Recent content by RookieOfTheYear

So I went with a 6TB Western Digital My Book external hard drive, and a 6TB WD Black internal drive. I also am keeping the original 2TB internal drive as another backup copy. The data that is important to me are the family pictures and videos. So I will be adding the new stuff to both the...

Thank you both for the helpful insight. I think I got it figured out what I'll be doing.

Thanks guys! This is exactly what I needed. I think I may just get an enclosure for two of my 4TB drives to create an external hard drive. I currently only have about 1.5TB's of data I want to back up. So it should last me a while, even on 4tb's. Would it be foolish to put the two drives in a...

So I have bought four 4TB hard drives with intentions of creating a Raid 10 to keep all my important data on. I am not very familiar with Raids, or some of the best methods for backing up data. I just thought I would ask the community what you might suggest I use to backup my data. I'm pretty...

I figured it out!!! I had the videos on Youtube set to playback in 4k, because I had my TV connected via HDMI previously, and had not changed it back. It goes from using about 30-40% usage on the CPU down to about 15-20% on the CPU, when going from 4k to 1080p. My monitor is only 1080p, so 4k...

I tend to watch a lot of youtube videos, and love to game. So I often have a game running, while also surfing youtube, and switch back and forth between the two depending which has my interest at the time. I have not had an issue for over a year now. All of a sudden, I have noticed that if I...

Here would be my suggestion. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ NCIX US) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7...

Well, I always suggest to spend the little extra money and get a very nice one, as the PSU is something that can always be transferred to a new build in the future, usually. Next, I would ask how much you are looking to spend on one. But without knowing a budget, I will try to give you a few...

That's not bad. You could just buy a nice GPU (aka video card) and get some pretty nice gaming out of it. Although I can almost guarantee you will need to upgrade your PSU (power supply unit) as the one that most factory rigs like that come with cheap 300 watt units. What type of hard drive...

I would suggest going with the GTX 960 at least. The 750 Ti is not bad, but you get quite a lot more performance for not much more money with the 960.

Definitely upgrade your GPU first. Your CPU is actually quite decent for gaming.

The reason it is slow in the way you stated is because you are still using a HDD and only 4 gigs of ram. I would first upgrade to a 120GB SSD then get another 4 gigs of ram. You will notice significantly faster load times and overall windows performance going from an HDD to an SSD. Here would...

You are very welcome. Feel free to ask any questions you might have about the build. Also, to help keep things quieter, you might want to pick up a fan controller in the future to be able to turn them up when you want performance, and down when you want quiet.