Recent content by Fenworth

I think that the general rule of thumb is; if you're not going to use the computer for several hours, turn it off. Otherwise, if you're just stepping away for a while, just put it in sleep mode.

I'll look into his PSU model's reviews and see how good it is. I'm not too worried because he's used it for a while and it still works fine. I trust him, but if it ends up costing the same to just buy a newer one then I will.

Sorry, I must have messed up somewhere. My computer now thinks it's a label machine. Pieces of paper keep shooting out of the print screen button with bits of my desktop on it. In other news, I got the folders copied to my external hard drive. Thanks for the help guys.

Alright, that works out great because that means I will be able to afford this PC, haha. And it seems to be a great build for the price.

Here we go, I went with the 3258 and found a CPU cooler for it. Also picked out a better graphics card. The price is higher than I want it, but not by too much. Hopefully my friend can sell me his power supply for cheap and I can knock $30 off. The wattage looks really low (217) so I can't...

Alright, thank you all for the tips! I'll go ahead and begin to back them up.

I'll look farther into the 3258. I need a CPU that isn't terribly expensive, but can run most modern games at reasonable settings. Like I said, I'm not looking to run at max settings, but I want to be able to play games at Medium settings. I have my eye especially on Battlefront 3 in December...

Hey guys, Dell is sending me a replacement laptop and I was wondering how I would go about backing up my Steam games to my portable hard drive. I want to avoid having to re-download all of them when I get my new computer.

Alright, thanks! I may have to spend a bit more, but it'll all be worth it in the end.

I did some more scouring and came up with this new build. I used PCPartPicker this time. This PC fits my budget nicely and I believe I've picked good-quality parts. AMD Athlon X4 860K, MSI Radeon HD 6450, Raidmax ATX-809B (Black) - System Build - PCPartPicker What do you guys think?

Hey guys, I'm very new at building my own PC, but I would like to try it. I've been researching how it all works and I think I've managed to pull together a decent build. I would really appreciate any sort of advice you guys can give me on what parts I should change or if there's any way I can...