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I'm assembling a budget PC. I bought new parts except for the motherboard and CPU, which were both from eBay. - MSI B250I Gaming Pro AC mini-ITX board - i3-6100 CPU - Stock cooler from my i7-4770K (seems to fit fine) - GSkill DDR4-2133 (2x4GB) - Corsair CX450M PSU - Cooler Master Elite 130 case...

Thanks for your quick reply! I had seen a review stating that with a modular PSU it actually gets to be too tight unless you have a shorter single-fan GPU, despite the specs listed on Fractal Design's website. So figured I would ask whether anyone had done a build like this and could confirm...

I'm planning my next build and it needs to be small so that I can mount the case to the bottom of my desk. I want to go with a Mini ITX system but I'm having trouble confirming that my components will fit. My current ATX system has an EVGA 850W G3 modular PSU, a MSI GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X...

I removed my cooler and redid the thermal paste on it using the instructions on the Arctic Silver website. I then ran the Blend test using version 28 of Prime95 for 40 minutes with peak temps from 76-83 across all the cores, a drop of nearly 20C. I'm hoping that I haven't damaged the processor...

I built a PC 3 years ago with the following specs (my first build): Gigabyte Z87X-D3H motherboard Intel i7-4770k Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus G.Skill Ripjaws X RAM (4 x 8GB) Corsair 650TX "plus bronze" PSU Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition GPU Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced case with all stock...

I've just built my own PC for the first time, which will be primarily used for photo editing. Everything seems to turn on and work, and my first 2 attempts to install Windows 7 Pro have ended with a BSOD during the "Completing Installation..." step. I've Googled this extensively and have found...