Recent content by Toby_K

So I finished yesterday, thanks for all the help :) Put 16GB more RAM in it, so I’m at 24GB now. Did a clean Windows reinstall as well, put it the 1660Ti and another 2TB HDD. Everything’s running great, I’ll put up the listing for the old PC later today.

Thanks! If I’ll have no more questions, I’ll update once I’m done/get stuck in the process :D I never thought that posing a question in a forum will make me buy a new PC in the matter of 24hrs heh

At what point should I wipe the current HDD? In the situation as pictured in the link above? I want to put it into the new build, but have it clean…

Yup, ok you convinced me :DD What also got into my mind is that I can take the new PC, unplug my current one, slam the HDD into the new one, copy all the important stuff there, then put it back into the current PC, as it includes some crucial system folders. That would get rid of the need to use...

Thanks for the reply, so, I asked the guy, and he said that the OS has already been clean installed before he's going to sell it to me. Also, I saw that there's an option, which allows for a 'factory reset', essentially erasing all your data and keeping Windows installed. Does this count as a...

The PC I'm buying already has W11 on it, so I'll just be sorting out my current PC which I will sell, I'd say that the entire setup I 'm buying for 320 bucks is a great deal :)

So I should back up my important stuff from the HDD to a different drive, wipe both the SSD and the HDD and then install the OS on the SSD, keeping the HDD brand new and ready for the new system?

I have all my pics etc. backed up on two different servers + a flash drive, plus I don't have that many of them in total. Now I just need to figure out how to move the default docs, pics, download folders to C:, without moving all the stuff in them, and then take out the HDD and make a factory...

Well, I ended up going the best path and bought a PC with an i5-10500, 520W seasonic PSU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Samsung M.2 NVME 980 512GB, 2TB HDD and all of that on a decent H470M PLUS MB in a nice case, all of that for 320 bucks. The guy even sent me a detailed AIDA64 report before I'm gonna buy it...

I am a bit stubborn, sorry for that… I’ll buy a new one, keep the GPU and the HDD drive and get rid of the rest. For 270$, I can get a i7-6700K + decent MBD + 16GB DDR4 RAM combo, the rest will be 200 more bucks and I’ll be good to go

I was looking at this exact one earlier today, even saw some videos of people upgrading this exact PC with the help of this cable. Still, I’ve already invested a lot of cash in a lot of crap, see my PC :Dd Getting a new one is probably really a lot better…

I was thinking that I sell the skeleton of this, keep the Drives and the GPU, and buy a pre-owned MBD+CPU+RAM setup, something with 7th gen intel or newer. And get the rest new, of course. Until then tho, I will decrease the max voltage in MSI afterburner, plug in the double Molex and pray I...

I5-4570, 16GB DDR3 RAM, new HDD and SSD. Overall, the gaming performance is good enough for me, I am able to play all the games I’m playing at ultra setting with decent framerate. I know that frankensteining it is not the best option, but since I’m on a budget (need a new car, saving up), I...

Yea, unfortunately, when I bought it, I didn't know what I was going into, but looking back at it, the GTX 1060 did draw around 90W max from the SATA->Molex->6Pin aswell, assuming it behaved the same like the 1660Ti. Worked like that for 3 years minimum. Getting a new PSU and the reduction...

It's an OEM PSU (320W) in an HP 800 G1 tower, unfortunately, a PSU upgrade would be really hard because the motherboard doesn't have a 24-pin, but different specific HP OEM connectors... edit: there's an adaptor sold on Amazon, for 24-pin to HP MBD weird pins, but it would supposedly take a...