Recent content by Johnrocha

Agreed. We don't even know in what condition everything is, it's not worth the gamble for me. And you're right, when it comes to being able to buy all those parts new for around 500€ (going air cooled), I think it's definitely doable right now. He'll wait another month or two in order to get...

Exactly! I share the same opinion when it comes to buying used builds from other people. To me, it's just a huge risk since you never know how all the parts have been handled/treated, like you also mentioned. I've managed to convince him to wait a bit longer, save up a bit more, and then I'll...

Hey everyone! There's this guy on Facebook marketplace selling his entire build, which consists of the following parts: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X COOLER: Azza Blizzard 360mm AIO RAM: G-Skill 32GB (no timings or speed specified) GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3080 10GB OC Case: Lian Li O11 (comes with 6 140mm...

UPDATE: I managed to recover the lost black rubber standoff and bought 4 new identical screws for the cooler. It seems a lot more stable after installing it with all the 4 standoffs as expected. I'll now proceed and do some testing in the next few days, see if any more shutdowns occur. If they...

Thank you for the reply. I'm also on version 1903 of Windows 10 Pro. I also updated my BIOS with the latest drivers last year (version 2302, dated 06-Mar-17). It's the latest one for the Sabertooth Z87, according to Asus' website. I've also properly cleaned my PSU from all the dust and debris...

Hello there, Tom's Hardware forums! So, I recently just built a new Ryzen machine for myself and gave my "old" gaming PC from 2013 to my sister. Before I proceed with my post, here are the specs of the "old" gaming PC build from 2013 that my sister now has: CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K (not...

That sounds like a good middle ground option as well, I could just upgrade to a new build while already having the new GPU. Thank you so much.

Hello there, Tom's Hardware community! Before I proceed with my post, here's my current build: CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K (not OC'ed) CPU Cooler: beQuiet Dark Rock 2 GPU: Nvidia GTX 780 (not OC'ed) RAM: 16GB of DDR3 dual-channel Corsair Vengeance @1600MHZ MB: Asus Sabertooth Z87 PSU: Corsair...

Thank you everyone for your opinion and advices! And yes, I was aware of the 1070Ti and I appreciate coozie7's answer. With that said, and given that I only game at 1080p @144hz for the moment, I'll just consider buying either a 1070Ti or a 1080 depending on the benchmarks when they get released...

Good evening, Tom's Hardware! I'm in need of some advice/opinion on whether or not I should upgrade my GPU right now or just wait for Nvidia's Volta architecture to arrive and then make my purchase. My current rig is as follows: OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz...