Recent content by El Duderino

Looking to get a new laptop but not sure if I should find one with a 960m or go for one with a 970m and could use some advice. Not looking to play too many AAA titles or FPS games but mostly strategy type games like the new XCOM 2, Rome 2 Total War, and Cities Skylines. Am I good with a 960m...

Thanks for the response BerylLee, but now running into a new problem. Somehow today I was able to get the board to boot into BIOS. I took this opportunity to flash to the most current non-beta version. Everything looked like it was running well so I went forward and connected my DVD drive and...

Everything that currently needs power is getting power and connections are secured.

Although booting is still unsuccessful, I have an update to what I tried last night. Was able to get the motherboard to boot into BIOS this morning after removing the battery overnight and booting with just 1 stick of ram plus PSU and CPU. After checking my settings I hit "exit and save" and...

Hi all, My system is less than a year old and have never had a single issue with it up until this point. Today I went and purchased a Samsung 840 Pro SSD to replace my current RAID HDD boot disks. I installed it with no issue and even loaded up my current OS to make sure it was being seen by...

Looking to purchase one of these two processors today but am not sure which would be the best for my use. My build is being used about 50/50 for video editing and gaming. I don't plan on overclocking anytime soon but like the option of being able to do so down the line as technology progresses...

Whoops... forgot to add my cut and paste of the parts I had in mind: Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2412M Black IPS Panel 24" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JN9310/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2YLYLTN75J8LR ($328) Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3...

Hi all, Looking at putting together a new build as my current setup is really starting to show it's age. Approximate Purchase Date: In the next week or two to gather parts and build Budget Range: $800-1500 (Would prefer to stay on the lower side so my wife doesn't stab me in the face but...

Hey all :hello: This is kind of a newbie question, but I just got my system up and running on my first build and everything is working great :bounce: I'm trying to figure something out though and I don't know if I'm misunderstanding this wrong or what, but I have 4 gigs of OCZ Reaper 6400...

Re-installed windows and this time and skipped the install of the drivers off the cd's that I had. Probably should have done this the first time... Anyway, everything seems to be working well now, hopefully this doesnt happen down the line if I ever need to update drivers again.

Putting together my very first custom build and I'm pretty stoked as it seems everything seems to be working. I finally hit a problem though when I tried to install the newest motherboard drivers off the Nvidia website. Went through the process of the uninstallation and when the I got to the...

Kind of funny you said EVGA over the XFX. I actually stopped in to Fry's Electronics and found the EVGA 780i for $10(woohoo! :sarcastic: ) cheaper than Newegg had it. Plus they had a 30 day return policy, which sold me right there. The Corsair PSU I'm looking at isn't modular, but it's 750w...

:pt1cable: I think I've finally got my build together. I'll probably be placing the order tomorrow. I'll gladly take any opinions on this setup whether they be positive or negative. If I am wavering on anything still, it's mostly the PSU. Been going back and forth between the PC Power &...

Thanks for all the input! It really is a big relief to have you guys a good knowledge base going into this build. Ocfun... thanks for the hard drive advice. The SE16 Caviar HDD as opposed to the Raptor sounds like a great idea and didn't even thnk about that as an option before now. After...

:hello: I know these forums are often filled with posts like these, but I could really use some good advice. I've finally got my build pretty much good to go. I'm just really going back and forth on whether of not to get a board that will give me the option to go SLI down the road or stick...