Recent content by CalVic

Last week my 980 GTX popped a mosfet watching netflix, replaced with a Zotac GTX 1070 AMP edition. Won the silecone lottery with it as it's happily clocking in at 2088Mhz on the core and 9.4Ghz on the memory (Micron BIOS fix applied) Absolutely thrilled with the difference going to a 1070 (I...

Yoh, My 4790k has always ran extremely hot, after two years or so it would always thermal throttle even at stock voltages. It's been in a custom loop and a few AIOs since. When I first had this puppy back in '14 she'd clock to 4.8 @ 1.215v - 1.22 and was cool cucumber. I know it's an old...

Okay, So maybe a coincidence, maybe not. The other night I attempted to upgrade to Windows 11, it failed and rolled back. Not much of a problem, until I realised my graphics card wasn't being picked up. Didn't think too much of it. Re-tried Windows 11, and the same persists. Roll back to...

Hallo! I think that the time to replace my PSU is somewhat due. I have been rocking the same PSU in all of my builds since 2007-08 so that's 12 to 13 years of heavy service from a Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w. I have no real need to replace it. The fan within the unit is still functioning...

Hey! So, I haven't been around in a long while. According to the site "You last visited: 26-11-18 at 01:17 PM". Long story short, my life has been -turned upside down and my system has been powered off for over a year. That was until Monday. Funnily enough, the system failed to boot. Had...

Hey Forum! I've been absent as of late, to be honest I kind of dropped out of interest in hardware. That is, until I started watching LN2 videos again and among other things! Anyway, I've been having an issue with keeping my 4790K temps in check for a while now. Usually I can fix the issue...

So my lovely parents decided to throw out the following items that I had stored there while I had moved into my new house... Corsair AIR 540 EK D5 140 XRES Alphacool UT60 Radiator Cuplex Kryos XT Various compression fittings Oh, and other hardware too.. Fuming, as that was expensive, and I...

This is complete jokes! https://mcintyre.itch.io/pc-building-simulator

So, one of my dedicated server in France is watercooled using a massive loop system as seen here: Now.. the water blocks they use are... well: Now... Isn't it a striking resemblance to this: and so... as the result of me being bored:

The time is lurking ever close as in a few weeks I will be a Father to a hopeful healthy little man. I must admit, from hearing the news to looming a few weeks from due date it has certainly gone quick! In that time I have certainly become an expert at assembling flat pack furniture. From...

Heya, So I've recently done a bit of tweaking to my system, and I've ended up with the following: 4790k @ 4.8Ghz with the Uncore at 4.6Ghz Avexir 2133Mhz CL9-11-10-27 1T overclocked to 2800Mhz CL11 - 14 - 14 - 36 - 2T This Avexir doesn't like to tighten timings, so wondering if what I have...

Boo! How goes it? It's been a while and I've been busy! I've moved into a new place, and now have to be cautious of the bills as I'm a father-to-be! :) So, for the first time in history, I am now running the 4.9Ghz overclock with EIST, C-States and Asus EPU enabled with a balanced power...

Heya, So, I got bored of my AIR 540 and Custom Waterloop, so a few months ago I decided that I'll get an S340 and a H110i GTX. Today, I've just installed an RF RGB LED Light Kit, and to be fair the results are quite impressive. I couldn't quite get the iPhone white balance sorted so I've...

So I'm one of these people who will get bored of a case after a year or so, so I've been looking for a case and the S340 by NZXT has really taken my fancy, suprised since I've been a Full ATX kind of guy for a while and the Air 540 changed that. The minimal look really ticks my boxes. The only...

Hey all! I've had my Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980 GTX since March of this year, however I believe it's somewhat faulty. Now and then I'll get a black/brown screen and a Driver Reset message appear, sometimes it results in the system totally locking up. However, it seems to happen at random, but...