Timothy Kim60 said:the price for a Nvidia GTX 970 probably won't stay above $300... But honestly, that ASUS 780 Ti is the real best-buy here. Those Nvidia GTX 970 cards aren't quite the powerhouses everyone made them out to be—the reviews are all over the place. Even Linus mentioned that the Nvidia GTX 970 Strix sits somewhere between a GTX 660 and a GTX 780 Ti depending on the game...
True, but it pulls about 90W less power and comes with those newer tech features... though I do agree it isn't significantly stronger than the GTX 780 Ti. They're pretty close. Plus, you know how Linus and his crew always overclock their gear—maybe the Nvidia GTX 970 actually beats the 780 Ti at stock settings?🤷
You can grab whichever version of Windows 7 you need from here and burn it onto a blank DVD. It’s an official Microsoft setup—nothing has been messed with or tweaked—so it's completely legit. It'll be a good way to test things out; if you still run into the same issue, then we're probably looking at a hardware problem rather than a software one.
If you’re just looking for pure storage, I’d probably lean toward a Seagate BarraCuda. Personally, I use one for all my web downloads and game installs—it works like a charm for me. 👍
I’ve stuck with OneDrive since I’ve been using a Hotmail address for years—it just felt a bit silly to go out of my way and set up a whole different service like Google Drive when Outlook already has everything built right in 😁
So, when you're browsing Facebook on your desktop and you see your friends list on the right—let's say you click on Ivan Ivano—a little chat window pops up for you to message them. If you go into the settings there, you can actually view the entire conversation history, which then opens up into a much larger window.
Maybe take a quick peek at your Device Manager to see if there are any yellow exclamation marks popping up? Also, just double-checking—is your graphics card driver actually installed yet?
EDIT: I was just checking the government store for $17 and it looks like you could snag new RAM for a better deal—though I’m not sure what the shipping costs would run you. Honestly, if I were you, I'd probably just grab it from the shop... I mean, there's nothing like having something brand new, right? But hey, it's your call. 🙂
You might be able to save enough by checking out Craigslist to pick up some RAM... If you were living in Washington, D.C., this would probably be right up your alley.
The RAM is compatible. Honestly, I don't think you have much of a choice here—you’re probably looking at buying a new stick... As for what else might be junk? Maybe the hard drive is starting to fail.
Maybe try popping that RAM stick into a different slot on the motherboard and running MemTest again? If it still flags an error—well, shoot, I guess you might be looking at buying some new memory after all.
Since we're looking at a driver issue, it’s probably not a hardware problem—at least, that's my best guess. What kind of programs are you running, and have you kept them all up to date lately? Also, is Windows Update turned on? It might be worth checking if there are any pending updates waiting to be installed.
Go ahead and download WhoCrashed—once you've got it installed, just hit the Analyze button. It'll generate a report explaining exactly why your PC decided to restart. If you could just copy that log and paste it here on the forum, we can take a look at what's going on.