Recent content by pandaturtle64

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    [SOLVED] Worth selling desktop for laptop?

    Hi all, With the RTX series being unveiled for laptops, I'm just blow away by their performance. I currently have an HP Spectre (i7-7500u||940MX||16GB DDR4||512GB NVMe) as a laptop and a desktop (Ryzen 7 1700||GTX 1070||16GB DDR4||512GB NVMe + assortment of 5 over drives). The HP Spectre was...
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    Looking for Ultrabook with GPU and Windows ink support.

    Hi all, Currently looking for a 15" ultrabook to replace my aging poorly specced MacBook Pro. Looking for an ultrabook with Minimum of a 1440P screen good battery 6hrs+ good GPU (GTX 1050 is preferable) minimum 512GB SSD minimum 8GB RAM i5 or i7 processors are preferable $2000 budget as well...
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    r7 1700 + GTX 1070 build bad performance

    UPDATE: restored CPU and GPU to stock settings, no more crashes but PC has same issues as before. ex lockups Recently upgraded from i5-3570k @ 4.6GHz 16GB Team Inc. 2133MHz DDR3 4x4GB RAM GTX 770 OC 4GB Windforce AsRock Extreme 4 Z77 Motherboard Cooler master Seidon 120V AIO cooler to r7 1700...
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    AIO GPU cooler bracket

    I'm aware of the Kraken G10 and HG10 brackets but I don't know if I can use my existing Cooler Master Seidon 120v cooler. I heard of the GPU cool bracket but also am not sure if that works. Anyway to get this cooler to work with a 1070?
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    Advice on build/upgrade

    Thanks for the reply! Is there a reason you chose the strix mobo compared to the gigabyte one?
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    Advice on build/upgrade

    I am confused and need help! My desktop got damaged and I don't know really what to do now so thought I'd come here. Here are the deets of my damaged desktop. i5-3570K 16GB 4x4GB 1833Mhz DDR3 Cooler Master Seidon 120V Cooler AsRock Extreme4 Z77 Mobo GTX 770 Windforce OC 4GB Upgraded to GTX...
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    Flying with Desktop Advice??

    I'm flying back and forth a few times from SF to LA for college and was curious as to what the best method/tips for flying with a desktop would be. Looking for the cheapest method possible. My computer chassis is a Thermaltake A31 Chaser and I have two of ASUS VE228H-P and a full size...
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    Apple 2012 SSD to Adapter (SATA)

    Hello! I recently upgraded the ssd in my Mac book pro retina (2012). So I have an extra SSD lying around. I want to use it in my old windows laptop(swap out the HDD with the macbook SSD) but I'm not sure if their port the macbook SSD uses. It looks like an M2 or PCIe but I could be wrong, could...