Recent content by syrup

Looking to upgrade my graphics card since my current one seems to be reaching the end of its life. During GPU intensive moments - ie spike in in-game particle effects - my screen blacks out followed by a high frequency loop of the last 1s of audio before black screen. The only way to get out of...

So I went ahead and bought the Ripjaws X. To make sure I'm setting this up all correctly: I went into the BIOS and changed: 1) CL -> 10/10/10/30 2) DRAM -> 1600 3) Voltage -> 1.5V ^ above are based on the packaging. Is there anything else I would need to change specifically? Currently...

Looking to upgrade to 16GB DDR3 (2x8) since I've been recently capping out on memory. What's the most popular brand/model these days? I was thinking: 1) Hyper X Fury: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104467&cm_re=hyper_x_fury-_-20-104-467-_-Product 2) G.Skill Ripjaws...

When I built my PC ~3 years ago, I bought a 2x4 GB RAM setup (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428). Recently I've been getting warnings of 'RAM low' limits when running multiple applications (when I had no trouble doing the same in the past). I'm looking to get new...

As title suggests, I recently decided to build a new computer using said MOBO. There are 4 BIOS revisions on the gigabyte site: F1-F4. Questions: 1). Is it necessary to update the BIOS? If so, which version? 2). Can I set up the BIOS as is, and update later (while keeping the same settings)...