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Afternoon guys, been a long time! My PCS PC is still going strong :) Although now due to very limited space I barely use it as I've left it at my parents, so I'm thinking now might be time to purchase a PCS Laptop :D I'm looking at both the Vortex IV and the Optimus V. I want the backlit KB...

Hi guys, I'm quite happy with my boot speed at the moment and am never in that much of a rush to load the PC anyway :) What is starting to bug me is some loading times for games, especially SW:TOR, some of it is ridiculous, I'm hoping this is simply because it's not very well optimised yet and...

Hi all, I've been doing some transcoding of videos files in Vuze recently and noticed that ALL cores are at 100% while doing this and that the CPU fan is really going some. So I loaded up CPUID HWMonitor and I'm seeing the fan at 45-4600RPM and temps of 66-67 degrees Celcius on each core...

Hi all, I've yet to install SP1 for Win7, I'm a bit reluctant. Don't know if it was a one off or something he did that was stupid and isn't telling me but when my brother installed it, quite some time ago, it caused all kinds of problems that took an age to fix! Is everyone else up to date...

Just been looking at my GPU figures. GPU usage is currently only about 2-10% while idling and using IE and a couple of minor programs running on the desktop. Temps are reporting at 41-43 degrees which is fine but my fan speed is at 40% at 1950rpm. Seems a bit high? 40% usage while it's...

I'm aware there is already a RIFT thread but I didn't really want to hijack it. :) I've just had my copy of RIFT through the door :) Thank you Mr Postman! Am installing it before I head off to work :( Boo. Who else plays RIFT, what servers/shards/whatever they're called are people on and...

Hi all, As you know from my previous threads my brothers PC has been having trouble recently. Just took it to a proper computer dude and its most definitely the motherboard. He tested all the compents.. as I already had >.< apart from the PSU so he tested that too and it came up fine, he also...

Hi guys, Am in need of your help. My PC runs fine! Love it. My brothers however does not. I posted a short while ago about his GPU failing, or at least I thought it was. I got it replaced today but no luck! Still no display. So it's obviously not GPU. I've cleaned and reseated the RAM and...

Hi guys, My brothers GPU decided to pack in this morning. Not sure why, its got a bit of dust but not excessive and the fan is still spinning up, just no signal to the monitor. I tried it with my monitor and cables to rule those out and it still didn't work. Took it out and gave it a quick...

Anyone having problems with the Dragon Age 2 demo? I haven't tried playing it at lower settings yet.. I really don't want to lol but it seems near enough unplayable at higher settings even with AA and Anisotropic filtering turned down to just x2. The textures keep messing up depending on...

Hi guys, In the near future I'm planning on sticking a couple more fans in the PC just to keep it all running nice and cool and to make it glow more ;) :D lol I'm thinking of using these fans: HERE They do these without LEDs too if I decide I want less wires OR HERE Although a guy on...

I've just set up my TV as a 2nd display, saves me having to use the Xbox to stream videos. Does anyone know if there is a way of splitting the sound at all so that if I'm playing a movie on the my TV (2nd display) I can have the sound from that movie coming out of the TV rather than my desktop...

Hi guys, I started up Speedfan today while playing FFXIV and chatting on FB as it was sounding like it was really working hard, along with my other fans too and the ss below is what it came up with. :S Are those temps ok? Seem a bit high to me.

Hi guys, I've noticed with my videos I'm getting a terrible amount of pixelation, even in higher 720p upwards videos, albeit slightly less so in those ones. I've done a google search and it seems to be a fairly common problem and yet no real solutions that I can find. My drivers are 100% up...

Hi guys, Just a quick query, I looked into my case today and noticed that the wires from my PSU hang down and lie across the back of my GTX470 and was wondering if this might cause problems? Not really sure where they could go as they have to tuck in behind the GPU to get to the connector on...

Hi guys, Got a problem with my PC :( Bit of a shame I seem to be having real trouble burning CDs. It more often than not fails the burn and wastes the CD. I know its not a problem with the CDs as I've used them many times before and have got dozens of albums burnt onto the same discs from my...

Apologies if this isn't in the correct section. Was wondering if anyone had any experience with Xbox 360 controllers on their PCs? I just got a wired one through and it works fine with the PC and a couple of games I've tried (Metro2033 + SW: Unleashed) but it goes a bit funny with FFXIV, the...

Firstly, Bullguard, what a load of rubbish. How irritating is that box that pops up everytime I run something that uses the internet... Bah. Consequently uninstalled. Just installing and updated MSE now, I saw Gorman mentioned it on some other post. How efficient and effective is it?

A massive great box! Some Bits And Bobs Childs writing? lol

Hi all, So I've just installed FFXIV and it runs...ish. Would really like a new rig that could run pretty much any game out there (despite most of my gaming being console gaming) but especially FFXIV maxed out. Unfortunately my budget isn't that great, no more than £800 MAX really and I've...