Recent content by Mike226

So i have a Corsair 600W CXM and i want to power two Sapphire R9 270's (For Scrypt mining not gaming). Each card needs a single 6 pin pcie cable. The power supply comes with 2 pcie 6 pin plugs but they are part of the same cable if you know what i mean, as in, one 6 pin, and then some cables...

Hmm this is interesting, when i dual monitor with my tv it completely goes away, it doesn't happen on either screen, but as soon as i return to just my main monitor it comes back as before

So i built my new pc about a week ago and all has been well except for the last couple of days it's been playing up a little, every time i load up a page on google chrome (i've tested others and it only seems to be chrome) i get this 1-3 pixel long white line flash up on the top right of the...

Sorry if the picture seemed misleading but i don't actually have a top fan, i only said 'top' on the picture to show which way round the system was, the highest fan is the black fan you see near the cpu

If you have a graphics card installed make sure you've plugged your VGA/DVI/HDMI cable (whatever you've used) into the graphics card and not the motherboard slot, that would be my first guess

Picture of build: http://gyazo.com/22c65dd449ef283e96a24a6a1eb7ffe1 So i made my first build a few days ago and i feel that my gpu is getting too hot when under any kind of stress, i think its because the case i got is a bottom mounted psu one and so the gap between it and the gpu is very...

So I'm a first time pc builder and my case (Zalman t3) only came with 4 standoffs but the motherboard has space for 9 screws, should i get more standoffs or should i just put 1 on each corner and leave it at that? Edit: it's mATX, Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard Edit 2 : I've looked through...

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Hi, I've bought a XFX HD 7870 ghz edition online (link: http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-amd-radeon-7870-hd-1ghz-2gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-dd-8VXW.html) and i'm really confused about what extra power needs to be plugged in. On the dabs website it says 1x6pin and 1x8pin but everywhere else i've...

So I want to build a gaming PC and I got a list of parts and found the cheapest price for each part around the internet and it came to about £450. I've gone on ebay and found an identical computer, prebuilt, with a better case but doesn't come with a graphics card, after factoring buying the...

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So I'm planning on doing my first build and i want to get a 7870 but i can't for the life of me find out if it will fit in a mATX case or not, will it be too long or am I just being over cautious? I'm planning on this 7870...