Recent content by skarvika

That should do fine for running most current games smoothly on high-max. I would recommend a higher wattage power supply, as you're going to be *just* meeting the requirements. At least 500w should be good; gives you some headroom, which is always nice, especially if you're going to be...

UPDATE: Turns out it was indeed the hard drive. The thing crashed just minutes after my previous post and was unable boot to windows even after running startup repair. Luckily I had a replacement hard drive on hand. It's safe to say that this is more or less a sign of something being very very...

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZsD1GHsXQ UPDATE 2: Turns out it was indeed the hard drive. The thing crashed just minutes after my previous post and was unable boot to windows even after running startup repair. Luckily I had a replacement hard drive on hand. It's safe to say that this...

I've run into a pretty odd problem. I've waded through tons of threads on the site about people with similar issues, but there's always differences in the small details. My CPU (AMD FX-8150) idles at around 40-45 degrees celcius but when I launch a game, it'll steadily go up until around 80-85...