- Mar 3, 2015
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Before I present all of my problems (more than just what the title presents), I will tell you my current build, with large, zoomable pics.
-http://i.imgur.com/FVJQp7m.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/Pr4vqBc.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/CCcbSO4.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/AjVuyT6.jpg
-Small, standard HP tower that I bought from Best Buy 5 years ago
-Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB motherboard (the pics will show this too)
-20 GB RAM
-AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor 2.8 GHz
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
-600 Watt PSU
-Two 1TB HDDs (one main, one for keeping extra files)
-There is one fan on the processor and one fan on the case
-Dual Monitors
*My problems*
-Painting in Photoshop with my second monitor using VLC media player has caused my PC to hard reset.
-Whenever I open an image in Image Viewer it takes a few seconds to load the image, even if it
is as small 150kb.
-Playing games, especially at highest settings (examples include Far Cry 3, Skyrim, even the BETA to Heroes of the Storm by Blizzard) causes my PC to just hard reset. NOTE: Adding a stronger fan to the case made the games last longer before resetting, so that could be chalked up to overheating. I use to have no problem running games at high settings with these same components installed, though.
The only things that has not been upgraded in my PC is my 5 year old processor, my small case with very few fans, and my 5 year old 1TB HDD.
I have been thinking of upgrading all 3 of these using the following items from newegg
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146074
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147251
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116900&cm_re=i7-_-19-116-900-_-Product
Forgive me for writing so much, I just want to finally get down to the details of why these things are happening to my PC. What are your thoughts on what I should upgrade to fix my current issues? Or should I just buy a new PC altogether?
-http://i.imgur.com/FVJQp7m.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/Pr4vqBc.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/CCcbSO4.jpg
-http://i.imgur.com/AjVuyT6.jpg
-Small, standard HP tower that I bought from Best Buy 5 years ago
-Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB motherboard (the pics will show this too)
-20 GB RAM
-AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor 2.8 GHz
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
-600 Watt PSU
-Two 1TB HDDs (one main, one for keeping extra files)
-There is one fan on the processor and one fan on the case
-Dual Monitors
*My problems*
-Painting in Photoshop with my second monitor using VLC media player has caused my PC to hard reset.
-Whenever I open an image in Image Viewer it takes a few seconds to load the image, even if it
is as small 150kb.
-Playing games, especially at highest settings (examples include Far Cry 3, Skyrim, even the BETA to Heroes of the Storm by Blizzard) causes my PC to just hard reset. NOTE: Adding a stronger fan to the case made the games last longer before resetting, so that could be chalked up to overheating. I use to have no problem running games at high settings with these same components installed, though.
The only things that has not been upgraded in my PC is my 5 year old processor, my small case with very few fans, and my 5 year old 1TB HDD.
I have been thinking of upgrading all 3 of these using the following items from newegg
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146074
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147251
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116900&cm_re=i7-_-19-116-900-_-Product
Forgive me for writing so much, I just want to finally get down to the details of why these things are happening to my PC. What are your thoughts on what I should upgrade to fix my current issues? Or should I just buy a new PC altogether?
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