Recent content by Cassius106

No there are no beeps so the system does not appear to be reaching POST

Just ran the system with just the mobo/ram/cpu outside of the case and got the same result. Hooked an old mobo up and it worked fine so looks like a dud mobo to me unless anyone else has any ideas? Thanks Mike

Hi All, I have just finished building a new rig with the following specs: CPU: Intel Core i5-3570k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro 4 S1155 Intel Z77 DDR6 ATX Ram: Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX...

Thanks for all the advise guys With that in mind I will be using a 2GB GTX 670 http://www.cclonline.com/product/86958/02G-P4-2678-KR/Graphics-Cards/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-670-FTW-2GB-Graphics-Card/VGA0723/ And will be dropping down to 8GB of RAM without the silly heat spreaders...

Monitor is 22" and I run a resolution of 1680 x 1050 I see the point about the RAM. I put it in just for future proofing purposes but its probably overkill

Hi there, I have just finished speccing up a new build and am looking for opinions and any advice on stuff that needs to be changed. This PC will be used pretty much exclusively for gaming and just general PC stuff and im not the sort of person who can afford to shell out for a new PC every...

Cheers for advice guys, have decided to go down to 800Mhz, and stick with 1 HD rather than 2

Good point on the ram Im not planning to raid the drives, the only reason for getting 2 really was so if one dies I only lose half the stuff (I do run backups but they are not daily or anything so if I had a hard drive crash id still lose stuff) Gonna be using Windows XP so not 64 bit...

Hi, Going to be ordering new rig this week and as usual gonna put the specs up here for review incase iv made any silly mistakes. Thanks for any comments and advice 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Its a gaming PC, all sorts from...