Recent content by rowens.wds

I'm working on a Stargate themed case mod. I have never used LED's before and I would like to integrate allot into this build. So I have allot of basic questions. First the set up. 1) I want a fairly powerful bar LED to light the Mobo and back light a clear acrylic front panel. I'm looking at...

I guessing that you think the 2700x is overkill for my needs. On user benchmark I'm seeing the 2700x as 31% increase vs the 1700x at 17%. (Over the 1300x.) I am thinking of the future I intend to upgrade this pc with a part or two every year to keep it on top but the idea is to get the best proc...

I have almost that exact system. When I first built it I didn't check ram compatibility. I had a weird error were 1/3 of the time it wouldn't detect the ram and I'd have to do a hard restart to get it to boot. So be very careful to check what ram has been tested with the board and cpu. I ended...

I have a ryzen 3 1300x right now. I got it intending to upgrade in a year or two. And it's alright but I do 4k video editing and 3d design and it tends to bottle neck around that. Gaming is also a consideration but I think my GPU is the bigger problem there. I'm looking right now because I'm...

I'm looking to upgrade my cpu to a Ryzen 7 2700x and I'm wondering if ill have any compatibility issues with the rest of the system. I'd really prefer not to upgrade anything else. MOBO: MSI Gaming AMD Ryzen B350 DDR4 ATX RAM: G.SKILL 16GB (2 x 8GB) Ripjaws V Series DDR4 PC4-25600 3200MHz...

Hi, I have an old 9800 GT and I would like to run it as a dedicated physx card. I have a 1050 Ti as my primary GPU. When I install the 9800 Nvidia detects that I need driver 342.01 for the 9800 GT. However when I install the driver my 1050 Ti stops working. Inversely if i install driver 416.34...

I may have gotten a little carried away. Growing up I never had a high performance PC so I am looking for a build that will run old games on highest settings. My baseline for most of these builds was top of the line 2009ish parts. My next group will be more of a 2000 baseline. I'm having a bit...

So far the builds I've come up with are: AMD CRUCIAL VENGEANCE -- An AMD centered machine using newish parts that have roll back drivers. CPU: AMD FX-6300 GPU: RX 580 SSD: Crucial MX500 250GB RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DD4 2133 C13 2x8GB Mobo: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) INTEL PLATINUM FORCE --...

I like to play allot of older games, but as technology progresses, and windows versions compatibility is a nightmare. So I would like to put together a list of hardware for an ultimate retro gaming rig. This is intended to be a brain storm of what works well together and why; not a realistic...

By crash I mean allot of different errors. Usually just closing the game mid play, sometimes freezing. I've also had allot of script error or missing dll or ini errors and I have to go dig up old versions of direct x or windows updates to fix. Rarely I'll get fatal errors blue screen usually...

I have windows 10 on a ryzen 3 1300 12 GB ram and gtx1080 ti gpu. I play a lot of older games 5-15 years. I'm no stranger to tweaking settings to get the games working. However with this machine I have had an absurd time getting the settings just right. I have an old gtx 460 and I'm wondering if...