Recent content by ezhanson2002

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    [SOLVED] Am I asking too much from my power supply?

    If budget isn't a limitation, what would you recommend? And of course what wattage PSU should fit my system with the overclocks?
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    [SOLVED] Am I asking too much from my power supply?

    Hey guys! I just had a strange thought. I consider myself semi good with building PCs. So I have built my previous 2 PCs, and a couple for friends in the past, and I'm gonna be honest, I cheap out on my power supplies. I know, I know, what a stupid idea, I could fry a whole build. I have yet to...
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    Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI OC Help

    First Off Specs: i7-6700 (non-k) 16Gb DDR4-2133 Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI I understand this is a non-k CPU, but if I change the BCLK in the BIOS (it isn't called BCLK in the BIOS but rather "CPU clock ratio" or something like that, I'm not home now), I get a big ole error saying "boot failed" or...
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    What do I upgrade next

    So I currently have a solid setup, what should my next goal be? Specs; i7-6700 (non-k) GIGABYTE Z170XP-SLI GTX 1070 ASUS STRIX OC 16GB of DDR4 2133 256GB Samsung 850 EVO 4TB WD 7200RPM 700W Thermaltake SMART RGB PSU Where should my next upgrade go? I don't really need to upgrade right now as...
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    What would you guys recommend I do

    I think the it is dying due to it not turbo boosting, and throttleing down at random intervals not due to heat along with random freezes (not bluescreens or program freezes, like a hardware freeze where I have to unplug from the wall), randomly failing to post even after new ram but will post...
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    What would you guys recommend I do

    So currently I have an i5 3570 that is on the brink of death... I have a good deal on a i7 3770k, that I can snag right now... Or I can pray to God this i5 doesn't die any minute now and be stranded. I'm hoping that I can get the i7 and upgrade in a couple years to the new i7 platform that will...
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    What gpu should I pair with a i5 8600k?

    If you need the ENTIRE computer with a i5 8600k, PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kTJmr6 Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kTJmr6/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($238.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper...
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    Help finding an old bottle neck! (XP Era)

    So look my grandparents are having issues with there old desktop, I know how to upgrade, but what is the bottle neck... Specs: Pentium 4 ATI XPRESS 200 (cringe) 2 gb of DDR2 RAM Windows XP 32 bit... So what's bottle necking more, the Pentium 4 or the ATI? The ATI graphics right?