Recent content by luke.yallop

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    Question 10 Mbs READ speed from Samsung 1TB QVO 860

    As the tittle says. I'm literally getting 10mbs maximum on a 1tb Samsung drive. I've installed Samsung magician and updated the firmware, im running my tests on crystal drive. both my other m.2 drives (sabrent 1tb & 250gb) are 3000+ I have an ASUS X570 PRIME PRO with RYZEN 3700X with latest...
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    Question Msi x570 gaming plus went pop.

    Also to mention I'm running a fairly new corsair ax1200 psu.
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    Question Msi x570 gaming plus went pop.

    Hi guys I'll keep it short. I was running my ryzen 3600 happily with this board but purchased new case, more vengeance 16gb 3200 memory and rx5700xt. Put it all in the new case fine (corsair 220T) started it up and pop some smoke and a burning smell. cpu debug light. I've built a few PC's so I...
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    Screen keeps flicking off when gaming

    Just tried Freesync off and still no luck hmm.
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    Screen keeps flicking off when gaming

    Hey guys, you've always been a good helping hand! I purchased this "ACER - ED323QURwidpx Quad HD 31.5" Curved VA LCD " the other day and to say i'm impressed is an understatement running in 2560x1440. I have an RX580 GPU. However when trying to play games, battlefield 1, facry 5, any steam...
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    RX580 Temperature out of control

    Have just done a whole new Windows 10 install (haven't had it long!). Everything seems fine. I think i did have a virus before as this Media website kept popping up. However if this problem occurs again then i will look into the card. ebay description is as follows and assumed that because...
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    RX580 Temperature out of control

    Nothing installed recently however when i try search malwarebytes it closes Chrome or any browser so must have something shall try sort this and clean install!
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    RX580 Temperature out of control

    How would i find that out? Bios button isn't switched to mine and also forgot to mention it never used to do this. only started happening and i've had the card a good 2 weeks or so
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    RX580 Temperature out of control

    So i recently purchased an EX-mining RX580 XFX OC edition. Used it a month, haven't OC'd it just plugged it in and played. But last night i was sitting on runescape believe it or not and fan went to 100% on 75 degrees, thought okay odd, restarted and still 100%. This morning i turned it on and...
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    Crossfire Dropping FPS.

    Just an update, 580 came today and happily on FC5 at 50-60fps everything maxed out including 2.0 on HDR! So pleased! might even consider an I7 3770K soon as CPU usage is starting to climb up a little.
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    Crossfire Dropping FPS.

    I use a standard 1080p Samsung curved monitor and can't see myself going any higher in that sense. I like the idea of more VRAM because games like GTA V give you an indicator of how much you're using and it's almost always over 4GB so it's a peice of mind more than anything and considering im...
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    Crossfire Dropping FPS.

    Thanks for the help Barty! I went for the new card so looking forward to getting it through the post and giving it a try. few friends said the 8GB of VRAM should futureproof it massively as a single card! plsu if i can get £100 for both the 270X ill be singing!
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    Crossfire Dropping FPS.

    Hey guys, getting back into gaming after building my rig in 2012 and upgrading it in 2014. I'm still a newbie really so take it easy. Basically the issue is simple, with crossfire the game drops in FPS every game now and again in FC5, FC4, BF1 etc, most games i play. With single card it runs...