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So I'm in the strange situation where I want some cans but I need two pairs, one for me and one for my wife who listens to me game with our mates so she would also need to hear the game sounds and voice chat. Would Corsair Slipstream allow multiple heat sets on the same audio output? This is...

Hi all, It's been a while... But I'm back having finally upgraded from my Devil's Canyon setup to a 9900k. I've noticed that is has become very quiet in this overclocking sub section... My setup is now: 9900k Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro 2x 8GB 4133MHz Patriot Viper RGB (running at 2666mhz , 15...

So on the 23rd October I ordered a CPU cooler for my HTPC from this company, the ordering process was easy enough and the item, according to their website, was expected to be shipped within 2 days. So here I am 2.5 weeks later with nothing to show for it. In the interim I have obviously...

So I've been holding out on upgrading my monitor (and system to match it) because I haven't been happy with all the specs. There are several technologies I really want ON THE SAME PANEL if I'm going to fork out £500 or so. 1. I want to go up in resolution, currently sitting my my 1080p screen...

A first generation ASIC Scrypt miner developed by UK based company Alpha Technology is due to ship its first models around Q2/3 this year. The company claims that each board can mine at 5MH/s per 100W which makes it in order of 10 to 20 more efficient than GPU mining. The cost of one of these...

Just thought I'd share this bit of interesting info from Steam. They gather information from across their user base to work out what hardware and software the market is gaming on. Here is June's results. http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ I was surprised that windows 8 was still so poorly...

Just thought that I'd share this. Delidding Haswell is an identical process to Ivy which nets the same results if you like taking the substantial risks into your hands. I should mention that if you do this yourself be aware of the contacts which sit to the left of the cores, these were not...

Since the dawn of time gaming performance has been measured by the ubiquitous FPS but it doesn't tell the whole story. Are there any thoughts in the OC3D camp about adding Frame Latencies (99th percentile figures or I'd personally prefer Standard Deviations) to hardware reviews alongside FPS? I...

Hi folks, For a long while now I have had issues (I'm sure I'm not the only one) with the 'pre-built' computing world. Particularly the overclocked bundle world which seems strewn with cowboys selling poorly optimised components with often dodgy settings. There are of course exceptions to this...

Hi guys, I'm looking at doing some case modding and need a tool to do it with. Anyone got an opinion on the Dremel 4000 or an alternative? I'm looking at the 1/45 accessory set which looks like it should have all the tools I'll need (I can't actually find a list though). Any advice welcome :D

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This is some research I’ve been doing on LLC and overclocking, I don’t think it is a particularly well explained or well understood topic so I hope a few people find it useful. I certainly have been learning whilst experimenting (and my pc still works too – bonus)! At this particular moment I...

For a while now I've been running games with Vsync on which has two positive effects. Firstly it smooths out gameplay on my xf setup (occasional micro stutters and screen tears). Secondly it reduces the workload on my GPUs since as soon as they produce 60fps they can pull back off the throttle...

I've offered to build a pc for a mate. It's for gaming (1080p on ultra) and general use with a budget of around £1000 give or take £100 for the rig however he has just bought a house so I want to save him as much moolah as possible. Obviously he's had some input (mostly in case choice) but it...

So. New PC, new storage. I bought a Mushkin Chronos 60gb for my OS which worked perfectly for about a month before one day, it simply decided to not work. I tried it in different ports, different cables and a separate working machine. Nothing sees it. No worries, sometimes you get unlucky (it...