Recent content by stephenlatimer7

This can be closed now. I ended up buying a new rig and selling off parts. Too much hassle!

I should Add that there is a PCI express but its completely covered by the GPU cooling block

Ordered a new rig which landed yesterday. I had salvaged some bits from old machine which I intended to use Ryzen 5 3600 (will do for 12 month - Could justify price of 5000 series and don't need it frankly) B450M MB 16 gig (3000mz) memory RTX 3070 8gb card. I called them beforehand to make...

Thanks. Will consider if need be but my original setup is not working now. Would be happy to get old setup working but it's just not churning out video.

Did u get this sorted? I have exactly the same problem. Upgraded from 1700 to 3800XT. Simple. Would boot at all. Managed to get it "working" as in computer would run but no VGA output. Tried checking everything. Gave up and put 1700 back in. Now it's not displaying video now on the old...

Well disaster has struck. CPU arrived this morning so run some tests on old run to compare. Installed new one and not a lot happens. Graphics card flicks and then stops. Tried a few times and the same. Didn't want to mess about too much. Got it's running with a bit of tricky but no VGA...

Thanks - Is this totally pointless then? Is there a better CPU cooler which might help or a system cooler? Just trying to weight up whether to upgrade or now. I've ordered the items but can be sent back. Cant be bothered with a complete rebuild so might see if local store as still doing work...

Im with you know actually. The difference between a 3600 and 3800would be negligible other than price. Does it need fancy cooloing or would what I have suggested be fine. Im not a heavy users. Just a few hours in evenings /weekends

Really? I know the MB is not ideal but surely cant be just the same on a far superior CPU? If so then its going back or I will but a new rig? Its mainly gaming I would need for. Currently setup on ryzen 1070 and gtx 1080 is getting dated so will need investment. I can always try and if it...

I have a new CPU coming in next few days and quite excited but have a few concerns. Checked the motherbaord page to check compability. Said that anything up to the 3900xt/pro are supported with bios upgrade which I have done. So all good in that respect. When buying it from Amazon it said in...

Wont a 60Mhz screen mean that it will not go above 60FPS? Maybe I have misunderstood. I'm sure my cricket game used to go over 60 FPS on my old 4k monitor (also 60MHs). Bit confused. Essentially what I am asking is do Mhz equate to maximum FPS. If I could get better FPS with my setup on 1080p...

Thanks - Wouldnt a 60Mhz display mean that 60 FPS is the most I could get even at really lousy graphics settings? RDR 2 mostly at the moment. GTA V i had a go at and seems to be a glitch as theres no improvement really of note. Cricket 19 runs at 60FPS in 2k. Not tried many other games. Have...

Please excuse the rather simple line of questioning. Im very much a noive when it some to screens and so forth. Recently purchased a GTX 1080 GPU (Upgrade from 1060). Nothing special these days but research suggested it would still do fine for gaming. Noticed an increase from former card...

Just a quick update. Was in fact a defective card. So down a few quid but not much. Managed to pick one up that does work so got there in the end although spent a bit more than I wanted too

Hmm - A spanner in the works. Hopefully I will find out for definite today/tomorrow and report the outcome on here. Will be very disappointed if the GFX card is defective.