Recent content by greasy dave

Hi, I bought an EVGA Gefroce 1060 6GB yesterday. I tried testing it out and am a bit concerned by the temperatures I'm seeing. I'm not overclocking. It's in a well ventilated case. I've been trying TW Warhammer at highest settings and XCOM 2. Both games I only played for 10 to 20 minutes and...

My dilemma: I was going to buy this gigabyte geforce 1060 G1 3G: https://www.alza.cz/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-g1-gaming-3g-d4436000.htm?catid=18859503 But today this card went on sale for a brief flash sale at the same price: EVGA Geforce 1060 6G...

You know, I have the exact same problem - started happening 2 weeks ago. I can't help you with a solution but you're not alone. I am about to lend my card to a friend so he can try it and I can see if it's a PSU problem or a problem with the card. I will let you know what his testing turns up

OK, thanks for the tips. I hope the rest of the pc holds together for a few years longer cos I can't afford to build a new one these days :(

Corsair HX 750W Thanks for the note about vacuuming - I had no idea. I wont do that in future "3 years of running can be the end for the pc as your 5850 runs fine." -I'm not sure what you mean by this? I built the pc 9 years ago. (At the time the HX 750 was recommended by guys on this site...

I've had this card for just over 3 years and it's been fine. A little over 2 weeks ago with no seeming cause (no hardware or software changes on the pc) I started getting black screens when gaming. The games are ones which I had been able to play without a problem for the previous 2 years. I...

Hello, I've got some very naive questions to ask. Where to start. System specs: cpu: i7 930 gpu: r9 280x MSI mobo: gigabyte X58A UD3R 12GB ram The gigabyte mobo came with some software called smart 6, one aspect of it is to allow small overclocks from within the software. The Gigabyte...

Hi, Apologies if this is in the wrong forum. Also apologies in advance if I'm not using the correct terms. To business: I've got a standard sort of internet set up - a modem/ wi-fi router(is that what it's called) which provides wifi and cable connections. This works fine. However, I'd like to...

Thanks, that answers my question very well. The 280x comes in cheaper where I am, in czech...but I'm going to explore prices a little further.

Thanks for your reply. I realise I made a slight mistake with my English which has caused confusion. I'm a native speaker but no technical expert. My last sentence talked about video processing. Sorry, I'm not going to be doing any video editing, post production effects or anything like that...

Hi, So I'm thinking of upgrading my graphics card and I've come to the 2GB or 4GB question. I've read various threads on here where various opinions are given. And I'm still not sure which is better. I'd obviously like a card that'll last the next 5 years, as my last one has. And I know future...

Thanks alot for all your replies. That's a huge relief. I built the rig with the hope that there'd be some future proofing in the basics, and if upgrading a card is not a problem, then it was definitely worth the expense back then. Thanks for the advice regards updating bios. I have to admit -...

I think I missed the boat on this one. I built my pc a few years back. I have a i7 930 and this mother board: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#sp I had naively thought I'd be able to upgrade the graphics card when the time came - or worst case, by another HD 5850 (the...

NOt sure if this should go in the new builds section - but the computer was built a couple of years back - I'm just expanding the memory now. I have a GIGABYTE X58A-UD3R with an i7 930 processor and a corsair HX 850 w power source. When I built the machine last year I only bought 2x 2GB RAM...