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I am currently running an MSI R9 390 and I have been having serious heat issues. Thus, I am looking to upgrade. I run a 2560 X 1440 monitor and a 1920 X 1080 monitor. I am looking to game on the 2K monitor at somewhere between 40-60 fps with maxed detail. I play Witcher, Skyrim, Doom, etc. and...

Alright, if i had to guess right off the bat, i would point blame at the overclock on your 970. Assuming its a personal overclock and not a factory one, that could cause this. I saw the exact same occurrences when I overclocked my R9 390 too far and my 6700k. try backing that overclock down or...

Sorry but miracles aren't possible unless its a steam sale. I did find some nice deals on newegg though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009996 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009906

It will definitely fit in your motherboard and therefore it will also fit in your case. However your power supply is pretty weak. Its technically within specifications, but if that power supply inst a name brand I wouldn't trust it.

Either way the 6600k is a better chip. Not by a lot, but its worth $15 in case you happen to fall in love with overclocking later on and decided to get a motherboard for it. To be clear, you can overclock on an h170 motherboard, but its a bad decision because it comes with host of risks and...

Please follow the advice of Aeacus, but if your jsut wondering why it seems slower these days, well theres two real answers. 1. As technology gets better we raise our standards of whats acceptable. In comparing these standards to our old tech we perceive its quality as getting lower over time...

I would say the real decision here is if you like Nividia or AMD. I have had both, and both have there merits. Also AMD runs better on some games while Nividia runs better on other games. If you posted which two specific cards your looking at, I could give you a more objective answer, but being...

This is a very good temperature. The thermal specifications for most processors reaches up to 90C so I don't think you are going to have any problems with that temp range. I personally have a 6700k and I overclocked it to 4.5Ghz. It gets up to 75C pretty well, but its still doing just fine...

Alright, if you have any error codes that it spits at you or any dump files you should post those here. Also if you could give me a full list of your parts, as detailed as possible, that could get us started. Also, while it could be an issue with the SSD its most likely that this is a software...

There probably wont be a difference. Unless there is some kind of warranty, which i would find highly unlikely, then its the same stuff from the same factory but with a different brand name on it. If your SSD doesn't have the standard sata power on it then what is the connector?

So I run an MSI R9 390 8Gb gaming. I am currently working on a dinky little 21" 1080p screen from asus and its not satisfying in size or clarity. I play and work on this screen, witcher 3, darksoulsI, autoCAD, phototshop, etc. So for Christmas this year I'm getting myself a better display. my...

Hey guys, so I'm about to do a build for my mother and I always get second opinion before I build, hence I'm asking you. The PC is going to be a light use machine, mostly emails, web shopping, and some occasional photo editing. Since it shouldn't be required to do any heavy lighting, I went with...

Okay so once you open your computer have a look at your motherboard. Next to the expansion slots it should have labels like, PCIe, PCIe 2.0, or PCIe 3.0. It might also tell you the size which is what the X16 stuff means. For the graphics card you need a PCIe 3.0 X16. As for power, your gonna...