Recent content by frobby

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    Rebuilding my PC HELP

    Weird, CPUs rarely break. Anyway, a 760K is pretty weak so an upgrade may be in order regardless. Current Intel hardware uses DDR4, so you'd have to get a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM but could reuse the rest. This would give you an i5/i7 6xxx/7xxx and you'd want to use something like the...
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    My little abomination

    The 6+2 connector on the PSU is meant to work for either a PCIe 6-pin or PCIe 8-pin connection. It's more versatile than either a 6-pin or 8-pin connection since it works on both. The CS550M has 43A @ +12V so it should have enough power for your machine. Plus, machines boot up with little...
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    My little abomination

    Which processor are you using? Odds are your CPU is not broken, it's just not clear if it's compatible. Why do you suspect you need a converter for the monitor? What is it connected to and what kind of connection is it using? If you get any display whatsoever it means that it worked, so I...
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    My little abomination

    New, H61, August 2017? That's an LGA1155 motherboard. What CPU are you using? For a Core-i3 you should be using a 21xx or a 32xx CPU. Anything else isn't correct. Should be obvious, but... do you have any RAM?