Recent content by ManxJason

I paid to have my CPU tested, which had in fact failed. I've pulled the lot out and ordered Skylake

MERGED QUESTION Question from ManxJason : "Just made an order, and I'm rather excited.." So my CPU died, and I made the decision to upgrade several parts rather than replace the CPU. Sorry, this is one of those posts where an excited 30 year old man feels like a 10 year old boy again on...

Hello, I'm stuck in between a couple options and could really do with some advice from more tech-savy people. I'm upgrading my machine (forced due to hardware faults) in preparation for the Oculus rift. I'll probably run the CPU at stock, however may in future OC to 4.5/4.6 if there's a...

Thanks guys, appreciate the responses. Especially the link to PCPartPicker

So my gaming rig BSOD on me due to an apparent CPU temperature issue, despite the CPU running at 50c. Long story short, the machine won't boot from HDD, DVD or USB. The motherboard is definitely bricked - I tried updating the BIOS and now I have no display either. I'm having my CPU tested...

Hello, Spec: i7-2700k @ 4.7Ghz (OC'd by PC Specialists) watercooled GTX 980 P8Z68-V 8Gb Kingston 1600mhz Last night while gaming (4-5 hours worth) my machine unexpectedly cut power. On reboot, the Bios load warned of an overheating CPU. Within the BIOS the CPU was 53c, so I restarted the...