Recent content by Chris230291

Here is an illustration of the case with a 140mm PSU: Mine is 180mm, and since my GPU won't encroach into that area, it should be fine, right? I'm guessing the dimension limit of 150mm they state assumes I'm installing a GPU longer than the motherboard. Or am I missing something?

This is what I have put together: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nk8y9C My current system: Intel 3770k GTX 780 32GB RAM EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W Obviously, despite this being a low-end build, this will be a huge upgrade for me, but any critique is still welcome. The CPU is a little overkill...

Hi. I have a GA-Z77X-UP5 TH. I'm trying to set up RAID by smashing "CTRL + I" but it just boots right into Windows really fast. I tried disabling the splash screen so that I could see the RAID prompt but all I see is "American Megatrends" very briefly, no other text, then straight into Windows...

Hello I currently own 2 GTX 780's. Would swapping to 2 970s be a good upgrade, or an upgrade at all? Cheers, Chris.

Hi guys, before I contact MSI support I thought I'd run this one past you in case It was something silly. Dealing with their RMA team was a slow pain. I have had nothing but problems with these MSI 780's. The first card I bought had a problem with the fans making a grinding noise 11-12 months...

Hi. I 'm looking for a new PSU so that I can avoid having to use molex to pci-e converters on a second GPU that I ordered. I used a PSU calculator (adding a few extra things that I don't currently have installed but might add eventually) and it told me I needed 693W and recommended a 750W. So...

Hello. I just got the MSI 780 Twin Frozr Gaming OC edition and I'm looking for any advice overclocking it. I'm using EVGA Precision to OC it. I did a Valley test at stock which gave me a score of 2549. I then did this... Those settings bumped the score up to 2647. Then I did this...

Hello. I want to get a 780 and watercool it, but how do I know which ones support a block and which don't? Does every GPU with a non reference cooler use a custom PCB too? Could someone list, or point me to a list of reference PCB 780's please. Cheers, Chris.

Hello. I was about to install Windows 8.1 when I got to this point... Am I correct in thinking I will loose everything if I go ahead? I don't want to have to reinstall every program and game after the upgrade. I realise it wont delete my files... but I don't have anything I care about stored...

Hello. I want to ask a couple of questions regarding flashing my GPU firmware. 1. Can it improve performance? 2. How do I know I have the right firmware? 3. Is there custom firmwares that will get me more from my hardware? I have a Sapphire 6870, this one...

Hello. I'm trying to find some clear fittings, barbs, elbows etc. I'm more interested in barbed-elbows though. Do such things exist or will i have to get them made? To make my loop tight and neat it will have to have quite a few bends in it. I don't like the idea of having a bunch of opaque...

Hello. How do i add programs to the "All Programs" menu? I have things in "Program Files" and "Program Files x86" that do not appear in "All Programs". Is this normal and can it be changed? I like to hit the Win key and just type what i want to launch but it doesn't seem able to browse those...

Hello. As some of you may know Valve officially announced their SteamOS today, which is essentially their attempt at a console style OS based on Linux. While this is very cool I don't understand what exactly this means for older games. At the moment Linux is probably the joint, if not the least...

Hello! Is there any way i can have one of my jack outputs dedicated to just my headset for Teamspeak etc? I like sending all of my audio through my desktop speakers, but I'd like just the voices of the Teamspeak people to come through my headset, like it is on Xbox i guess :) It's in the sig...

Hello. What's the best solution for adding tabbed browsing to Windows Explorer? Cheers, Chris.