Recent content by pickyantivirus

Hi All, I'm sure there have been 100s of these types of posts, but I wanted to get a bit more detail. I've had my Ryzen 7, 1700X since launch. It's sat under an NH-D15. Today was the first time I've bothered overclocking it. RAM is stuck at 3000Mhz, any higher and it's unstable, so clearly the...

Gigabyte UD5H CPU stuck in turbo Hey guys, So I have had a new build for just over 6 months now. I had nothing but trouble with my ASUS board (after 2 replacements, still faulty USBs) I have now sold my replacement and got a UD5H-WB-WiFi. I love it to death already but the only issues is this...

Hey everyone, So I just read this article which says Western Digital have had record profits in 2012, they have also re-taken the lead over Segate. This can only mean good things for prices and development of new / higher capacity drives right?(In my opinion it means all of those things.). Here...

Hey everyone, This isn't so much a question as a quick overview of my experience with mechanical hard drives and my latest failed drive. So this isn't an old drive, it's about 1 year old and has already failed. I have filed an RMA with my etailer and am hoping they sort it for me. Now the reason...

Hey everyone, So i tried to bump a thread to get an answer but it didn't work, so I've started a new one. I've got the i7 2600k and the NH-D14. Idle temps are 37 - 41 (lowest to hottest core) and full load at 4.5GHz is 62-66 at stock clock max temp was 59. These seem really high to me and I've...

This might be old news but I didn't find anything on here, so here goes. Intel are to make a 50 core Xeon super chip called the Xeon Phil. "Intel’s Xeon chips rule the Top500 list, but Intel is now cooking up a new processor that’s specially made for supercomputers. That chip, which Intel...

So this is my build. After a lot of annoyance and an RMA and a long, drawn out argument I now have my build fully completed. Albeit 1 month late. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos. The lighting sucked and so do my camera skills. Specs : i7 2600k, ASUS P8Z77-V, 8GB Mushkin Blackline...

Hey everyone, My new system is finally running and running well! There is just one last issue I'm having and it's an annoying one. My SSD is only getting a seq. reading of 200MB/s, and Seq. write of 180MB/s and the quoted is a max of 550MB/s read and 515MB/s write. Now these maybe maximums...

Hey everyone, I own a brand new (1 day old) ASUS P8Z77-V. After everything was installed (including windows) I scanned the motherboard on the ASUS website to check the board was correct and to get the correct drivers and BIOS (UEFI) update. I then booted and followed the instructions to...

Hey everyone, I've finally build my new build and everything is in but my noctua (it's coming tomorrow). After all the drivers were installed i decided to do a UEFI (BIOS) Update. It's now been going for over an hour (way over an hour) and is sat at 14% (around 1% every 5 mins if i'm lucky)...

Hey everyone, So after the many reviews of Ivy Bridge I though I would take the time to sum some things up and to post my thoughts. I've been planning my new build for a long time and waiting for Ivy Bridge is the only thing which delayed me from building many months ago. I knew all along that...

Hey everyone, I've been looking for a new monitor to go with my new build for weeks and had finally settled on an LG 1080p HD monitor. But after more research I've found many conflicting specification documents around the web. For example on Amazon it tells me one contrast ration and HDMI ports...

Hey everyone, So my new build will start on the release of Ivy Bridge (I'm hearing 29th April) I've been looking at SSDs for ages and settled on the 120GB Corsair Force 3 v2, but today I saw a 240GB Mushkin Chronos for only £170. I was just wondering why the low price tag? it has some great...

Hey everyone, I'm sure you get this a lot but things change fast in this market. I'm planning on starting a new build soon with an Intel Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge (if i can wait that long) CPU with a Noctua NH-D14 as the cooler. PSU will be a Corsair AX750, ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 Intel Z68...