Recent content by daniel.maxwell

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    [SOLVED] Sub £500 mini-ITX Budget Gaming Build - Which Mobo?

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Sub £500 mini-ITX Budget Gaming Build - Which Mobo?

    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...
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    Question GPU Issues - 'Ultimate' S478/AGP Rig

    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...
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    Question GPU Issues - 'Ultimate' S478/AGP Rig

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Which PSU for Ryzen7 2700X

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Which PSU for Ryzen7 2700X

    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...
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    Question Building a retro 775 rig - EVGA nForce 790i

    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...
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    Question Building a retro 775 rig - EVGA nForce 790i

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Upgrade Path for Lenovo Legion Y520 i3-7100

    Appreciate the steer and the advice, I’ll start a new thread :)
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    [SOLVED] Upgrade Path for Lenovo Legion Y520 i3-7100

    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
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    [SOLVED] Upgrade Path for Lenovo Legion Y520 i3-7100

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Windows XP SP3 - Connected to wifi, no internet

    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...
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    GPU upgrade for i3-7100 & GTX 1050 Ti

    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?