Recent content by trainut

My build was working great for just long enough to allow me to install Windows and most of my programs/games. Then it started shutting off randomly while downloading Steam games. Event Viewer lists what is happening as "Event 41 Kernel-Power." I did some troubleshooting, and all the temperatures...

So apparently a lot of Ryzen 3000 series chips are not feeding correct data to apps other than Ryzen Master according to some threads online. I downloaded Ryzen Master and there aren't actually any of those crazy spikes. The real temperatures are idle between 40-45C and high load up to 75-80C...

I have been using a 2011 Dell XPS 8300 for the past 8 years, with periodic upgrades such as the addition of an SSD, a couple GPU upgrades, etc. Recently, though, I was really feeling the slowness of that i5-2400 and I decided it was time for a platform upgrade. I bought a Ryzen 3600, ASRock...

Hi all, I am currently rocking an i5-2400, and I feel the need for an upgrade. My plan is to build a Ryzen system inside an old PowerMac G4 Quicksilver case I have modded to accept mATX. I have chosen a Ryzen 5 1600X, and I will be cooling it with a Corsair H80i v2 more out of space...

Anyone...? I'm kind of screwed here

I am having a really weird problem. I attempted to boot my computer up today, and I was greeted with a totally unresponsive desktop. No icons loaded except for the taskbar, and clicking anywhere on the taskbar does nothing. I tried a hard shutdown and I restarted to the same problem. I then...

I would strongly consider waiting for Ryzen 3. Most of that lineup should far exceed a G4560 in almost every way. However, AM4 boards have been pretty hit-or-miss, and if you need a mATX board you might be out of luck. The board selection will most likely improve by the time Ryzen 3 is...

Hi all, I have a Dell XPS 8300 from 2011. It has an i5-2400, 12GB of DDR3-1333, and an 850 Evo 500GB SSD supplementing the stock WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm drive. When I went from the stock HD 5670 to a GTX 760 a few years ago, it got a Cooler Master Elite v2 550W PSU. As of yesterday, it has ditched...