Recent content by Vrackie81

Well... NOT quite my PC....BUT! I recently upgraded my rig and cannibalised my old PC to give my Dad’s a boost! I still consider myself a novice builder but built him a PC on an A10 5800k years ago. I had a Xeon E3 1230 V2 and HD 7850....He LOVES it! A retired policeman playing World of...

I think it was gpu. Didn’t think cpu cooler would make THAT much noise 😬 Also Ryzen Master showed cpu at 53 degrees. So maybe I’m assuming but thought it was the 580 fans?

Totally agree! Third time building a pc and I was stunned by the choice and complexity of 2019/20!The value/performance ratios have never been better. I haven’t spent any more money this time round than I did 5 years ago on last build and I have a much better pc with more options for future...

Update: Was trying out Borderlands 3 and first run the card fan was going full throttle. There was a game message saying Direct X would update on next restart but carried on as advised. Downloaded MSI Afterburner to view temps but game crashed three times after trying to ‘Optimize Shaders’...

Thanks Zoid! I got the Ryzen Master software and definitely hearing card fan now I’m playing. Chip doesn’t go about 47 degrees C though so I think that’s ok? lots of great advice and I’ll be sure to pop back to review those suggestions again when the time comes 👍

THAT was an amazing read! THAT was an amazing read! Thanks Rensje! I was confident enough B450 was adequate for my needs and the board seems well-built. Im now in that difficult phase of trying not to look at gear thinking “could’ve got THAT instead”. Very much enjoying watching AMD bounce...

I was too impatient to wait for a new case! Found a really nice Corsair one on Amazon but there were production delays so just gutted out my old one! 😂 My SSD is and old Samsung Evo 60gb (back in the day that stuff was expensive!) so it’s now just Boot drive. Got a newer WD 256 for game files...

Forum searches still only show ONE thread on General Hardware and nothing on Gaming. Is there a way to locate these? I can't see them. Thanks in advance!

First time on PC Gamer. When I posted it didn't look like it had taken and I've had problems with broadband (downloading Epic which took a few attempts) so I tried different, yet related forums. However now I know this one has saved I'll delete others.

Well its been five years since I built my first gaming PC. Things have changed. A LOT! I had a Xeon E3 1230 V2 with HD 7850 2gb gpu and 8gb 1600 RAM. It was past time for an upgrade! Furious researching eventually led me to a Ryzen 5 3600 (Non-X), 16 GB of Corsair Vengeance 3000 RAM and an...

Well its been five years since I built my first gaming PC. Things have changed. A LOT! Furious researching eventually led me to a Ryzen 5 3600 (Non-X), 16 GB of Corsair Vengeance 3000 RAM and an ASUS TUF gaming Plus B450 mobo. I also bought a 24" MSI Optix G24 curved gaming monitor with 75 GHz...