Recent content by chaztech

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    Is My PSU Powerful Enough?

    Would a 600W/750W Corsair work okay though? I can get hold of them pretty easily.
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    Is My PSU Powerful Enough?

    Hey all, I recently returned an R9 270X because I think it was faulty. Before buying it used the Coolermaster calculator for PSU to determine whether or not mine was strong enough. It said I needed less than 400W for my components so I thought I'd be fine with a Corsair CX500M. However, a...
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    Don't think so. The only other PSU I have is like 300W
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    My corsair PSU is 500W semi-modular
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    Cheers, just downloaded it but all the zip file contained was an image... opened it and it just said the model number and stuff. As far as I can tell nothing has changed from the BIOS. Should I try reinstall the GPU now or?
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    Yeah this is a brand new card; before I only had integrated/on board. Well, still do. Just checking now for BIOS updates... EDIT: Doesn't look like it.. It was a prebuilt PC so its a little confusing. I checked my system summary as it says "American Megatrends Inc. 0216, 10/04/2013" So I...
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    Yeah I've got two of them going into the card; the fans spin and everything there's just no display when I plug a monitor into the card itself.
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    Sapphire R9 270X doesn't work (fans still working) but onboard graphics do

    Hi all, got a bit of a situation here. So today I got a new PSU (500W Corsair) which works fine and everything runs as normal. The reason I got this was so I could put an R9 270X in my PC as I've previously (still am) stuck with intel integrated graphics. After a bit of a struggle the card and...