Recent content by CharlesLewisM

Hi, I've heard people advising that you shouldn't defrag your sshd or either advising people SHOULD defrag their sshd. I don't know what I should do but it feels like my sshd is getting slower (5 months old). I've analysed it and defrag says its 17% fragmented, my question is should I defrag...

I tested furmark before and it went blackscreen after 3 seconds under load, should I switch the dvi cable the next time I do it? I installed with the cd since installing via download on amd website gave me blackscreen forever.

Hey guys! My friend gave me his r9 290 for free and I have no graphics cards on my computer. I have an intel g4400 and 7.2K rpm HDD and that's pretty much it. Should I install the r9 290 with my corsair CX500W? Apparently he says that he gets black screens when he tried to install it, before I...

The first option is better, not worth spending more money on the second option where you have the same GPU but only a slightly better CPU. Cpu generation won't matter much in my opinion even though its performance is 20% better it won't really make a difference in modern games except star...

Hey guys, I'm using the core i5 3470 and I was wondering if I was able to overclock it. I've done many research about this cpu but I always kept getting mixed answers, some say they were able to overclock it to 4ghz no problems but some say you can't because its a locked processor. Both of...

Hey, I'm picking between these cpus to pair with my GTX 1050Ti 4GB. I wanted to know if I picked say the i5 3570, would I notice a difference in terms of performance in gaming as to if I picked the i5 3470? Also are these cpus still good for modern gaming? If not what would be a better choice...

Also to say that my motherboard is not capable of overclocking :(

Hey guys, I currently have the i3-2120 @ 3.3ghz and I wanted to upgrade from an i3 to an i5. I am using a GTX1050Ti (4GB) with the processor. I play some modern games like DayZ, Star citizen, Rainbow Six Siege, Insurgency, Killing floor 2 e.t.c I have the options between buying the i5-2500...

Hey guys! I'm wondering if the CX 500W will be able to powerup my HD 6950. I've seen some mixed answers; I only have a 7th gen pentium cpu, 4gbs of ram and one HDD. I just want to make sure my CX 500W won't blow up or something but I'm going to get the RX 470 or GTX 1060 soon to swap it but in...

Does it cause damage to the card if you do add say 50mhz more and it crashes? And is furmark a good benchmark or is it too much? Thanks for the reply!

Hi I've recently purchased my new GTX 1050Ti for my system. This one does not have a PCI-e connector (its the MSI geforce gtx 1050ti 4GT) and I am concerned with overclocking it to it's max as I've heard it may draw too much power from the pci e and blow up in flames. What's a good OC range on...

MERGED QUESTION Question from CharlesLewisM : "CPU help pairing with GTX 1050TI" Hi guys I need some help buying a new CPU for LGA 1155 that will pair with my GTX 1050TI that i just newly bought. Im on a budget of $120 and dont mind buying it used. Currently my gpu is paired with my i3-2120 and...

Hi guys I need some help buying a new CPU for LGA 1155 that will pair with my GTX 1050TI that i just newly bought. Im on a budget of $120 and dont mind buying it used. Currently my gpu is paired with my i3-2120 and I just think its not strong enough or i am afraid it bottlenecks my gpu. Thanks...

Hey guys! Need some advice on upgrading my GPU from the 6950 (1gb) to either RX 460 or R7 370. Yep this is a budget upgrade; with a budget of $180. I plan to try at least run Star Citizen at the lowest settings with playable frame rates, however if not that's fine as I also just want to upgrade...

That's true, guess I'll just have to wait for it and test which one is better; then I'll pass down the worse to my brother :L