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Overclockers UK Academy: How to Reseat or Install a Graphics Card
As one of the most vital components of your gaming PC, it can be a stressful experience when your graphics card stops performing as it should. However, figuring out the right way to troubleshoot can become an even bigger and sometimes costly task. That’s where the OcUK Academy comes in. As the experts on building gaming PCs, we’ve compiled this helpful tutorial on how to reseat or install your GPU to fix or improve performance. The aim of this guide is to save you time and…
OcUK Academy: How To Reseat or Install an AMD or Intel Processor
Installing your CPU is an important step in the PC building process. The processor sits at the heart of your system. It handles all the complex tasks on your PC and is vital for gaming, creative work, or even just browsing the internet. Welcome to the Overclockers UK Academy lesson: How to reseat or install an AMD or Intel CPU. As we know, there are two brands of processors to choose from: AMD and Intel. Before starting the installation process, you need to ensure you…
Overclockers UK Academy: Everything You Need to Know About Building your Dream PC
Welcome to the Overclockers UK Academy. Here we study the fine art of assembling, adjusting, and customising gaming PCs. Over the course of the next few months, we will be covering a variety of topics which you can find here as and when they go live. Each topic has an accompanying video with Professor Briony, which can be referred back to at any point during your building process. Best of luck, students! Overclockers UK Academy Stuffy professor persona aside, here at Overclockers UK we love to make your life easier. From sharing the best deals, tech,…
Cables Explained: The Difference Between HDMI and DisplayPort
So, you’ve upgraded your graphics card, your processor, your monitor, and more. Are your cables up to scratch though? Although an innocuous piece of kit, having an ancient cable is going to hamper your gaming more than you would think. Say goodbye to 4K resolutions, high bandwidths, and full colour. Without an up-to-date cable, you are going to miss out. The important question though, is which do you go for: HDMI or DisplayPort? You are in luck, we’re here to break down the difference and which of these cables is best for you. Cable…
How the New Companions Work in ESO: Blackwood
The Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood Chapter, the latest in the game's thrilling, year-long "Gates of Oblivion" event, is finally out. With the expansion, comes a companion system being rolled out into the MMORPG for the first time. Equipped with their own gear, skills, and dialogue, these AI companions even come with their own rapport system. With this, comes another layer of impact towards your in-game decisions. Although they're not "sworn to carry your burdens", you'll have an armour-clad pal for combat (except PvP), conversation, and…
Power Supply Units Made Easy: Explaining 80 Plus Ratings
The power supply unit is a vital component of our gaming PC. But which model is the right one for you? There are many facets to that answer, and here we’re looking at 80 PLUS ratings. The 80 PLUS rating is a certification system that signifies how efficient your chosen PSU is. In this article, we’re taking a closer look at what they mean and how this rating should affect your choice. Power Supply Units: What It Is and What It Does Before getting into…
Kickstart Your Gaming Career With Game Academy
We've all had a lot more free time recently. Many people took up a new hobby, made home improvements or started a new fitness program. However, if you're an avid gamer it's highly likely you pushed all that to the side. Instead, choosing to spend hours wracking up XP, improving your rank or finally delving into a neglected Steam library. You might be feeling pretty great about your achievements or slightly guilty that you didn't spend the time updating your CV, learning a new language…
Choosing a Graphics Card on a Budget With Palit
If you’re building or upgrading a gaming PC your graphics card will have the biggest impact on gaming performance. When building an affordable PC, you want to focus the majority of your spending on this all-important component. There are many specifications to consider when choosing your perfect GPU such as connectivity, size, cooling, memory, clock speed and manufacturer. To keep things simple in this guide, I’ve picked out four Palit GPU’s powered by Nvidia. The GTX 16 series has great features such as ultra-fast GDDR6…
Overclockers Top 5 upgrades to improve your Gaming PC
If you’ve read our helpful Guide on why and when to upgrade, tried to squeeze the most out of your existing hardware and still aren’t happy with how your PC performs it’s time to decide what part to replace. There are plenty of diagnostic programs available to help you determine what component is holding your performance back. Some examples worth trying are User benchmark, HWiNFO, System explorer, Crystaldisk Info, CPU-Z and even the inbuilt Windows performance monitor. For gaming, it’s likely to be your GPU…
Top 5 Tips to Make Your Gaming PC Faster For Free!
Diagnose the problem: If you’ve noticed your PC is sluggish and your gameplay is affected the first thing to do is try and figure out what’s causing the issue. There are quite a few completely free programs available that can run tests and give you detailed information about your system. Some examples worth trying are Userbenchmark, HWiNFO, System explorer, Crystal Disk Info, CPU-Z and even the inbuilt Windows performance monitor. Looking at the different data provided by these tests can give you an insight into…
Why and when should you upgrade your PC?
One huge benefit of having a desktop PC is how upgradeable they are. Some laptops can even be upgraded but in this guide, we focus on what you can do with a full sized computer. The parts are easy to access and the majority of components can easily be swapped and changed with some basic technical knowledge. When should I upgrade my PC? There are a lot of components that make up a PC and some of them create a much more noticeable difference to…
Gaming PC vs Laptop? Which is Best?
If your old PC can’t handle the latest AAA games or if that noisy laptop with its terrible battery life is giving you a headache, it’s certainly time to spoil yourself with a cheeky upgrade. However, it’s the age ol’ question. Do you go for a PC or a gaming laptop? To help you make this impossible decision, we’ve put together this handy helpful detailing the key differences along with their pros and cons. Hopefully, by the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll be ready to…