Recent content by Kyle O

The title pretty much summarizes it. If I have a monitor that is advertised at 144hz, but only has HDMI and DVI inputs, can I use the full 144 hz it supports or will it be bottlenecked by the DVI at 120hz? Thanks in advance.

Say you had a 144 hz monitor and overclocked it to 170 hz. Would the DVI-D cable still be able to carry the full signal and deliver 170 hz, or would it max out at 144 hz or so? Thanks in advance.

I want to know the best CPU for rendering large scenes with lots of shadows and objects quickly. Should I look at Intel's server processor line, or something that AMD has? I was also wondering about how much a graphics card would help, and if I should look into adding those in SLI or...

I recently built my first PC, and was wondering about how long it would last before I need to upgrade it. I built it with future-proofing in mind, but was also wondering if I should look to overclocking my processor or upgrading any specific parts (Ex. the graphics card) as time goes on. Will...

To me this sound like your computer is overheating. This has happened to me a few years ago with a laptop, and I had the exact thing happen to me. Try running your computer with the case open, and watch for any fans that aren't spinning. Also, if this is an issue of overheating, I would guess...

Could you give us a link? As long as your other parts aren't drawing that much power, and you have a good amount of wattage you should be fine.

Only a 60GB SSD? That will barely hold an OS, let alone games... I would recommend getting a hard drive as well, and putting relatively unused programs on it.

Are you asking for a recommendation or an answer? The case is purely for looks besides airflow and the size of you motherboard and coolers.

This really depends on two things: Your cooler, and how much you plan to overclock. Looking at your processor, it seems a good number of people have overclocked from 3.5 Ghz to ~4.5 Ghz. Because of so many people doing this., I would recommend browsing some forums (Like this one) to look for...

Thanks! I think that was be one of the final things I had to do before I start ordering parts.

I have all other parts, and they seem compatible and are pretty good. First time builder, so I'm a little nervous about everything, but the one thing that I'm having a difficult time on is the power supply. I have some case fans, an aftermarket CPU cooler, and a GPU that seems to need two...