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Hi all, I am wondering if you could help me out with some upgrade advice? I am looking to make an essential upgrade for my CPU, Motherboard and some RAM. The components I will be keeping from my current set up is a GTX 1080ti, 1000w Power Supply, SSD, Monitors & Peripherals. I have a budget...

I'm looking to purchase a new graphics card, specifically a card from Nvidia. I could purchase the Gigabyte 2070 super gaming oc for about £500 which has a lower boost clock than the strix but is about £140 cheaper. However, ASUS is currently running a 'trade in' program (...

It's finally time for an upgrade. My trusted 970 is now struggling to supply me with smooth gameplay. All my settings are having to be set to low. My budget is around £800 but I've been thinking that with my requirements, I might not need to spend that much. I don't play on 4k (still rocking a...

Hello folks! New to the forum but not to building rigs. It's time for an upgrade and I'm looking for some input. I've not really kept up with tech changes during the last few years, so I would be grateful for a bit of guidance. My current rig first: Sabertooth X79 Motherboard Intel i7-3960X...

One for you computer tech guys. I have a 2.9g i7 MacBook Pro mid 2012 and looking to upgrade. (Serial C1MKW5CGDTY4) So the questions are 1. Which ram is best, looking at the 16g(2x8) of the hyperX 1600mhz (is this the fastest it will take ? ) 2. Slightly more complicated this one, SSD...

Hi, guys, I own a asus gl502vs for 2 years now and the mobility is great but It really gets hot while it's on my lap, anyway I miss playing on a big monitor. I would like to buy an AMD cpu-gpu or the Nvidia alternative if it's cheaper, I'm going for the best price-performance ratio, I don't care...

My Current Specs GeForce GTX 960 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz Ram 8 GB MotherBoard ASUStEk P8Z68-V LX Power supply – FSP450-60APN – DC output – 450W I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card and CPU for around £500 give or take so I can get back into PUBG. But I have no idea if my...

As the title says. I'm currently looking for a new monitor. I'm swamped with the amount I can see on the market. I have seen the Dell S2719DGF however some say that IPS is better than TN, so then it became confusing looking at S2719DC, I though great a IPS for similar price, however saw that it...

Hello, Right now I have a pc with a i5-3470 with a gtx 770x and 8gb ddr3 ram. A friend of mine offered me a deal on his 5 year old I7 4770k + z87 asus maximus formula vi for ~180£ Should i go for that or with the same money buy a new gpu?(prolly a gtx 1650 or 1060?) Wich would give me a bigger...

I own Windows 7 Pro (boxed version, not OEM) I upgraded for free to Windows 10 I have since changed graphics card, processor and memory, no isssues. However, I wondered where I would be for a full system upgrade? Am I stuck with Windows 7 Pro (as the free upgrade to 10 has expired) The W7 Pro...

Hi I am having trouble with my computer. It keeps restarting and is generally very sluggish (and loud). I have ran a userbenchmark (results below). Can anybody recommend what upgrades/changes I could make to make it run smoothly. UserBenchmarks: CPU: AMD FX-4300 - 41.7% GPU: AMD R7 250X...

Hi All My old Acer Aspire 5920G (DON'T LAUGH!!) is getting unusable, it struggles with multiple chrome windows PLUS the fan is on contant making a noise if i open another program ( i am trying to use Ledger Live to trade BTC and other coins). I am CLUELESS when it comes to laptops but i know...

Hi all, I am looking to upgrade my PC (probably in stages because I'm financialy challenged) Last upgraded it in October 2013 xD I'm looking to start off with my Graphics Card - I only tend to use my PC for gaming and minor work projects using MC packages and photo editing. I originally built...

Hi everyone I use my PC mainly for video editing on DaVinci Resolve, as well as some gaming, on games like FH4 etc, nothing massively intense, currently I've got a 4460, 8GB and an R9 290, but the 290 is dying, it runs very hot, loud clicking noises and everything, it's fairly old so I've been...

Hello once more OCUK. Many years ago, I sought help on building my first build....just under 9 years later and while still pretty much meeting my needs, apart from 4K playback (I was planning to upgrade the Graphics Card/Monitor first) my hand has been forced as I did a stupid thing when trying...

Hi All! I'm looking to upgrade my PC and wondered if you could recommend me the best bang for my buck! I currently have: EVGA 1000W Gold PSU GTX 1080ti H110-D3A Motherboard (1151 socket) 4gb cheap ram Small SSD Cheap CPU looking to upgrade the following: RAM CPU Monitors (2 ideally) Storage...

Hi all, I hope you can offer me some advice... I have an existing Overclockers built machine from about 4-5 years ago that I would like to upgrade to keep it running. The machine has an ASROCK H81 Pro BTC mobo and an Intel G3258 CPU. The first upgrade I would like to do is source either a...

When i first built my gaming PC back in 2015 i used all budget parts, the entire PC costing me around £500 and being able to run all games on max with no problem at the time. Since then i have replaced the standard CPU Fan with a closed loop water cooler and upgraded to a bigger case to fit the...

Hey Folks, time to upgrade! It's been quite a while. I bought my TITAN X then two weeks later they released the 980Ti! :( so hoping to do better research this time. I have currently; i7-5820K 3.3GHZ GTX TITAN X 16GB Corsair 2800mhz ASUS X99-S Samsung SSD 850EVO I have Two Monitors, a ROG...

Hi Overclockers community! New account but not to the forums. TL;DR RTX 2060, MSI, ZOTAC, EVGA, PALIT or PNY for upgrade? Would just like some advice on a planned upgrade to my GPU. I've sort of settled on getting a RTX 2060 (but open to suggestions) based on budget, price to performance etc...