Recent content by di11on

Hi all, System specs as follows: CPU: i4790k MB: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H RAM 4 x 8GB DDR2 Gfx: Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB Power supply Corsair RM 750 It's been a pretty solid machine for years with good cooling and temps. Out of the blue it started failing to post... the mother board blipping (not...

Thanks for the replies folks. I made a typo, it should have been 2xE5-2640 (this is what the quoted price was for - I have updated the op). My thoughts so far is that I would prefer XEONs and ECC over the i7. I know the performance is probably better for the money but I need the reliability...

Hi folks, I have €5k to spend on a workstation. Here is some context and background - I run CPU intensive simulations that usually make good advantage of multiple cores and parallelisation. - For anyone familiar, I will be running GAMS and CPLEX optimisations on this rig - I play games and...

Hi folks, I have a home office (separate from the main house). In an attempt to separate work from leisure, I have my gaming PC in the house. It's a i7 4790k + GTX 960. ` In my office I have a workstation with with dual e5-2560s, 48GB ram a quadro 4000 graphics card. I do play the odd game on...

To rule out hardware - does it work to disable it in device manager, rather than having to physically remove it from the system?

Hi folks, I posted this over on the Windows 10 Forums, but haven't had a response yet. If this is against the rules, please let me know. Since upgrading to windows 10 I've been getting a BSOD every 2 days or so. It rarely happens when I'm using the computer but when I log in in the morning I...

All things considered, since I don't really need RAID, it would seem a waste to put 2 drives in a NAS box - I'd be better off using a second as an external backup and leave it empty for upscaling when the need arises. Assuming you have a local backup, doesn't Raid 1 only save you around an...

Hi folks, I want to get a NAS for my home business and personal home networking needs. Currently I have a second HD in my main PC which is shared and gets backed up to an external hard drive every night. Anyone in the house that has important stuff knows to put it here so that it gets back up...

Update: So I downloaded and played Arma 3 this morning using the default settings (it had most things set to ultra) and it played fine. CPU was at 4GHz and cores were loaded (but not fully) and core temps were between 40 and 50 degrees. Then I went and played WWIIOnline and it was fine! FPS...