Recent content by KC McLaughlin

I recently built a Ryzen system with an Asrock x370 Killer mobo and a Ryzen 7 1700x CPU. I've been trying to overclock the system to get more performance. I started with Ryzen Master Application and was able to get to 3.8GHz stable, but I couldn't go above that and any attempted increases to...

I left my PC on overnight to come back to no display output despite the system clearly being on. After restarting a couple times I realized that the GPU (an EVGA 4GB GTX 960) has its fans spinning down after about 10 seconds of turning on. I tried reseating the GPU and using the other power...

While rendering a video with Premiere Pro, my XPS 13 9350 with a Core i5-6500U started running really slowly. Based on the Task Manager, I was able to see that the CPU was refusing to go over 0.38GHz and 16% usage. I've tried restarting multiple times, as well as disabling C-states and Intel...

I upgraded to a smaller form factor GTX 960 and it fits just fine. A larger card looks like it would fit, but you would be blocking access to the hard drive bays.

I'll answer this myself after doing a bit of research for anyone who finds this looking for the same answer. Yes, a full size GPU will fit in the XPS 8700, but it's a tight fit. I had some concerns over the placement of the RAM and the hard drives, but after seeing some other people do it and...

I'm looking to upgrade the gpu in my XPS 8700 from a GT 720 to either a GTX 750 Ti or a GTX 960. The immediate issue I see when looking at GPUs is the space constraints in the XPS. I'm wondering if I'd be able to fit a full size card like this...

I recommend the Dell XPS 8700. It is a cheap professional build that will work for gaming as well. Dell cut several corners to lower the price, but the computer is built around a solid CPU and it has lots of room for upgrades.

A good, cheap upgrade would be to an Nvidia Geforce GT 635 or GT 720. They are both more powerful than your current GPU. Unfortunately GPUs aren't as cheap as 20 Euros, you will need to spend 40 to 80 Euros for the upgrade I recommended which is a very basic upgrade and as cheap as you can go.

Right now the GTX 970 will probably win on all benchmarks because it is Nvidia's newest GPU architecture while the Quadro architecture in use now has been around for a while. Either one will do what you need; however, the Quadro is more specifically designed for tasks such as 3D rendering...

The maximum frame rate on your monitor is roughly half of the frequency, so a 60 Hertz screen will refresh at 30 frames per second. All the people who said you will get 60 frames per second on your monitor are wrong, your maximum is 30 frames per second; any higher than that and you won't see...