advice needed

so my pc has started playing up. it will randomly turn off usually when im playing a game and wont turn back on again. i have to unplug it and leave it for 10-15 minuets before it will turn back on and sends me to bios. i have checked temps on cpu and gpu and they are not over heating at all. i...

Hope someone here can help! Here's my PC Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz, 8 Core(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) RAM Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard Intel 660P 1TB Solid State Drive I use my PC for my work...

I've just been browsing the custom PSU cable section on the OCUK webstore and I'm a bit lost at the moment and wondered if anyone could give some advice? Basically I'm upgrading to a 7900XTX and would like to neaten the 3 x 8pin PCIe cables up a bit. Can anyone suggest a good brand/type...

Hi all, My decade old Windows laptop is pretty much kaput. I'm looking for something new but considering all I really use it for is email, web browsing, word processing/spreadsheets and 3d model slicing I was thinking I could save a bundle (and have an easier time of it) by buying a Chromebook...

This how things sit... I already have a great everyday pc, for use with photo and video editing, mainly its a work machine, that I built a few years back win10 Would love to build/buy a machine that is capaple of playing dayz/arma3 with reasonal settings and framerates and be able to stream...

Can someone who's experienced and knows about PSU and their ports and cables/connectors help me with this ORANGE COMPATABILITY ISSUE its showing me. I am new to building and just learning the ropes. I have compiled my setup using this link below and its giving me a compatibility warning which i...

Well after 8 years of owning my PC I bit the bullet and ordered a new one through OC. My question is a heat sink required for M2 SSD? The motherboard I have selected is an ASUS TUF Z690 and that says it has M2 Heatsink. Would this be all I need or do I need to change my order to the M2 SSD with...

I am a complete noob when it comes ro gaming rigs I know some basics but I wish to convert myaelf from a Console Peasent to thr Ellusive PC Master Race (a lame joke). My budget is £1500. My goals for an ideal rig; Super fast speeds, like make my PS5 look like a joke for booting up and playing...

My budget is a HARD £1150 Build 1 AMD RYZEN 5 3600 4.2GHz, RTX 3060 12GB, 16GB 3000MHz, 250GB SSD, 1TB hard drive, 600mps WiFi, windows 10 £1069 Build 2 AMD RYZEB 5 5600G Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB, 16GB RAM, 960GB SSD, 550W 80+ PSU, WIFI, WINDOWS 10, ONYXIA III RGB £1136 *Wifi is important. Is...

Hey, its been a few years since ive build a pc and im looking to see if what i have chosen is ok. It would be mostly used for 3d modeling/texturing, unreal engine 4/5 and a little gaming. I already have a 3080 graphics card after my old 1080 died last year. My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x...

is a i5-8500 still good enough for the newer line of gpus or should I look to upgrade that first?

Good afternoon! I've been considering getting a new laptop for myself, which I will be using for both productivity and gaming purposes and my top choice so far is the Razer Blade 15 Core i7 16GB 256GB SSD GTX 1660Ti 15.6" Win10 Home Gaming Laptop. Here is a link to it (which states all the...

so i found this used pc online and I'm not sure if its worth the price, I want any advice asap because if its good ill buy it tomorrow. the specs are: cpu: i5-4690k gpu: gtx 760 motherboard: msi z87 8gb ram the case is msi nightblade small factor there is a 128gb ssd and 1tb hdd with it...

Just a little background - I've wanted to do a water cooled build for years and am finally ready to actually go ahead. My reasons for wanting to do it aren't to do with aesthetics but instead for low noise and because, well, it's cool. I don't intend to overclock anything. I've just a couple of...

Hi, I’ve had a pc for about 5 years but only recently thought about upgrading it. I want to get a new CPU and GPU, which I’m looking at the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and the Nvidia GTX 1660 super. However, as my knowledge is lacking I’m not sure whether my current motherboard would be compatible with an...

Hi Guys, I'm relatively new to PC gaming, as I have always been a console gamer. In terms of PC's, I've only ever had hand me downs and they haven't been the highest spec. I am wanting to get into console gaming, so I need a powerful enough gaming laptop that won't give me any issues. I'm also...

Building a completely new pc and I’m not sure which gpu to purchase in the £200-£300 range uk The two that have caught my eye are the rx 580 and the rx 5600 xt I would be pairing these with a Ryzen 5 3600 cpu

I've just finished my first proper build, and this is the last hurdle I am stuck on - any help greatly appreciated, I've scoured the web but cannot identify a fix. I've posted a similar summary to different forums to little avail - in my search for fixes I found several people raising similar...

Hello! New here and to building pcs, I needed some advice I bought this pc cheap as a lead up to building my own. when buying it I was told it can be loud I wanted to know if there are any things I can change to improve these specs a bit. Can I add more RAM? I was hoping to at maybe run...

Hi, I'm on a i7 5820k @ 3.9 ghz but have been lucky enough to get a 3080 so am looking at doing a system upgrade using OC for the build (bar graphics card). Budget is prob £1 - £1.5k (could go to 2k if needed) and want a great machine but am not as close to parts anymore since last build 5...