Recent content by xnax2802

Hey guys, I'm in trouble again. The last pieces for my new HTPC build just arrived. I put it all together and tried booting. No signal. I've tried reseating the RAM. tried plugging it into a HDMI and a DVI display and clearing CMOS (if I did it correctly). No luck. The power LED lights up and...

Hey guys, I'm in the process of choosing parts for my upcoming budget HTPC, and wondered if the extra money spent on a NAS grade HDD is really worth it. I'm specifically looking at a Seagate Barracuda and a WD Red; both 1TB versions. The WD Red is £12/€15/$17 more expensive than the Barracuda...

So I finally decided to venture into the world of GPU oveclocking, and do a simple overclock with MSI Afterburner on my aging MSI 660 ti Power Edition. After way too much fiddling around with the core clock and voltage slider, I realised that the monitored GPU voltage during stress testing...

Hi, I'm looking to replace my aging Razer Carcharias (which I'm growing quite frustrated with, but that's a story for another time). Plan has been to get the new Void wireless headset ever since it got unveiled. I have floated the idea of getting a headset and a standalone mic, but I didn't like...

I've been encouraging my friend to get his hands on real PC hardware for quite a while, and now he's finally done it. He decided to upgrade his off-the-shelf PC with a new PSU and GPU. The PSU is a Corsair CX500M and the GPU an MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G. Everything worked fine once we resolved some...

Hey guys! Info: I'm going to be building a gaming rig for my girlfriend soon, so naturally I'm looking at parts for it. The most demanding game she's going to be playing within a foreseeable future is DA:Inquisition @1080p. Budget calls for as cheap components as possible without cheaping out...

So this morning I was doing my regular routine before gaming, checking FB etc., when the screen suddenly froze and a couple of orangy pink lines showed up within the cursor. I rebooted and it the screen was cluttered with white lines, but they disappeared once i got to the Windows loading...

So about 1½ years back my computer gave up on life and I've sort of not had the money to stay in the PC race, but now I'm back in the game :) So I was basically just wondering; What's these days' equivalent of the 2500K? You know, Intel's back for the buck CPU? I've sort of gathered that I'm...

Hey forum, the tech noob is back As some of you might know, I've been trying to get my new (first) build running for a couple of months now with no luck.. Now it's the RAM screwing me over again.. So; Recently I bought a Sabertooth 990FX hoping it would solve the RAM problem I had back then...

Hi there, I've just recieved my new Sabertooth to replace the faulty Crosshair V I had, but I've run into another problem.. The full story is as follows: I ordered an 1100T along with a Crosshair V Formula, 8GB of HyperX Genesis RAM and a Corsair AX650 V2.. The CPU turns out to be dead on...

Hello favorite forum (: I am in the lovely position of helping a friend building a low-budget rig and I've encountered a minor case of doubt.. We got a choice between the XFX and the sapphire HD 6850 cards and I'm wondering which choice would be best choice.. All help/input would be much...

Hello, I am currently in the unfortunate situation that my Crosshair V Formula is dead and I need a replacement (RMA not an option). I am running a 1100T and was wondering if it was worth the extra £135~ (£250~ up from £120~) to upgrade to a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 with an Intel i5-2500K instead of...

I've recently upgraded my system and had a bit too much bad luck for my taste, so I'm beginning to wonder if my PSU is just sitting there and frying everything I put in, at random.. I had problems with the CPU being dead and then the RAM being dead, but then I changed the RAM and the RAM error...

I've recently started building a new rig and i've had a couple of problems so far. At first it wouldn't boot at all. Turns out to be a faulty CPU. Now I've just gotten a new CPU from RMA, but it still wont boot. The POST is saying that it can't detect the memory, and there's an LED on the mobo...

Hi, I've just bought some new components for my system.. I'm new to the whole custom building, so I read all the manuals and followed them strictly, point to point.. When I then pushed the start button, everything but the fan on the GPU started and just stood there.. No POST, no nothing.. My...