Recent content by iBeInspire

To cut a long story short, I'm upgrading my FX6300 which has been running at 4.5Ghz for the last 2 years. My two options are i5 6600 + z170/h170 + DDR4, or a 4690k + z97 and re-using my current DDR3. The price is significantly greater on the z170/h170 platform due to having to re-buy ram, and...

Hey guys, I'm looking to replace the fans in my case and my priority is silence, so is it better to run more fans at a lower speed, or less fans at a higher speed? The enermax fans I'm looking at run 750rpm @12v and ~480rpm @7v. Which of the following setups would be better : Setup #1: 2x 7v...

Hey guys, I'm currently running fans from my last 2 case purchases and it's high time for change. Do you knowledgeable people know of any 140mm that are super quiet(!) and don't cost an arm and a leg? I would need 2xfront,1xrear,3xroof; so all together 6 fans and I'm looking to spend no more...

(We don't have a ''peripherals'' forum section..?) Hi all, My Steelseries Ikari finally died and is in need of replacing... Can someone suggest me a mice which falls into these categories ? (I've been struggling to) - I have very large palms but then quite short fingers, my grip therefor is...

Ok so after having finally getting my card to run full 16x, I'd like to see how far I can push the OC. I fully understand the basics of overclocking - we are Overclock3D after all - but I've only just upgraded to the r9 series and have no past experience with the ''power limit'' setting...

Ok so I had this problem with my old GPU but that thing was so slow it didn't matter... (Look at ''Bus Interface'') The gpu is the the 2nd top slot on the mobo, it's wired 16x and I'm using nothing else in any of the other slots. Stays like this in the top slot too, and during any...

Don't know if any of you guys are into this chill/deep house but Majestic are streaming their Album launch party... It's already like 50% over but I just thought I'd put it out there :P http://live.thisismajestic.com/

So I just finally got home and am trying to play the beta when this : WTF..? Rig is the one in my sig, and should be fine on med/low settings @60 fps... I've tryed everything and it downloads fine on my friends rig across the street, but not here :/ EDIT : Before anyone asks, yes my OS is 64-bit

Hi all :) Let me cut to the chase, I have £120 to spend on upgrading my rig and the way I see it my CPU is the weakest link. My two options are 6300 and 8320. If I got the 6300 I could either get a new keyboard (Typing this on a £12 mini keyboard) or a new heatsink (Currently on a arctic...

Hi all :) I just updated my BIOS to prepare for my upgrade to FX6300 in a few days, and although I gained some points on Cinebench, my GPU dropped to 8x :/ Not sure why, but I'm sure it's not good for my already not very powerful system. GPU is in very top slot, which is wired for 16x, no...

Hi all :) I recently picked up a 128gb 840 non-pro SSD. While it's epic and has made my life 100x simpler, there's one little thing that' been bugging me from the very start. On startup, Steam and xFire don't sign in, because they load before I have internet connection... My internet connects...

I finally jumped on the SSD bandwagon and picked up a Samsung 840 non-pro 120gb :) I've ran crystal disk mark, and I was just wondering weather everything seemed in order. Also, I've disabled indexing, hibernating, system restore and enabled AHCI. Anything else I can do? I noticed Tom's PC...

My very talented friend recently started up his animation/music YouTube channel, and I have to say his work is utterly amazing. I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea, but he's only getting better; and his ideas are absolute genius :) Here's his very first video ...

Hi guys, I was over on Dale's thread and he inadvertently enticed me to make YouTube videos again... It's not going to be as often as I once used to, but I would love to get back into YouTube-ing :) Hopefully I could get some feedback on this vid and just ignore all my older videos, I tried and...

Ok, So me and my friend Frosty have been going back and forth trying to troubleshoot his new build, and we've come to the conclusion that the 8-pin connector on his PSU is faulty. Just to double check, we ran his rig, with his PSU, and his power phase LEDs didn't turn on. Then we ran his rig...