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So I have had a Gskill RipjawX 8GB (2x4GB) kit for a while, and I got another one for Christmas. After about two months, my PSU broke and it broke my Motherboard as well. The thing here is that I had used both kits in my PC and when problems first started to occur, I removed the other kit from my PC. It worked for a while, but then MOBO and PSU had to be changed. I am wondering if the problems were caused by the two RAM kits or would it be safe to use them. Thank you in advance.

Hello! I just got a new PSU, a Corsair RM850, using only one kit, I'm getting nearly sufficient voltage, from 9.984 V to 10.084 V. What can I do? Do I need to change the PSU AGAIN?

I was afraid this could be the problem... However it did work when I got the RAM last Christmas... only quite recently has it had random shutdowns. Do you think a new PSU could fix the problem?

Hi I have had a problem with my computer, as in it has shut itself down randomly. I found out that 12V rail is getting only 9V-10.5V, I removed 2 of my RAM sticks and now it gets over 11V reliably. I have Gsill RipjawsX as my RAM, 2 8GB kits(2x4GB) I believe that the problem is my 2-year-old PSU, and I could get a new one in a few days time, but is the problem my RAM, MOBO or PSU?

Thank you! This was very informative. However I have now set it up in software, so I don't plan on messing with it anymore, but thank you for your help.

Well, I set it up in software RAID, and I am also NOT going to mess with it at least before an extreme upgrade, so yeah.

Hi! I just tried to make a RAID array with my 2 1TB drives at SATA ports 1 and 2. My boot drive is in port 6. My motherboard is Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0, so I can only set ports 1-4 in ACHI, RAID or IDE and ports 5-6 in IDE or whatever ports 1-4 are set to. If I set port 5-6 in IDE, windows boots to the point of the 'Welcome/Please wait' screen and bluescreens. I cannot see what it says because it is only there for a split second. It does not display said screen, but it is what should come at that point. I tried setting the boot drive to RAID READY config, but it does nothing. Thank you in advance.

This was the best answer IMO, you told exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you sir.

Thank you gentlemen, Thank you gentlemen, you have successfully solved my problem. I thank you all very much. It is as I suspected, some people have misunderstood and spread false information around, and it got me confused. This forum is a really great place for information.

Some people are saying that 4GB GTX 770 cards are for SLI since 2GB is too little to split between two or more GPUs, but doesn't each card use it's own VRAM while in SLI??? I mean if you put a 2GB card and a 1GB card in SLI, you only have 1GB VRAM, but if you put, say, four 2GB GTX 770s in SLI, will each card have 2GB of VRAM or 512MBs? I read that on a dual GPU card, GPU1 can not directly access or change the VRAM allocated to GPU2, since the VRAM is directly wired to the GPU, doesn't the same apply for single GPU SLI? I mean the VRAM in card1 is hardwired to GPU1 and GPU on card2 can't access the VRAM on card1 without it going through the GPU on said card. This process would slow the efficiency of card1 down so much, it would be nearly halved, and the overall gain of SLI would only be a marginal amount, like 10%. I am really confused with some of the tech stuff and I would be glad if you would enlighten me. Thank you in advance and have a good day.

This is the order I prefer to use, when trying to build a budget PC. If you're not on a budget, choosing the GPU last has the advantage to get the best that will fit in your budget, if you have a pre-selected GPU, you just choose it first. If not on a budget, then you just need to choose CPU, MOBO and GPU first and go from there, in what order you want. 1. CPU and MOBO; I do them at the same time, especially in a budget build, so I can see the price difference in AMD/Intel CPUs/APUs and MOBOs that fit for the CPUs/APUs 2. HDD, RAM and optical drive; If on a tight budget, so you can get the cheapest parts here, if not, then whatever you have planned 3. PSU, case; here is the part where you look for what will fit for what you have planned, since chassis is not that important in a budget PC, just choose what will fit with your MOBO. 4. GPU; The reason I choose this one last, is because now I see how much money I have to spend on the other components, so now I have a max price for the GPU. 5. (optional)Cooling; If there is need for cooling, get a cheaper GPU and use that money for cooling instead. This is the way I personally prefer to build a budget PC, do not take this as a one-and-only-true-way-to-build-a-PC -guide, just as a suggestion.

I'm one against changes, especially computer related revolutions or so, but after some thinking, I think it might just be a pretty good thing. One thing will be for sure: it WILL have components made by other companies than Razer. I dare to say that all GPUs and CPUs and APUs and such would be created by Asus, EVGA, Intel etc.. Razer would have a patent in it, but to put it in perspective, you all know how quiet that thing is, and mineral oil cooled, so it would be a big thing in gaming computers, and also I don't think it is going to be that expensive, as it wouldn't require as much raw materials(heatsinks, backplates etc.). I will say that it won't be mainstream until somewhere 2020's. It needs more polishing and such, but once it gets mainstream, it would be at the same price point as "regular" PCs today, give or take.

I once smashed my keyboard with fists multiple times, threw my headphones and went to punch the wall...

NO. Noctua NF-S12. Much quieter than SP120.

Reasons for GTX 780: - GPU Boost 2.0 - Cooler and quieter - More room for overclocking - Advanced PhysX - G-Sync - Higher memory clock speed Reasons for R9 290: - Better performance(some FPS @ stock speeds in some games) - Mantle(no proof of it's performance boost and possible game support for some AAA games in the near future) - Faster clock speed - 512-bit memory interface - More VRAM(4GB vs 3GB) - TrueAudio