Recent content by falconswrath

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    Help needed forced upgrade!

    Chip is definitely dead ( tried it in a clone of the same system I built a while back) and as for the i5 that's only a slight improvement over the 2600k where as the newer i7 will have a longer life and give a higher performance boost not that that's important right now but later on when I up...
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    Help needed forced upgrade!

    First my old specs CPU I72600k Motherboard Ashe p8p67-pro Rev3 RAM 8gb ripjaw 1600mhz GPU Hd6950 2gb Psu 850w evga Problem is my mobo and chip have died, so I want to upgrade to the i7 4790k think this is a good replacement for the 2600k but can't decide which mobo would be best, I want to be...
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    HELP! Please I am lost

    Hello, will start with my specs Chip Intel i72600k -4.4ghz MB Asus p8p67pro b3 Ram G-skill ddr3 1600mhz Gpu HD6950 2GB Psu 850mhz corsair Now to my problem motherboard has died and I thought the chip had aswell I had no way of testing the chip separate but local pc shop (penny lane computers of...
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    HELP needed please

    ok my rig as current is: cpu: I7 2600k mobo: p8p67pro ram: 8gb hdd: 2x1tb samsung 7200rpm gpu: power color hd6950 2GB now that's out of the way, i am looking to upgrade my gpu to allow me to play crysis 3 and probably bf4 when its released on MAX, i have two options add another 6950 or add a...
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    Time To Upgrade the white monster

    anyone answer this for me
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    Time To Upgrade the white monster

    sorry for late reply money isnt the point of the question i wish to know if i were to upgrade just the graphics card could i expect to be able to play crysis 3 on ultra specs, if i could what graphics card or cards would i need, would putting 16gb instead of 8 into her help?
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    Time To Upgrade the white monster

    any ideas here guys aim is crysis 3 on max
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    Time To Upgrade the white monster

    mobo Asus P8P67 Pro R3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard chip Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor case NZXT Phantom White Full Tower Case psu OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU - Silent 120mm Blue LED Fan 4x PCI-E 6x SATA hdd Samsung HD103SJ...
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    My cpu speed is only clocking at 1000 mhz

    OK you might want to check for virus and malware after that run prime 95 stress test and open up cpuz watch the CPU output if it doesn't climb end the test, post results here also might want to check the power options in windows OS don't know for sure but if the computer is running in low power...
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    ASUS P8P67 - RAM 1333 to 1600 - Need help

    had the same problem use the mem button on the motherboard once it has done resetting and configuring use the asus motherboard utility i think its called asus suite 2 use the auto tuning button it will fix the problem and optimise a few other settings and have it running like a dream.
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    Best cost effective board for Sandybridge 2600k 5ghz build

    GO FOR THE PRO ITS A GOOD SOLID BOARD LOTS OF FEATURES AND COMES WITH THE ASUS AUTO OC PROGRAM PUT MINE TO 4.8
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    ASUS P8P67 - BIOS - scrambled BIOS screen in HDTV

    is there seriously nobody that has a clue how to fix this problem? i thought this place was full of it wizzards