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Hi, I've just purchased new Seagate 4TB HDD's. I inserted one into my external USB caddy, and powered it on. Then I opened 'Windows Disk Management' and: a: The drive is now shown as: Disk 2 / Unallocated BUT it's size is only shown as: 1678.01 GB (eg: 1.6 TB instead of 4TB !) b: Its...

Error: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style. Heeeelp Please: This problem is driving me crazy & all of the info I've read is not that very clear. My PC died so I had to buy/build a new PC, (NPC) using a later version mobo, CPU, etc. I...

So does anyone know the answer to my above query. Many thanks.

So, bought & installed the 'Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Cooler' RR-212E-16PK-R1 And after tightening the 4 screws as far as they will go (on the ends of the scissor bracket) into the studs on the mobo, the ends of the scissor bracket, are about halfway down the screw, with about half of the...

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CPU: Intel Core i5 8600K / 1151 Coffee Lake Desktop Processor / Mfr code: BX80684I58600K Mobo: Gigabyte Intel Z370 HD3P Coffee Lake ATX / Mfr code: Z370 HD3P FAN: Arctic Freezer Low Profile Intel CPU Cooler 11 LP / Mfr code: UCACO-P2000000-BL Hi Help Please with this new build... Does anyone...

PC Info MotherBoard: GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3 (1.x) On-board graphics BIOS Ver: F8 CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K S1150 3.40 GHz CPU Part No.: SR14A Memory: Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 / 2 x 8GB Operating System: Win 10 64-bit SP: 1? Antec Power Supply: 500 HDD's: Samsung & Seagate I have the following...

Can Anyone Help Me, Please ?

Following on from my previous topics: Recap: I'm building a new PC to use as a HTPC, eg: a PVR in a PC. Using... a: (One or more) TBS 6205 DVB-T2 DVB-C Quad TV Tuner PCIe Card. b: OS: I would prefer Windows 7, but it seems that I'm being forced to use Window 10, or I may use Linux. I've spent...

Can anyone help please? Thanks

Re: Motherboards: I've continued this post regarding Motherboards [here]

Following on from my original post re: CPU's at: Re: Price difference between i5 7600K & 8600K: It seems that the CPU price difference (considering the huge increase in benchmark of: 9158/12787) is not great, about £15. So which motherboard should I choose?: Obviously it needs to have the...