Recent content by Darkpagey

Ok great, thanks for all your help and time.

Wow thanks for all the replies guys You pretty much all echo my thoughts on things which is good to hear. Figured that overclocking for an office PC is pretty pointless + i'd need a much more expensive board to do so. Good point about the SSD making the most noticeable difference. I had...

Hi guys, Building a PC for a friend who only requires it for basic office work and internet browsing. No games will be played on this PC. I've been looking at 2 CPUs in particular, - Intel Pentium G3258 (£49): I get that this thing can be overclocked to be a bit of a beast for its price, but...

If you haven't already, try reinstalling the client as it doesn't seem you should be having any problems.

The R9 280X have come down in price recently in the UK which is good because in competes with the 770 in terms of value for money. They're both pretty good cards. I've got the R9 280x and it's a total beast. The Asus r9 280x provides a good balance between performance value and volume. I did...

Well first of all you can download software which can move Steam games from a folder in your SSD to a different folder in your HDD by use of a shortcut. I have a 120gb SSD which I have Win7 on and a few games like BF4 etc etc, then any others that i'm not using i have on my WD blue 1tb HDD. WD...

In that case I guess it's pretty perfect. It's just down to you on whether you want that kind of quality and if you want to spend that much money. I don't think there's really much else I can input.

I don't have experience with the Blue Yeti so take my advice with a pinch of salt, but here's my opinion. I read a review a while ago which answered a lot of the questions you're asking. 1) Yes, you can plug your headphones directly in to the microphone so you can listen to anything that's...

Have you considered an R9 280X? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-asus-radeon-r9-280x-directcu-ii-top-6400mhz-gddr5-gpu-1070mhz-2048-cores-dvi-d-hdmi-dport They've dropped in price a little bit here so it's maybe worth considering. I have this one and i can get 60fps in BF4 ultra

Ok here's what I think you should do. 1) Check if graphics card fan is spinning (visually confirm). 2) Check background processes and RAM usage 3) Check CPU and graphics card temperatures - Make sure fans are clean and spinning etc etc 4) Reinstall windows? Your processor won't bottleneck...

Well then, the Silverstone is a good PSU but for the 280X it is in my opinion underpowered. Under load it's going to really struggle because the 280X is a power hungry card.

I went with an XFX 650W for my 280X. In the UK it's only £5 more expensive than the Silverstone 500W you linked and it supplies 53A, which is plenty. Great PSU, haven't had a problem with it.

I think the reason why it's on par with the 270X is because in that review the 270X didn't have an after market cooler. But still, the MSI R9 270 is a good card. Go for it I guess.