Recent content by NEmpire95

I would clean out your PC, get all the dust and debris out. Take out your GPU and re-seat it carefully cleaning the PCIE slots as you go. Make sure all cables are plugged in properly. I would use something like the latest version of DDU...

You're cutting it pretty close to 300W. I would guess that your PSU can't handle your hardware at full load. I'm guessing you added the video card after you bought the pre-built HP? That GPU uses somewhere around 18w-75w. If it's a pre built I would imagine the PSU isn't great to begin with.

That CPU has a TDP of 95W. You can use something like this if you want to check your exact system and what PSU you should choose.

Could be crashing due to high temps. Do you monitor your temps regularly? It could also be a driver issue try updating your GPU drivers.

I believe that motherboard has multiple 4 pin fan headers but I don't know if they are in fact PWM. Just plug the case fan controller into one of them. Edit: even if they aren't you should still be able to set a profile for the fan controller (in the bios) that will then, in turn, change the...

I would google that specific card and see what others have achieved with it then plan your OC accordingly (testing it for stability obviously). If you are using MSI afterburner it will be pretty hard to damage your card, that being said don't go crazy. Just keep upping the clock speed/mem clock...

If there is paste on the heatsink don't apply more just place the cooler on the CPU. If there isn't any, or you cleaned it off already, wait for the thermal paste you ordered to come then apply a small sized dot in the middle of the CPU. Don't spread it as the heatsink will do that for you.

It's intel so the pins are in the socket.

Unless you were really pushing your OC with LN2 or something you won't need that extra 4 pin. It's really just for added stability in the event that you were doing some extreme OCing which you wouldn't do anyway for an everyday use computer.

No it won't at 1080p and above you shouldn't really see any GPU bottle necking in games.

You could also attempt to drain any excess power from the motherboard that may be keeping it from posting. Unplug the power cable from the wall and hold the power button down for a few seconds or spam it for a while then plug it back in and try to boot.

Unfortunately that is exactly what v-sync is, it locks your frame rate at the highest the game allows, there really isn't any way around it without freesync and gsync. Shaun o is correct free sync does not work with nvidia cards just like gsync doesn't work on amd cards. Tearing is bound to...

Sounds like the fan is hitting the side of the heat-sink, probably due to a bad bearing as mentioned earlier. You could also try dusting your case and the problem fan to see if that helps or separate the fan from the heat-sink completely and make sure there are no obstructions. Sometimes moving...