Recent content by CB07

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    Razer Chroma Deathadder - Week old, already "malfunctioning"

    Hello gents, Recently picked up a brand new chroma deathadder - Loved it, great mouse. Then about a week into its use, it started acting up. Every now and again it will temporarily disable itself OR turn itself off. By that I mean it will stop working, and sometimes seem to have power (lights...
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    MSI R9 290 not even being recognised by w8.1

    Greenbeard, The problem was my PSU. The R9 290 is a beastly card, and regardless of how efficient they claim to be, they also require a beastly PSU. I was running a 650w PSU and that wasn't enough. Pushed up to an 850w PSU and bobs your teapot we were good to go. Make sure that the PSU you...
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    Could an 850w PSU run this CPU (plus other components)?

    I'm running an R9 290, 8gb RAM, and 1 HD (also running a disk drive, but can remove it). Would an 850w PSU be able to also power an AMD FX 9370? Thinking of upgrading. Many thanks.
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    MSI R9 290 not even being recognised by w8.1

    Hello all, I recently purchased an MSI R9 290, it arrived today and I thought I'd install it. My old card was a GTX 275 (lol), which I uninstalled the drivers of and then shut down the PC, plugged in the 290 and restarted. I was receiving no signal on my monitor for any of the slots (1x HDMI...