Recent content by dasta

Assuming I don't want to overclock, what's a good choice in that rough price range?

Thanks, suspected as much. Currently looking at buying the MSI X570-A-PRO as a motherboard which fits within my budget (memory tbd) - any feedback welcome.

Approximate Purchase Date: This year Budget Range: £300-500 GBP System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light gaming (slowly working my way through AC and FarCry franchises...) Photo editing General office work Software development Are you buying a monitor: Not right now but maybe a QHD...

Just a quick update for anyone coming across this - I took a chance and updated my BIOS as there was a newer version that was flagged as having VGA support updates (and with dual BIOS I figured it was worth a try), and that solved the problem and the new card is working fine. A new PSU may still...

Assuming I do go for a new PSU (if only on the basis of age), any recommendations? Assuming 650W would give me plenty of headroom?

I might try clearing the CMOS (and possibly disabling the on-board graphics completely) - I agree that updating has risks! I'll also ask around to see if anyone I know can try the card in their machine for me (probably easier than replacing the PSU in mine...) FWIW, I'm wondering if the...

Its been running 6 years or so now, so fairly elderly. Removing the GPU and switching back to onboard works fine.

My old Radeon HD 7850 just died, and I decided to replace it with a new Gigabyte Radeon RX580 8G. However, after installing the new card and connecting the PCI power cable, there's a blank screen on startup (no BIOS). I've tried a different PCI slot, and making sure the card and power...