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For those who have made the switch from Intel to AMD, what are your thoughts? Gaming performance in particular I am interested in from the 1700 overclocked I know current games are not fully utilising the additional cores but hopefully that will change. Feedback and comments welcome :)

Hello everyone! In about a month I'm going to be building a new pc, one that i plan on overclocking. I've never done overclocking before, so i want to minimize the possibility of messing things up. I've read a lot on the subject and found that a series of stress tests should be ran in order to...

Most liked platform for me was AMD Dragon. I was surprised at 2010 after the launch AMD Phenom II X6. Yes, its 7 years ago, memories...Today we have new Crosshair motherboard. Sixth generation named Crosshair VI Hero. Everything what you need to know about Crosshair VI :) Clock generator is...

Short and sweet really. I know back in the old days that migrating from one CPU manufacture to another generally meant a full reinstall, but im just wondering how Windows 10 handles it? I know its lazy and for best results its probably best to reinstall, but i literally want to swap boards/CPU...

Hi all, I recently posted about needing a new system and I have built my Ryzen 5 rig! All is well however my RAM frequency has defaulted to 2133mhz although I know my setup can do more. I have these components: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit -...

hi there guys, Ive been thinking about building another system, probably with either the Ryzen 1600 or 1700 - a little undecided between the two. However I wondered with the rumored launch of X299 on the 30th, if this will effect anything? ie. bad time to buy or not? what do you guys think...

Hi there Following the absolutely HUGE success of Ryzen 7, AMD are set to continue their success and winning more and more market share from Intel with their new amazing Ryzen 5 processor that gives you so much more than their Intel competitor for same/less money. AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core...

Dear OC'ing Community, I'm coming to you since I see all over the place people and reviewers OCing their R7 CPU to 3.9ghz, 4.0ghz, while I can't succeed in having anything decent (even 3.7ghz fails me) First of all, my Rig: •R7 1700X •AsRock X370 Gaming Pro (bios 1.60) •RAM: 2x8GB Corsair...

I'm having a problem with the MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon BIOS menu. I can boot up "yey" and computer works fine. But I can't properly do anything in the BIOS screen. Sometimes it's hard to catch the BIOS menu hitting delete, it just has loads of lines going across the screen and goes straight...

Hay all never done this forum stuff to post about my pc so bare with me on it all. well i will start off with what i have got/getting. my colour coding is:black and green, but with pink UV tubing to pop out. what has arrived so far: Razer Naga Chroma - mouse Razer Blackwidow Chroma - keyboard...

Hello, I don't know which mobo get for my Ryzen. I've been looking the ASRock X370 Killer mainly, ASUS X370 Prime Pro (this one would be kinda out of my budget, but can do an effort if worth), Gigabyte Gaming 3 and the MSI Tomahawk. But the X370 Killer I was going to buy is like the slowest RAM...

Hi, Looking for a new AIO cooler for your build then we have got this little beauty as an exclusive Overclockers UK product. Compatible with the most up to date sockets including Kabylake and Ryzen. Comes with a OEM H100 cooler, 2 x SP120 RGB fans (Retail Packaged) and an RGB controller. Cooler...

Hello all! Please help me out with a budget build for a gaming high settings on 1080p , game streaming and general productivity pc. Budget is 1000-1200£ right now (also need a monitor). Dont have to spend it all as will be upgrading soon ... I have some idea for the rig but feel free to suggest...

Hi all, I'm due an upgrade (as you'll probably agree). Current Setup is in my signature (minus a new HGST 2TB enterprise ultrastar 7600k Hard Drive which is on it's way). Keeping: Hard Drives and Optical Drive (Sony DVD-RW DL) CPU Cooler (Thermalright have assured me it is compatible with...

Right so spent the morning and most of the afternoon as promised trying to get a rounded feel of both CPU's with the objective of proving that at matched settings the 1700 and 1800x are practically the same. So first up the parts I used The settings for both and the pit... Voltages...

Hi 8Pack. I'm going to get 32GB of RAM to go with my Ryzen build (high capacity required for DAW use, compiling and the like). I wanted to know whether 2x high density is preferred over 4x lower density? As i want to get the most out of the RAM. TIA.