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So just two days ago I got my Christmas bonus, and as it usually goes when holding onto a bigger pile of cash, I ended up on the local used hardware site, and of course I came across a great used deal on a Zotac 1080Ti graphics card. So I said f*** it, let's go. I got it and replaced my Nitro+...

What part of video editing is bad for you, rendering, or actually editing (and previewing) your project? You would definitely benefit from a CPU upgrade to Ryzen. If you're on a budget (not very familiar with Canadian currency and market), even a previous-gen Ryzen 7 2700X would be a good...

Sure, you can test the old PSU with this system if it was working well when you took it out. If the noise came from the PSU, then that's already a sign to check up on it. I had this kind of issue way back with an FX-8350 and some weak motherboard, the CPU's extreme heat was too much for the...

Well, you definitely need a new motherboard and CPU. The i7-2600k is still "good" (meaning not ideal, but adequate without too much bottlenecking) for upper-mid-tier graphics cards (like a 2060 Super or maybe even 2070), but you're about to put the most powerful (RTX 3090 aside) gaming GPU...

Yup... as others said, bad timing. With Ryzen 3 being that much better overall, and new generation Nvidia cards priced so agressively, you're in bad luck. 500-650 as said, depending on the urgency.

+1 on the driver part. I've built many gaming rigs in the past decade, and even though I have definitely experienced some driver issues with AMD graphics cards, I did with Nvidia as well. The key is not to use beta drivers with AMD, they usually have problems, while on Nvidia, beta drivers are...

Oh yes, the 980Ti is definitely a power hungry (and therefore, very hot) beast. My bet would be on that.

Can you tell us the exact specs of your system? I would go for some overheating issue, you should monitor temps while putting the PC under load. If you have a dedicated GPU, I'd say look at that first.

Notice how he's going for mostly eSports titles? They are mostly CPU heavy, and that makes the 1800X a bad choice compared to the 3300X for way worse single core performance (which many of these games still utilize). As of now, and for the next few years, the 4c/8t configuration of a Ryzen 3...

I wouldn't get that config. The CPU is really not for gaming: 1st gen Ryzen is great at productivity, but gaming was never a strong point, and you're looking at the top of the range 1st gen Ryzen 7, which is especially not built for gamers. I would instead get a 3rd gen Ryzen 3100, you could...

Hello! If it doesn't go past the post screen, try removing the CMOS from the motherboard for about a minute or two, then plug it back in (the circular battery of the motherboard. On yours, it's right above the upper PCIe slot, between the slot and the big Aorus VRM heatsink). Be aware that...

Hello Ryan, No, of course you don't! You only need one boot drive in a computer, and that will remain the one you have now. You will only need to connect the new hard drive, and possibly create a new partition on it using the built-in Disk Management of Windows. Here's a detailed guide on how...

Try running without that HDD you added, if you had problems with that earlier, that's definitely the first thing I'd check. Do you have a dedicated GPU, or are you running with the i5's integrated graphics? If you have a dedicated GPU, disconnect it and try running without that. Does your...

As @Jmi20 said above, this use case doesn't need a lot of horsepower. For streaming while doing this, you'd be fine with a used configuration with some lower-mid-tier GPU. Anything with a 2nd generation or higher i5 processor and a video card on the performance level of a GTX 1050 would do good...

You'll want that SSD as soon as possible. Saving your CAD 3D work constantly on HDD will be extremely annoying. Also if you work with a lot of 3D objects, it might be more worth it to get a Ryzen 3 3300X (or even 3100), and get some entry level GPU like the AMD RX 550. Especially since the...