Recent content by stampedeadam

Looks interesting, 2 cores with only 2mb L3 cache. Should overclock like a beast, no good for certain games but as something that's disposably cheap to put lots of volts through, crank the BCLK and benchmark - it's gonna be great =00=

Hi guys, my 980ti super Jetstream graphics cards have OCP and OV unlock pads on like the following pic Just like on that pic, the OV unlock has a "zero-ohm" resistor on it and the OCP unlock is not populated. Does this mean that OCP unlock is enabled and OV unlock isn't? or is it the other...

Just wondered if Z97 chipsets were any faster than Z87 ones? I could upgrade for not much £. I don't need any of the new features. Any input welcome.

Guys, please give me some advice on this. Today I went to CCL in Leeds with the intention of buying this to replace my Samsung 1080p 24" (I don't like gaming over more than one monitor) http://www.cclonline.com/product/167540/PB287Q/Monitors/Asus-PB287Q-28-inch-WLED-Display/MON3173/ But...

Hi guys, I'm after the fastest/lowest latency low-profile DDR3 around, the fastest I can find is 2200mhz. Anything faster that I've seen has a big heatsink and that won't fit in my setup - the Phanteks CPU cooler is so big it overhangs all the memory modules! Does anyone have any suggestions...

Even though I will never use all its cores Even though it costs a lot of money Even though it won't be noticeably better at gaming than what I already have Even though I have to get new memory Even though I will need a new mobo Even though it's fecking ridiculous My e-peen grows excited at the...

A friend of mine who's not doing so well at the mo managed to wreck his laptop by dropping it down the stairs :( so I agreed to get him another one - he's done enough favours for me. All he does is go on the interweb with it so there's no point getting anything fancy. So I got a Dell Inspiron...

Ehehehee. £1700? If he gets £1700 for this I'm definitely in the wrong business: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaming-PC-i7-3770k-2-x-Radeon-7970-16-GB-Corsair-Ram-Watercooled-Corsair-6-/131268775484?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item1e903a8e3c ... or how about this beauty? Spend £1500 and...

I recently bought a very cheap Dell laptop with a dual-core "bay trail" processor - branded Celeron, with integrated graphics. After putting an SSD in it I am extremely impressed. It's no powerhouse but it runs Windows 8.1 very well indeed and I can still play older games with respectable...

Ok so... I thought it would be fun to put together a very cheap PC based around whatever bits I have lying around, the Pentium g3258, and an extremely cheap mobo - then overclock the living cack out of it :D So far I have 4gb RAM, an old power supply, an old CD writer and this case. Have...

I've read many reviews of graphics cards, both pro reviews and comments from users, that say such-and-such a card is sufficient to play on "maximum settings" at 1080p. Is there anyone else who finds this a bit vague? Max settings for stuff like texture filtering and anti-aliasing are very...

Just my luck really. I have had a 4770k since late last year and decided I'd like a 4790k as a birthday present from my dad. Although the clock speed increase might not be worth it on its own, I thought that at least I'd be more future-proof given that the 4790k has TSX, V-pro and VT-d which...

I put this in humour so you can all have a laugh at me being a daft cunt. At least I have a nice new keyring I suppose :D

Hi Guys, in my old laptop (soon to go in my new one), I have a 128gb corsair SSD that's a few years old. It used to be nice and quick, but the performance recently has been very poor. It's got the latest firmware on it etc. and because I run XP I use the optimise program every few weeks (sends...

Hi guys, so my old Dell laptop is literally falling to pieces and it needs replacing. Unfortunately I have software I use for my business (car diagnostic) that only runs on Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6. Compatibility mode, virtualisation etc. just won't do - it has to be XP. I'm really...