Recent content by uncle_joseph

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    Budget friendly desktop build

    I'll let him read this later and check for the parts. How about performance and reliability of AMD CPUs?
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    Budget friendly desktop build

    I know that the number of cores is not enough to determine the CPU is good or not, but my friend got too excited whem he knows that FX series comes with extra cores. I was about to post that the budget is probably around $420 and turbopiki already reads my mind. No need for...
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    Budget friendly desktop build

    I want to help my friend to build a new AMD based desktop for daily usage and occasional gaming session, I need some advice since I'm not too familiar with AMD CPUs. Right now we're stuck at choosing the right CPU since there are many choice at his budget range, such as AMD Athlon X4 series...
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    PC restart immediately during heavy gpu usage

    *update* Definitely PSU problem, got it replaced with my friend's and tried the steps I mentioned before, no restart happened as for today. Went to a computer store for replacement, the store owner said that Corsair VS series is so bad that he won't even recommend it to anyone who shops there...
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    PC restart immediately during heavy gpu usage

    I will try to put different GPU and PSU, if PSU is the real problem I might replace it with another. Could you recommend which brand is good? *update* I forgot to mention that i tried to replace the GPU with a lower spec one, HD 5570, it comes without 6 pin PCI-E plug. When I tried to stress...
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    PC restart immediately during heavy gpu usage

    My desktop was working well for the past 4 months, but several days ago I had this problem, it keeps restarting when I play video games or during gpu stress test. This happened when I play video games that put heavy load to my gpu for like 10 minutes, but later it's getting worse, my PC...