Recent content by MBurner

I'm less concerned about the motherboard than I am about the cpu. The board from the amd set would meet my needs but the extra slots and ports and all on the one from the intel set wouldn't hurt. I'm more clueless when it comes to everything about the cpus. I still don't quite get the...

I checked microcenter and the closest bundle they have for intel is an i7-12700K for $50 more. https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006465/intel-core-i7-12700k,-msi-z690-a-pro-wifi-ddr4,-gskill-ripjaws-v-16gb-ddr4-3200-kit,-computer-build-bundle I still don't quite understand enough about the...

I've been asking around elsewhere as well and was told my current cpu's main issue is being 4 cores, which would be the same for the i3-13100 I think? they pointed me to this bundle deal from microcenter, I just don't know enough about motherboards or cpus, especially between amd and intel, to...

Not really sure what my budget would be at the moment as I'm not even sure what the average prices of "good" replacements would be to begin with. Maybe like... 300? I've tried looking at prices myself and without knowing how anything performs and whats better than what the prices are kind of...

At some point in the future I was planning on playing Starfield, just not on release because my GPU and CPU were vastly under powered to do so. Well my GPU ended up suddenly failing on me necessitating an unexpected upgrade to a 3060 12gb and now the only thing holding me back is the cpu so I...

Installing a new psu in a few days and I was wondering if I'd end up having to go through and replace all the connected cables. I saw warnings that it might fry your system etc because of pins not being standardized. I'm trying to minimize just how many things I need to mess with so I don't...

Looks like that card in particular sold out, would this be a decent alternative for a 3060...

If I'm not doing anything crazy would I even notice the difference between the 3060 and 4060? Ive tried googling stuff but seeing a bunch of bars and being told it's like 23% better at stuff isn't as informative as I'd think. Also if I'm upgrading the power supply does that need to be done...

Haven't bought a GPU since 2015 and didn't know much about what I was doing then either. Current GPU was a 970, currently running off of my motherboard since the gpu up and died last night. power supply is Corsair CX Series CX600M 600 Watt ATX. Purchase date: ASAP, I need a replacement in my...

plugged the junker card, an amd radeon hd 7700 apparantly, in and it worked which should mean the slot and motherboard should both be fine right? I didn't do anything with thebios but did plug the original card back in just to check if anything got knocked loose or it started working again for...

If it's the motherboard would it just be that slot? I have others available, should I try plugging either of them into those rather than using the original? I found the gpu that predated the 970 still sitting in my old case in the basement, it's been eight years and it's so old I don't even...

how would I tell if it was the psu?

I had to remove it to get things to switch over to the integrated, don't know if there was another way to do that but figured it would be the easiest. I don't know enough about this stuff to know if plugging it back in would try to switch back to it again or not. If it's any useful information...

Just got back from doing just that. had to pop out the gpu to get it to switch over first though. This is the information I have on hand. Looks like it was s 970 not a 960 for what that matters. cpu Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz 1151 Boxed Processor cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO...

I can't recall most/any of that as it's been so long since I built my pc, I have it all saved to a text file but I can't really see anything to access it atm.