Recent content by Sadlah

Just looked up that mobo, it does have the slot

Too little and even too much can cause the cooling to fail

If you want future proof, go with the RTX 2060, RTX technology isn't fully available yet but it definitely will be the future for games. I'd pay the extra $20 and get the 9700k as well just for the sole reason that's it's more new and it's an 8 core

Are you sure the CPU is getting the right cooler when it's under high load, You've said it crashes when playing games, but does it crash at idle? You may need to reapply thermal paste

You could probably play some simple to run games, here's a few off the top of my head: Terraria Civilization (Lowest Settings) Prison Architect Hotline Miami The binding of Issac Puzzle Pirates Runescape LIMBO Remember you could also delve into emulators for some old classics!

When you buy the CPU, you're going from a 4th gen to an 8th gen so the sockets will be different, just wanted to remind you about motherboard and ram compatibility

If you have the old motherboard still, you could unscrew the CPU Cooler locking brackets and attach them to the new motherboard, that's one way i could think of, if it's am3+ though, they should fit.

The PSU is enough for everything you listed, The i5 4690 isn't a bad CPU at all, you won't bottleneck much, Obviously upgrading to the 8700k will improve frames and your all around experience. If you're on a budget, upgrade to the 1660ti, then later down the road upgrade the CPU, remember when...

Snapped from a steam forum: If you have the STEAM version of the game, and you don't have the file called "fallout.ini", you will have to configure a file called "fallout_default". The configuring is the exact same. Fix 2 - Installing the 1.7 patch. I highly reccomend installing the latest 1.7...

Windows XP is not a good OS for gaming on

You seem like you know what you're doing, You've done the right thing. I'm sure you'll ace the process! I've read that with Kryonaut you'll have reapply more often then the alternatives

Well you're running new hardware on 9 year old hard drives, is the OS installed to the SSD? If not you should format the SSD, install windows onto it, set it as you boot drive and then use the HDDs as your storage for everything else

You would use Jellybean with your old setup (https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/) find the key and reactivate it on your new setup. You could try running it with your new setup and see if the key is stored anywhere

A couple of things: 1): make sure the IO is correctly connected to the mobo 2): make sure that have the IO enabled and your default device in the audio device manager

If you're are worried about frying it, you shouldn't do it. The main reason things go wrong with things like this is lack of confidence. Watch videos, know everything that can go wrong, learn how to work around it, learn best techniques and best equipment to use. Once you're ready, you know...