Recent content by Chadders101

Hello everyone! My mom's birthday is coming up soon. I want to surprise her with, what I hope will be her dream computer. Has has always been a fan of apple products because of their minimalist silver/aluminium design and silent operation. Here is my proposed build, I would love it if someone...

Hello everyone! Quick question here. I am currently using a 3 year old CX550M PSU. I want to buy the PowerColor 5700 XT Red Devil. This card has two 8-pin power connectors. I've put my rig and a similar version of the 5700 XT into the pcpartpicker link below...

The complaints are certainly about the THICC II. One source here: View: https://amp.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cptnc3/xfx_thicc2_potential_baseplate_and_vram_issues/ Do you think the best batch will be changed in any way to improve the vram temps?

Hi there! Thank for your speedy reply! The reviews I'm talking about are most certainty talking specifically about the THICC II. Check that link I posted linking to Amazon. There is a review there with an image of high temps relating to this specific card. I find it strange that this is the...

Hello everyone! I have been using an R9 380 for years now and it has served me well, but I believe it's time to an upgrade. XFX's 5700 XT THICC II looks beautiful and is the cheapest on the market in my country (UK). I was going to snap one up but some very worrying reviews started coming in...

I find myself in a bewilderment. I have been an AMD fanboy ever since I bought my first PC. My tried and true R9 380 has served me well, but now I am in search of a new graphics card. My mind immediately looks towards the RX lineup, the RX 580 8GB looks promising, giving roughly 39% more FPS...

Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion. I've contacted Corsair support and I believe I will be getting a new PSU replacement, which is wonderful. However, I have since ordered a new RX 580 8GB, which will be arriving tomorrow. I am wondering if it's safe to use my current, damaged PSU to run it...

It's a 2 year old Corsair PSU CX550m

Hi everyone! I recently ordered an RX 580 8GB from XFX on Amazon. I received it today and it turns out to be dead on arrival. I have already mailed it back and ordered a refund, so that's all taken care of, but I'm worried about my PSU. After unplugging and switching off my PSU, I removed my...

Hello everyone! I am tempted to jump on the bandwagon and purchase an RX VEGA 56 after it's 48% price drop recently but I would like to know if my 550W bronze Corsair PSU can handle it. In the card's documentation I can see that it uses 650 watts, but i have seen many people say that my current...

Hello everyone! I recently bought some upgrades which I am very happy with, and i'm now thinking of buying some more to keep my PC up to date with current titles. I now know that I need something better than a 60HZ monitor to be able to make use of my recent upgrades, but I'm wondering whether...

Hi everyone I own a laptop which originally came with windows 7. During the time when Microsoft was releasing free windows 10 update I followed the crowd and did the update. Recently, I made a massive mistake and ruined all the permissions on my laptop, so i decided to download a windows 10...

Thank you all for your quick and helpful answers. I have now changed my mind and am going to buy the second PSU mentioned by MadMatt30. Seeing as my current PSU is non-modular (which i now believe means that none of the plugs are detachable) I'm assuming i will need to buy some new wires to go...

Hi everyone! Yesterday I believe that my PSU has finally died, it has served me well over 6 years but as i was using my computer, i heard a loud snapping noise and my computer lost power, then i smelled burning. I am no longer able to charge my phone from my computer and the case lights, which...

Seeing as I now know that this is not a HDD problem, This post needs moving to another thread topic. Anyone know how to do that?