Recent content by seanroyce

Really appreciate the input. Along with the new AIO, I did order thermal paste so I am going to try reapplying that and see whether it just came loose from transportation. I should have mentioned that I bought this computer second hand off a friend who had to ship it across the country...

A couple of months ago, my computer started making a terrible clicking sound and shortly thereafter I started getting BSODs every 1-2 weeks during gaming sessions. I started monitoring my hardware this week and realized my CPU temps are hovering around 85 degrees during gaming and sometimes...

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs) - manually overclocked to 4.2GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SC 8119 MB (SC) Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 RAM: 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 DRAM 1866MHz C9 Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1866C9) - this is the actual product...

I've purchased a mobo and SSD - among other parts - for a new build, but plan to migrate my two 500gb and 1tb hdd into the new computer for basic storage. My new boot drive will be the SSD designated in bios. My old OS boot drive is the 500gb hdd, it's partitioned into 100gb and 400gb, with the...

@USAFret - thank you for the prompt response. Admittedly, I am a bit over eager right now. I will wait patiently and save myself the frustration tomorrow. @senkasaw that's good to know, but I'm not an expert PC builder. I know how to select components and input credit card information at...

I'm parting together a new computer and the SSD arrived today, while the mobo, cpu, and ram will arrive tomorrow. As the title suggests, I'm wondering whether I can safely install Windows 7 on the SSD tonight, then install that onto the new mobo tomorrow and just boot right up. Needless to say...