Recent content by James86

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    Fake or Real GTX 1080ti !

    There's been a lot of them lately. Don't be fooled. Whilst you'll likely get your money back through Paypal it's probably not worth the risk. If it looks too good to be true then it probably is.
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    1080 Ti and Ryzen 7 Giveaway!

    Good luck to all entrants!
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    4K Monitor Advice

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    4K Monitor Advice

    Hi, I'm looking for a decent 4K monitor mainly for gaming. After reading many reviews, doing a bit of research and completely frying my brain I think I've narrowed it down to one of three choices: The Asus PB287Q or; The LG 27UD68P or; The Iiyama GB2888UHSU. What I'm asking for from you...
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    Gigabyte 970 G1 Problems

    Hi all, I think I may have this solved now. At time of writing I have 5 days crash free with many hours spent running. Basically I got in contact with Gigabyte through their contact form (which was a chore to fill out btw!). They recommended a few fixes but only a couple that I hadn't tried...
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    Gigabyte 970 G1 Problems

    Thanks for the response Sergeant. Tried this last night and it seemed to work. However, as previously stated, the problems are hit and miss. I'll continue under clocking for a few days and see how it goes.
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    Gigabyte 970 G1 Problems

    Hi all, I've been experiencing problems with my system since I upgraded my graphics card to a Gigabyte G1 GTX 970. The problems started with the 'Kernal mode driver version xxx has stopped responding. . .' error randomly blacking out the screen before coming back on, this crashed the program I...
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    PSU Advice Appreciated

    Thanks to all for the responses! Picked Suztera as solution as I'll likely plug for the EVGA G2 750W to allow for a 4k upgrade (by going SLI) in a year or so!
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    PSU Advice Appreciated

    Hi All, I'm currently planning a GPU upgrade to a GTX 970 and have came to the realisation that I'm likely going to have to upgrade my PSU too. After the GPU upgrade my system will be the following: MSI Mpower z87 Intel i7- 4770k GTX 970 16GB ram (2 x 8GB) Antec TruePower New Series 650W...
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    GPU Upgrade. Advice appreciated

    Hi all, I'm looking for a little advice on a GPU upgrade. My current system is: MSI Mpower z87 Intel i7- 4770k Gigabyte Windforce GTX 660 16GB ram (2 x 8GB) Antec TruePower New Series 650W (roughly 5 years old) I upgrade my GPU roughly every 3 years, hence I'm looking to future proof for said...