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I have a 4x4GB kit of Corsair Vengeance LPX which has a rated speed of 3000MHz. I only managed to reach 2666MHz (over the default 2133MHz), however, after some bios tweaking. Is there anything I can do to help reach 3000MHz? I know Ryzen's performance is quite dependent on RAM, so I would like...

My PSU (Rosewill Capstone 750 Gaming, 80+ Gold, 750W, Semi-modular) recently started making an electrical sounding buzzing noise that seems to come from the place where one plugs in the cable. It only started doing it around a month ago, though it tended to go away after I had my PC off for a...

When running intensive applications, such as modern games, does the clock speed spike up and stay high? If so, I'd say that's normal.

The most powerful option that should work with an Optiplex 780 SFF is the MSI GTX 750 Ti Low Profile (Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-NVIDIA-750Ti-Dvi-D-Graphics/dp/B00SOXMPJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502144483&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+750+ti+low+profile). It can actually handle modern AAA games...

I'm not happy with my current cooling so I want to make some upgrades. I have a Ryzen 5 1600, 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM, Asus Prime B350M-A mobo and an NZXT S340. Will the D15 fit without any jams in the case, without clipping the RAM or anything?

I attempted to roll back the Asus B350M-A BIOS on a Cruzer USB drive, but I was told the file was 'not a proper BIOS file'. I used the very same disk to update to the latest BIOS earlier. This is a dead end, unless anyone has any other suggestions.

I recently (as in a day ago) built this system with the following specs: Ryzen 5 1600 Asus PRIME B350M-A AMD Wraith Spire Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz 16GB Asus STRIX GTX 980 Ti Rosewill 750W Gold Semi-Modular Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD Kingston SSDNow 120GB SSD Windows 10 Pro I installed...

I have found some good used 980 Ti 6GB deals (around £210). The two cards perform quite similar (the 980 Ti beats it by about 10FPS in most games). Would the additional £100 be worth the improved DX12 performance, extra 2GB of VRAM and reduced chance of Nvidia gimping it with drivers?

I'm torn between the GTX 690 SLI and GTX 1060 3GB. I'm very impressed with the benchmarks of both, and the 690 is significantly cheaper where I live (about 50GBP cheaper). However, being an older card that utilises SLI, I have some concerns. Does it support DX12? Some sources says it does, some...

I'm planning on purchasing an Enermax Platimax 500W 80+ Platinum PSU to go with the i5-6600k and GTX 1060. Is it enough? I also hope it has a bit of growing room for future upgrades. Would I be better off with a cheaper Corsair 80+ 650W?

I recently upgraded a small form-factor Dell Optiplex 780 to move around. I struck really lucky with a Core 2 Quad Q9650 and happened to have a spare MSI GTX 750 Ti LP. It has 8GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM. How will it handle some more recent games (such as GTAV, R6S, BF1, Fallout 4, ArmA 3)? I...