Monthly Archives: April 2019

Building a PC: GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

First steps The case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold The motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Putting it all together Wrapping up Elsewhere in this build I’d start by considering a modest component and upsell myself before actually clicking the buy button. The reason is… Read more »

Building a PC: RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB

First steps The case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold The motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Putting it all together Wrapping up This should be quick. The Asus Prime X470-Pro motherboard I’d settled on needs DDR4 RAM. The board supports 3600MHz memory. I’ve heard good… Read more »

Building a PC: the motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro

First steps The case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold The motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Putting it all together Wrapping up The motherboard is a critical part of any PC build. Although your decision is guided, to a large extent, by your choice of… Read more »

Building a PC: PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold

First steps The case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold The motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Putting it all together Wrapping up This was the second purchase for this build, after the case, and is seriously over-specced. But that’s how I like my power supplies…. Read more »

Building a PC: the case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06

First steps The case – Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 PSU – EVGA 1000GQ Gold The motherboard – Asus Prime X470-Pro RAM – Corsair Vengeance RGB GPU – PNY GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Putting it all together Wrapping up The case is one of the most boring parts of a PC build. But it’s where I had to start because, although motherboards… Read more »