Recent content by neuromancer56

I took apart my Medion Akoya eE5300 D, upgraded to a top notch case and powersupply, and then replaced the ATI Radeon HD 3450 Graphics Card with a Sapphire Radeon HD 7950. It was an old machine, having issues with slowness due to too much garbage being installed on it over the years. So I...

I'm not sure which way to mount the Seasonic SS1250XM PSU in my Cooler Master HAF+912 Mid tower case. Because the case has a bunch of air venting holes in its bottom just under where the PSU would be mounted, I would have assumed that I should mount the PSU with the fan facing downward, venting...

I put in another radeon 7950, in a different slot with the seasonic switched to normal. It works fine now. GPU temp 23-29 normal use 49C when gaming.

I'm trying to figure out how to prevent frying another AMD Radeon Sapphire 7950 GPU. I started by building a litecoin mining rig. It had 4 of these GPUs, an ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard, an AMD Sempron CPU and a Seasonic SS1250XM PSU. I put them in a plastic milk crate, and had a box fan...

I have an ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard. I'm looking for a decent affordable CPU for building a gaming rig. I found the AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8320FRHKBOX on NewEgg for $160. Would this work in my motherboard? It says that the...

I have a Seasonic SS1250XM power supply (it's a big one) and a Radeon HD7950 GPU. I'm looking for an inexpensive but solid case and CPU that will turn this into an ok gaming rig. Will any $60 or cheaper Mid Tower case work? Does it make sense for me to go any smaller than that? Any...