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  1. Catman05

    NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

    I stand corrected I only changed CPU, Ram and GPU up to match and forgot to get a cheaper case etc. Like you say a better board and PSU but I'm curious if the op specified exact components as the Gigabyte Windforce is £100 cheaper than the Aorus card and I would have thought this was a place to...
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    RAM Upgrade - Updating the BIOS

    What motherboard do you have You shouldn't have to update the BIOS but you may have to go into the BIOS when it gives you the error and change nothing but do a save and exit.
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    NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

    The op did specify to the company the 9700k, 2070 and Ram I belive (not sure if op specified brands) Maybe case too? I used the coffee lake pro configurator as it had the 9700k
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    NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

    looking at some reviews for the cooler it seems ok If you can run the free download from https://www.userbenchmark.com/ and post the url from the results page when the benchmark finishes. Pre built machine from ocuk is around £1700 with similar spec from the the coffee lake configurator. If...
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    NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

    Do you know what cooler is fitted as the 9700k does not come with a cooler? Don't really need to overclock that CPU to be honest tho
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    NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

    What is the exact spec you purchased? As that CPU and graphics card alone from ocuk are £930
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    XSPC X20 750 Leak from led plug

    Thanks for the reply I have tried to contact XSPC without much luck as I don't have a Recipt for the item even tho I was happy to pay for the plug+shipping. looking at the above picture from XSPC would a M12 plug work with a suitable o ring?
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    XSPC X20 750 Leak from led plug

    Hi As per the title the plug is broken which seems quite common but it is not the standard size as I 1st thought when a purchased a G1/4 plug. Is there anything I can get to plug this hole? thanks
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    Are French cars really that bad?

    Biggest thing is to do redearch before buying any car all makes can have have problems I have owned 2 renault clio's 1994 1.4 Auto owned for 3 years - had no major faults until I scapped it but faults were caused by myself not changing the plugs or oil for over 40 thousand miles 2004...
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    Z87-D3HP Bios Upgrade

    Thanks for the replies The motherboards have been sitting for quite some time as they were never used for what I originally intended and I didn't even think about the bios to be honest. I am not sure what bios they are running as the box does not say nor do the motherboards themselves and was...
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    Z87-D3HP Bios Upgrade

    I have 2 Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboards and 2 Intel G3258 CPU's and need to upgrade the bios before these will work together the question is cheapest way of doing it I have tried local shops and none of them had a CPU that could do it. Sorry was meant to put this under Motherboards not General...
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    Watercooling help 3x780 and 4960x

    Hi thanks for that thought the RX480 would use quite a bit on its own Plan is now have the 480 mounted in the top and 240 at the bottom pulling filtered air into the case to maintain positive air pressure to help with dust should I get a thicker rad or do push pull? once I get the plan of...
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    Watercooling help 3x780 and 4960x

    Hi thanks for the replies I will look into the SLI water bridge getting mixed reviews for serial vs parallel from the quick search I did but will look into it more. As for the CPU I will probably look at an EK block with the same design as the graphics card and SLI bridge but as for the...
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    Watercooling help 3x780 and 4960x

    Hi I am going to be watercooling 3 Asus 780 DirectCU II OC Cards (GTX780-DC20C-3GD5) for a friend and wanted a bit of advice as i haved done watercooling in a while. This is what he wants to do I have tried advising him on other options etc but he wants to use his existing hardware and have it...
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    PC Upgrade options

    Hi Guys I am looking at upgrading my current machine as it is now about 4 years old although the GPU and SSD have been upgraded since being built I am looking to spend around £1000 and use the PC mainly for gaming and general use but do edit videos and run virtual machines etc Current PC...
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    ip ban

    No way to change the external IP of the virgin hub/Super Hub When i upgraded to 50mb (from modem to superhub) my external Ip stayed the samei know they are not static but they seem very sticky
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    Best spray for cleaning old circuit boards & contacts.

    +1 use to use this when on CRT sreens so i would have thought that it would be ok
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    Cooler for PhenomII

    Noctua NH-D14 cools my 1090t @ 4ghz very well but make sure your memory will fit under it. What about modding the Reserator?
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