Recent content by THM01

Hi all, I have a WD Red 4TB with data on it that has been used exclusively with an external enclosure (Sabrent EC-DFLT), and has worked for a few months. It now no longer shows up in ThisPC or disk management when connected via the enclosure (although it does power up and you can hear it...

Some of my opinions and thoughts: One 1080 would be virtually as good (or even better in some cases) as the two 1070s and save you money and precious case room (and keep the system cooler). I recommend the EVGA GTX 1080 ACX 3.0 FTW version. I'm really liking mine so far. For your first build...

Thank you for your thoughts. I'm leaning towards the 6850k. Anyone else want to weigh in?

Hey guys, here's the dilemma: long story short I could swap out my 4790k for a 6700k for free; however I'd have to buy a LGA 1151 board (as my 4790k is running on a lga 1150). Since I'd have the LGA 1151 already, then I could buy a (hopefully fantastic) upgrade whenever Kaby Lake comes out in...

Your sound settings look like it's just going to the speakers, not the headphones- are you even hearing sound on the headphones? Also, not sure if you're using a USB connection or the actual mic and headphone ports. If using USB, try using the direct connections (and make sure you dont have the...

Not sure what motherboard you have, but Speedfan might be able to help out; you can control individual fans if your motherboard allows. Speedfan is free software. Jrrdmchls solution of using a hardware solution is good too

Definitely NOT trying to abuse the policy, my processor gets to 99C within 30 seconds of starting any video render. I think the cooler has something to do with it but there's no way it's just the cooler. Should've been more clear. Also even before it gets to 99c, it goes from 45C idle to 75C+...

Will anything get screwed up if I replace my processor with the exact same processor? My processor (i7-4790k) has been overheating with its stock cooler on (I've had it about a year and a half) and I was going to put a hyper 212 cooler on it; however, the processor still has a warranty from...

Thank you for the response. Although I sound like a dummy.. how: "Just verify the new 850 Pro is the only thing in the boot order."? Also, it might be good to note that my 840 has my OS and programs installed on it (windows 7)

I have used 6 different WD Black Drives over the past 2 years and haven't had a single error on any of them. The only Seagate drive I ever used died during a scan and fix plug in.... Also see this for how bad Seagate is: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q3-2015/

Hello! Need to know quickly if this will work: I'm using Samsung migration software to clone my 840 Evo 250 SSD to a new 850 Pro 256gb SSD. After I clone it, I'll shutdown computer and unplug the 840 and plug the 850 into the same cables the 840 was in. That far I think will work- what about if...

Good advice so far. Still definitely going to look for upgrade options, but I guess I'll give it a go to get this more stabilized; I'll try the 212 evo first since I have one up in my closet, lol. Any more opinions? Thanks all!

Hello all, I'm a professional video editor and I'm sick of my 4790k getting to 99 Celsius within 30 seconds of rendering even simply HD video... need some advice on upgraded the CPU, Mobo, and RAM; I'd be open to other parts as well or just a new build in general perhaps... I've got about a...

Drtweak: 1) AsRock z97 extreme4 2) Windows 7 professional 3) Yep, can't afford a nice backup solution for another couple months so I'm going the redundancy route in the meantime then going to add some NAS later cdabc123: okay, any good guide on how to do it through bios? Thanks again!