Recent content by SirMonkeyV

Hello. Reinstalling Windows and everything fixed it for me. Hope that works for you too.

Hello. My HDD with my files was dying, so I got a new drive. I had changed the location in properties from my C drive to the now drive before. I copy and pasted all my music, photos, and documents to the new drive. I then removed the old drive, and changed the drive letter of the new drive to...

Hello. I have a Dell Latitude E5540. It only has one battery. However, Windows shows two batteries in the taskbar and also in device manager. The laptop is mostly used plugged in. One battery is at 100% because it is plugged in, but the nonexistant one is at 0%. As a result, Windows would shut...

Thank you for your reply. I did it again closing everything possible. I had 1% CPU usage before I closed task manager and ran the benchmark. It did not say the high CPU Usage this time, but it does still say it is performing below expectations for CPU, GPU, and one HDD. Here are the results...

Thank you for your reply. I do have latest BIOS. I have tried 2 driver versions. The EVGA G1 650W PSU is from late 2015 or mid 2016, so it is 4 ish years old. Here are some benchmarks. Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI Performance Results - UserBenchmark It says not performing as expected on some...

Hello. I upgraded from an RX 580 to an RTX 3070. I have a Ryzen 5 3600, EVGA G1 650W PSU, 16GB 3600Mhz cl16 Ram, Gigabyte B450 Auros pro Wifi, 1 TB 860 EVO, 1 TB WD Blue 7200rpm HDD, and 1080p 144Hz monitor. I used DDU in safe mode to uninstall AMD, then installed latest Nvidia drivers. While...

Thanks for your reply. My plan is to maybe upgrade to Zen 3 when Zen 4 or 5 comes out. I used my 4th gen i5 fine for 6 years, so I think if I upgrade to Ryzen 4000 in 2 or 3 years, I could stay till Ryzen 10,000 or 9000. If I'm not wrong, CPUs keep improving slower, so I should be fine? Though...

Thank you for your reply. Did AMD not reverse their decision and decide to release the code or whatever, leaving it up to the manufacturer to support Ryzen 4000 on B450? Though I realize it will be uncertain and dependent on Gigabyte. MSI promised all B450 will support Ryzen 4000, but you might...

Hello. I bought a $129 Gigabyte B450 Auros Pro WIFI to buy with a Ryzen 5 3600 and 16 GB RAM. It is still shipping to me. I saw that there is a MSI MAG B550M Mortar WIFI for $170 being released on June 16, which is $40 more. I could return the Gigabyte. The Gigabyte has slightly better sound and...

Thanks. Do you think the b450 boards will go back in stock? I am having lots of trouble finding one that is in stock and also has the features I want. They look all out of stock.

Hello. I have a i5-4590, RX 580 8GB, 16 GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD. My performance in games has been not as good recently. I posted before and some said it could be CPU degradation, while others have told me some other program is probably taking up CPU. My CPU is always around 100% in games. When I...

So would you recommend upgrading? I've been considering a Ryzen 5 3600. Though I was considering waiting for Zen 3, but I'm guessing it could be delayed.

Thank you for your reply. It would be the CPU bottlenecking the GPU right? Also, I thought CPUs don't degrade and just stop working when they're done as long as you don't overclock too high? I haven't overclocked since it's not overclockable.

Hello. Here are my specs. i5-4590 Cryorig H7 CPU cooler MSI Armor RX 580 8 GB Gigabyte Z97x-U3DH 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz G Skill Ripjaws 1 TB 860 EVO SSD with Windows and programs 256 GB 840 EVO SSD with a couple games 2 1 TB WD Blue HDDs with files and games EVGA Gold 650 W PSU Windows 10 Pro...

Thank you for your reply. My display does not have freesync. It is a simple 1080p 60hz IPS display.