Posts by Larry Ortiz5

If you're planning on editing massive video files or something along those lines—well, you're definitely going to need a massive amount of RAM 🙂

I can't tell if you're just bored and looking for a fight or what? 😁

I find it a little weird regarding that HD 7850. There have been 2,200 views and not a single person has pulled the trigger 🙄 And honestly, the price is more than fair.

I’m currently running a Logitech K120 keyboard that came with $33 along with a Logitech LSI laser mouse—roughly $50. Honestly, I care much more about what's actually inside the PC tower than what specific games are being played 😁

If the laptop came bundled with Windows 7 Starter, you're probably looking at a pretty entry-level machine—so honestly, it might not even be worth upgrading to anything more powerful than what's already there.

That build isn't quite hitting the mark for me 🙂 You might want to check out the recommended setups the guys put together instead.

If a RAM stick isn't working, the motherboard just won't recognize it—so there's really no need to stress about it. But honestly, trying to force DDR2 memory into a DDR slot? That’s definitely not a smart move. Since they don't physically fit together, you could easily end up damaging the slot on your motherboard.

Memtest is actually a pretty straightforward little tool—you don't need to be some tech wizard to get it running. If you check out this video clip, you'll see it's pretty simple: just burn it onto a blank disc to make it bootable, then head into your BIOS and set the CD/DVD drive as your primary boot device before saving. Once you do that, the program will kick off automatically and start scanning your RAM. If it hits any snags, it’ll throw an error message your way.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=memtest86

Compared to Robert Rodriguez2, it’s way better. He even threw in some speakers 😁
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Maybe run another scan with Malwarebytes? Just do a full system scan and see what happens.

I honestly don't think you'll be able to track down a 160GB hard drive anymore—they're pretty much relics at this point. You might find a 320GB one instead, but even then, the price is probably going to feel a bit steep.

I’d say there’s a 99.9% chance that's how it plays out—honestly, I'd just hold off and keep an eye on things for another 3 or 4 months.🙂

It really all comes down to how they optimize it—the release is still a few months away, and they haven't even dropped the recommended system requirements yet.

patrik hey, could you give us a bit more detail here? it feels like we’re playing a guessing game trying to pull the info out of you.

Reach out to Gigabyte customer support.

If the author has about 800-$300 set aside for the CPU, motherboard, and RAM—that would be pretty ideal 👍

Eh, I can't say for sure if everyone will agree with me—I know how these things go—but in my book, that cooler is solid. Honestly, the motherboard itself doesn't really matter here; it's all about the socket. As long as that cooler fits your processor, you're good to go. 😉

Personally, I’d go ahead and grab it—mostly because you'll have the breathing room to drop in a beefier graphics card down the road. By the way, what kind of motherboard are you running right now?

This cooler looks like a solid choice

Most of the time, you'll probably get some thermal paste included with the cooler anyway—it's usually part of the package.

That’s all fair enough, but for $67 it definitely blew the budget. I mean, maybe the guy doesn't "just" have those extra $67 lying around—that's my point, anyway.