Recent content by Curtis

Hi all, I have an i7 that is producing some strangely high temps for the kit that is cooling it. I am running an EK Supreme plexi with 1/2" XPSC tubing, 120mm Black ice and Swiftech 240mm and a ddc with XPSC res. oh, and i'm using distilled water with silver coil. My temps are idling at...

Hi all, I have a quick question on my current raid setup. I have 2 separate storage controllers on the go. I have the on-board ICH10 and a crap startech raid controller. The ICH10R has 2 drives connected in no raid setup and the startech has raid0 with 2 drives. My question is, If i were...

Hi all, Here's the deal, I bought the XPSC res along with the DDC pump itself. The company i bought it from offer to build it for 99p, As I wanted to speed up the build as much as I could, i included this in the basket. BIG MISTAKE! I installed it with no visible problems, it was running...

Hi all, So far i have managed to buy the following below for my new build. I will post pics of all the products and the build following. Unfortunately i wont be able to finalize my build until the 5850 delivers (30th December!) I would also be grateful if anyone could give some input on my...

Hi evri1 I've got a 8800GTX sitting on a DFI LP DK 790FX-M2RS and I'm About To buy another 8800gtx(identical) But its just struck my mind. ITS AN AMD CHIPSET!!!!!!! I Think I know the answer to my question already but here goes. Can i run sli on my mobo? Thanks for any replies :)

Hi all, I baught today the Trust sp-6250k 5.1. Hoped to get them home and have them up and running smoothly but my plan didnt go accordingly! I set them up perfect, no hassle.Booted up. Configured them to 5.1 in the windows default sound control pannel. Tested each individual channel. Worked...

Hey ppl! I've recently been reading up on linux installations and i came accross 'backtrack' Because i am currently enrolled in CCNA(google it if you dont know:) we are focusing on wirless networks (Semester 1) and our mentor has asked us to gather basic knowledge on infaltrating WEP and...

Hi all! :wavey: I recently purchaced 2 7200.12 500gb drives. I thought i had just baught the latest and greatest of the 7200 range but boy was i wrong! I got them home, Installed them(No RAID) put vista on one and a couple of files on the other, And i was really happy of the performance of...

I have been seriously considering switching to a 64Bit version of vista to increase my performance in the games i play but I am terrified of switching and my apps and games not working. The games I am currently playing are: Cod4 Cod5 Tomb Raider Underworld NFS Undercover NFS Pro Street...

I just found this beautifull case on overclockersuk(dot)co(dot)uk Its a limited edition Coolermaster Cosmos Black Case.There are only 500 available worldwide.IT'S SO DAM SEXY! you would feel so special owning this case. Heres a review...

Hi all, I have been messin around with overclocking my cpu in the BIOS now for a while but never got my system stable enough on a decent overclock.(the most i got was about 160mhz more on 2.5Ghz) I have played around with the multiplier and the stock thing thats at 200Mhz but i cant find where...

I have recently bought the Saitek Cyborg Gaming Keyboard an i love it but the included software CD is CRAP!!! The problem is the profiler,It just doesn't work on my rig.Whenever i start the exicutable,Windows just reports it to have stoped working. I have tried downloading and installing the...

Hi everyone, i'm Curtis and I'm pretty new here. I have posted a couple of times asking for help on my rig build and after a LOT of money,blood,sweat and tears IT'S FINALLY DONE!!!!! I hope you like the pics and please post comments :) :wavey::wavey: I would also like to give a VERY BIG...

I am wanting to setup a RAID array in my pc.I have been looking at the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB and the Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB. I am considering the 7200.11 because i have found seagate drives to be more reliable than samsung drives. If anybody has any sugestions or...

I have previously dicussed spraying my Tt armour case black but i can't follow the previous instructions given. I was wondering if somebody would take 5mins to write a short guide to spraying a case. Thank you!!!!!!