Recent content by robbiess

Ok so i've been looking at all my old office pc's that i didn't make myself because i had some time to burn. So i started prodding and just generally messing about with it , it doesn't mater as this pc is completely clapped out now.I don't know the background to this pc, when it was bought, how...

Although i have messed around and built a few computers I have never done any modding (apart from doing a ameture job on a psu that has since broke). It's not like i can't build a pc; anything standard i can and have done. Out of the box stuff is pretty simple it's just plug the thing in the...

I've been thinking recently about the way people apply TIM or thermal paste or glupe.It sorta confuses me why people put it down the way they do and why. Line, rice, cross or whatever else, they just sound stupid. Forgive me if I'm being incredibly stupid or overlooking something. Also when I...

The UK's worst ISP has come up with the Uk's best connection admitedly for a price but for some reason the upload doesn't match the down:mad: EDIT: I am told that hyper optic provide a faster connection in London into flats and businesses; well almost the best connection price:£100 DOWN: up...

I've been looking on the reviews for the gtx 660ti and the round ups but really no one has mentioned the noise people have said if it has coil whine ect.. but no real comparison and with alot of manufactures changing their add on coolers for the 600 series so i could look back. I was hopping...

i downloaded the xplane 10's demo after a pervious excellent experience with the mobile versions and basicly it is very very intensve it was jittery with hd 4000 ( I'm on a ultrabook) and the cpu got as hot as I've ever seen even hotter than a torture test i did with the ambient at around 32 and...

as for an absence of a clear definition of a northerner here we need do define such a line to separate the elite northen breed and those weak middle englanders!

With the launch of z77 a few moth agoalong with the less glamours "workhorse" chipsets of B75, Q75 and H77 which generally no one takes seriously well because they aren't the flagship of the generation. But h77 prices aren't any cheaper than Z77 boards so whats the point of buying them when...

as I consider various options for a new pc it looms on me that most of you out their are probably using a many core processor which your probably not going to use regularly if ever yet alone the need for so many cores. I mean how many people actually need 12 virtual cores who REALLY does video...

I've been looking for some ultra silent fans ie sub 15db and i saw the enermax tb silencer 11db max and £7 is it just optimistic or "tweaked results" does it have coil whine but huge cfm's aren't a massive concern for me and noctua's are out of my price range. any suggestions on alternatives...

as you'll probably know fractal make some of the best value for features cases but recently I've been noticing a slight change in their prices. most of their cases (bar the core 1000) have gone up in price from £15-£25 extra across all retailers.:confused: and the r4 isn't exactly value right...