Recent content by PeterTechless

I did a bad. I took the model of the PSU from a part list i made before ordering the PC. I had actually bought another model and physically checked it. The actual PSU is a Seasonic S12II Series 520 bronze 80 plus. I ran 2 tests and for the sake of accuracy actually plugged back my GPU and it...

I thought problems with the PSU would've been more consistent. There's no other way of being certain than to switch it out, i guess? Can you tell me what is causing it, just worn out + poor quality ?

Could you elaborate? This raised more questions than answers :unsure:

Hello I once asked help when composing my build in this forum, i figured i might as well try my luck with troubleshooting help :) The problem: PC keeps crashing. Basically after under heavier-ish load usage for about 2-3 hours some artifacts blip up for a split second on the monitor and after...

I need a low-budget ( 300€, will NOT buy from newegg, because it doesn't ship, probably something local, so shipping prices aren't a problem as much as just the price) build, mostly gaming, but also some multimedia. ONLY need PC parts, case is not needed, cooling stays stock ofc. A few specs i...

Yes, i'm aware of that, i've been telling you that with every post now, that that's what render test is for, it puts load on GPU and it still runs at X4, even at 100% power and Ati CCC is telling me max speed is x4 as well.

But, are you sure? Because this is the text that pops up next to GPU-Z window when i click it and it doesn't explain why CCC is showing me max x4 as well :

No, what, it's just an load on GPU and it's not normal if it shows PCIE 2.0 X4 in the PCIE 2.0 X16 slot under full load. The problem is, if it's true that my GPU is REALLY running x4 instead of x16, i'm losing an decent amount of performance, so i want to clear this out. It's very worrying...

The question mark is just an button for render test to put the GPU under stress, because some functions reduce the link speed & width to lower levels to conserve power when the card is idle. I used the same test in the picture above, when my GPU is idle, it even runs at PCI 1.1 x4. I've also...

I'm not very good with BIOS. CPU-Z is showing me Bios version is P1.60, checking the BIOS updates on Asrock website it shows me the latest version is 1.70, so not the latest, should i update and if yes, which one(Instant Flash, DOS or windows)?

Hello, I have a problem, where my GPU, capable of running at PCIE3 x16, is running at extremely low bus interface instead, PCIE 2.0 x4 (under stress) It hasn't affected my gaming much, but i'm curious why that is. My GPU is in the PCIE 2.0 x16 slot, but according to GPU-Z and CCC it's only...

I think i'll stay with the same PSU if it's enough But i'll defently change the motherboard into H77 Pro4/MVP Thanks for all the help, Nix. Gonna get this as soon as i can.

Hey Nix, thanks for the initial build you made for me, it was real nice. But i started to actually do a little work myself and researched. And modified the build... pretty much changed all the parts :D hope you don't mind. Anyway this is what i got at the moment...

How about Gigabyte 7870? Any difference? http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr787oc2gd