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[Ciggavelli]

well now im running into issues of my monitors going black but my computer staying on and programs staying active on it. Started happening when Battlefront came out. My monitors are about 3-4 years old though (at best, maybe even 5) but now its happening when playing guild wars 2 (for the first time last night)

if 1 monitor had a failed link to the GPU, would it turn off both monitors ? I ran prime95 last night ,everything is fine with my cpu/memory now I got gpu-z open now while im playing games to monitor temp and load etc


with guild wars 2 open (on max settings)

my GPU is at 71c temp (got to 80-81 last night, when the monitor issue started happening. That should be fine, long as its not over 90)

my load right now is going from 78%-93%.. last night it was constantly around 96-98% (after being on for the whole day)

so I dont think its the GPU

Run furmark on your gpu. That will heat up your gpu so fast and you'll be able to tell if it's gpu related or not. Watch your temps though. They will skyrocket. It's a dangerous program if you just leave it running. I wouldn't run it for more than 10-15 minutes. You must watch the temps. Be warned.

 

[Liquid]

Run furmark on your gpu. That will heat up your gpu so fast and you'll be able to tell if it's gpu related or not. Watch your temps though. They will skyrocket. It's a dangerous program if you just leave it running. I wouldn't run it for more than 10-15 minutes. You must watch the temps. Be warned.

Should also check for possible build-up on the fans.

 

[itsyoung!!]

For what you're doing you might be better served by a 5830K hexacore. Hopefully you can get it from a Micro Center where they go for $300.



Not to mention DDR4.

I dont see any results for a 5830k ? theres a 5930k and its $500


edit: theres a 5820k

 

[2gunsup]

I dont see any results for a 5830k ? theres a 5930k and its $500


edit: theres a 5820k

Yeah, I meant to say 5820K.

Micro Center - Computers and Electronics

 

[winb83]

Finished building this recently, so may aswell show the specs.

I somewhat regret not getting the unlocked version of the CPU, but it's not really an issue at the moment.

The GPU is also the EVGA Superclocked GTX 980 ACX 2.0

I ran that program and it reports my gpu's memory wrong.

 

[Barnett114]

I ran that program and it reports my gpu's memory wrong.

It's a bug that they haven't fixed yet

EDIT: A 980 Ti is overkill for 1920x1080 at 60Hz, get you a 1440p monitor.

 

[Barnett114]

My PC

 

[winb83]

fukking ddr4. i paid $300 for a 16gb kit when it came out and now they go for $120 or less

I got 16GBs of 2666 for $150 at Microcenter. Might have overpaid a bit but I wanted to get it local.

 

[Liquid]

My PC

What is the problem?

You should still be able to run Fallout 4 with no problems.

 

[winb83]

My PC

what's wrong with that? Should run most anything on the market just fine.

 

[Barnett114]

What is the problem?

You should still be able to run Fallout 4 with no problems.

what's wrong with that? Should run most anything on the market just fine.

Feel like my CPU is dated and because it's a locked CPU, I can't overclock

I have a 2500K but it's fried

 

[porque]

here's my Speccy

this is the pc I got at the auction for $50 (minus the SSD)

I know the video card but I dont play game and dont see the reason to update

 

[Czerka]

FEELING LAZY

can someone put together a computer for $400-500 that can play modern games at decent settings? been out of the game and dont know where to start

 

[GambinoMakeItWork]

Just built my first PC brehs. Just now cracking into the PC gaming world.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Just built my first PC brehs. Just now cracking into the PC gaming world.

32gb of ram. Damn, what do you need all that for?