Recent content by gaffers

About 18 months ago I took the stock cooler from my KFA2 GTX 1070 and attached a Kraken G10/X31. I didn't need to remove the backplate or use a shim for this. All was well. I've picked up a GTX 1080 and am trying to get my 1070 back to it's original config. Thing is, despite having all of the...

Hi guys, I can't find an answer to this elsewhere in the forums - I have a KFA2 GTX 770, and not sure if it's a reference board, which is required to (easily) fit a Kraken G10. Reviews don't seem to shed any light, and even the KFA2 site doesn't list it any more in their 700 series cards...

Confirmed CPU faulty, RMA'd with Intel. Cheers.

Hi, I recently purchased a Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3 board and 4670k CPU. My existing system is an FX 6300 with some old ASRock board, so I don't have parts to interchange to test. In brief, I'm getting a continuous rebooting problem before POST, and have narrowed it down to the board, the CPU...

Hi guys, I recently purchased a Maximus VII Hero. The seller had already informed me that there were bent socket pins, and it will not POST, although it worked before. Everything lights up, and it look darn cool, tbh. Anyway, basically, after fiddling about with the pins, and failing to get...

Cool, thanks, that looks doable at the price. Not sure what you mean with the DDR4 business, but I'll Google it!

Hi all, I have an urge to spend some money on my gaming PC, but not sure where I will see the most benefit, would love some advice. Current specs Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro2 CPU: FX 6300 (OC'd 4.2) GPU: GTX 660 ti RAM: 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 PSU: Corsair something (HX?) 650 Not...