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HP deal is back (i7-6700, GTX 980Ti, 16GB, 2TB, 500W) for $1127 with coupon
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PhoenixDawn
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Hmm don't see a code in my inbox. Guess I'll have to write up an email this weekend.
draughn101
Member
So The Division end game is hot garbage right now, but this game is awesome on this computer. For all of you that have a code coming, I recommend playing it. I think the codes are going for $20-30 in the B/S/T thread, but I think this game is definitely worth that price to play. I have a few days in on my Xbox character and it's so good on PC that I'm rolling through it again.
Also, for all you PC newbies, I signed up for Origin Access. It's $5 a month and you get access to a bunch of full EA Games for free, discounts on their games, and the ability to trial games when they come out. I was doing the same on X1 and loved it. Even if you use it just to try games for a month, they have BF4, Titanfall, Fifa 16, Sim City. Good stuff.
For all those looking to buy this computer. Do it! It's awesome.
Also, for all you PC newbies, I signed up for Origin Access. It's $5 a month and you get access to a bunch of full EA Games for free, discounts on their games, and the ability to trial games when they come out. I was doing the same on X1 and loved it. Even if you use it just to try games for a month, they have BF4, Titanfall, Fifa 16, Sim City. Good stuff.
For all those looking to buy this computer. Do it! It's awesome.
Just pulled the trigger on a 6700K+980Ti.
This is the second time I will have bought an HP desktop because of it being cheaper than building. The last time was 2 PCs ago when I bought a boxed Pavilion Elite e9180f at Fry's. The guts of that machine are still kicking ass my main Plex server (that i7 is a transcoding beast).
E: Ha! Found my post in the PC thread when I upgraded the e9180f.
This is the second time I will have bought an HP desktop because of it being cheaper than building. The last time was 2 PCs ago when I bought a boxed Pavilion Elite e9180f at Fry's. The guts of that machine are still kicking ass my main Plex server (that i7 is a transcoding beast).
E: Ha! Found my post in the PC thread when I upgraded the e9180f.
pottymouth
Member
So I'm having issues with my purchase. Playing dark souls 3 caused the computer to shut off almost like it lost power after about 10 or so minutes. I was using a MSI afterburner custom fan curve I copied from a few page back and thought maybe I messed something up with that so I went back to default..... Same thing happened.
I've installed a secondary hard drive, other than that it's all stock configuration. I'm thinking I must have a bad PSU? Any idears?
I've installed a secondary hard drive, other than that it's all stock configuration. I'm thinking I must have a bad PSU? Any idears?
draughn101
Member
You've only had issues so far with Dark Souls? I'd get something else loaded up and give that a try. I've played a ton of new games on mine, with the fan curve listed here, and haven't had any issues. Just finished playing a few hours of The Division maxed out.
You could have a bad PSU but I'd imagine it'd shut down as the GPU started pulling max power. It taking 10 minutes is weird. As far as heat is concerned, I think the GPU throttles back at 83c, but doesn't cause the computer to shut down.
As the above poster said it looks like a case of failing PSU. Tried any other reasonably taxing game ?
It's a guesswork, but yes, it may be related to the PSU (can't supply enough power to PC, or it's faulty so it stops suppliying power for a moment causing it to shutdown).
Non stable overlocking may cause this too, but that would usually reset the PC instead shutting down completely.
You could try underclocking and lowering the voltage of the CPU/GPU to see if the problem persists, thus causing less power usage. If this fixes the problem, it's likely the problem is on the PSU not supplying enough power to run it properly by a small margin.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Is this supposed to have an internal speaker? How do I make that work?
Is that still a thing?
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Well, it says Bang & Olufsen on the case so I was just wondering..
I've been a Mac user forever, so didn't know Towers weren't supposed to have it.
pottymouth
Member
It can't make it through the steam VR performance test either.
Right now HP customer support has connected remotely and are testing out a few different things. Oh and of course they tried to sell me a McAfee subscription. The worst.
CollectedDust
Member
I guess I should have waited, I ordered mine a couple months ago... bummer.
draughn101
Member
It looks soooooo goood
Bigrx1
Banned
Just got mine today, will report any findings. I'm pleasantly surprised at the lack of tons of bloatware. There is some, but not a lot. Easy to get rid of it all.
Was planning on switching out the PSU, may still do so but after cracking the case looks like it may be a bit of a bitch - everything is cramped in there tight.
Was planning on switching out the PSU, may still do so but after cracking the case looks like it may be a bit of a bitch - everything is cramped in there tight.
Bigrx1
Banned
So far so good here, runs fairly quiet, went beast mode on 3dmark and haven't had any problems. I will say however that someone posted a custom fan curve for MSI Afterburner a few pages back and I had to go a bit more aggressive to keep the temps under 83c when hitting it hard. But after playing with it a little no longer going over 81c.
Was skeptical - but quite impressed thus far.
Was skeptical - but quite impressed thus far.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
I sent an email and got no response. So today I talked with someone in chat that told me to call the main HP support(800-473-4732) which I will do tomorrow morning. We shall see how that goes. Honestly at this point I'm just curious on what the eligibility period was.
I bit the bullet and just ordered one. It's got a shipping date of May 4. Now that I've ordered it, I have a couple questions.
I want to install a second hard drive. What's a good hard drive to buy? I haven't bought any internal hard drives in years.
What kind of cradle do I need add another hard drive? I've never had a computer that I needed a cradle to put in another hard drive.
My bedroom where the computer is going to be is very dusty. It doesn't matter how often I dust, there's always a layer on everything. Can I buy some dust filters and put in front of the air holes on the side of the case to try to keep some of the dust out or will that restrict the air flow too much?
I want to install a second hard drive. What's a good hard drive to buy? I haven't bought any internal hard drives in years.
What kind of cradle do I need add another hard drive? I've never had a computer that I needed a cradle to put in another hard drive.
My bedroom where the computer is going to be is very dusty. It doesn't matter how often I dust, there's always a layer on everything. Can I buy some dust filters and put in front of the air holes on the side of the case to try to keep some of the dust out or will that restrict the air flow too much?
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
For sure get an SSD, completely worth it. I purchased this one since there was a deal on it for $110 just as I ordered this PC back in March. You'll need a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter or use some velcro to keep it in place.
I wouldn't worry about filters if your room is dusty. I have the same issue and just have my PC in a spot where I can easily spray it with compressed air every week. Just try and not put your PC on the floor or at the very least elevate it a couple of inches.
Please post the results of your call!
By the way here's the link they gave for the offer
http://store.hp.com/us/en/ContentVi...talogId=10051&jumpid=033116_dt_catl1_banner_2
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Thanks will definitely bring this up tomorrow morning.
Cool, looking forward to seeing the result!
Ok guys... So I'm a PC noob when it comes to settings, but since a lot of people in this thread got the same computer setup that I do, maybe you can help.
I went with the 6700K/980Ti/16GB RAM setup on a 60Hz, 1080P TV. I got the free code for The Division and I'm having problems running it at a steady 60FPS. I mean, a lot of the time it is at 60, but I get drops to the 40s on many outside areas and occasionally into the 30s. I have put all of my settings up too high or ultra and kept Supersampling at 100%, running on my SSD. It's not horrible, but I definitely noticed when the frame rate drops. I honestly didn't believe that was a thing from 60 to 40 when I was Xbox only, but yeah it is lol
Any suggestions on settings to run 1080P locked 60FPS with no drops or is it just the game?
I went with the 6700K/980Ti/16GB RAM setup on a 60Hz, 1080P TV. I got the free code for The Division and I'm having problems running it at a steady 60FPS. I mean, a lot of the time it is at 60, but I get drops to the 40s on many outside areas and occasionally into the 30s. I have put all of my settings up too high or ultra and kept Supersampling at 100%, running on my SSD. It's not horrible, but I definitely noticed when the frame rate drops. I honestly didn't believe that was a thing from 60 to 40 when I was Xbox only, but yeah it is lol
Any suggestions on settings to run 1080P locked 60FPS with no drops or is it just the game?
To troubleshoot we would need to know what all of your graphics settings are set to and what options you have enabled in GeForce Experience. But from what I can tell maxing everything to Ultra settings, even at 1080p, will net lower than 60 FPS at times with a 980 Ti
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/tom-clancys-the-division-graphics-and-performance-guide
Ah okay.. I will let you know when I get home tonight. Thank you!
Personally, I would never overclock with a stock cooler. If you're determined to do so I would invest in a cheap closed-loop water cooler
PhoenixDawn
Member
Still no email here, I guess I'll have to send one when I get home today.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Did you make that call?
Yeah I called that number and of course as I feared was connected to someone in India. I did the prompts and figured "order status" would be the correct route since my order isn't completed. After a couple of minutes I managed to get the rep to the page of the promotion and see that my order had the 980TI and he then wanted to transfer me to tech support. I said this isn't a technical issue, this is an order issue. Asked to speak to supervisor and none was available so just ended it.
So no dice. Going to send an email directly to HP Corporate and see what they tell me.
Ugh that sucks ass. Let me know if you get any where.
SoldierIce64
Member
Originally I was going to buy an Oculus Rift bundle with a gaming computer (GTX970, i5 6400) for about $1650 but Amazon told me that it wouldn't ship until June so I decided to do some research and jump on this deal instead. Ordered a really nice computer with a 980ti and an i7 6700 for around $1220. Sucks I won't be able to get an Oculus Rift until August at the earliest but at least I got a computer that is quite a bit more powerful than the one in the bundle and at a great price too.
I paid the extra amount and got the 256gb SSD that they had as an option for the system. I want to get at least one hard drive to put in it to install software to and for storage.
It's going to be sitting on top of a dresser about four feet off the floor.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Yeah you shouldn't have any issues then as long as you just open it up every once and awhile and just blast it with compressed air. As for the HD, right now Newegg is selling 3TB WD reds for $107 which is pretty good. Even better if you don't get taxed. If not you can always wait around and look at deal sites and can pick up a 4-5TB external for roughly the same amount of money. Just yesterday Fry's was selling this so you might be able to jump in on it.
So Reds are good enough? I've never bought an internal WD hard drive before, so I don't really know the difference between the colors. Unfortunately, I do have to pay taxes. Taxes took the computer itself to over $1400. :/
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Everyone will have their own experience with HD's and will swear by whatever has never given them issues. Personally I've never had major issues with WD's and use them pretty much exclusively for my NAS. Reds are meant primarily to be used in a NAS so on 24/7 and they also tend to have a longer warranty period.
So if you went with a WD 3TB Blue from Newegg you'd get 2 year warranty for ~$91. Where as the WD 3TB Red has a 3 year warranty for $107. Both are good options.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Still no email so I've written up a short email, but there's one problem - I can't seem to find an HP email that I should send it to. Does anyone know what the email address this type of complaint (no Division code despite promotion being advertised) should be directed to?
I sent it to this email
myhpsales@hp.com
And they responded within a day. But I didn't get too far yet.
myhpsales@hp.com
And they responded within a day. But I didn't get too far yet.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Nothing yet. Just the confirmation of corporate receiving my email.
The only email that I found was myhpsales@hp.com. Thinking about it we might have a better shot at getting something done if we went through the Returns and Exchanges department.