Recent content by Bradley Lind

Hi, I'm in the market to purchase a NAS for home use. I've never owned a NAS before, so this would be a learning experience for me Having done some research I found I would be most interested in a Synology branded NAS, I understand they are not the best price/performance, but they have a lot of...

6TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14, 3.5" Internal HDD, SATA 6GB/s, 7200rpm, 128MB Cache, OEM https://www.scan.co.uk/products/6tb-barracuda-720014-35-internal-hdd-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-128mb-cache-oem VS 6TB WD6001FZWX Black, Desktop Performance 3.5" HDD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 128MB Cache...

Contemplating a new CPU for my build, as my current CPU (i5 3330) seems to bottleneck the build (EVGA Gtx 1070) on *some* intensive games (100% CPU load, 30-40% GPU load), yet in other games it runs fine, (50-60% CPU load, 70-80% GPU load) @ 1080p As my CPU uses the old LGA 1155 socket, its not...

Just turned down the PhysX stuff, and it seems to be getting a decent 65+ FPS now :) (The debris and godrays) but this CPU isnt really much of a bottleneck? What made you come to that conclusion?

Hey guys, Just installed my new EVGA 1070 FTW Edition, the card seems great but am having a little trouble with understanding the overclocking (I usually buy pre-overclocked cards, like my last card was 280x Windforce OC Edition) I have overclocked my settings using MSI afterburner, and when...

The PC I am currently was originally many years ago a pre-built PC and the RAM I am using is still the stock RAM. I currently have installed 8gb (2x4gb) of 1333MHz RAM (Unbranded I believe) and I am often playing games such as Fallout 4, League of Legends and many others. Will I notice a...

Hey guys, upgraded my PC a fair bit in the last month or so. I've added a Sandisk SSD, R9 280x and a new case to it. My new PC case is the BitFenix Prodigy M in White (Note this is important as the white colour model is different from the others in not having a mesh at the front) However...

Hey guys, I recently just rebuilt my pc system, changing the power supply, installing a new SSD and doing a clean install of Win7. However, after long periods of time (every 6-8 hours of being on) my pc will lose ALL power to it for about half a second (Fans turn off, screen goes dark, signal...