Recent content by Xephyr117

On a better note, it seems to temps have gone down significantly. MSI:A now reads temps down in the 20's. While playing games, it sits in the 30s. (at least the small game I'm trying). This is a vast improvement over the past 2 years of using this. Thanks for all of your suggestions. Unless I...

The cooler didn't seem to be as well seated as I originally thought. I (hopefully) put it back on as well as it can go on there, but would I need to use another layer of thermal paste (after removing the 1st I suppose) or would it be fine without it?

My basic specs are: GTX 745 i5 6400 (stock cooler) EVGA 600w 80+ Bronze certified PSU Honestly, I'm not sure what the motherboard is. I'd have to check later. I'm not familiar with a mobos UEFI. I monitored the temps with MSI afterburner. I'm fairly sure the cooler is seated correctly...

My i5 6400 is running around 80-90 degrees while idle. I can't play a game long enough to measure that number while it's under stress. I've had a problem with my computer for a long time where playing a game (or running other applications) would cause the computer to immediately restart. No...

I recently purchased a R9 380x from Newegg... let's say 40 days ago, ish. A week later I received the card. I put it into my computer and it starts giving me blue screens, and crashing my computer a lot. I took it to the Geek Squad over in Best Buy, and they told me the GPU was at fault, and...