Recent content by daniel.maxwell

Thanks both! Great food for thought here... whilst I like the appeal of a R5 3400G with on-board graphics, I figure dedicated GPU wins every time (if selected properly). I'm kind of set on the CM H100 case, as it matches alongside the H500 my step-son has. No real hurry... but I guess I'd like...

Hi all, Not posted here in a while... I guess it's been a while since I've actually had a chance to think about getting back into gaming again, and now I'm in my early 30's!! No time like the present right... Anyway. I'd like to build a budget gaming PC, mini-ITX form factor so it's not going...

The AGP drivers are pre-installed - looking in device manager --> systems confirms this. It does however highlight that PCI/ethernet/audio controller drivers are missing, so I'll need to leverage your suggested download anyway. Back to the issue - I substituted the HD3850 AGP for a FX5900XT...

Hi all, I've put together what I consider to be a system that's built on the best of the hardware the XP era had to offer: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe P4 3.4GHz 'Gallatin' SL7CH Extreme Edition 4x 1GB OCZ PC3200 RAM Sapphire HD 3850 512Mb AGP 500W Generic PSU 80GB WD HDD (OK, so my storage could be...

Thanks gents. I had in mind an RM750x (currently £93 on Amazon), but if an RM550x (currently £78) is more than adequate and of course well within budget, that's the one I'll likely go for... EDIT: The RM650x is £4 more than the RM550x, so that's the one I've ordered. BTW and going off topic...

Hi all, I've recently purchased: Ryzen7 2700X ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Coolermaster H500 Case Borrowing (taking) the following components from an old Lenovo Y520 Gaming PC: GTX 1050Ti DDR4 2400 1x 8GB SanDisk 480GB SSD 1TB SATA HDD I'll be upgrading the GPU and Memory towards the end of the...

Thanks Eximo, I realise I’ve been blasé in my use of the word retro! Ive been building out a handful of rigs recently - P3/Slot 1 running Windows ME, P4 (SL7CH)/S478 running XP, and this 775 machine. In my mind, anything pre 1151 is old tech :) having a lot of fun doing this... running old...

Hi gents, I'm building a retro 775 rig with the best components I can find, based around the EVGA nForce 790i motherboard. Currently this is where I'm at: Intel QX9650 Core2Extreme 3.00 GHz (quad core)... on the lookout for a QX9770! Titan Fenrir Heatsink Corsair XMS3 2x 2GB DDR3-1600 What...

Appreciate the steer and the advice, I’ll start a new thread :)

Thanks for the responses gents. I was concerned the response would be a whole new system!! Let’s say we start with £400 - for a new case, mobo and PSU, what would be recommended? In addition to this I’m sure I could convince him to invest towards a new CPU. Thanks

Hi people. My step-son has a Lenovo Legion Y520 Tower that’s 1.5yrs old, specs as follows: -i3-7100 -8GB DDR4-2400 -Nvidia 1050Ti -500GB SanDisk SSD -Intel B250 chipset His birthday is a month away, he’s fairly mad on Fortnite and CS:GO, and rather than rip and replace and spend too much at...

Hi all, I’m resurrecting an old S478 beast to reminisce with some games from yesteryear. It has a TP-Link PCI wifi card that successfully connects to my WiFi network (via Virginmedia superhub3), but it won’t access the internet/load a webpage. I have the same issue with a Windows ME machine...

Hi all, my son has the following rig: -i3 7100 -8GB RAM -GTX 1050 Ti 4GB He plays Fortnite, and would love a dual screen setup and more FPS... spoilt brat :pt1cable: Is the GTX 1060 6GB a worthwhile upgrade from the 1050Ti, given he’ll be running it on an i3?