Recent content by Scoob

Hey all, Having been using a 1070 since they came out - great card - and considering I built a new 3900X based system in November last year, I've really been looking forward to the 30 series. However, it seems like "availability" has been some sort of joke / bait and switch from what I can...

Hi all, This is an odd one... I have custom page file on my D: Drive, it's always been there since the PC was built and worked just fine. Booting this machine last night, I was greeted with the "Windows has created a temporary pagefile" message and, sure enough, there's now an additional...

Hey all, So, I was looking up a parts list for someone spec'ing up a new build and I was SHOCKED by the price increases on Intel's 8th Gen CPU's since I last checked. Earlier this year, I was considering building an 8700k system and this CPU was up for £300 - £320. I noticed the price go up...

Case selection advice :) Hey all, Happy New Year! I'm looking at parts for my new build - finally going to replace the 2600k system - and one of my sticking points is choice of case. Now I LOVE the new Fractal Design R6 and it'd be my perfect case, if I was using internal water cooling...

Hi all, This one has been vexing me, so here's a little history... I bought a Hannspree 32" LCD TV back in 2007 for use as a TV Connected to my digibox and as a PC screen connected via VGA. Picture quality with VGA was fairly rubbish, as you'd expect, so I picked up a DVI to HDMI lead to...

Hey all, Tech question to anyone interested: I have two PCs, one with an ASUS Z68 mobo with 2x Intel SATA3 Ports with RAID Support, the other a Gigabyte Z68 mobo with 2x Intel SATA3 Ports with RAID Support. The ASUS board houses my old system, a 2500k @ 4.6 with 2x GTX 680's - all water...

Hey all, Just thought I'd share my experiences with the recent 1607 "Anniversary" Windows 10 update. The update decided to kick off just as I went online to check something in Steam last night, so I was sort of "locked in" to seeing it through for a few reasons. One, my BB is slow and...

Hey all, Yes, another one of those threads...sorta! It's late, and my brain isn't working at 100% (fairly strong 15% at a guess) and I've just got in (late) after a night out, having left my new GTX 1070 - delivered today - all boxed up, sat on my desk. Anyway, as I have two PC's, the one in...

Hi all, I'm digging myself obviously, but wondered if anyone would like to make a case recommendation for my new build. What I need is a medium sized mid-tower case, capable of housing a standard ATX Motherboard (such as the ASUS Maximus VIII Range) but have twin grommets to allow 3/4" pipes...

Hi all, I'm starting to spec up my new build and was pretty much set on getting the ASUS Z170 Maximus VIII Hero motherboard. My plan was to use a fast M.2 drive for the OS and other stuff, plus a pair of conventional SATA SSD's in RAID0 for fast storage, foregoing a spinner entirely...

Hi all, With FO4 just around the freaking corner (calm down) I'm debating replacing my two water cooled 2gb (boo!) GTX 680's with a single (for now) 980Ti. Doubtless the sensible choice is to wait for Pascal or AMD'd next offering, but the computer enthusiast sometimes struggles with...

Hi all, Odd question maybe, but after a few years using water cooling in my gaming PC, I'm building up a little store of old GPU water blocks. Basically I started off with two miss-matched GTX 570's, one of the original long PCB editions (same as 580) plus one of the newer, short "HD"...

Hi all, So, while around a friends for a gaming evening, I took advantage of his epic broadband and upgraded both my Laptop and second Gaming PC to Windows 10, via the update method. The upgrade process went smoothly and the gaming night continued as planned, however, there's one thing that...

Hey all, Not so long ago I upgraded my PC drives. Before the upgrade it had: 1x Corsair Neutron GTX 240gb SSD - partitioned as System (W7) and Games. 1x Kingston SSD Now 120gb - spare SSD I added in for extra (fast) storage 1xSamsung Spinpoint 1tb - main data drive / games that don't need an...

Hey all, After an interesting conversation with a mate about his loop, I though I'd post here and get some opinions. His Solution: Halfords pre-mixed Anti-freeze - he swears by it. Yet... We pulled his loop apart last year, replacing his GTX 480's (x2) with GTX 680's (x3) while draining I...