Recent content by r_ward_87

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    CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 EVO fan position

    Yeah, you can only mount the cooler facing towards the pci slots or top of the case. Aftermarket coolers are supposed to vent out the exhaust fan at the rear of the case. The downside of the tx3 is the mounting hardware. With the fan facing the way you have it installed it will suck hot air...
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    could unstable wattage be causing blue screening ?

    A good start is to download cpuid hwmonitor http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html and Prime95 http://www.mersenne.org/download/ and watch the vcore under load and tell us what you have. I have also noticed in your report that the fatal error was from your northbridge, which could also...
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    could unstable wattage be causing blue screening ?

    Yes, unstable voltages are the main culprit of blue screens, as well as memory allocation errors. Check your voltage when under load as most cheaper boards have a lot of vdroop which will lower the voltage under load. my M5A78 board (760g) has a lot. if i set it to 1.33v it will drop to 1.27...
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    AMD FX-8320 core speed hiccup

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    Intel i3 not going to work with games requiring 4 cores?

    wow, DasHotShot. you should do your research before you claim that everyone's statements are fabricated. try and wrap your head around cpu/gpu utilization per game engine. just because a game is hard to run does not mean it is cpu dependant. The witcher 3 runs fine on low end cpu's. Im tired...