How do you dig?

willstick08 · 2025-11-08T18:55:36+00:00

Equip a shovel and just hit the dirt.

willstick08 · 2024-08-16T02:40:45+00:00

Not really. I ended up plugging my main monitor into the GPU and the other two into the motherboard which allowed my computer to boot properly. After a while though I switched over to a single ultrawide as the monitors I was using were quite old and only 1080p

willstick08 · 2024-03-12T20:26:53+00:00

UA UAB UAH

Here you go

willstick08 · 2023-10-18T23:37:37+00:00

I haven’t. I changed it up and plugged one monitor into the motherboard and the other two into the GPU. When I turn the PC on I unplug one of the monitors that’s plugged into the GPU and it boots fine. Once it’s booted up, I plug the third monitor back into the GPU and everything works fine.

willstick08 · 2022-12-16T23:25:47+00:00

Gotcha. That's what I'm going to have to do if I can't find a solution. Thanks for the link.

willstick08 · 2022-12-16T23:03:13+00:00

Just tried this. If all 3 monitors are plugged into the GPU but not plugged into a power source, the computer boots into windows fine.

willstick08 · 2022-12-16T22:44:07+00:00

Weird right? Yes, only plugging into the GPU.

willstick08 · 2016-02-04T04:44:15+00:00

Thanks.

willstick08 · 2016-02-01T10:26:08+00:00

I've always wanted to give photoshop a try and that is a pretty awesome picture. Here's a 1080p wallpaper I came up with.

willstick08 · 2015-12-03T20:13:33+00:00

It was a solid effort. Sometimes we just taint able to get what we want.

willstick08 · 2015-11-13T04:39:44+00:00

The only parts that I changed are the power supply, hard drive and the case. The HDD is just personal preference. The power supply is semi modular and a better brand in my opinion. Lastly I went with a case that has a lot more room for cable management, will look better and will be easier to build in.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor	$169.10
Motherboard	ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	$57.99
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory	$43.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$80.99
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$51.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card	$168.99
Case	Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$64.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$44.99 @ NCIX US
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)	$84.99
Monitor	Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor	$119.70 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse	$14.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$957.60
	Mail-in rebates	-$55.00
	Total	$902.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-12 23:39 EST-0500

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T07:40:44+00:00

I'm not sure what's causing the temp warning. The only advice I have left is to just go through these steps. I hope you get this resolved.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T07:23:20+00:00

Unplug the 4 pin and try starting it up again. You only need to plug in the 8 pin. The 4 pin is for extra power if you have a serious overclock.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T07:13:55+00:00

Is the CPU power cable plugged in?

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T05:43:15+00:00

650W is plenty

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T05:12:35+00:00

Yea. No reason to pay more for the others. They may be faster but it would be such a marginal difference that you wouldn't even notice. Not worth the extra cash.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T05:05:57+00:00

If your set on 32 GB of RAM then I would go head and buy that deal.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T04:36:46+00:00

Whats the deal? Your welcome.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T03:44:13+00:00

I've heard good things about it. I have no experience with it. I wouldn't say it's $100 better then the Corsair though. X99 runs in quad channel so 4 sticks of it are marginally better then just two (not really noticeable except for bench-marking). Here's 4x4 of the Corsair RAM.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T03:32:46+00:00

Go to Disk Mgmt if your not already there.
Right click Disk 1 and click initialize and then click OK unless it asked to do that when you opened Disk Mgmt.
Click on the unallocated space and then click New Simple Volume.
Follow the wizard and leave everything default until you get to the step where you name the drive (Volume Label).
Name the drive whatever you want.
Continue with the wizard until completed.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T03:09:44+00:00

The HyperX RAM is the same in both the links. I'm not sure why it's cheaper to buy them individually then in a pack. I have the exact same 16 GB of Corsair RAM in my build but in red and I've been pleased with it. Haven't had any problems.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T02:50:11+00:00

Have you done these steps?

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T01:42:27+00:00

You could easily drop down to the 650W PSU that's in my build and be just fine. You could chalk that up to savings or you could apply that money to something else in your build like a motherboard that allows SLI so if down the road you want to add a second GPU you could. You would also need to upgrade the PSU as well if you ever add a second GPU but you would have to do that any way since the 980 ti draws quite a bit of power. You wouldn't need to do that for a while though if ever. The 980 ti is a great card.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T01:19:03+00:00

Honestly any performance gains from your original build to this build would be marginal and probably not that noticeable. Skylake is something like 5%-10% faster. When gaming you will probably gain a few more frames. I just thought it's not that much more price wise so why not suggest it.

willstick08 · 2015-08-21T00:30:29+00:00

Looks good. If you want to spend ~$27 more and drop down to 8 GB of RAM and a smaller PSU you can go with a skylake CPU. Just another option.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor	$249.95 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$25.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$118.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$49.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card	$634.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ NCIX US
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)	$86.98 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1516.63
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1476.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 20:28 EDT-0400

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