murph0981

Windows 11 finally looks good.

From what I have seen, a majority of my textbooks at the Uni will be E-books, so I should be fair off in that department. That was my first fear too, more so because in my head gaming laptops are still big and bulky space heaters like 7 years ago.

I was looking for a laptop that I could use while in Uni for my major (comp sci) and gaming on the side, came across this. It’s $800 on Amazon. I have heard Acer is hit or miss with their laptops, would this be a good purchase?

See that’s weird af became I still hear about the 1660 which is a dedicated mid range card.

So does that mean I’ll have an issue playing games? GTA V is the most intensive one I play.

So I bought a new Zotac 1650 because it was the best card in my current budget. It said it was an OC edition. Does that mean it’s the Overclocked edition? And if so, would it make any difference in stacking well with my I7-8700?

So I have had my computer now for around 2 years. It was a Pre-Built from Cyberpower and I have been upgrading it ever since. I replaced the original 1060 3gb with a 1660TI, changed out the 16 gb of ram for 64 gb set to 2666mhz (which is the max speed my I7 can handle) and recently replaced the god awful stock Intel cooler with a Cooler Master Hyper 212. Over a year ago a regular issue would occur; my computer would shut off entirely on it’s own. I asked about it here before and someone said it could be thermals so I got the cooler. However today it shut off again. I’m about 70% sure it’s a power supply issue but the built my case so stupid I can’t access it, making cleaning a bitch. However for the 30% unknowing: What could be the issue? TLDR: Computer shuts off on it’s own, but why?

I believe it adds character to it. It wouldn’t be anything I built if something was either attached in a ghetto way that works or upside down. Also thank you for moving this! I forgot there was a sub forum for this...

The fan was clipped to the heat sink so I removed that before installing. I wasn’t paying attention until I went to put the fan back on.

Not gonna lie I have been upgrading a pre built from Cyber Power. I’m not 100% sure on the power.

After the photo I did a better job cleaning. Didn’t hurt leaving it upside down, kinda adds character.

I bought this for my set up, was so excited! Got my case all cleaned (and did more cleaning after this photo) bought some Arctic MX-4 feelin gre- put the cooler in upside down....

Recently I have received a very lightly used HD 5570 that was basically collecting dust. I have since cleaned it and want to build a gaming computer from around the time I got into computer gaming (Early 2010) but never had the money to do. I didn’t get into parts and stuff until around 3-4 years ago so I don’t know if this was any good. I know this was made around the same time Windows 7 was released and I plan to use that OS. It is basically new in terms of usage because it was upgraded 1 month after it was purchased for what was basically the Titan equivalent in 2011.

40 mins of uptime.

This was after about 10 mins driving around in GTA V. Normal settings with textures on high.

My specs are in my signature and I don’t know how to get temps outside of the bios after a crash. After a crash the CPU temp is 70 degrees C

For the past 4 months I have had an issue where my PC will shut off completely on it’s own. Like it’s restarting for 0 reason. I don’t know why this is happening and frankly do not know where to put this. I don’t get errors upon restarting. It primarily happens in games but has also happened when doing literally anything. It also happens more often when in Discord calls, but that could be coincidental. My power supply is a 500w that I got with my prebuilt and upgraded everything around it. After upgrading is when this started happening, but it only started shutting off around 4 months after the upgrades. You can see my specs in my signature. I have no idea if the power supply has gone to crap or even how to test that. I’m currently at a loss.

I currently have 64 GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2666mhz. Unfortunately, that is the fastest my CPU can handle (according to intel) and 64 GB is the maximum amount of memory the CPU can handle. For Christmas, I figured it makes more sense to upgrade capacity over speeds (seeing as my original set was 16 GB 2400mhz) without really considering or looking into it. So far it’s awesome, and I can compact files drastically smaller then before, and editing videos is a faster process, but I still think about speed. Rather than google it, I would rather ask people who have experience and knowledge of the subject; Is capacity better than speed?

So I found our old family computer laying around. It’s a high tier version of the Dell Dimension 3100. Funny enough, it has the professional version of Windows XP and a Pentium 4 HT. Came with no card. I’m curious as to what I can put in this thing for cheap, that can run slightly intense titles from back in the day. (And possibly emulate PS2 for shits and giggles.)

Im trying to replace my hard drive with a solid state drive. I have windows on another ssd in my computer and my hard drive is garbage for gaming. I already have the one I want, I just want to know if such a thing is possible.

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CSGO it tanked after the upgrade. Now only does 150 on average, dust 2. Mostly high settings.

So I have an I7-8700 with a 1660ti XC from EVGA. As well, 64GB ddr4 ram. I feel like I should be getting more than 45 FPS on normal settings with RDR2. I’m very confused and have turned to the power supply. Is 500w enough? Because if not I need a recommendation for one capable.

You’ll never know if it’s right unless you keep it. Plus it would be sick to see that they predicted stuff from 20 years before.

So in humanities we have to make a collage of stuff and I found this in a pc magazine article from Christmas of 2007. I found it interesting. I’m holding onto it until 2027 to see if this comes true.