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It really depends on how much of a powerhouse cpu you want.... You can definitely keep the 16 GB of DDR4. The current Ryzen CPUs on pre-order if you go for the $399+ ones are all on par / better than the i7 6800 / 6900 For instance the Ryzen 7 1700X is 3.4 ghz that boosts up to 3.8 ghz and is...

I work at an accounting company and we just got a new ISP, unfortunately the ISP is not reliable for constant uninterrupted access when using the internet normally so one of the computers was changed to static IP. Now because it is Static IP it loses access to the Mapped Drives it had...

The heat sink is fine it's a pretty big heatsink and is secure I've researched what it could be a little online and so far the only hits I've gotten was that the thermal paste might be dry or whatnot because we weren't aware that the power supply's fan was not working for a while and was...

I work for my father whose an accountant and recently the computer has been restarting itself, I downloaded CPUID HWMonitor and it shows the IBM IBM temp as 60 degrees celsius I recently changed the power supply b/c the fan had died on it, is it possible that the cpu overheated and messed with...

Should I try moving the GPU to another PCI-express slot?

Reseated the GPU and still getting pixelation

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I'll reply back in a while after I try reseatin the GPU, I'd rather not reseat the heatsink b/c it's a pain to do by myself otherwise I'll hand it over to Microcenter techs over there since this is my first attempt at building a computer lol

btw this is a pic of what happens http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/pixels.png/

Msconfig under advanced options shows 3 cores, also when I boot it says 3 cores activated.. and all of the parts for my computer are only a few months old (from when I first built the comp around june, except for the motherboard which was an open box one from microcenter)

That I'm not sure when I check the dxdiag it says 3 cores but it is the AMD Phenom II x4 anyway I am using the Catalyst 11.8

It's a custom Build that I made Case is a CM 690 II Only extra fan i have is on the side panel facing at the video card as intake all the other fans are stock on the case Power supply is Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 700W ATX Power Supply AMD Athlon Phenom 2 x4 processor 8 gigs of ram...

I was playing World of Warcraft on high graphics settings last night and out of nowhere on my screen there were flickering and moving little black pixels at different points and seemed to be moving around. It looked like dead pixels but now my computer is working fine, is this my graphics card...

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