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I thought this might be the case, so I swapped it for my brother's, which is the same chip but an MSI model. My PC still had a: CRITICAL PROCESS DIED error on boot with the other card and refused to boot to windows. His PC works fine with his card in it, and he can run FFXIV without issue. So...

Okay, I'll try to condense this story down to just the important details. First off, my specs: CPU: Intel i7-6700K MoBo: MSI Z170A SLI RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 4x4GB @ 2666 MHz GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 PSU: Corsair RMi Series RM850i 850W 80 PLUS GOLD PSU Boot Drive...

I know this is a common issue, and I'm aware of a lot of the common trouble shooting methods, so I'll give a run down of what's happening and what I've tried. First, here are my specs: Asus Sabertooth Z87 LGA1150 MoBo Intel i5 4590 Haswell LGA 1150 CPU 4 sticks of CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB DDR3...

So, I did a fresh windows install, and, even without any programs yet installed, the problem persisted.

So, I recently upgraded my system from a Haswell base (using an i3) to a Skylake system running on an I7 6700k, and I'm having some issues with CPU usage at idle. With no programs open, I'm averaging between 12% - 13% CPU usage, and about 3 - 4.7 GB of RAM usage out of a total 16 GB. When I open...

The Toxic will net you a few extra FPS due to the higher factory overclock, but the Vapor X might run a tiny bit quieter (not much). If you're set on the Toxic and are willing to wait, then you won't be disappointed, but if performance is your only concern, the Vapor X won't be significantly...

So AMD just released the new R9 line up right as I'm getting ready to put the finishing touches into my gaming build. I wanted a GTX 770, but as the price was $100 more, I thought AMD was the way to go. Weeeeeell, Nvidia just price dropped the entire 700 series line up, bringing the prices of...