Recent content by minedwiz

I recently got a GTX 960 upgrade for my system. Everything's great, but the card is longer and heavier than my old one. I noticed that it sags subtly on the end, and I wanted to make sure that I don't need to fashion a small support for it. Here's the best pictures I can get (excuse the...

I've been running an AMD FX-6300 with a Radeon HD 7870 since May 2013. I'm looking to upgrade the graphics card to a GTX 960. My question is whether or not I should first upgrade to an Intel-based system - most likely one of the Haswell refresh i5 or i7 chips (I would benefit from the...

I've been looking at doing something similar, and all evidence seems that it'd be OK. I've been running a 7870 that I'm looking to replace with a 960 or 970, and I'm planning to stick with my 520W SeaSonic unit.

I'm going to be performing a computer upgrade soon that will require a motherboard upgrade (AMD to Intel CPU). Will I run into any license issues with Windows 8.1, or can I just reinstall or something?

I'm looking to change my system from an FX6300 CPU and Radeon HD 7870 GPU to a Core i5 4460 and GTX 970. I have a 520W SeaSonic PSU that's served well with my current setup for > 1 year. Will it still be enough for my new CPU and GPU?

I have a Cooler Master HAF 912 case, and have been using it for nearly a year. I did notice, over the course of my regular cleaning of the interior, that it gets dustier than other machines that I've seen. I believe that the top "grate" is to blame here - it's clearly for a water-cooling closed...

Just a couple of notes on places where you can save money and apply to a better GPU (as the person above me noted, a GT 630 is not a gaming card. If you do not plan to overclock, you a) do not need an aftermarket cooler for either build, as both of those chips come with stock coolers that will...

In about a month, I will need to ship my custom gaming tower across a moderate distance (California to Seattle), and I had some questions about how I should do this. I plan to lay it on its side in as well-fitted of a box as I can with both bubble wrap and packing material to immobilize the...

I may be seeking to migrate my machine to an intel platform from an AMD one very soon. I do not overclock and I do not run multiple GPUs, so I believe that an H87 board will serve my needs perfectly. I've narrowed the motherboard choice down to -ASRock H87 Pro4 -Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H -ASUS...

I have a Radeon HD 7870 GHz edition from XFX in my PC build that is about a month old now. It's running great, with no signs of heat problems at all, but it does produce an odd buzzing noise under load. It's only audible if I actually put my ear right up next to the top case vent, but it...

All right, thanks. I went digging more, too, and I found that AMD CPUs use an odd algorithm where the "core temp" reading is only accurate above 45C (i.e., under heavy load or at peak), which I'm clearly not going to reach with a Hyper 212 EVO. The number that shows up in speedfan seems to be a...