Recent content by Neolynx

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    Should I buy a used SSD?

    Okay thanks, would you say that 37tb in 6 months is a reasonable amount of use?
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    Should I buy a used SSD?

    So i have a friend that is selling a his Samsung 850 Evo 250gb ssd for £40. I am still yet to upgrade to an ssd and this would be a great addition to my system but i am just cautious over buying used Storage as i know a lot of people don't recommend it. He has had the ssd for around 6 months...
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    16GB (4x4GB) corsair dominator platinum, could i separate this kit into two 8GB kits (2x4GB) kits and use in two Builds?

    So i recently purchased a 16gb kit of corsair dominator platinum and i was just wondering if using a only 8gb (2x4GB) of a 16gb (4x4GB) kit is still possible and whether the ram will still function with only half the kit being used?
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    Brought a GPU and I think it might be dead???

    I have tried the 1060 multiple times, including, as you said tilting the card up toward the top of the case and this doesn't make a difference. When you say auto checking the pci-e slot what do you mean exactly?
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    Brought a GPU and I think it might be dead???

    Unfortunately he didn't have a system to test it on as he'd sold it, I know it was silly to take it without testing but he seemed like a genuine guy. I will try to test it in a computer shop next week and see if it works. The unit is a cm unit and around 2 years old, but as I said I've had it...
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    Brought a GPU and I think it might be dead???

    So the other day I brought a gigabyte g1 gaming gtx 1060 6gb second hand and was so excited to get it up and running in my PC. I cleared my computer of the old drivers and want about installing my new card. Unfortunately when I booted up my computer all I got was a black screen, the computer...