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I was posting happily on the forum then about 8 months ago the electrics in my house had a major problem, all fuses blew and a mains wired fire alarm ironically set on fire. Fire damage wasn't so bad but the surge in power caused by dodgy electrical wiring killed my main watercooled pc and NAS...

I'm having a lot of fun with ryzen, overclocking with 1700 and crosshair hero . I have been testing stability at various settings. My 1700 can do 3.9ghz at 1.4v with ram at docp standard 3200 stable. With soc volts set to 1.15 and llc auto. I have Samsung b die and good enough cooling. I have...

For 500 UK pounds what's the best value for a cpu and motherboard for gaming/virtual machines/media?

In my gaming/ current main build my motherboard has died, well, it was murdered. It was a z170 maximus hero I have a 6700k that still works that does 4.8ghz. Im debating whether i should upgrade to something else and sell off the 6700k. i have to buy a motherboard anyway and z170 boards are...

The tough reality of my illness M.E. means that im stuck in bed quite often with very little energy and unable to do the most mild of physical activity. My pc is infront of my bed about three foot from the end of the bed and its the only screen in the house i can comfortably watch without being...

Im looking for an AIO water cooler that is cool and quiet for my backup pc. It doesnt need to have great LED lights but it doesnt matter if it does. Its for an overclocked 6700k thats getting relegated to backup. I can fit up to a 360 rad and I dont want the maintance of a custom loop on my...

Hi I need some Low noise PWM 120mm case fan suggestions please. I need to buy 4 and im not looking for rgb or light up fans. Im doing a new stealth build with high airflow that needs to be quiet and i havent got a clue on 120mm fans.

I am currently gaming on a 1440p 165hz GSync panel with a Asus gtx 1070 Strix OC and i have some upgrade money I am playing fairly recent games and have no plans to go to 4k. My options are, I keep the card I have and live with it until the next generation or sell the card I have and buy a gtx...

Hi I have finally joined the forum after a few years of reading posts and watching the great content on youtube. I have based a lot of my purchasing decisions on Toms videos. For my sins i worked in the IT industry on large scale projects and developments and have been building PC's (and...