Michael.B

Hello Ladies and Gents, I need your advice for upgrading my current PC. I was thinking on upgrading to a Ryzen 7 3800X whenever a good deal came up; but, I was comparing its performance on Userbenchmark.com to my current i5-6600k and I really can't come up with an excuse to upgrade. The performance bump is about 15 - 25% for $400 - $500 cost (for MOB and CUP combo) and I really can't justify the cost. Anyways, I just need ideas on what a good upgrade plan would be; I use my system primarily for 1080p gaming at 144hz ultra settings. The reason I'm looking to upgrade is because I've noticed CPU usage at 100% while my graphics cards is at 50%, maybe 70% max. Current specs: CPU: I5-6600K Overclocked to 4.2 GHz RAM: 2x 8GB GeIL EVO POTENZA DDR4 2400 + 4GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 (Why do I have an random 4GB stick you ask? Dead ram during original build and I really wanted to game). GPU: Raden Vega 64 Blower PSU: EVGA 650W Gold+ Modular

I think I may have found the solution and reason. Please note this is untested. I will confirm later. Issue It would appear the problem lies in my HDD. Since I was using them on an old computer, they are formatted using the MBR standard, which is compatible with old-school BIOS PCs. The new PC runs on the newer UEFI BIOS; the HDD should be formatted using the new standard GPT. Solution Use the solutions mentioned above or use MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable CD and convert your old MBR to GPT. Sources https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/windows-cannot-be-installed-to-this-disk.html http://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gpt-and-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/

Thank you for your help. Thread212: I order a DVD version of Windows on Amazon. Hopefully, this may fix the problem. DXMember: I'll give that a try and get back to you on the results.

Hello everyone, I'm sorry for the noob questions and formatting. I'm new to the website and posting in general. Please don't judge me too hard on my new build, I was on a budget. Background info I recently, as in three days ago, built a new computer. My old computer was around four years old; it did not have PCI Express 3.0, and the CPU was an AMD Phenom II. I successfully did a test boot, on the new computer, to ensure nothing was damaged during shipping or damaged during the building process. Since I was on a budget, I decided to reuse some of my old computer parts. Specifically, I reused the hard drives and the optical drive. Problem When I got around to installing Windows 10 from a flash drive, the install would go smoothly, until I got to the "Getting Files Ready for Install" screen. Every time I reached 70+%, the install would crash, and the error code 0x8007025D would come up. I looked up reasons why this code would come up and I received anything from the Windows ISO is corrupted to RAM issues. My motherboard recognizes the RAM at the UEFI. Also, I used Microsoft's media creation tool to redownload Windows 10 ISO on a different flash drive but still got the same issue. Question Is this a hardware problem? Is it because I am reusing my HDD from my old computer? Or is it because it is a new built I need to type in a Windows 10 key at the beginning of the install? New computer Specs Price: $669 (U.S. Dollars) CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cooler. MotherB: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX RAM: GeIL Evo Potenza 16GB DDR4 2400 Dual Channel Kit Storage: 2x Westgate 500GB HDD running on RAID 0. (Old HDD can't remember the RPM.) GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 3GB O.C. Edition PSU: EVGA SuperNova 650w G1 80+ Gold Fully Modular. Optical Drive: LG DVD/CD Reader/Writer. Chassis: Thermaltake Vera N24 ATX Mid Tower.

Hello everyone, I'm sorry for the noob questions and formatting. I'm new to the website and posting in general. Please don't judge me too hard on my new build, I was on a budget. Background info I recently, as in three days ago, built a new computer. My old computer was around four years old; it did not have PCI Express 3.0, and the CPU was an AMD Phenom II. I successfully did a test boot, on the new computer, to ensure nothing was damaged during shipping or damaged during the building process. Since I was on a budget, I decided to reuse some of my old computer parts. Specifically, I reused the hard drives and the optical drive. Problem When I got around to installing Windows 10 from a flash drive, the install would go smoothly, until I got to the "Getting Files Ready for Install" screen. Every time I reached 70+%, the install would crash, and the error code 0x8007025D would come up. I looked up reasons why this code would come up and I received anything from the Windows ISO is corrupted to RAM issues. My motherboard recognizes the RAM at the UEFI. Also, I used Microsoft's media creation tool to redownload Windows 10 ISO on a different flash drive but still got the same issue. Question Is this a hardware problem? Is it because I am reusing my HDD from my old computer? Or is it because it is a new built I need to type in a Windows 10 key at the beginning of the install? New computer Specs Price: $669 (U.S. Dollars) CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cooler. MotherB: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX RAM: GeIL Evo Potenza 16GB DDR4 2400 Dual Channel Kit Storage: 2x Westgate 500GB HDD running on RAID 0. (Old HDD can't remember the RPM.) GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 3GB O.C. Edition PSU: EVGA SuperNova 650w G1 80+ Gold Fully Modular. Optical Drive: LG DVD/CD Reader/Writer. Chassis: Thermaltake Vera N24 ATX Mid Tower.