Recent content by COLGeek

Overall, nice job. I would make one significant change. Replace the Adata SSD with a Samsung or Crucial. For example: https://www.newegg.com/samsung-2tb-980-pro/p/N82E16820147796 Or: https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2tb-t500/p/N82E16820156389

You know, you can pop onto pcpartpicker.com and spec out a system for yourself very quickly. Then you can assess fitment and compatibility AND share the list here for members to fine tune your build.

Have you tried adjusting the scaling settings in your graphics control panel?

...or driving.

@Colif brings up an interesting topic. Mental vs. physical addiction. For the addictee, I'm not sure there is much of a difference. What is certain is that some, very small numbers relatively speaking, take any sort of addiction to extremes. This is a topic not specific to gamers, where some...

Aside from more than a bit of hyperbole, there are concerns regarding the addictive nature of games. Zero doubt that this is an issue for some. WoW immediately comes to mind and a couple folks I know.

They are very similar builds. Personally, I would build my own system. If these are your options, choose the slightly less expensive one.

Such as? What unpopular games are you referring to? Start the conversation.

Change the memory back to the default BIOS setting (likely less than the rated speed) to see if that makes any difference. Intent is to get a stable baseline before making changes. You mentioned updating the BIOS. Are you running the most current version?

What, if anything, are you overclocking (CPU, GPU, memory)?

Most (nearly all) of any such claims are baseless. Don't go backward.

I think you are missing the point of the limitations on new accounts. At NO time is spamming allowed, even if you meet the other requirements to move beyond those limitations. If a member posts spam/self promotion/advertising, they will be banned.

Have fun!

I watched the whole season and REALLY enjoyed it. As a result, I decided to buy the game on Steam. I picked up Fallout 3 GOTY, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. Haven't been able to get Fallout 3 to run on my Win 11 game rig yet. Started Fallout 4 and will look at 76 later. Fallout 4 starts a little...

What game is that?