Recent content by swompdonkey

Replaced the drive. It's fixed. Thanks peeps! Outgoing drive was a Drevo x1 Pro in case you're wondering what SSD you can get that will last fewer than 24 months.

Only drive on the compy is this one. The problem persists...I'm going to try another port on MB, but it's looking like its the drive.

Also...this community has been so helpful since I started building which is really just like two years...just wanted to say thanks again.

I'm responding on the machine...just tried new SATA cable. I should know in an hour or so if that fixed it. Another thing, I had system information up within task manager and when the error occurred CPU and memory usage appeared normal, but the hard drive usage went up to 100% and stayed there...

Excellent ideas! I will give these a shot!

Having just moved and also having another PC, my previous build sat unused for about four months. It was handled gently and suffered no drops or hard jostled as far as I know. Upon starting it up it ran fine for about 30 minutes and then hung. Upon reboot it gave black screen with the "select...

Righteous. Thanks!

I realize that the i7700K doesn't come with a cooler so add another $25 or so. Does it come with thermal past already like a non-K processor?

Considering the $30 difference between the two... I am going with the K I think for the higher base clock. If the difference were significant I would do exactly what you suggest. Also, I tried to consider multi thread performance, but honestly none of the apps she uses are optimized for it. In...

Hail...I'm back to building and welcome your feedback. Le Link My one question is regarding the wireless adapter. The last one I bought didn't fit. Once in the PCIe slot, the metal bracket that goes into the back of the PC didn't fit the slot...it was too long. Was it designed for a...

This monitor is utterly great. Very sharp and good uniformity. Just finished calibration and removed the very slight red cast and it is now pretty neutral. I assume it is overlooked due to less that top end contrast and response time, but I would guess that for most it would be fine. Of...

I appreciate the answer....I was looking to stay around $300. I had it narrowed down to that one or an LG 21:9, but went in favor of the larger 16:9 with 1440p resolution. Could I spend more? Yes, but I'm trying to ball on some sort of budget. I will post a review with my relatively...

I intend to play mostly total war, civ, coaster planet and the like. I am aware giving it's a 60hz monitor it may not be the best for shooters and such, but should be fine otherwise right?

link not showing, but it does work if you click the http:// ...user error?

Hail... I have just purchased this monitor: http:// I plan to use it for streaming and gaming, but wanted to see if there were opinions out there on AOC monitors. Amazon and newegg are light on reviews for this particular monitor.