Recent content by DavePenn

Ok, so further update. The card is an R7, so it can only support 2 monitors via HDMI/DV-I, the rest have to be via display port. I connected a 3rd monitor in place of the TV and the signal was fine (I had to deactivate a monitor to get it to display) but if I use the TV instead of the monitor...

Hi I have an interesting issue with the Sapphire R7 265 and 3 displays. I have 1 monitor connected DVI/DVI, a second connected DVI/HDMI and I want to use my TV as a 3rd display for movies etc. The connection is HDMI>Wall plate>HDMI 10m cable sub-floor>Wall plate>HDMI to the TV. The issue...

Ok, so I went with the below PSU: Corsair VS650 HeatSink: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X Case: DeepCool USB3.0 mid Tower Tesseract SW CPU: Intel i5-4690K MB: AsRock Z97M Pro-4 RAM: 16G Kit 1600 (8Gx2) G-Skill Sniper GPU: ASUS 2G R9-270X SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120G (plus 3 x 1TB for storage) Came in at...

How about the following for around the same price CPU: Intel i5-4690K MB: AsRock H97 Performance RAM: 16G Kit 1600 (8Gx2) G-Skill Ripjaws-X GPU: 2G R9-270X Sapphire-OC(11217-01-41G) (I can get an ASUS or Gigabyte for $15 more, is it worth it?) SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120G (operating system only, I...

Thanks for the advoce guys. I picked the Xeon as it's only about $30 more than the I5 and is "apparently" better out of the box. I also means I can save on the motherboard, $80-$100 instead of $150+ Plus i'm not looking to overclock. Will definately look at a new PSU, would 650w be enough?

Hi All I have done a bit of research and just wanted to get an expert opinion on my newbuild. It's only my second build (my first got damaged!!!) so I am still a bit green. It will be used for office, browsing, photoshop and some gaming. Am using a single 1080p monitor Buying parts in...