Recent content by eikichi

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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    No, not them. I don't want to mention the name because it may have been a fluke.
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    That's also what I suspect, but why should a well-known retailer do something like that, what's the benefit apart from making a bad name about themselves. The retailer I am referring to is south-east based, near Portsmouth.
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    If the card was failing, shouldnt I get artifacts on the screen or something like nvidia driver error/crash. The only thing I get is game crashing "Windows need to close the game.exe" etc or a BSOD. Computer management shows a lot of critical errors which are kernel-power related meaning that...
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    I was thinking no more than £100-120. The point is that I already have 700Watt PSU which is not performing well, how come 600W will be fine? I would be happy if I can get away with it, with less than £100. My requirements is performance obviously and low noise. I was looking at one of those...
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    Palit on their website suggests that you need 250Watt to run it. Let's assume that my i7 2600K needs 95W and just to be sure let's say that remaining devices; motherboard, 1 x ssd, 1 x dvd-rw require another 150W to 200W, which they don't. That barerly adds up to 600W. Also note that I am not...
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    It is very odd though, how come a 3 year old PSU degrades like this. Furthermore, I would assume that my system does not require more than 550Watts. So even if my PSU cannot produce the advertised power it should still be able to handle it.
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    Bad GPU or bad PSU

    Hi there, Recently I've upgraded my GPU from 570GTX to Palit Super JetStream 780GTX Complete setup: Intel Core i7 2600K Asus P8Z68-V PRO Corsair 2 x 4GB @ 9-9-9-24 (SSD)OCZ Vertex 4 256GB Palit Super JetStream 780GTX @ 990MHz, Boost @ 1033MHz Cooler Master Silent Pro 700Watt Windows 8.1 PRO...