Recent content by Ghaz

A while ago I was IMing my girlfriend to help her install an internal HDD. It ended up badly. The computer wouldn't turn on for some reason. She brought her pc round later (we live quite a distance apart). I concluded that the power supply had died for some reason. I replaced it with a spare...

I'm looking to get either a lian li V1010 or V2010, but I can't seem to find a site that sells them. I swear there used to be lots of sites. So, do you guys know of any reliable sites? Thanks, Ghaz.

Hey guys, I am leaving for Uni in about 3 weeks :D. So I am going to need an ISP. I currently use Sky (which when not on connect is epic). However, as a student funds are limited, so we aren't sure if we can afford Sky TV and broadband. So, I am after a decent ISP. According to BT and another...

I've been looking into lapping my heatsink and my processor. 6C off temps sounds pretty sweet. However, I'm confused about how you can sand one side of your cpu while keeping the sensitive side safe. Anyone got any tips and tricks for cpu lapping?

Core voltage set to 1.1v. I have pushed it to 3.2ghz so far on that (although I haven't yet done a long prime95 test.) Also, full load it runs at just under 70C, which seems a little hot. Gonna re-do the thermal paste this weekend. If it isn't anything special, I think it just shows how...

I needed some more thermal paste. My friend gave me some, but he isn't sure how old it is, and whether is will be suitable. On the packet it says 'Silver thermal Grease'. Ingredients: Silicon compound: 50% Carbon Compound: 20% Metaloxide compounds: 25% Silveroxide compounds: 5% Thermal...

My 920 was getting toasty. I noticed that speedstep was overclocking it a bit, and that it was for some reason pushing the voltages close to that people have pushed it to like 3.8Ghz. Disabling this, my temps came down :D. However, I noticed the voltages still vary a bit. Is this normal? Can it...

Built a new rig, i7 920. Had some problems with the Heatsink, sorted them out (had left the plastic protective layer on). After this the idle temp was 38C. However, after installing vista I noticed that the idle temp had gone up again. I have checked the HS is on correctly. I have never applied...

Can anyone say anything about the quality of these? I would like to run the RC win7 with my new setup. The driver version is the same as that for vista, but I would like to know if anyone has tried it in-game.

Just bought an i7, using an akasa cooler with the cpu at stock settings. Sitting in bios (no OS installed yet) the cpu is creeping past 55C. I had to apply thermal paste for the first time ever, could I have not done it well enough? I used my fingers to apply it (later found out I'm not supposed...

Quick question, I just bought an i7. I know RAM voltages aren't suppose to run about 1.65v (although intel said the very max is 1.875v). On my motherboard is said it recommends ram voltages below 1.65. I have same of this. Just being paranoid, but will this be safe to use? I could slacken the...

Hey all. Building my brother a computer due to the recent loss of our house due to fire. I'm not quite up to date with everything, my last mobo was a 680i chipset. So I'm not sure which chipset I want. So I am after a board around £80 that is maybe a reasonable overclocker because he wants to...

Hey Guys. As the title suggests I had a house fire. Two rooms were completely burnt and the upper two floors are badly smoke damaged. Everyone in the house got out, including our dogs and cats. My brother, being the lazy sod he is, was sleeping at the time, and woke up in smoke. Anyway, the...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Quad-Core-Intel-9-6GHZ-Q6600-4GB-DDR2-512MB-Geforce-PC_W0QQitemZ150276624992QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150276624992&_trkparms=72%3A984%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1308 "Intel Quad Q6600 (9.6 GHZ Effective speed using 4 cores)" Sigh. Failure. Thats all...

Okay, so I have been trying to decide on a case for some time now. I finally settled on the TJ07. I'm gonna go all out on this case. I know how I want it to look, and have mocked it up in sketchup. I'm gonna be getting most of my stuff from watercoolinguk (so if you work there, please post as I...