Recent content by xavierq

Maybe the better question here is, are the new cards backwards compatible? Would a card that would work in a newly built system also work in a z77 board, or is it two different interfaces? Just pulled the card, it's a GTX760.

Sadly, I'm all too familiar with that smell. I didn't smell anything when it happened, didn't hear a pop or anything, the monitors just all politely turned off and went into sleep mode. I've not smelled it up close yet, but none of the telltale signs of a component failing were there. That's why...

In the middle of playing a game all three monitors just turned off, sound and system remained functional. Rebooting does nothing, they don't show BIOS, and when I put a monitor in the onboard, Windows doesn't show the card at all, and the nVidia app says there's no nVidia gpu present. It's an...

Thanks for the explanation. It seemed like the more expensive boards just had color leds on them, glad to know that's actually all you're paying for. I'll have to think on switching to AMD, I've been using Intel for decades now. You've already convinced me to order the SSD.

I built my computer in 2012, with only a graphics card update since then. Today I found out my RAM has gone bad, and I'm having constant blue screens and the computer is basically unusable. My thinking is that if I'm going to pay for replacement RAM, I may as well get a new motherboard and cpu...

I owned two G7s, and they both died on me after maybe two year. One was inside warranty, but they'd stopped making them, and they sent me a replace G700 instead. I've had it for years, and I absolutely hate it. I only keep using it, because nothing like the G7 has ever come out since, and I just...

Right now I'm looking at playing things like Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen (when it comes out). I may want to go with a three monitor setup for that, though probably not at first. I'm looking to build asap. So once I've nailed down exactly what I'm building, I'll start acquiring parts...

Dangman has helped me out with probably a half dozen builds over the years, I definitely respect his opinion. Not to take away from any of the help I've gotten so far in this thread. It's already given me a lot to think about.

I could spend more if it's justified. The system StoleMyOwnCar lists has an i5 and a GTX 970, which seem decent. What am I losing to have both of those and stay under $800? If I said I'd go to $1,000, for example, what would get added or upgraded? Generally--I'm not asking to rework the whole...

Am I gimping myself by setting the limit at $800? I know that more money always means better system, but is this a situation where I'd see a massive increase in performance for a few dollars more?

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $800 before tax and shipping 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. USA, Cary, NC 4) What...

I get the same results you do there. So mine is newer than anything they've ever heard of.

Asus VE278

Flashlight shows nothing. Power LED comes on when the other monitors come out of sleep, but it's this weak yellow color, instead of the blue it usually is.