Recent content by Chris Bradshaw

Could we have a bit more information on the computer? a quick google gives me this: http://www.asus.com/Desktops/Essentio_CM1730/ but may not be exact. what processor, and if possible, what chipset do you have? In terms of HDD any SATA hard drive will be compatible, just look on scan.co.uk or...

are you sure you posted the photos? I can't see any...

Do you have a Z87 motherboard (or Z97)? If so, go into your bios and check the current multiplier value. Make sure it is set to 32x. EDIT: I just tweaked the multiplier on my 4570 machine, and this is the result:: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2VpYMCF1stxZkI5NFhCR3l3Yms/view?usp=sharing...

This is actually pretty normal for a haswell processor, if not slightly hotter than usual. My 4670k would idle about the same in BIOS. I'd recommend not worrying about it because i should be fine, or investing in a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler for £25.

Thanks a lot, it's a very heavy card, so a new mobo is the way to go it seems. Damn, why did I go for an OEM windows...

Finally getting around to CF'ing my new 290x, and was wondering whether I could use a PCIe ribbon cable to seperate the 2 I'm still using my old mATX asrock board in my main build (air 540), and am obviously worried about the space between the two rather hot running cards... Would the screws...

bump

I was thinking about using my gaming PC as a media player too. However, being a rather un-soundproof case, I am wondering whether or not it would be possible to disable the case fans fans while running a media OS such as xbmc/kodi or a Linux build, while leaving them in while running windows...

Today is a sad day. I just realised that I have not truly enjoyed a game since bioshock infinite last year. I've played many games, the metro series, skyrim, crysis an dead island. None of them have given me the experience that bioshock gave me. So, here I am. Asking the community for any...