Recent content by Tom Keenan

Ok I solved it and as always it was just me being dumb. After pulling apart my computer and undoing all the wires I'd bunched up I realized there were secondary plugs on the other two fans I hadn't noticed. I had just assumed the fan controller provided power as well. I guess that's just...

I recently got a corsair 460X case with 3 built in front fans that connect to a controller in the case. All of them are plugged into the controller and the controller is plugged into the mobo but only the center fan spins. The others light up though. I can't seem to control them through...

Open task manager with ctrl+Alt+Delete, then click more details and check what is maxing out. Your problem doesn't sound CPU related, more likely a memory leak or something wrong with your hard drive. I would suspect you installed something new or updated something recently that introduced a...

Personally I prefer 21x9, even in 1080p, to 1440p. I know it's not as crisp but I think by the time I upgrade to a new monitor 4k will be better and more affordable so I'd rather not spend money now on a 1440p monitor only to get a 4k monitor in 2 years when prices have fallen a bit and more...

If it were me I would probably get a 60hz monitor and use the saved money to buy a bigger SSD. The 1060 probably won't power many games at 144 fps anyway and not many people can notice the difference between 60 and anything above. Some people say high refresh rate monitors help with...

A 1070 probably won't run many games at 4k. If you're mostly gaming you might as well save the money and get the 1080p then maybe get an external 1440p ultrawide if you want to plug it in while you're at home.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-PLUS-530MB-2-5-Inch-Internal/dp/B01F9G414U/ref=sr_1_29?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1479517025&sr=1-29&keywords=SSD Cheapest I can find on amazon that doesn't look sketchy/business grade. http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820178966...

Go for an intel chip, you won't regret it. The FX series is like 5 years old at this point and the extra cores don't do anything to help games. Pretty much any intel CPU you pick up is going to be just as good or better for around the same price. Since you already bought your components and...

Maybe set up afterburner to run in the background and when you have a lag spike check to see if anything abnormal is going on. You could be thermal throttling when the card ramps up. Also check to see what speed your card is running at, maybe theres an issue with slow clock speeds. Also what...

It will certainly power one 4k monitor, but whether or not it will keep up while displaying graphics intesive stuff is another matter. Depending on the kind of art and video production you do it could possibly slow down. Part of my job is editing video, and for me a graphics card isn't super...

Not the iPhone 7...

Sounds like you could have a corrupted SSD, I've never heard of an SSD corrupted out of the box but I'm sure it's possible. BUT... before you assume it's correpted disconnect and reconnect it to a different SATA port on your MOBO preferably with a cables you know works (such as a cables already...