Recent content by tawandapro

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    From i5 3470 to i7 2600/i7 3770 vs new i7s

    HIe all i was was wanting to get a second opinion. I will be purchasing new games like Battlefield 1, dying light, mass effect, far cry 4 e.t.c. I have since taken care of my gpu issues, upgrading from a 280x to an rx 480. what remains now is the cpu. I plan on buying the games first, testing...
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    CPU for the next few years

    Hie all. i am about to upgrade for my 3470 i have had for a while and is beginning to show its limitations . I tend to multi task and have multiple tabs open and it has been great on that aspect well as gaming. I am doing a full system upgrade in exception of my s340 case, EVGA 750W G2 PSU. So...
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    Aus Vivotab Note 8 stuck in recovery loop.

    EDIT: We have managed to fix it. You need a usb hub, to connect the USB keyboard and the usb key for installing the OS. 1. Press the power button for a second and briefly let go and press power and volume up button until an hour glass appears. it will then start the installation procedure...
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    Aus Vivotab Note 8 stuck in recovery loop.

    A friend of mine accidentally deleted his "Primary" partition on his Vivotab and it stuck in a recovery loop. The error Code is: 0xc0000034. We tried creating a bootable windows 8.1 usb key and connecting it to a hub and keyboard to no success. the tablet says to press the windows button to...
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    Power consumption after adding second HDD to laptop

    Hi all i have a laptop which has a 120gb ssd. as i have to add large programs that take up tens of Gb of space i have been thinking of adding a second storage medium (replacing my cd rom with either an ssd or hdd) i am worried about power consumption and i was wondering if i am better off with...
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    NZXT S340 VS H440 VS Thermaltake V51

    Hi all im torn between these 3 cases. I was wondering which one is value? The H440 is the most expensive but it will be 3 weeks till i can get one. The s340 and V51 i can get in the next 1.5 weeks. This is due to a recent costly system upgrade... :) I like thr s340 for its cost and airflow and...
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    80+ Bronze power supply failure

    In hypothetical case, if an 80+ bronze powersupply goes bang, will it have a change to destroy most of your components like really cheap non bronze psu's?
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    Different Gainward 960 variants? whats the difference?

    Hie all as was looking a for a graphics card for my system, i found the 4 different variants of gainward 960 ranging from $250 -$304 (Im in australia so pricey :) ) the only difference seems to be a slight variation in clockspeed would it just make sense to buy the $259 version use the change...
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    GTX 970 Cosair VS450W power supply

    Don't worry, i have been advised to get a cooler Master 600w Thunder Psu
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    GTX 970 Cosair VS450W power supply

    When i used the cooler Master power supply calculator i got 380w -cpu:i5 3470 -1 HDD 7200rpm -1 SSD - 8GB ram - 3 120mm fans http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com/advance.jsp would a 450w power supply be alright? is the website accurate?