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Further update. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade the Mobo, CPU and RAM to modern day standards. My work in Lightroom will benefit with the boost in CPU. Given it a bit of a stress test in LR and gaming and it seems solid as a rock (fingers crossed), and surprisingly runs a little bit...

Quick update. I don't believe the PSU is at fault. All the voltages are bang on. Which leaves the CPU. I'm beginning to think I am going to have to dip into savings as a new CPU means a new mobo, means probably new RAM (mine are DDR3)... means, well pretty much a total upgrade. Suppose 8...

Didn't take long while playing an undemanding game. kernel-power 41 - bugcheckcode 0 - task 63. I've had 107 of these in the past 3 months. - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power [ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4} EventID 41 Version 6 Level 1 Task 63 Opcode 0...

I will push it and check event viewer next time. Didn't think of that before.

It's a Corsair HX620W. Checking my records, that must have been in there about 8-9 years also...

Thanks - will check RAM voltage etc.

Not overclocked in years.

Will give it a shot and report back.

Gosh, it's been no less than 8 years since I last posted on here. I used to be a keen overclocker/system builder, but eventually was happy with my rig, stopped playing Flight Simulator, stopped overclocking and lost interest. Since then, I have upgraded a few parts: the power supply, RAM etc...

Oops. What section should I be in? Can a mod redirect me? I have a Harmony One, and like it (though it took ages to set it up just right with my AV kit), but thought a small tablet with all that extra real estate might provide a more user friendly solution. It's not critical and a Nexus...

53 looks and no reply which tells me this might be too big an ask for the moment. I have done some more research, and will see what the prospective Ipad Mini will bring in a few weeks, though I don't want to get tied up with Apple particularly.

Just thinking of treating myself one for Xmas, but can't seem to find one that hits the spot. I would like one to (in order): fit in a jacket pocker (7"?) surf on the move (I guess that means 3g) read ebooks act as a remote controller for TV, DVD Recorder and AV kit (IR blaster)...

but it doesn't feel that much more responsive. Booting is something like 40 seconds. I'll grant that some applications seem to loader faster. But it doesn't seem particularly whizz fast. Just had the wrong expectations I expect. My AS SSD is reasonably close to the OPs, but I have a...

I wish I had known before I bought mine last week. I've been tearing my hair out trying to get it to go faster, and totally rebuild my software around it too (painful process). At these speeds it only seems marginally faster than the old HDD. I had hoped to get a real jump in performance...

That's probably on the lines of what I need.

Don't want to spend too much. No need for Xfire etc. The 5770 is great for my gaming needs - Rise of Flight, F1 2010, Hearts of Iron 3. Not your hardcore stuff. I've read that TTs don't work so well on the newer quads, so will be looking for a replacement. Stock will do if quiet enough.

The H67 Boards aren't necessarily cheaper. However, you have a point, £6 more gives me the option should I wish to return to the dark arts. Another question, are the stock coolers on the i5s quiet?

Its that time again, when I just need to upgrade, for no really good reason, as my current E8500 is still doing sterling work. That said, I would love the applications/games to load faster - so an SSD is the key target. I could just go for the SSD, but I fancy it would be even better paired...

what about pagefiles? I hear some people put that on it, and with 8 Gb of RAm - that could mean 16 Gb of page file (or is it 24?)

I am planning on buying one to use as a Win 7 Boot drive, for MS Office, and possibly 3 or 4 games. Documents etc to be stored on the Hard Drive. At a guess we are talking 30 Gb max. So I would have thought a 64Gb drive is the right ballpark. Or is it? Any great reasons to future proof...