Recent content by danco5074

Which ever is cheaper and will not require you to change your PSU. 970 is the safest bet. You'll never use 8GB for the life of your system unless your 3d modeling/rendering video.

You only need water cooling for aggressive overclocks. You can normally OC FX series by 0.5GHz without even touching the voltage. I OC'd my 8320 from 3.5GHz to 4.2GHz without touching voltage, and only increased temps by about 3-5C. I use a CM 212 EVO for cooling ($30). Depending on your...

Go gigabyte or MSI. EVGA currently has issues with coil whine and cooling.

i3 is fine. Most games are optimized for 2 cores but are able to use 4 cores. the i3 can have 4 threads but only two cores. However, I don't think we are going to see minimum requirements of quad core CPUs for a long long time. An I-5 will definitely perform better but the i3 can meet gaming PC...

I used unigine extreme HD and it was stable very high. I was very pleased but then noticed some artifacting while in a game, and I had to set the core clock down an extra 10MHz to get rid of it. So benchmark software is okay, but you will not really know until you test it out on gaming. Some...

You'll have to build your own. 400 GBP isn't going to get you a great PC, especially if you need a monitor, keyboard and mouse. You can still build one to outperform console though. Use http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ to model a build at your cost, then post what you have in mind back here. People...

I have a QNIX 2710 PLS which is way cheaper than these name brands and can OC to 120Hz. No backlight bleed, 0 dead pixels, received in 3 days thru Amazon. They seem to have 98% positive feedback. ASUS is good, pricey, I have been seeing more issues with it in forums though. Other than that This...

Yes it will fit. But you need to remove the HDD bay in the middle. It is easy, four screws and a tug, and you're all-set.

RMA it. If you can't pick up the cheaper Korean models like QNIX 2710 which can OC to 120Hz. They seem to have less issues recently.

Why not a 970? it performs a little better and is more power effeicent than a r9 290 and is cheaper.