Recent content by Renegade1911

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    [SOLVED] PC is sluggish after i9 CPU upgrade

    Doesn't work, actually. Even at 100% minimum power state in Balanced power mode it's still slow. Anyways, the High Performance state works fine, so thanks a lot for that!
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    [SOLVED] PC is sluggish after i9 CPU upgrade

    Good catch. The PC was in Balanced power mode set in Windows 10. When I put it into High Performance, it speeds up again. The difference is clear in CPU Z. Core speeds with Balanced power are lowered, 800MHz at the lowest. At High Performance power mode they're at 4700Mhz all the time. This does...
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    [SOLVED] PC is sluggish after i9 CPU upgrade

    Happy new year folks, so recently I've updated from a i5 9600K to an i9 9900K. I know it's not the most sensible, but I could get it for a really good price and I had use for the i5 elsewhere. The i5 was overclocked to 5GHz. After swapping in the i9 (had to update Bios to get it to work at...
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    Replacement: GIGABYTE GA-P67X-UD3-B3

    Hey everyone! So my GIGABYTE GA-P67X-UD3-B3 motherboard went down on me after almost 3 years of service. I obviously need a replacement, but I'm not sure what should I replace it with. The board is not being sold anymore, plus I read some bad reviews which made it seem like I was lucky to get...