Recent content by SunnyDayKinda

@hrmccarthy I may be misreading, but if you mean that your pc is crashing while you have an dvi/hdmi/DP cable plugged into your gpu without the 6 or 8 Pin direct to gpu power connectors also NOT plugged in, it's 100% gonna crash everytime as it's protecting itself and your motherboard from the...

@Bunnyy Is XMP enabled in bios?

You should check to make sure that your problem isn't from your monitor's power saving features. Some monitors have adaptive brightness. Try and turn off all power saving features if you haven't already just in case that is it.

Aww well dang. That got me right in the feels. Love grows by sharing it <3 Hope you are well and thanks for sharing!

Hahaha. I promised myself after the $70 xeon x5470 upgrade that it would be the last before I upgrade. Still worth it, Gonna have an extra PC for my father to play his old favorite classics on. Command and Conquer Red Alert and what not haha.Still shopping around components on this build. Here's...

Literally just replied this to another post, but may be applicable here as well. A possibility that the smell is of a resistor on your mobo or on some component going bad. They smell like a mix but not identical to burning plastic/rubber ish. What resistors going bad look like They start to...

A possibility that the smell is of a resistor on your mobo or on some component going bad. They smell like a mix but not identical to burning plastic/rubber ish. What resistors going bad look like They start to swell. Usually on the top, but sometimes on the sides as well.

CPU-Z Validation for my 3.9 ghz core2 quad Q6600 O'C' on xfx 790i Ultra SLi w/ 12gb of ram no less. This mobo only officially supports 8gb (stock 2.4ghz) CPU-Z Validation for my 4.285 ghz Xeon X5470 w/ minimal overclock (771 to 775 mod) Same mobo and 12gb ram (stock 3.3ghz) Could push it...

My best guess is that your monitor is going out. You could attempt to verify this in a few different ways. Is your phone capable of screencasting or mini-hdmi apapter pairing to the monitor? I'd imagine this would be ideal because of the variety in framerate/resolution. Your easiest test might...