Recent content by RoloFanatic

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    M.2 have i made a mistake?

    Hi, I'm giving my pc a serious upgrade this weekend and one of the things I decided to buy was an M.2 SSD to put my OS on, then use the SSD I'm currently using for games and other stuff I use frequently. However I sort of just assumed it would be faster than the SSD i already have. I have a...
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    Formatting a used hard drive

    Hi, Im running out of space to store stuff in my desktop PC. So i found my old laptop, it has a 640Gb Western Digital Hard drive. What i want to do is install this into my desktop as well as the current hard drive, but my laptop hard drive has windows 7 installed on it (so does my desktop). Is...
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    Borderlands 2 stuttering

    This is really weird, i just ran the game now BEFORE i tried what you suggested just to see if there was stuttering while i stood still (btw, i play games like; metro last light, the witcher 2, guild wars 2, team fortress 2, and yes this was the only game with the stuttering in it) and there was...
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    Borderlands 2 stuttering

    i dont know wether this has anything to do with it, but the game only seems to be using 4 of my cores and 4 are parked.
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    Borderlands 2 stuttering

    Hi, I ll start by giving you the specs of my PC: amd xf8320 overclocked 4.0GHz Radeon r9 270x 8Gb 1330MHz ram windows 7 Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard Seasonic 620W modular power supply ive recently bought Borderlands 2 but when i decided to play it, it will open but even on the main menu...
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    Prime95 one core significantly slower

    sorry stupid of me, i forgot to say; that there were no errors.
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    Prime95 one core significantly slower

    Hi, im not actually overclocking but since Prime95 is mainly used after overclocking i thought this was the best place to post this: Ive just built my first PC (yeah im a noob at this) and everything seeems to have gone fine, windows 7 installed, no problems. On the tutorial i watched to help...
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    Is my GPU used to its full potential?

    Yeah, I could afford to get that. But why do I need it? Is the stock cooler not good enough? And if its to do with overclocking; I am thinking about trying to overclock, but not straight away. Is it possible to stick with the standard cooler for now and upgrade later?
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    Is my GPU used to its full potential?

    thanks a lot for your quick replies. Think i will look at the FX-6300. Thanks again.
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    Is my GPU used to its full potential?

    Hi, im building a budget gaming pc. The CPU ive been looking at is an A10 6800K which is £115 and the GPU im considering is the Radeon HD 7870 for £140. What im wondering is; is my CPU good enough to get the most out of the 7870? Also the motherboard im now looking at is the Asus F2A85-M...
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    Cutting down the price of my build

    Hi, im planning to build a cheap gaming PC (but i am not planning on overclocking). The specs i was considering were: GeForce GTX660 i5 4570 quad core 8Gb Crucial 1600 MHz ram BitFenix Prodigy M case Gigabyte GA-H87M-HD3 Socket 1150 HDMI DVI mATX Motherboard 630W be quiet! PURE POWER CM L8-CM...
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    What to look for in a PSU?

    Thanks so much for your quick reply. This was just the kind of anser I was hoping for. Thanks again.
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    What to look for in a PSU?

    Thanks so much for your quick reply. This was just the kind of anser I was hoping for. Thanks again.