Recent content by elitingler

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    [SOLVED] Computer Crashing seemingly randomly

    Nothing I have tried from previous threads has worked so far. I am a season PC builder with lots of experience troubleshooting, but I have not even diagnosed my current issue. My current PC (specs below) crashes at seemingly random times. It does not instantly crash or blue screen, it stutters...
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    High Ping While Streaming Fortnite For No Reason

    I tested streaming in a different game, (overwatch) but streamlabs obs wouldn’t even start streamin, so then I usb to fix that. I ended up reseting settings to default to try and fix it and then instead of doing them custom, I tried the optimizer that slobs has. It set the bitrate at 6000, and I...
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    High Ping While Streaming Fortnite For No Reason

    I know there are plenty of threads covering things like this, but Nothing I have read fixes this issue. My computer specs are GTX 1080 i5 7600k 16gb DDR4 3000mhz MSI SLI plus z270 My results on speedtest.net are 90 down and 90 up, and a ping of 9. While playing fortnite it always says my ping...
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    i5 7600k or 7700k Which should I buy for my system?

    Ok so I finally saved up enough for a good system. I am going with 16gb of corsair vengeance at 3000mhz, a gtx 1080 ti, but for my processor, I bought an i5 7600k from microcenter thinking it would be enough. I have spent hours of research into the i5 vs the i7 kaby lake editions, but I still...
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    GTX 1080 water cooled used or air cooled new?

    Ok, so I'm building an all new rig, and I've got every component besides the gpu. I'm running 16gb of corsair vengeance 3000mhz, and an i5 7600k. I found a deal for a used gtx 1080 for the same price as a sealed gtx 1080, but the used one is water cooled. (and much closer to my location) I...
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    Gtx 770 overheating

    I lowered my gpu power limit. Saw no drop in performance and started averaging 75 temps