Recent content by Patrick Baron

From original post: But I do have a bit of wiggle room, assuming that the difference in performance between the aforementioned Intel options and the AMD one is worth the cost difference. :)

Thanks for the all the responses so far. I'll definitely look at 11th gen over 10th if the motherboard is the same for both. After reading the suggestions and looking at some more options, i'm wondering if compared to the options I put above, I should possibly go with the AMD Ryzen 3700X? If...

I'm looking to upgrade my CPU from my current Intel Core i7-4790K that I've had for roughly 6 years. It's starting to feel slightly outdated with what I'm currently doing (pushing graphics in games and streaming)...

Yep, you nailed it. Got a new cooler, temperature is sitting around 30-40 again and everything is running great. Didn't realize how big an impact cooling can have, learned something new. Thank you for the replies and advice!

I've heard air is far less effective than liquid, assuming the liquid cooler is properly maintained, how true is that? Also i'm wondering, if the CPU is getting that hot shortly after booting up, is the issue just with the cooling or the CPU itself. I'm definitely not doing anything that should...

Yes, late 2014 I believe was when I got it, bought from NCIX before they shut down. GPU is sitting at around 40 C and CPU around 80-90 C, CPU being way hotter than it should be considering i'm not running anything. Magician is saying they're both normal temp and health is good. Don't know if its...

Trying to determine if a specific piece of hardware has been causing my issues. PC specs: Z97MX- Gaming 5 motherboard with Intel Core i7-4790K (motherboard is about 5-6 years old) 16gb Ram Geforce GTX 1070 Ti (card is relatively new, a little over a year) C: drive is Samsung SSD 850 120GB...

As the title states, I am looking for a wireless adapter for my future gaming PC. My router is a floor below me, with about 2-3 walls in between. I don't know much about how routers work, but the info I took from inspecting it is that it is a Rogers 2.4 or 5GHz. I realize the information is...