HobbsTheTiger

What to see? They have a hopping Golden Corral. That's about it.

Torchlight is usually on sale for cheap. Pick that up

Monitor question: I received this as a birthday present:

Microcenter link

Running a GTX 970, so it should keep up. What is more important: the gsync and high refresh rate, or a higher res than 1080? I have some time to exchange if this was a mistake.

Question: Has anyone made a mod for 5 that is similar to 4's ryse and fall?

I found others that have the same motherboard issues that I had.

LINK

I have no clue how to test if the incoming RMA replacement will suffer the same problems. Any methods to test a motherboard short of building and booting?

I read 2.74 volts across those power on pins. Is this expected? Shorting the pins as in the picture gets nothing.

LINK

This page suggests that I should get some indication from the LEDs if memory or CPU issues are found. Short of getting a second everything, what should I do?

Swapped out the memory sticks trying one at a time. Nothing.

With guidance of the board and lots of research, I built a new system a month ago, and everything was great for the past month. I went away for Christmas for 1.5 weeks. Before leaving, I powered everything down , flipped off the psu and unplugged everything from the wall while I was gone. Came back today to a dead computer,

I cannot power on the system. The case button and power button on mobo (asrock extreme4) do nothing. Nothing has been touched since last I shut down. Tested the psu using the "paper clip trick" and the psu fan spun up. It appears to work (do not have an actual psu tester device)

What on earth do I do now??

Build completed, working on the pictures.

The scariest part was installing the CM EVO cooler and trying to decipher the instructions.


Any up-to-date guides on what to do post-OS install?

After 8.1 was finished, I ran the memory test and everything seemed fine. I downloaded and installed drivers for everything I could think of (inc Mobo, GPU)

Activated MSE and updated, and installed a program (HWiNFO) to see if the temps were okay. CPU and GPU temps seemed fine.

Now I want to make sure everything is running as good as it can (e.g. make sure my memory is running at advertised speed). What should I do next?

After almost a year delay and window shopping .... all my parts are on the way for a new build. The suspense of waiting for the mail is the worst.

Long time reader and watcher of youtube building videos. Finally pulling the trigger on a gaming PC to replace a 6 year old system. I'll be making the trip to a Microcenter some pieces of:

Pcpartpicker

Any opinions on the mobo? Is it worth extra to get something like an Asus Z97-PRO. Microcenter does have this board as on open box for $174, which seems a hefty discount.

Currently I cant get a wired connection to the room. If I needed to buy a wireless card, would it make more sense to up the motherboard

Looking to OC mildly and another 970 down the road. I'm hoping to pick up a 1440 monitor soon.

Not sure if I want to try something like H100 instead of the evo for cpu cooling. Should I grab some additional fans for the r4?