Recent content by onebrandon

Hello, I have had my PC since january and have been using it for gaming problem free. Tonight I decided that my ram was not running at what it should be (rated at 3000 and it was running at 2133). I have tried to change it before but it always failed, most likely due to never updating the bios...

I took both drives to two different computer stores and they tested them, neither respond or spin so they are dead. All I had on tgere were games and a few applications so I just picked up 2 new 1tb drives.

Hi all, last night I installed a new gpu and psu. When turinng the pc on there was a spark and turns out the cable from my corsair commander pro that was plugged into a usb header on my mobo wasnt plugged in all the way and it shorted out killing the commander pro. I got a new one today and...

I hope someone can give me some insight on what happened... I got a gtx1080ti to replace my 1070 and got a evga 650w g3 to replace my 550w in there from before to support the new card. After installing both and turning it on there was a few sparks and some smoke (couldnt see what it was from due...

As the title states, having trouble pairing memory and a motherboard. This will be my first build and I have chose the Ryzen 5 1600 as my processor. Anyone have any suggestions as to what motherboard and memory I should get? Preferrably specifics so they are compatible?

I do see what you are saying about the shipping but thats why I pay for amazon prime. What 16 gig ram would you suggest I look into for this build? Is a gold rated power supply worth the extra 50 bucks in reality?

I did already order them but I was contemplating getting the 16gb of ram. I ordered off of amazon so I can just return them free of charge and get the 16gb. I read onling that the 250ssd was more than fine for gaming and editing. I also got a 2tb hard drive as well for storage.

I did a good bit of research and decided to build my own gaming PC. I have already bought all the components and would like to know what you guys think of this build.(Will it do good 1080p or 1440p gaming and video/photo editing?) Here is the link to my build...