Recent content by blindhamster

Hi all, so i noticed something the last few days, my Palit gtx 680 4gb is topping out at 1.162v when at max load, is that correct? I thought the voltage at such times should be at 1.175v? Is it an issue or is everything fine and i shouldn't worry about it? I mostly ask as I continue to get...

Video artifacting Hi all, so I thought everything was good, but I tried to watch a couple of dvds today with the fiance and found that apparently I thought too soon, both dvds had purple/green/grey squares popping up all over them and the occasional lines. I tried reinstalling the nvidia...

Just wanted to drop a little note to say thankyou to the guys at PC Specialist for taking the time to listen and offer suggestions, especially when I know I (and probably many others) can be a bit (or a lot!) awkward and have far too many queries. Cheers and thanks!

So My machine actually arrived friday, still a couple of issues getting ironed out but making progress! Specs are: Despite the GPU not actually working as it should (clock speed being 300Mhz too slow currently..), I shouldn't really complain, I've tested the machine running Skyrim, the...

Hey all, http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3470290 so as a couple may have noticed from the benchmark thread, I have recently ran 3dmark11, and found something a bit odd, wondering if anyone with more knowledge than myself might be able to provide some input/insight for me :) my graphics score is: 9808...

So I ran a bios update on my new machine (uses the sabertooth z77 motherboard). And in doing so, inadvertently lost the overclock settings that the guys at PC Specialist had entered. I'm running the 3.5Ghz 2770 i7 processor which was overclocked to 4600. The processor was showing as 4600 in...

Computer arrived today, seems to be pretty awesome, though already i've decided i need a larger SSD for my C drive, beyond that my only issue currently is that the Processor was supposed to be Overclocked to 4.6Ghz, but I can only see it showing as standard 3.5 everywhere, anything I'm missing...

Just wondering how long most peoples machines spend in quality control? Mine entered first thing this morning, and the excitement is killing me :D

Hi All, first desktop in about 6 years, had a Dell XPS 1730 and then an Alienware m17x laptops over that period of time... Ordered this machine a week or so ago, then made a couple of amends to it today, let me know what you think Case NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING CASE Overclocked CPU...