Recent content by red268

That's exactly how I felt about it sixteen(ish) years ago! (When I was last properly involved in this sort of thing.) Completely with you there. I'd hoped there would have been a change, but, there is something nice about adding your own cooling. I'm a little concerned my budget may start to...

Disappointing that poor coolers are still being shipped as standard, but as you say, it's a pretty cheap upgrade, so not the end of the world. Nine versions does seem a tad excessive!

My current system was mostly built in 2012! It's done really well, and has run everything I've wanted to play at max settings (Obviously there's loads it wouldn't be able to, but just not things that I've wanted to play until recently.) The RAM was a free upgrade recently, and the PSU was...

Hi all, Looking to upgrade most of my PC, and having been out of the world of hardware for some time, I thought I'd drop in for some recommendations. Based in the UK. Would like to at least be able to run Borderlands 3 at highest settings, 1080p, decent fps - I guess 60 plus? Won't be getting...

Thanks for the reply .... sorry, I should have said in the first place. I've got something called Envy HD .... which I've never heard of before. However, your suggestion works for this too. Thank you SO much. This has been REALLY annoying me!!

Hi all, I recently built a new PC with Windows 7. On Vista, I was able to have my PC speakers plugged in the back panel and a stereo plugged in to the front audio socket and they both played the same thing. Now on Windoze 7, it will only play from either one or the other, not both at...

Thanks, they've got it at Scan here in the UK. But it's pre-order at the moment. I think I might just buy a new cooler, something like the Arctic Freezer 7 or something. It's lighter and should be cool and quiet enough for my needs. Also, the bolt-thru kit is almost as much money once postage...

If I am unable to get one, I'll buy a new cooler. Could anyone advise on a decent new one? It needs to be quiet! Also preferably lighter than the TRUE 120. Would like it to be under £30 too. Thanks.

Hi all, I've just bought myself all the bits for a new PC, but I want to use my Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme in the new build. Promlem is, I don't have a mounting bracket for the new 1155 socket .... I have been looking online, but can't find one!! Does anyone know where I can get one...

Thanks very much for all your help guys. I'm on the last thing now - I've decided to buy a new monitor at the same time, but I know even less about monitors than the rest! Any suggestions?

Haha, yes, 1920 x 1080, whoops. Thanks guys. I had looked at the Gigabyte D3H board, but as I said, I'm so out of touch these days it's unreal. Jr - Not sure an i7 would benefit me? (Again, well out of the loop, so correct me if I'm wrong!) Board swapped for D3H.

I've changed the GTX 560 for a 7850 from Ebuyer: Gigabyte HD 7850 OC Windforce X2 975MHz 4800MHz 2G... This brings my total now to just shy of £560 .... Worth the extra £60? Will the 7850 be ok with a 1080 x 1920 screen with high graphics settings? I'm not looking for miracles, but this has...

Fairly certain my current HDD is dead. I'm sort of fixed on getting an SSD anyway, just for my lack of patience with loading times etc. I may add a HDD for storage too. Prob one of those 2GB Sumsung 'Green' drives. I've got a Thermalright 120 Ultra Extreme and figured I could use that as my...

Hi all, I'm looking to make a new PC after my current one died for unknown reasons. But it's getting on a bit now, so thought I'd just get a nice new one :) I've already got an Antec 1200 case and DVD drive. I use my PC for gaming and web browsing basically. I like to have the graphics...

Hi all, I'm going to make a PC for my parents, basically for web browsing and word processing. I've already got a case I can use, and will use Windows XP 32bit because they've already got it, but need everything else. Motherboard: Biostar N68S3B GeForce 7025 Socket AM3 6 Channel H...