Recent content by matthewspencer316

I was going to change the case to the Fractal Define S but although it shows as £3 more expensive it is actually adding £20 to the cost so I’ll stick with the Corsair. The RX480 is toast. The rest of my hardware is 3-5 years old so just looking for a refresh for everything. My monitor is an...

I went for the Asus over the gigabyte because from past experience I prefer an Asus motherboard over gigabyte, but are you saying that for very similar cost the gigabyte is more value for money? The reason for choosing the rx580 is because my last video card was an rx480 and I felt it was a...

1 of the SSDs is 128 GB and currently used for OS only. The other is 256 GB which I use for games I play most and is full. The HDD is used for storing documents and photos etc. and games I don’t play too frequently. I just want more storage really and prefer SSD for speed. I may leave the HDD...

Thanks for your advice. I’ll have a look at the cooler and the silver warranty seems like a good idea for £5. I’m not sure about the windows license, it was upgraded from a windows 7 license that was given to me at a Microsoft event but I guess I’ll have to buy a new one if that does work.

Oh, and one further thing. My old PC died, I have 2 SSD (1 with the OS on) and 1 HDD. I am hoping I can just put these into my new system and use without any issues. I would also like to look at moving the OS from the SSD onto the m.2 but I’m not sure if this is possible.

Hi, I’ve already ordered this system but looking for some advice which could lead to me making some amendments. My budget was £800 but I’ve gone slightly over and am happy with it however, I don’t like my PC making noise so I am wondering if the CPU cooler will be quiet enough or if I should...