Recent content by triman247

About a month ago, I built a Ryzen 5 2600 on top of a Taichi X470 motherboard with a completely clean install of windows and everything has been working great until today. These are the changes I made to my PC today before getting issues: Installed Division 2 and played maybe 1-2 hours without...

About a month ago, I built a Ryzen 5 2600 on top of a Taichi X470 motherboard with a completely clean install of windows and everything has been working great until today (Corsair 16gb 3200 RAM and a 1060 GPU). These are the changes I made to my PC today before getting issues: Installed...

My PSU recently fried/melted the PSU cable and PCB connection for a Seagate HDD I have. I don't think there is any other damage to the HDD so I contacted Seagate looking to find a replacement PCB to try to at least recover data on the HDD. Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 8TB 256MB Cache SATA...

In 2015 I made a similar post looking for recommendations on upgrading my system and general feedback was that the 2011 components were still pretty good. My PSU recently melted at one of my HDD connection points and while I am replacing the PSU and the tower itself, I'm wondering if now is the...

Looking for ideas on how my system can be upgraded. Approximate Purchase Date: Aug 2011, replaced graphics card Sep 2012. See below for list of components. Budget Range: $500-750 all-in. I always cash in rebates. System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > Watching movies/tv through...