Recent content by p8ragon

Hi everyone, I just saw a MSI gaming 290 on amazon for $470. I'm currently using a couple of 570s, but the itch to upgrade is strong. Should I get this or a gtx 780 Tri-x for $500?? I game @ 1080p. I'm also planning on getting acopy of battlefield 4, so the fact that the 290 is bundled with...

Nothing is overheating (monitored with coretemp/msi afterburner)---idle (30cish load 65cish-CPU ...sorry OC rage can you say that again?

Hi guys, Recently. my cpu usage was set constantly @ 100% despite not having the apps in the windows task manager add up to 100% task usage. It got so bad that the pc would freeze every couple of seconds. I reinstalled windows, making sure to format all my hard drives, delete my partitions...

I get charged a 15% restocking fee if I open it haha

Hi Guys, I am currently running 2 gtx 570s in SLI. They suffer from heat issues, noise issues, and a low amount of vram (1.28gb). The other day, I saw the ASUS 7970 Direct CU ii on sale for $289 after MIR. I picked it up, but have yet to open it. Do you guys think I should keep it or wait for...

Hi everyone, I just tried disabling superfetch, and have seen my memory usage drop 10% :toast: But I'm still running @ 85% usage (6.8gb) Do you think it would help if I went out and bought another 8 gb of ram?

Thanks for all the replies :toast: But my system actually slows down when I hit 97~98% usage. Should I disable it?

I would definitely send it in if you're still under warranty. If you're past that, then you should double check your cables (lot more hassle)

I just tried closing chrome...memory usage is still really frigging high :( (7.1gb/8gb) Now it's @ 90% O.O

Hi everyone, I'm currently running Windows 8 Pro (64 bit). I have 8gb of ram...and for some weird reason every so often I boot into windows and I get something like the picture shown above. On several cases it's gone even higher (95-98% usage) This seems like a memory leak to me...but I have...

Unfortunately, I live in Canada...so microcenter is out of the option for me. Best price i could find on the 3570k was ~$220 If i did end up going for it, then what kind of motherboard should I get? (Going to pair it with an H100 for cooling) Yah I haven't finalized my video card yete...

Hi everyone, So we have two computers in our house. An i7 950 one @ 4ghz w/ 2 570s that is the main gaming pc, and an older q6600@ 3ghz w/ a 285. The other day, the q6600 machine died. Thinking of getting an i5 3570k and a 660 or something to use as a new gaming machine. The thing is, with...