Recent content by jsdsparky

Thank you very much for your response! I was so caught up in trying to reduce the problem to find what was wrong that I pulled out the graphics card, forgetting that my Ryzen chips don't have iGPUs! After putting it back in, it became clear that the problem was RAM "stick 1".

It comes down to which component is the limiting factor in your performance. If you are able to monitor your CPU and GPU usage while in-game, and you notice that the GPU is always at 100 and the CPU isn't working as hard as it could, then in that case a GPU upgrade could be beneficial. That...

Yes, it is safe. The PSU won't give the motherboard more power than it needs. Just make sure you buy one with enough power (watts) to handle everything in your system.

Specs: Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 (BIOS version: P5.80) CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X (also tried Ryzen 5 1600X) RAM: EVGA SuperSC 2x8GB DDR4-3000MHz PSU: Thermaltake 750W Toughpower RGB 80+Gold A couple weeks ago I upgraded from my Ryzen 5 1600X to a Ryzen 7 3700X, and it worked great until tonight...

I would personally not use that workaround (turning off the power supply every time you want to turn on the computer) as a permanent solution. Doing so may just be hiding one manifestation of an underlying problem with your system (it sounds like the issue is probably with the power supply). The...

From what I understand, the problem I'm having is quite strange. My system works fine when I run the CPU at stock speeds (3.6 GHz), or when I overclock it to 3.7 GHz. When I overclock it over 3.7 GHZ (3.8 or 3.9), the system posts and I am able to boot into Windows. Running Aida64, the overclock...

Parts CPU: Intel i5 3570 RAM: 2x4GB Elpida 1600Mhz Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I R2.0 Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC Power Supply: Corsair CX600M SSD (boot drive): Samsung 840 EVO 250GB HDD: WD Blue 500GB Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 OS: Windows 10 Home Problem Since building it a couple weeks...