Recent content by Alex955

Hi I recently installed 3 new 120mm case fan into the front of my meshify c case and moved the 2 fans which came with the case to the top and back. I have a b350 tomahawk and plugged all the fans into the available slots, will having 5 fans damage my pc in any way ( silly question I know)...

Hi I have a b350 tomahawk mother board which has 4 system fan headers and a pump fan header. I have 5 case fans I wanted to check if I can use the pump fan header. Thanks in advance

Ok that slightly more reassuring, the monitor made a loud bang which is want worried me. I was going to try it with a different screen tomorrow. Is there anyway to check all my hardware is working correctly, I checked device manager and every appeared to be working correctly.

Hi I was playing on my computer when my monitor blew and stopped working. Could this have damaged my desktop and if so how can I check all my hardware is ok. The other problem is I grabbed a spare tv to check everything still worked and started up rocket league and when it opens the screen goes...

So I have just built my new computer and I'm using the free version of windows 10. So I shouldn't be able to personalise my wallpaper. However my wall paper recently changed so that it's the same as my wallpaper on my laptop. Can someone explain this

I have tried that and it still seems slow about 70

Hi I have just build my new computer and I have started downloading all the drivers. I am connected to my internet via an ethernet cable. However the download speeds are very slow around 20kb/s. On my laptop using wifi the download rate is nearer 500 kb/s. could someone suggest what is wrong

Hi What motherboards would people recommend to go with a ryzen 5 1600x. I don't want to spend loads on a motherboard and was thinking of getting the msi tomahawk. Is this a good choice or should I get another

thanks for all the responses, looks like a 1070 is the better option. I don't want to spend more than just over 400 pounds on it and saw i could get a gigabyte windforce or asus turbo are these good cards or not thanks

Hey So the vega 56 graphics card has launched today and I was considering buying one instead of gtx 1070, I was wondering firstly if this is a good decision. And secondly I was looking on scan.co.uk at the options and there are standalone cards then branded ones which are roughly £100 more...

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I'm using it for gaming and wanted to be able to play at 1440p, but don't want to play loads for a 1440p monitor.

I am planning on building a computer and was wondering which is a better option, getting a 1080p monitor with a high refresh rate at 144 or a 1440p monitor at 60 Hz. This will dictate what gpu I get

Hey I'm looking to buy a i5 7600k and was going to use a cryorig h5 universal to cool it. Firstly is this a good cooler or is it overkill. Secondly I was going to use a nzxt s340 ellie case and I'm worried because the clearance between the case and the cooler is 1mm, will this be ok or has...

Thanks for your response, this brings up another question what are the differences between different types of the same gpu. So if I bought a cheap ttc 1070 is there much difference