Fatal1ty Killer Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 <--its a microATX but unless you're going...

ok Thanks for the help guys! I'm confident that every part of my system is complete now :). As a final touch I changed the RAM to 1866Mhz since that seems to give a 1 FPS boost in benchmarks and only costs a dollar more than the 1600MHz I was getting... so why not? :)...