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    [SOLVED] RTX 2070 Super/Ryzen 3600 v RTX 3060 Ti/Ryzen 5600x - thoughts?

    Hey all We’ve got 2 gaming rigs in our house at the moment, one with a Ryzen 3600 cpu and RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC and the other, which I am currently about to build, that has a Ryzen 5600x cpu and an RTx 3060 Ti. The rest of the specs are the same on both - including both having a 2560x1440...
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    [SOLVED] CPU and Mobo advice for RTX 2060 Super

    Thanks for your quick reply - much appreciated. I've got a Corsair CX600 PSu that's about 4 years old. I'm going to get the Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000Mhz DDR4 RAM as well.
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    [SOLVED] CPU and Mobo advice for RTX 2060 Super

    Hi all I've not upgraded anything on my gaming rig for quite a while so I'm about to buy Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super and would like a bit of advice on what else I need to upgrade if possible please? My currents specs are: MSI GTX 980 I5 4690k MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Mobo 8gb RAM I guess the...
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    I eventually decided to do a fresh install of Windows 10 and all now seems good. Bit of a pain but I got there eventually... Thanks for your assistance Mark - very much appreciated.
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    Would I be able to do a clean Windows 10 install from here? My files are all backed up so it wouldn't be too much hassle.
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    I've found one that says Sata Mode (Disbaled, IDE mode, ACHI mode or RAID mode)?
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    Sorry but I'm not sure what I'm looking for in the bios?
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    Sorry - it's a Seagate Barracuda LP 2000gb
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    Hi Mark - thanks for the quick reply. My specs are: Windows 10 64-bit Samsung 850 evo 250gb SSD MSI Gtx 970 4gb GPU Intel i5 4690k CPU MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Mobo 8gb RAM 600w Corsair PSU 2TB HDD Coolermaster EVO Hyper 212 CPU cooler Thanks
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    Critical system driver missing after new SSD migration

    Hi all I've just installed a new Samsung 850 evo SSD and migrated everything (Windows 10 64bit, all files and a couple of games) from my HDD with the migration software that can with the SSD. Everything seemed to be working fine and I was under the impression that I could safely format the HDD...
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    Insufficient PSU power for GTX 770?

    Hi I was wondering if it possible to check if my PSU is providing insufficient power to my graphics card with actually purchasing a new one (PSU that is)? I installed a GTX 770 this week and have seen a number of games crash with the message 'application has been blocked from accessing the...
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    Cannot access graphics hardware

    Two days without any issues and it has just crashed again. Back to the drawing board...