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Hi there AMD have re-activate the discounts, though its not as big this time or on as many items, but the 1800X is still being pushed and is a fantastic deal: AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1800X 4.00GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail @ £299.99 inc VAT YD180XBCAEWOF, Eight Core with...

I received my pre-binned i7 8700k today. How ever the IHS was lose in it's little box. And there was some liquid metal on the green pcb and some of the gold dots of CPU. I've cleaned it of with some isopropyl alcohol and lint free cloth. I was just wondering was that the right thing to do before...

hi, Something strange is happening with my ryzen 1600. When I have Msi command centre open it runs at full 3.9ghz but when i close it, it will only run at 2.8ghz. Mobo is msi b350 tomahawk. Temps only 66 degrees C with waterblock voltage 1.3. It’s not a problem leaving command center open it’s...

Hi All, So I have a PC here with an I7 7700K CPU and when idle or in a game or anything stressing the CPU a little the core #1 and #2 seem to keep spiking in temperature around 20c every few seconds. See Image Here - https://ibb.co/cyXj4m It also looks like these 2 cores I mentioned are...

Hi there I am banging this drum very hard, because even though I am shouting it loud and from the rooftops next week people are going to be kicking off and complaining about the prices go up, yet since day one it has being crystal clear the AMD sale prices end December 2nd, as such this now...

Build Time :D I have a budget of £1000 however i would like to keep it under. The PC is for my girlfriend which likes to play games such as Skyrim, ARK and other solo story games, also from my understanding she would like to start streaming soon (using OBS). The build should be able to run...

Hello: Im thinking of building a new pc and I dont know what to choose: --The first option is intel i3 8100 Coffee Lake and Gigabyte Z370 HD3 --The second option is AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Asrock AB350 Pro4 What is your opinion? Im very much concerned about the power consumption.

Ok so I have a budget of around $600-$800, I dont have the greatest of knowledge about gaming laptops and what specs I should be focusing on. But could someone please suggest some decent gaming laptops around this budget? I am not expecting to be able to run the most demanding of games at good...

This looks a fantastic deal, the games you can aquire are the latest AAA titles. Link: https://promotion.asus.com/en/uk/Ryzen When you purchase an eligible ASUS motherboard and Ryzen CPU: CROSSHAIR VI EXTREME CROSSHAIR VI HERO(WI-FI AC) CROSSHAIR VI HERO STRIX X370-F GAMING X370 PRO & X370 A...

Hi, Currently on a 4.5ghz 2600k, 32gb ram, gtx980 and a sata SSD. I'm starting to notice my cpu is limiting me highly, I often download youtube vids and re-coding them takes ages, work with encoding and editing dashcam video's also could be faster. Also I like keeping everything running, and...

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I've posted this on lots of forums already, and have yet to get an answer how to fix this. CPU i7 6850K Mobo Ultra Gaming Gigabyte G1 x99 DDR4 HyperX Predator 4x4 3200Mhz & 2x Corsair DDR4 2400Mhz (bought corsair to test other ram) GPU G1 Gaming 1080 PSU EVGA Supernova P2 650W & Supernova...

Odd, my CPU was getting to 100C, so I bought a big CPU cooler (twice the normal size). That took it down to 80C, but it's gradually worked it's way back up to 100C again. Now I've slowed the CPU down to 85% of normal speed in the BIOS, and it's back to running at a more comfortable 70C...

Hi all, Other than Cinebench, what other CPU benchmarking software would you recommend and why? Thanks in advance for your advice :)

Hi! I'm currently overclocking an x4 860k on an ASRock A88M-G3.1 but can't get the Voltage above 1.387 without instant crashing on any frequency Is it just the max the board can handle or am i missing something?

I am experienced with PC builds but not with Ryzen. I am current using: a Ryzen 3 1300X CPU, an ASUS Prime B350-PLUS mother board, a ZOTAC Geforce GTX 1050ti mini graphics card (plugged into the grey PCIeX16_1 slot), 2 off SK hynix 8Gb 2133 Mhz RAM (plugged into slots 2 & 4) and a 550W power...

hey i got this cpu Intel Core i3 3240 quite sometime ago from OC but i was wondering what ddr3 motherboard would be ok with this please? thanks very much for any help on this guys and gals

Hi, I'm about to upgrade my old PC especially now when I starting to have problems with my motherboard. Here are my old spects: MB: Asus Maximus VII Ranger CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4,4 GHz GPU: GeForce GTX 1080Ti Zotac AMP Extreme RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB RAM DDR3 SSD: CRUCIAL MX100...

Hey guys, (apologies if I am posting this in the wrong forums). I am running a music studio setup here with the 2 machine being an i7-970 at stock settings in BIOS and a H50 Watercooler (installed in 2010!). However I have a feeling the computer is running on a bit on the high side? (see...

Hi All, I am looking to get a new mobo, CPU and ram to get my computer up to spec for playing PUBG. I already have an nvidea gtx 970 which will do. Im not too interested in overclocking, and will never want to run SLI or crossfire, and dont need anything fancy on my mobo, I dont think.. my...