Recent content by Ryan Parker

It passed both the quick test and extended test. Now the noise is a lot less frequent or loud, as well - just normal HDD occasional click. I dont know what happened but everything seems cool.

I am currently running an extended Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostic. I hope it does not find any issues, or if it does, fixes them!

Hello! I have just recently noticed a clicking sound in my new computer (built in late February - early March) and I have no idea if it is normal, or if I should be worried about it. My computer will be exhibited at a school event on Wednesday and if this is a sign of hard drive failure, its the...

Firstly make sure that the USB connecting into the microphone itself is upright and matches the shape of the socket as that is a common mistake. If that is not the issue than: While the microphone is plugged in and unrecognized, open the Device Manager. Then find the Blue Snowball in the list...

Also, what would you consider safe temperatures for my GPU? And for my CPU in its current state and when overclocked?

Hello everyone! I just built my first gaming desktop as of yesterday and, having purchased a 3570K, I was wondering how to go about overclocking it. I am entirely new to this and I have no idea how to proceed. It seems fairly straight forward as it only requires BIOS adjustments and stress...

Included that memory, but switched to Haswell PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ NCIX US) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X...

Hello everyone. You may have noticed some of my previous posts about this same build or others that I have been considering. This is the build itself: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.96 @...