Recent content by mechanocs

I just finished my first ever computer build!

I see. Well I'll definitely see if I can get my hands on a EVGA card then! And I really appreciate your willingness to help me find a reputable person or shop! Especially this time, I would also like to have a little help from someone who knows what they're doing to make sure that everything...

I live in southern Maryland, so any place in DC or Baltimore would work for me! I spend several hours every day on my computer and I'm fortunately able to afford the high end hardware, so really I will always consider it a worthwhile investment, even if I would have rather not parted way with...

I would definitely like to do the latter. I'm just being honest, right now I don't have the skills to confidently build a high end computer myself. Any recommendations are welcome!

Thank you for the insightful reply! As it turns out, I'm having a difficult time identifying my power supply. There isn't any sort of name or number on any of the sides I'm able to see with both sude panels of my case off. I think I would have to get pretty invasive and start taking things out...

Alright, well I'll try to take a look and see exactly what my PSU is. I guess they just picked out whatever they wanted/had on hand. And even aside from that, yeah I suppose there are indeed issues with things that I was just not savvy enough to realize. I guess I will have to take that as a...

Yes it is. I simply don't know anywhere near enough to actually build a computer from scratch by myself. So suffice to say it would have come out even worse if I had done it lol. If you have constructive advice about how to do it better in the future, or you want to say that the computer build...

Hello everyone, sorry if this is a bit long, I've been struggling with this issue for about a year now and I've tried just about everything I can think of, but to no avail. I will try to include as much as I can about everything I've experienced and tried so far. I've been using this computer...