Recent content by PetrolHead247

I've decided that it's time to get a 2nd monitor; a 23" or 24", 1920x1080, IPS monitor for under £175. I plan to use the new IPS monitor as my main monitor, and my old Asus one as a secondary monitor for just my desktop and for my PS3 too. There's quite a lot of choices out there, and i like the...

I've decided to build my brother a gaming PC for Christmas seeing as i have a ton of spare parts stuffed away in boxes somewhere and i'd like to put them to good use. However, one of the parts i need is a CPU and mobo and i have no idea what to choose. I've been looking at the new i3 3220 and...

At the moment i have 1 HDMI cable for my PC and everytime i want to go on the PS3 i need to faff around the back of the PC and unplug the HDMI and plug it into the PS3, it gets very tedious. So i've been thinking about getting a DVI Dual link cable for my PC and use the HDMI solely for the PS3...

Oh yes, my rig is finally complete and i thought i'd share some pics with you guys. I apologise for some of the terrible quality images, my camera is pretty bad so i'll try and get some much better pics up some time. Specs: I5 2500K Asus P8P67 Asus GTX 670 DCUii Corsair Vengeance LP White 8GB...

I'm going to be upgrading my pc tomorrow, including putting my OS and all my games and stuff on my SSD, but seeing as my HDD currently has my existing OS, drivers, etc... will i just be able to boot from my SSD with the HDD plugged in and then just simply reformat it? Something tells me i can't...

So i'm about to order some new hardware including two SP120 QE's to go on my H100, but i was wondering how quiet are they on 12V? I've seen a couple videos on them and they seem really quiet but i just wanted to double check and see what you guys think just in case they turn out to be loud in...

So my upcoming build/big upgrade/whatever you wanna call it is coming up and i have made up my mind on every component apart from the GPU. I've 100% decided to go for a 670 (unless a good 680 goes on sale for an awesome price) but i can't find one to suit me fully. The one i like the most is...

Oh yes, it's finally here, the Arc Midi side panel window! :lol: The new R4 also gets the side panel window treatment from the Fractal team The side panels are the same design as the R3 window that came before them. There's no visible rivets or plastic bevels, just a simple clean design...

So at the end of the month it will finally be time to buy some shiny new hardware, however i'm not 100% sure exactly what to get in some areas hence why i have posted my current plans here now. I'm planning on keeping my Case, CPU, Mobo, and my HDD but everything else will be upgraded. So...

I've been sitting on this thought for a little while now, and i was wondering if you guys could help me out. I've been thinking about getting 2 Asus GTX670's at the end of August and SLI'ing them, fair enough i hear you say. However, i have a 2500K which i plan to keep and take out of my Asus...

This morning i tried to update my drivers on my 6850 from 12.3 to 12.6. When 12.4 was out i tried to update to them back then, but it would go through the whole update process, then freeze on one screen for 5 mins or so and then say it completed updating but in fact it did not, but i just...

I think we can all agree that the reference GTX 670 is remarkably small, especially for it's performance that it gives out. Well, Zotac have gone one step further with their new TwinCooler for the 670. The cooler features 2 80mm fans and a compact and dense aluminium heatsink to cool the GPU...

MSI have recently announced a new edition to their line-up of graphics cards, the GTX 670 Power Edition. The GPU features the usual enhancements that an MSI Power Edition GPU features such as an enhanced PWM design which can be seen on other special MSI cards such as the Hawk and Lightning, but...

Little to my knowledge Sapphire released their new Z77 mobo at the start of May (didn't even know they made mobo's). Now, this would normally be just another normal motherboard that no one posts about in this section, but this is a little bit different because of one major aspect... It's got...

Fractal Design have recently announced their new PSU line up. Firstly, there's the Integra R2, a non-modular 80 Plus Bronze rated line up of PSU's coming in 500W, 650W and 750W units. Secondly, there's the Tesla R2, also a non-modular unit but the Tesla R2's are rated at 80 Plus Gold and come in...