Recent content by Nick4President

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    First time building a pc through iBUYPOWER

    https://www.nzxt.com/bldnow No personal experience, but it's been raved about by pro streamers, YouTube's, and consumers. I would check it out. I think they only charge a build fee of >$100, and everything is pretty close to msrp. Especially gpus.
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    Gaming PC build for approx 1200 dollars - Input?

    https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pX6tzM The SSD is about $55 so with this build it will be under budget. I think getting him up to a 1070, especially with a i5-7600k, would make a huge difference. I switched the case to something a little cheaper that way he gets more performance. I actually use...
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    1080 Ti and Ryzen 7 Giveaway!

    Only 8 hours left!
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    1080 Ti and Ryzen 7 Giveaway!

    You folks do the best giveaways. I could use any of those! :D Good luck everyone
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    Vote Now! $750 Budget Category

    "For the moment" PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory...
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    Vote Now! $500 Budget Category

    "Dream on" PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @...
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    The Tom's Hardware Best PC Builds Giveaway

    Got the entry to recognize my steam entry finally. You have to go into steam, edit profile. and under groups you have to actually pick Toms Hardware. Just clicking "Join group" after you click the link didn't work for me. Hope this helps
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    The Tom's Hardware Best PC Builds Giveaway

    The steam extra entry didn't work for me. Still says 1 entry, anyone else having the same problem?
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    Built first computer. BIOS didn't load though. Still worked?

    I don't think so..the videos I've seen, when everything is finally put together and they turn it on people usually wait for the bios screen and I realized mine never loaded. It definitely boots quickly, especially with windows on an SSD. Whats the splash screen? I just didn't want to come home...
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    Built first computer. BIOS didn't load though. Still worked?

    I built my computer lasto night and all seemed fine..however I just realized the BIOS didn't load first thing. It said something like boot operating system. And I did and it's been fine, everything seemed to work. I didn't miss anything did i?
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    Specific plug ins for HDD and SSD? First time builder!

    Thanks! :) I already need help on something else, shocker lol. off to post in another section!
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    Specific plug ins for HDD and SSD? First time builder!

    So, I have 2 different areas to plug in my SSD and HDD. The top area, is marked "Sata Express" And has the number SATA 3 and 2. The bottom area is marked "SATA EXPRESS" With the numbers SATA3 5, 4, 1, 0. Do I use it in the proper order? Put one in the bottom on number 1, and the other on the...