Recent content by Andrew Murdoch

Thanks bignastyid. I see you recommended the same model at lower wattage, which could be closer in price for the OP. esc796 I hope you have found this helpful.

You see on the left hand side, under Digital Input there is coaxial 1+2 and optical 1+2? Optical is what you want and is specifically known as Toslink, it is a fibre optic cable that does digital audio. The cables are readily available. You should have an output on your mobo for optical, check...

4790k is a great gaming CPU and if there is any bottleneck it will be marginal. I honestly wouldn't worry about it if I were you.

Can you use any other output other than a front panel one for your receiver? I would highly recommend either Toslink or HDMI.

I know it seems simple, but whenever I am presented with an issue that seems inexplicable I go back to basics, including doing a refresh of Windows and a clear of the CMOS. I would uninstall your audio drivers, clear cmos, reboot. If you re-install the drivers and it is still not working we...

In that case sir I need some more information please. Is your sound from a dedicated card or your motherboard? Do you plug the headphones into a different audio processor than your speakers use? Are you using HDMI or SPDIF? i.e. you could have one source coming from the mobo (headphones)...

Great resource here, try and find a PSU on this list within your budget: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html However if you want a straight up recommendation...

Could you have knocked a mobo connector while installing/removing the gpu? Even the slightest bad connection can cause issues.

In the spotify app, please go to Edit then to Preferences. Ensure high quality streaming and hardware acceleration are enabled on the app, this may be the cause.

Not going to go wrong with either board. The biggest difference you would notice is the z270-e has onboard wifi and the hero does not.

If you're dead set on doing it then the way would be changing the BCLK. This would be set at 100.00mhz which is then multiplied to get your clock speed, obviously you cannot change the multiplier so increase the BCLK. A ten percent bump there is a ten percent clock speed increase. I would set...

Err on the side of caution, can you afford to just replace your CPU or mobo if you damage either?

Hey BringerOfTea...nice rig ;)

Would not recommend OC'ing a non-k cpu. Intel clamped down on it and even ASrock removed their SkyOC feature to overclock non-k cpu's for fear of damaging them.