Recent content by spenmich

I recently bought some new RAM for my B450 ITX ASRock motherboard (2600X, 1060 6GB). In CPU-Z, the DRAM is showing normally (all 32gb) but the speed is lower than expected, listing as DDR4-2133 instead of the DDR4-3600. I've tried using the default XMP profile, a manual XMP profile (changing the...

Get all! Right now I have a GTX 1060 that I'm running with an FX-6300. I plan on (hopefully) upgrading from the FX to a Ryzen 5 2600X. However, I heard that my GPU would now bottleneck my CPU. Is it worth it to upgrade, or should I stay put? Thanks so much!

Hey there! I have an old external drive that I'd like to use as an internal one on my PC. It uses Micro-B, as many do nowadays, and I was wondering if there was a cable that could connect my drive internally- Miro-B male to SATA, for instance, would work. I hunted around everywhere, and there...

Hey all, I finally bought an SSD, and I want to migrate all of my data on the HDD to it (including Windows 10). I slimmed down my HDD so that all the data would fit in the SSD, but when I cloned the HDD to SSD using EaseUS, my BIOS does not let me boot from the SSD- it asks for a bootable USB...

Hey there! A great site to find parts is PC Part Picker (https://pcpartpicker.com/) that has community-made builds done for you and a great part chooser and compatibility checker. From there, it really depends on your budget, personal preferences, and the weight of the games you'll be playing...

Hey all, I currently have a MSI GeForce GTX 950 GPU and I'm planning on upgrading to a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060. Could I, in theory, run these together on Windows 10? I've seen many similar posts, but with very different answers. Thanks so much for your help! -spenmich

Hey all, About 10 months ago I bought and built a PC- it all went off without any issues. Recently, however, I relocated to the US from the UK, and for some reason my PC simply wont turn on. I double checked all of my cords, tried several cords to the outlet, but nothing works. My supply is the...