Recent content by jamieWakeham

Thanks. Looks like they are out of RX 480s... I'll see what I can get a GTX970 down to!

I'm leaning toward either the RX 480 or GTX 970, as these look like they'll remain useful for a while and can be incorporated in any future build.

Thanks, both. Sorry, should have mentioned the PSU. It's a Kolink, 80 plus, 600W, 48A on the 12V rail. With the current 125W card it's using 26A so there's a fair bit of spare capacity. I assume the more power hungry cards only draw full power when they're being asked to run hard, so almost...

I've a quite old set-up: Asus P6T mobo, Core i7 920, 3 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance RAM. The current GPU is an NVIDIA 9800GT. I only game lightly and with older titles - this has been quite good enough to run Quake 4. But I'd like to run some slightly more modern titles - things like the 2016...

Ah - at £36 delivered, that might be an interesting compromise between the EVO 212 and the H5. I'll take a look. Thanks!

Thanks, Chugalug. I guess you're saying that the H5 is simply overkill for my requirements? I was initially pretty much set on the EVO 212, which I can get for £31 delivered. But then I saw people complain it was a tricky install, and there seem to be questions about whether it will fit over...

According to the Cryorig site, the M9i doesn't fit socket 1366?

This is the second phase of my project to renovate my PC - not that it's vital, but my previous thread where I've been helped with some general decisions is here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3289722/cost-effective-upgrades-920-system.html This thread is specifically to choose an...

Hi all An update: Corsair have taken forever, but eventually replaced my dead XMS3 DIMM with a brand new set of 3 x 4GB Vengeance. I'm calling that a win. I've popped the three modules in, wondering what the mobo would make of them, as there are so many conflicting reports on whether the P6T...

I'm now having problems with the new memory; can't quite figure out what the hell is going on here. Before this all started, I had three 2GB DIMMs, installed in A1, B1 and C1 as recommended by the manual. Task Manager was reporting only 4GB memory so I assumed one DIMM was dead. I tried...

Ooh, I feel silly now. Just done some checks and found that one of the current 2GB DIMMs is dead. So for an unknown length of time, I've been using it in dual-channel mode with only 4GB total. That does explain why it's felt a bit sluggish recently! I'm now testing just how good Corsair's...

Thanks for your time, all. My aim is very much to keep the existing motherboard for the time being. I always intended this to be a PC that I can gradually upgrade to keep it reasonably current. It's cost me a bit more than £100 per year of life so far, so if I could extend its effective life...

Hi all My current system: ASUS P6T mobo, i7-920 running at stock 2.66GHz, 3 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz, NVIDIA 9800GT. Velociraptor 150GB as boot drive, and a slow 500GB data drive. I'm not looking to do anything really challenging with this PC - I'm not a gamer, though I do a fair bit of...