Recent content by wheelswilly

Hey so my buddy is having a problem with his PC. All of sudden he is getting a boot-up issue. When he powers on the rig, his drives boot up, his fans start up along with all the lights within the chassis, but for some reason there is no video output. He tested this on his monitor and a TV to no...

Okay guys, so I am looking for some piece of hardware that I'm not even sure if it's a thing. Here's my case for a reference if needed: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse600kkn2 (Cooler Master N600) So I want to put my case on the floor, but don't want to have to reach down to...

Hey guys, I'm calling out to all the college veterans out there. Particularly those who are currently in college and those who have graduated within the last few years. So if you check my completed build, I have a pretty beast rig for my dorm if I do say so myself haha. My question is, having...

Hey guys, so up until a few days ago I was using a DVI cable for my display. No problems whatsoever. A few days ago, my HDMI cable came in, and I switched that. For the past few days, my monitor has been acting a little strangely; something that wasn't happening with the DVI cable. My monitor is...

Hey guys, so I purchased two MX100 SSDs and a Seagate Barricua 1TB HDD for my gaming build. When everything came in, I was short in SATA cables by two, so I had to use the two SATA cables that I had for one SSD for the OS and all my initial stuff and the optical drive. Today the two additional...

Hey guys, so I recently built a gaming rig. I put in the i5-4690K. Right now I have the stock CPU cooler (FYI, I'll be getting a better cooler before I overclock). Doing regular internet and non-gaming stuff, the 4690K is at 33-35 Celsius. It averages 53-55 Celsius during gaming. I don't know...

I hope I'm in the right section... Hey guys! I have a pretty simple question I think. So my friend and I are planning on making new gaming rigs at the same time. My question is if Cyber Monday is worth the wait? With all the parts we have to buy, will we see significant savings? Thanks for the...

Hey guys, so I'm trying to help my buddy make a budget gaming rig. To put it shortly, his CPU budget is only $80 unfortunately, and I'm not sure which is his best option. Right now he has the Intel Pentium G3258 ($70) with the MSI Z97-G45 Mobo ($140) selected. Is that a good choice? He isn't...

Hey guys, so I'm not entirely sure if this is a dumb question, but that's fine by me. I'm making my first PC build, and I'm having some trouble decided on whether getting a monitor with built-in speakers, and monitor without speaker but purchasing external speakers, or buying a monitor with...

Hello everyone, so I am making a gaming PC build on pcpartpicker.com, and I chose the XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card, and I chose the Raidmax ATX-502WBG ATX Mid Tower Case. However, pcpartpicker is telling me that they are unable to confirm whether that video card will have...

Oh that's awesome! Great, I appreciate your help.

I'm not very adept on hardware knowledge, but why don't I need a sound card? I appreciate your advice!