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Under load that changes to v2, even if i set the motherboard to gen3. I was not aware that this could change on the fly but everything else remains. Voltages & power draw do not change under load.

A second hand 1070 is currently around $150. I doubt I could have it repaired for less than that. It does seem a shame though…

Today it’s an MSI Z87 but I’ve tested it in several other boards up to an H-270…

Yeah. I mean I am about to throw it in the bin at this point - but I’d expect the card to actuslly fail if the voltage regulator was burnt out, I’d expect to see visible damage if electrical components had failed and I’d expect to see at least black/green/pink screen or artefacts for all of the...

It reads the same in HWMonitor as in Gpu-Z https://ibb.co/5j3Jj01 https://ibb.co/BLynZy6

I have tested this on a number of motherboards and with different power supplies, so I’m confident that it’s an issue with the gpu itself. I have been building computers for well over 10yrs and have never seen this issue before, nor can I find anyone else posting experience of it online. I’m...

It's a 3 month old hard drive, right on the outside edge for manufacturing defects but waaaay inside the expected lifespan. Besides, failing drives don't tend to rename partitions to other dictionary words as they fail... Windows is configured to automatically rebuild partition tables of hard...

Hi, so I'm having an issue with one of my hard drives, I think due to a hot swap. After spending a fair while reorganising and deleting files in windows 10 I rebooted my pc and wandered off. When I returned, windows was correcting errors on my hard drive before loading the os. When it finally...

I'm not sure what you mean? The 3570 is good for what? Yes, whatever is not in a living rig at the end is going for sale. To whom and for how much doesn't concern me at all at this point. My aim is to combine what I have into as few computers as possible. What to keep and what to throw, as...

As a general rule, spend a great deal on your peripherals. All very well having a beast rig but the monitors are the lens you're looking through. You can pick up a second hand dell u2711 for under $400, or spend a lot and get 4K. A cheap monitor is like a TV. Forget the specs and go to a shop...

Is this the worst advice you can give or what? Why are all these AMD badges plugging nvidia? I missed something major that has occurred in the past month? DO NOT GET A GTX970 if you intend to SLI. I'm a big nvidia fanboy and currently run nvidia cards but I just picked up an r9 290 for my...

Hello Tom's, it's been a while. This isn't the usual build question, because there is no budget. I own all but one thing that I may or may not even need - but I'd appreciate some sound insight. I understand a lot of this stuff but I don't interact with many who do. Ive been building rigs and...

Playing with partitions and filesystems on a drive that is loaded with data or contains your OS is always dicey but you certainly can try. The MBR partition table only allows for 5 partitions, 4 + 1 extended. If you convert your disk to a gpt partition table then that would allow you up to 128...

It will run with better speeds, with a dedicated OS partition. The closer that partition is to the amount of space taken up by the OS, the faster it should be. This method should also improve reliability in the long term, over using a 2TB partition. 320GB or 160GB is fine for an OS, personal...

It is true, harware failure is hardware failure.