Recent content by Digital Shrapnel

Hi, I'd like to know if its worth upgrading my just my cpu or gpu now, or the entire system. Will be playing games some AAA games like BF4/BF1, GTA 5, Dishonored 2 and others. I may move to a 1440 @ 75/90hz freesync monitor in 1-2 years. FX8350 R9 280x Gigabyte 970 d3p mobo 750W PSU gold...

Hello guys. I cant for the life of me get the the numpad on working on the Quickfire Ultimate. When I press the num lock key the the numbers dont work, but when I toggle it off the arrows work but the numbers still dont! What is wrong? Is my keyboard defective? Cheers Josh

Hey magdiel. I've got the same mobo but with a FX 8350. I just looked into my stock BIOS settings and noticed that my CPU Northbridge Frequency is set to 2200Mhz. so it may be the 6300 that is the limiting factor as Gigabyte suggested.

Bro the 8350's temperature sensors give an inaccurate reading under about 40 degrees Celsius. I also use HW monitor and usually get temps like 18 degrees with my 212 EVO when idling even though the temps in the bios say 25-30 degrees during boot up.

I ran a error check from a Windows 7 bootable usb stick. It found no errors at all. Im hoping to wipe the drive and install windows 7, but when I get to selecting the drivers the pc does not acknowledge the drivers (eg sata, video etc). I have used them when i first built my PC with windows 7. I...

I dont know how to do that? Or if its possible. Care to share? Thanks

Hey thanks for replying. No I tried my ssd on his PC to no avail. I think windows 10 messed with the ssd......

Hello fellow geeks! Recently my pc crashed while I was using it. I was running windows 10 tech preview, when I got a light blue crash screen (similar to BSOD) but its looked like the windows 7 theme. Now when i boot up my PC I get a disk read error with the Ctrl+Alt+Del Prompt. My setup is as...

Put together 2 separate builds but I need help deciding which one is better overall for my needs.I will playing games from Battlefield 3/4, to next gen games. Future upgradeability and long life is important too. AMD: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/user/DigitalShrapnel/saved/4E6K Intel...

I am currently upgrading my HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF to include this video card: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z3T5JC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=Y05X5LRTTW9A&coliid=I1EOZYHPU8SH7X My system only has a 240W stock psu and I have been told that the card may not run on that. Which...