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Thanks I appreciate it! It's W11 installed on a pc for W8. I ended up suggesting she just use Rufus and it had the option to do that for her basically. I had not heard of that method before but thanks for the information.

The laptop is already running Windows 11, and in trying to do a clean install of it my girlfriend gets the "doesn't meet system requirements" problem. I can't do it myself and just had her use the typical Windows 11 installer, which doesn't work. Do I have to run her through Rufus and burning...

That is the only thing I'm unable to do, my back up cards are now in young family's roblox computers lol. Nothing is 'out of place' in terms of ram use or cpu scaling and heat, etc. My games and OS are on SSD, etc. Like I said I have no qualms about just buying a new one this one has given its...

Yes I used DDU in safe mode, and reinstalled Windows 10 for a separate reason about two months ago. I had that problem as well with Windows 10 where windows would install drivers over my latest crimson drivers.

lol no the 6 core 3.2ghz. except i think the amd overclock thing has it 3.4ghz on low volts. that's why i am so confused. i've built computers for 20 years and there is something i am completely unfamiliar with causing problems. it could just be the card is dying, i bought it on release and...

I have an AMD 3600+ cpu under water cooling. as i said all my temps are good, it is not a thermal throttle - the absolute hottest it gets on load is like 72c and that's full load (on the graphics card not the cpu, which is much lower.) good case flow, regular cleans. i was just playing sea of...

It's quite a few games but not necessarily the most demanding. It will stutter in games like CS:GO but not in higher demand games. The 480 was bought new awhile ago, and the temps never stress the curve, they don't get about 70c even on load. The gpu load graph ends up looking like...

My gpu downclocks for energy savings, which is fine until i game on it. I download the Crimson drivers with the UI and took off AMD Chill and everything that seemed like it would do that, but to no avail. I also put the computer in 'high performance' for the Windows energy plan and nothing yet...

Thank you! Do you know off hand if there are channel-specific curves? My headset could use a tiny more low end, and but my altec lansings are so bass-heavy music actually sounds bad.

Alright thanks. I tried looking everywhere and I just don't get why per-channel equalization is not an option in W10 but was in W7.

I've only recently migrated to W10 and I'm looking to turn my 3.5mm Realtek output down, because my sub is just overwhelming at stock levels. In W7 I think I used to just go through the Sound Devices and add a "effect" that was an equalizer from within Windows. Is there anything similar now? I...

I usually set the base where it's next to silent, or at least hardly audible, the +/- 10c leads to a lot of revving up and down. The fans seem quite a bit louder per RPM than my others, but I suppose I have to account that it's blowing into a radiator. I could find the options to change the...

I'm using MSI Command Center to set a real basic cpu temp/fan speed plan. However my cpu temps will jump around in ~5-10c increments, cause my fan to fluctuate enough to be noticeable (the fans themselves aren't very loud, a few hundred RPM difference, but it dips above and then under a...

The WD Red NAS was on sale about $50 less than the comparable HGST so I got that. Thank you all and I will look into Hard Disk Sentinel as well. I occasionally use free HDD monitoring/scanning, but either my previous HDD had a failure to sudden to account for or it was simply unable to be picked...

That's why I'm asking, In my experiences in the last ~15 years of building I've had about every brand of everything die early on me. The drive I'm replacing is a Seagate 4tb that had no errors within a month prior to its dying (or near death, hopefully I can get some of the data off but it's...

I was looking at various drives, and was wondering what the best drive for my situation would be. I only need a 4tb drive, and the only thing put on it will be various multimedia (various types of audio/video types.) Stability and longevity is my biggest concern, and I only stream within my...

I'm on W7 64 with a 750w corsair psu, MSI 970 Gaming, 8gb 1600 ram, an 8320e, and an AMD R9 290 (xfx core). I've never had problems with the card before, and a few weeks ago it started randomly black screening (sometimes during internet surfing, but almost always during a game, be it dota 2 or...

Alright well with that in mind I'll be skimming the sold section for a 1050ti to save even a few more bucks if I can. Thanks guys!

The budget is pretty firm as it's only meant to be a temporary (few months) card, and I'm not so picky about graphic quality (med/high 1200p), especially after using the 1gb 5770 for the last couple of weeks. Eventually when prices settle down and I have more money I'm going to be purchasing a...

My 290x just fried on me and I need a decent card to tie me over awhile till I fully upgrade. I play a lot of low-impact games that don't matter, but also play a few that're more taxing. Has to play well (~60fps avg) at med/high settings on most games at 1200p. I was looking at the 1050ti, and...

Pretty valid point. They had some great boards back in the day though, but I might be letting my nostalgia get the better of me haha.

Bought it from someone on here actually, I don't think ASUS covers 2nd owners. Also fuck capitalism.

I actually had my 290 DD fry on me :( I'm using an HD 5770 I found in my closet. No point in getting Vega when I have an 8320e and 8gb DDR3, but if I'm going to upgrade the processor or memory etc. I may as well just build fresh. I've been playing the new PoE and getting ~30fps with dips to like...

No DFI boards??

Can confirm! The price/power/efficiency is about peaked with the 480s right now.

I was holding off rebuilding for a couple months now on the hopes of solid Vega performance, and if the Vega 56 was actually at MSRP I would be sitting on a sweet new rig. Instead I'm forced to just hold out on this one. No point in buying a new board/chip when my GPU will bottleneck, no point...

I would agree that an AMD 290 or 290x would be your best bet. The 290 has great price for power, and the 290x is a little less but still good (more power but not relative to price usually.) I saw a 290 on here not long ago for $160 or $170 and that'd be a pretty big upgrade from a 6870 (and...

I'd agree with people here in waiting for a 470/480, I've seen some great deals (~$150) lately on them, and they'd be a big upgrade. I'd personally wait a few more weeks for Vega to drop though, there will mostly likely be a good deal/price drop then.

Agreed this looks good but is only going to do so much without a huge overhaul like you've stated. Skyrim manages to look great with mods years down the line.

I'm currently using an 8320 95w and the power draw is insane for how clunky it feels. The core optimization is poor, especially in games. I'm hoping the 1400x or one of the quad cores will be worth upgrading too (and 30w lower under load by factory, like 60w lower by my own estimates.)

from what i've read the xornet 2 uses a 3320 sensor, which as acceleration (previously it'd used the 3310, no acceleration.) i've chosen the Corsair M45 for a mouse, and I'll have a bit to think on the keyboard yet. I really appreciate all the input! (and the chance for that pun)

Hey thanks for the info on the sensors, I'd known some were better but the list was really convenient. I'm pretty picky on how my mouses feel in my hand, I like them a bit smaller, which as really narrowed down a lot of options (seen as many are >120mm length, which I'm not fond of at all.)

i currently just have a generic microsoft no frills keyboard. mechanical is not necessary, especially considering their price point. i may just get the mouse and wait on the board. the thumb buttons on the mouse are necessary though as they're my vent/in game communications. i don't think i...

I'm on quite a budget as my vehicle is deteriorating, but my mouse and keyboard are as well (both are generic, about 6 years old, low dpi non gaming mouse.) I'm looking to upgrade this next check, and have been all over newegg and the for sale threads here, but I'm not very knowledgeable on the...

As mentioned earlier I'd say that for benchmarking Heavy/Valley is the best choice. It's very consistent and fairly taxing. Furmark is good at testing overclocks/load temps/load power.

I'm pretty stubborn when it comes to changing OS, because I've got a lot of editing software, games, etc., that take forever to reinstall from backups. I mostly am interested in the interface of 10, and whether anyone has experienced driver issues with the Radeon R9 series cards. I understand...