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    Recommendation for friends build

    Thanks :) Yeah he said he's gonna get a SSD for now and get a HDD down the track when he needs more space
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    Recommendation for friends build

    My friend is building his first computer soon and he wanted me to ask for some opinions on the parts he's chosen. He basically just needs the computer for gaming. Is there anything in the list you think he should change? Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 HDMI...
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    New Build Under $850

    didn't notice that, thank you! i found G.Skill 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR4 Ripjaws 4 Red C15 2400MHz which is only $10 more so that'll work fine for me :) Thanks for all the help and advice!
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    New Build Under $850

    I think i'll just spend $900 as I can't don't really wanna downgrade any of these components. Is there anything you'd change for the same price or any issues i might have with this list? THanks :) Gigabyte B250M-D3H LGA1151 mATX Desktop Motherboard 129 Intel Core i3 7100 Kabylake 3.9GHz 3MB...
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    New Build Under $850

    Is there a release date for it or anything? :o Kinda need the build by this weekend, so I might see if there's some good cheaper mother boards or something
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    New Build Under $850

    Or what AMD and mobo could I get for cheaper and better? I don't really know anything about AMD CPUs
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    New Build Under $850

    Thanks didn't notice I'd done that aha I still need to make it $100 cheaper, reckon i could do that by staying with the i3 and getting a cheaper motherboard?
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    New Build Under $850

    Hi, I'm in the process of trying to build a gaming computer for under 850 AUD. So far I've come up with: Intel Core i3 7100 Kabylake 3.9GHz 3MB Retail Box $152 ASUS GeForce GTX1050 Phoenix 2GB GDDR5 $159 Gigabyte H270M-D3H LGA1151 mATX Desktop Motherboard $116 G.Skill 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR4...
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    alright thanks i think ill go with that :) Out of the MSI and Gigabyte card which one would you get? Or do you think it would just be down to personal preference?
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    the 1060 6GB will be better than the RX480 even though they have 8GB VRAM??
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    yeah I've decided its worth to spend extra now as I wont be buying a new graphics card in a long time after this. I've found 4 cards around the same price for me and have no idea which is better or if they are mostly the same. they are : MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC ...
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    Yeah the RX 480 would end up costing me around 100 extra due to shipping and the ones at my local store are extra. I was looking at the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC Graphic Card (http://www.austin.net.au/msi-geforce-gtx-1060-3gt-oc-graphic-card.html) is this a reasonably large improvement over my...
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    Hard drive issues

    oh well haha thanks for your help :) Gonna try keep some of my save game files and re download the rest
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    Yeah I can get the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Windforce OC 3GB Graphic Card for $299 pick up. There wouldn't be any major advantage in getting the RX480 as it generally seems to be more expensive for similar performance?
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    Hard drive issues

    is there any way to scan the drive and see what data may be corrupted? because I wanna try copy across game saves and steam game files to save me having to redownload all of them
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    Hard drive issues

    Awhile ago my secondary hard drive which i use to store my steam games started to have issues. It was making weird sounds on start up and steam and programs similar would often crash and then the hard drive would become unreadable. Now it will just sometimes slow down drastically for a minute or...
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    I live in Australia so it says itll be AUD$361.00 and then another $42 for shipping :/ I was looking at this which would be cheaper http://www.austin.net.au/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-windforce-oc-3gb-gr.html
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    Sweet thanks :) I also need to buy a new secondary HDD for my steam games as my current one is dying. Is the Western Digital Black 2TB a good choice?
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    Thanks for the replies! I think I'll get some more RAM and then spend a bit on upgrading my graphics card that way in the future i can upgrade both my motherboard and cpu while having a decent GPU already. Do you think the 650W power supply will still be enough if i get Something around the GTX...
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    Upgrade Suggestions

    looking for advice on weather I could do any decent upgrades without having to do a whole new build. Looking to increase my performance for gaming current specs are: Case: Cooler Master K350 Gaming Case MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H CPU:intel Core i5-3470 New Ivy Bridge GPU: Gigabyte ATI HD...
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