Recent content by Ravious

I have between £900-1000 for a new build and have chosen the following components. I already have a Corsair HX750 and a 256GB SSD that I will be using, aswell as a copy of windows. These are the components I have chosen.. i7 4790k - £269 MSI Z97 Gaming 5 - £110 8GB HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 -...

Started to get back into gaming and have a dated computer system from about the 2010/2011 time: I have about £800 to spend either upgrading or building a whole new rig. If I were to build a new rig it would either be mitx or micro atx. I also have my eye on the 4790k. Is it worth upgrading...

Its been a few months but I am finally back! Good to see you guys again! When the forums got updated my name got changed from Ravious back to Kylemac100. Is there any way to change it back to Ravious ? Thanks!

I have a 5850 in my system. I am looking to buy a 5870. Is it possible to have them both running in a system at the same time (Non Crossfired). Thanks!

I am thinking of starting a project of building a solar powered computer. I have a 35w PC which I use for just internet. I have been looking on ebay for Solar equipment and I have found... 30w Solar panel - 40 pound 12V DC to AC inverter (As PSU's use AC) - 11 pound Battery - 30 pound...

We finally have a set of leaked benchmarks for the nVidia Geforce GTX680. It looks like Nvidia have pulled their weight yet again by improving the cards performance a fair margin compared the its predecessor and the Radeon HD7970. The benchmarks from "HKEPC" is far from what would be in a...

Yep after a few months I am back on OC3D. I will get windows installed on an i5 quad core and will hit 10k before Monday morning if all goes well. Good to see you all again!

Hey guys, I was using my iphone today, it was about 20% battery so I plugged it in. I made a phone call then left the phone on my desk when finished (Still charing). I come back a hour later to use the phone and its dead. I have tried holding the power and home buttons and it is still dead...

Hello, I have now got my 5850 folding in another PC. The other PC is in a spare room at the other side of the house. I have no monitor available to use on it 24/7 so I was wondering if there was any way to monitor it's folding using HFM on my laptop? If so please tell how to do it? Thanks!

I currently have a HD5850 in my system. The reason I am looking for a nvidia card is because the program's I use (Especially Flight Sim and Folding) prefer nvidia cards for more than double the performance. I was wondering whats the best Nvidia card for under £120?

Hello, I am looking to add a GPU to my upcoming folding box. I have £70 to spend on the Amazon UK wesbite but don't know what to choose. Can anyone link me some good FAH GPU's? (Power consumption doesn't matter) Thanks!

Hello, I have been offered a working GTS 450 for £50 and was wondering if they are worth folding. I have noticed some people are recording 10,000 PPD with theirs and some are reporting 5,000 or less with theirs. Does anyone own one or have any ideas? Update: Just remembered to look at the...

Hey, I bought a GT440 used on ebay. Got it home today, plugged it in and booted up. I noticed screen artifacts everywhere. The screen is covered in yellow/purple boxes and white lines. I installed the drivers and it stays the same. Faulty card?

Hello, I am looking on ebay for the cheapest full height graphics card. I am looking for a low power and low performance card as its only to throw in an i5 760 folding rig. I can be nvidia or AMD as I don't mind. Thanks! Edit: I have found a HD5450 on ebay for £22 thanks guys!

NZXT have released a baby brother of their awesome Havik 140 CPU cooler. The Havik 120 features two Revamped 120mm fans on a thick copper heatsink with four 8mm heat pipes. It has been proven that the 120 model beats the 140 model under load! Here is Kitguru's review to prove that statement...