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"I need a new PC!" 2010 Edition

Nabs said:
It's on sale @ Direct2Drive. Was a buck for a bit yesterday, but hey... $6 bucks is still a steal.
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Oh man bought and bought. Bad company 2 for 20$ daaang thats cheap aswell....must resist....hnggghhh...too many games
 
Corky said:
WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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it works it WOOORKS!

It's aliveeeeeeeeeee

It is time for me to change my avatar.
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SUCCESS!!!!!!!!
:D :D

Really pleased for you.
 
I have a problem, originally i booted ubuntu from USB, it detected both my HDDs (1TB HDD and 60GB SSD), bios does also, i installed win 7 but then i realized i was not in AHCI so i reinstalled completely. Win 7's installer detected both my HDDs, but once im in win 7 its only detecting the SSD and not the 1TB HDD

Help?
 
So I attempted to build my friends PC yesterday and when I went to mount the mobo to the case there were no screws provided. Only stand-offs were provided. Is this common? Seems a bit idiotic to me.
 
Alright, i went into the disk management, here's what i found.

disk 0 - basic - 931.51GB - online

system reserved - 100MB NTFS
Local disk d: - 931.41GB NTFS

disk 1 - basic - 55.90GB - online

C: 55.90GB NTFS


Now, for D: i had to assign the drive letter on it for it to be recognized cause otherwise it was just grey. The thing is that win7 is on the C:, WHY would freaking windows 7 but system reserved on the other drive?

Can i move it back to the SSD? does it matter? I just dont think its brilliant to have system files on an HDD that was supposed to be for media & games, if i detach the HDD the system will fuck up

FFS, why would win7 complicate its life like that.
 
Dosia said:
So I attempted to build my friends PC yesterday and when I went to mount the mobo to the case there were no screws provided. Only stand-offs were provided. Is this common? Seems a bit idiotic to me.
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Nope, should be screws in there with it.
 
OK guys, I really need some input here.

My system from one day to another stopped working. Firstly, it's going through some sort of boot recycle issue. As in, it'll turn on and turn off within 5 seconds. No POST screen or anything.

I've gone as far as buying a new MOBO, which would turn on and stay on, but I wouldn't get any video on my monitor. Returned the MOBO and bought another one. Gave me the boot recycle issue that my original MOBO gave me, so I returned it.

Bought a CPU and RAM. At first the CPU fixed the issue on the MOBO, but still absolutely no video. I've tried each stick of RAM in one slot at a time. Doing that would cause the boot recycle. I tried the new RAM, and trying one at a time, I also got the boot recycle.

I can't return on the CPU, so I'm now out 200 bucks (plus $30 for the first MOBO which had a 15% restocking fee).

I'm bringing this piece of shit in for a diagnosis tomorrow, but I would really like to get some opinions from you guys.

What I know is the PSU, GPU, RAM, HDD all work on my friends system without an issue. My monitor works when connected to another PC.

My system (currently):


i5 760, Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3, ATI Sapphire 5870, 750W PSU, G.Skill 4GB RAM.
 
iv been having this problem that all of a suden GTA 4 doesnt work and i get 3fps on persia =S it worked fine yesterday, nba 2k10 and stuff works good so does need for speed shift.
what could the problem be
 
So, thinking about building a new PC. Here's what I'm currently looking at.

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My questions:

1) How does that look here? Good? Bad? WTF am I doing?
2) I've no idea what I should buy to properly cool a system like this. Any suggestions?
 
filipe: did you originally have a gigabyte motherboard as well? just wondering. I honestly have no idea what it could be.
 
Nabs said:
filipe: did you originally have a gigabyte motherboard as well? just wondering. I honestly have no idea what it could be.
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My actual board that I've had for the past 4-5 months is the Gigabyte. The EVGA turned on and stayed on, but no video. The ASUS did the same thing as the Gigabyte.

Now the Gigabyte with a new 760 (had a 750 before), I can either set it up to actual stay on (no video), or if I put only one stick of RAM in (tried my old RAM and new RAM) it starts doing the boot on/off loop.
 
PjotrStroganov said:
Isn't the caviar green more suitable as a media disk, as it is slower than 'ordinary' hdd's?
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I wasn't aware, I must have not read the spec right. What speed would be better?
 
RurouniZel said:
I wasn't aware, I must have not read the spec right. What speed would be better?
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Well both are 7200RPM AFAIR, but green is quieter and slower.
If you want faster hdd get caviar black of Samsung F3
 
Polk said:
Well both are 7200RPM AFAIR, but green is quieter and slower.
If you want faster hdd get caviar black of Samsung F3
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Ah, thank you. Will swap.

Any thoughts on cooling the CPU? I've never built a computer strong enough that it would need cooling...
 
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Woo! A chassi and a (modular Corsair 1000W) PSU are now bought, thanks to zon. Next up; mobo, CPU, GPU, memory, storage and a screen!

Haven't had/built a gaming PC since 2004. I've only used laptops.
 
RurouniZel said:
Ah, thank you. Will swap.

Any thoughts on cooling the CPU? I've never built a computer strong enough that it would need cooling...
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Any thoughts? Should I do a fan setup? A liquid setup? Nothing?
 
RurouniZel said:
Any thoughts on cooling the CPU? I've never built a computer strong enough that it would need cooling...
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what!? so last time you built a computer must have been in 1994...
 
Manp said:
what!? so last time you built a computer must have been in 1994...
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About 2003 actually, but I was intentionally building a cheap, low end, inexpensive machine that could not play any games whatsoever.
 
RurouniZel said:
About 2003 actually, but I was intentionally building a cheap, low end, inexpensive machine that could not play any games whatsoever.
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But it had to have had a cooler I guess?
 
Corky said:
But it had to have had a cooler I guess?
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I think it came with a small fan, but that was sufficient as it was just a 700 Mhz processor. This is a whole new ballgame, and I've no idea if a fan or liquid would be better and if so, what type would be best, or if one is harder to implement than the other.
 
RurouniZel said:
I think it came with a small fan, but that was sufficient as it was just a 700 Mhz processor. This is a whole new ballgame, and I've no idea if a fan or liquid would be better and if so, what type would be best, or if one is harder to implement than the other.
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I have a corsair H50 to cool that CPU and it's pretty fantastic. Pretty much any decent air cooler will do the job though.
 
The Vista on my desktop got corrupted last week, could've just bought Win 7 and wiped the C: drive and probably would've been back up and running, but since my rig is 3 years old decided to buy a new one.

Priced out all the components on Newegg to build it myself but it only would've been about $100 more for the same custom setup via Cyberpower, so I ordered through them. Phenom II X6 and a GTX 470. I'm psyched. My 8800 GTX was running everything fine already, but I'm looking forward to Win 7 on a desktop and 8gb of ram.
 
TouchMyBox said:
I have a corsair H50 to cool that CPU and it's pretty fantastic. Pretty much any decent air cooler will do the job though.
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Not that I'm an employee of Cooler Master Inc ( visit us at coo....) BUT I'll toss in another vouch for the hyper 212+ cooler, for 30$ the decrease in sound is it in itself worth the price.
 
Corky said:
Not that I'm an employee of Cooler Master Inc ( visit us at coo....) BUT I'll toss in another vouch for the hyper 212+ cooler, for 30$ the decrease in sound is it in itself worth the price.
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kagete said:
Another vote for the 212+. This bitch is huge though, so not all cases can fit it
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Sounds like a plan! Thanks guys!
 
Unplugged the 2nd HDD and reformated everything, reinstalled and now everything's running good.

BLAZING fast, damn, SSD + X6 1090T :o

Downloading just cause 2 on steam :D
 
I'm still having a big issue when it comes to booting my PC. This just started recent and I don't know what is causing it. Basically I get a single shot at booting correct. Every time I try to boot after that on the current power cycle either does a boot "activity for ~10 seconds" shutdown or boots and continues to go but there is no video signal. I have to reach around back and toggle the on/off switch on my PSU to be able to get back to a normal boot. The LCDs on my mobo suggest the thing is in the "BIOS sign on" phase of boot. Only thing I can think of is reinstalling my mobo BIOS, but I don't know if that would really do anything :|
 
Parts bought:

  • CORSAIR 4GB DDR3 XMS3 INTEL I5/I7 PC10600 1333MHZ (2X2GB)
  • WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR GREEN 1TB SATA/300 64MB
  • INTEL CORE I5 760 2.80GHZ 8MB S-1156
  • ASUS P7P55D P55 S-1156 ATX
  • GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 460 OC 1GB PCI-E
They will arrive on tuesday. So excited!
 
Sanjay said:
Now run the Dirt 2 benchmark and come back with results :D
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Oh man it has a benchmark feature? Sweet :D, still haven't finished the download :( 11gb is rather big >_>


Cdammen said:
Parts bought:

  • CORSAIR 4GB DDR3 XMS3 INTEL I5/I7 PC10600 1333MHZ (2X2GB)
  • WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR GREEN 1TB SATA/300 64MB
  • INTEL CORE I5 760 2.80GHZ 8MB S-1156
  • ASUS P7P55D P55 S-1156 ATX
  • GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 460 OC 1GB PCI-E
They will arrive on tuesday. So excited!
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Sanjay said:
Now run the Dirt 2 benchmark and come back with results :D
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Had to reinstall dirt 2 twice in order to be able to run the benchmark >_<!
But I finally got it to run and got a ridiculous 110ish avg fps with everything ( that can be set ) to ultra and 4msaa @ 1080p

But that's nothing to how much I bloody love triplebuffering. It adds another dimension of fluidity that....that...well it's just damn great.

Playing dirt 2 with phantomstuttering and tearing with 120fps isn't even half as good as playing it with triple buffering on and a 60fps lock.

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Look at that horsie go!
 
Hey, just thanking you guys for helping me through my first build. You hear all the stories of hardware issues and broken parts, and all that freaked me out. But as luck would have it, I had no issues with my build. I now have a decent computer that can play everything I own at full settings. Not a bad way to spend a bonus. :D
 
Hey guys, I've decided I want to buy my CPU parts from TigerDirect.com for credit card rewards purposes. I have a build, listed below, however I can't seem to find some of the parts on TigerDirect.com. So essentially I was wondering if anyone could list items from TigerDirect that would make the same build. I put stars next to the items I need replacements via TigerDirect products.

*SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822152185

MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813130290

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827135204

COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-BWN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827135204

OCZ Special Ops Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820227558

AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819103702

*GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) GV-N460OC-1GI Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814125333

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W Power Supply compatible with core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817341017
 
Hey guys, stupid question time. Can you plug 2 mice and 2 kb's (all USB) into a single PC without any conflicts? Obviously my aim is to keep a pair at my desktop and a second pair for HTPC use without having to shuttle a single set back and forth several times a day.
 
Reallink said:
Hey guys, stupid question time. Can you plug 2 mice and 2 kb's (all USB) into a single PC without any conflicts? Obviously my aim is to keep a pair at my desktop and a second pair for HTPC use without having to shuttle a single set back and forth several times a day.
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I've set up two mice at the same time before, so yes, that's perfectly possible, works the same as trackpad+mouse. Two keyboards should work as well, laptops don't have any issue with it, so I don't see why a desktop should.
 
TouchMyBox said:
I have a corsair H50 to cool that CPU and it's pretty fantastic. Pretty much any decent air cooler will do the job though.
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Another vote for this. I have an H70 which I absolutely love, but H50 will probably be enough for most people.

RurouniZel said:
I think it came with a small fan, but that was sufficient as it was just a 700 Mhz processor. This is a whole new ballgame, and I've no idea if a fan or liquid would be better and if so, what type would be best, or if one is harder to implement than the other.
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned but you're only going to need an an aftermarket cooler for overclocking. Modern CPUs come with heatsink fan that's fine for stock speeds.
 
Is the x6 1090T the last AM3 processor AMD will make? If so, when do you expect those to go on closeout, and how cheap will one be able to snag such a CPU?
 
squicken said:
Is the x6 1090T the last AM3 processor AMD will make? If so, when do you expect those to go on closeout, and how cheap will one be able to snag such a CPU?
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I think I've read that there's a 1035 and a 1075 coming.
 
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