Recent content by TiM!

Hi guys For a number of months now I've had the problem of my monitor cutting to black for about 2 seconds then coming back on as if nothing happened. I've finally bothered to try and locate the source of the problem and it seems to be the graphics card (MSI 7850). I've just fitted a new RM650...

Hi guys, Just got home from work and fired up the PC. My CX600 began making a horrible grinding noise that seems to be the fan. I've stopped it for now by tapping it really carefully ;) Looking for a replacement that has to be very quiet in terms of coil whine (I hate that sound) and fan...

Hey guys, here's a long shot if you ever saw one. Staying at a place in Cornwall for a few days that claims to have a wired only internet connection. I assume they just mean there are fixed locations to plug in a ethernet cable for internet. We have a number of tablets however, so that's pretty...

Hey guys Just gone to run a windows defender scan to be greeted with this: Reading around people are saying it has something to do with windows not being activated? Mine is :confused: Tried the restart which did nothing. Cheers, Tim

Hey guys I have a corsair SSD for my operating system and a seagate hard drive for mass storage in my system. Next week I'm finally making the jump to windows 8 from windows 7. My question is though, what should I do about my storage drive? I've already backed up any data I want to keep from...

Hey guys, thought I'd post some shots of my desk to cure some Saturday night boredom after everyone's gone back to uni. New DK-9087 with blue switches :D Looking to get another monitor and replace the jenga blocks riser... :lol: Tim

Hey guys Just wondering what everyone uses for lighting in their rigs? I did buy a length of phobya flexlight but it arrived broken, and since then the store has put their prices up. Looking on ebay 12V led strip is really cheap, I assume I can just soldering a molex on and job done...

MSI R7850 fan rattle Hey guys Having a bit of bother with my graphics cards fans. They have developed a slight rattle above 35%. This isn't a huge problem at the moment as the fans sit at 25% unless I'm gaming, when I have my headset on. In the summer though they can go over 35% from things...

Hey everyone, Been watching Tom on YouTube for some time now but never got around to registering on the forum. Recently built my first rig with help from videos from Tom and someone who rhymes with sinus. :p i5 2500k MSI Z77A-G45 MSI R7850 Corsair vengeance LP 8GB RAM Corsair CX600 Corsair...