opticalmace
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I got my 2nd 4870 off Craigslist for cheap.Poohblaster said:
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"I need a new PC!" 2010 Edition
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I am slowly losing patience with waiting on my 460 RMA to finish. I go on vacation next friday for a good week and would like to be able to get some gaming done. Would like to pick up either a 5870 or a 6870, but of course, with the 69xx in the pipeline for not too long this is like the worst time to be buying an AMD card (since I've lost confidence in going with anything by Nvidia at this point). Soooooo damn frustrating.
Angelus Errare
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When the does the next iteration of Sand Force SSDs come out?
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These are my current specs. I'm a casual builder who is knowledgeable on assembly but not on what the best parts are. I'm considering upgrading or replacing certain parts for stability. My current build runs ok but it seems like I'm constantly encountering issues with hiccups and memory dumps. Anything I could do so that my experience is more stable and reliable?
This entry is interesting:
RAM 4.0GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 533MHz (5-7-7-20)
How many sticks of RAM are you running, two? Seems like you have both modules populating the same channel. Try running them in the yellow DIMM slots only. Also I don't know the type, but unless you've got some generic cheapo modules, the frequency and timings seem mighty loose. 800mhz and timings of 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V were common for ddr2 before ddr3 took over. Try to establish the exact model and look up specs online.
If you only have the one stick, it's what's holding you back. A nice kit of 2x2GB (or even 2x4GB if you were willing to splurge) from Kingston, Corsair or G.Skill will do wonders in this case.
Spiderjericho
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Poohblaster said:
I'm selling one. You can see the price in the Buy/Sell trade thread.
Shubit said:
His RAM is fine, looks like it's running at DDR2-1066, which is just overclocked DDR2-800 RAM anyways, but that Single Channel config. is strange, so yeah, he should definitely populate them in the correct slots.
Remember, Speccy will list the RAM clocks as it is given by the JEDEC, which will be halved, because of well, the Double Data Rate nature of RAM.
Flying_Phoenix
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Yep, the more I see of it (The i5-760 that is) in action the less reason I see not to upgrade. Seems to do just fine with emulating GCN/PS2 shit too, at least the titles I am interested in re-playing 
Maybe I'll be able to play my copies of GTAIV and Red Faction once I get this :lol
Maybe I'll be able to play my copies of GTAIV and Red Faction once I get this :lol
mescalineeyes
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Le-mo said:
There is no Direct X 10 for Windows XP, I am sorry
AceBandage
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Edit: Nevermind.Le-mo said:
Finished building my moms new PC for xmas.
Went really well. Only a couple issues. (Hooked the power button up wrong, just like with my PC. Scary when it doesn't turn on :lol and the spot for the hard drive didn't like my SSD in the case, but it's all bolted down now)
Now to wait 20 days for her to use it.
Dreading her getting it and switching the resolution back to some shitty 4:3 resolution and switching back to IE from chrome :lol
It's so damned fast though. Less than 30 seconds from hitting the power button until it's all started up.
The case fan is LOUD though.
What's a nice and quiet 80mm fan? Doesn't need to be the best fan, just decent airflow and silent.
Went really well. Only a couple issues. (Hooked the power button up wrong, just like with my PC. Scary when it doesn't turn on :lol and the spot for the hard drive didn't like my SSD in the case, but it's all bolted down now)
Now to wait 20 days for her to use it.
Dreading her getting it and switching the resolution back to some shitty 4:3 resolution and switching back to IE from chrome :lol
It's so damned fast though. Less than 30 seconds from hitting the power button until it's all started up.
The case fan is LOUD though.
What's a nice and quiet 80mm fan? Doesn't need to be the best fan, just decent airflow and silent.
It's a slim mATX case and it only has one case fan.TheExodu5 said:
And I don't think I can throttle it through bios, it only is powered by molex.
How is this fan?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185100
TheExodu5 said:
I had a question on fans, only two of the fans actually connect to my motherboard, I don't have more spots for any others, so how would I control those if I ever wanted to. None of the case fans touch the motherboard only the heatsink fan and the RAM fan.
HAF 922 case, X58 Sabertooth Motherboard.
I was going to wait but didn't bother, earlier today I set and got my I7 950 to a stable 3.8GHZ (I actually ended up with 3.814 because my mobo wouldnt let me set the BCLK with decimals, it had to be a whole number). Temps went up a little though 39C at idle and 69C at load on two cores, but strangely the last two cores don't go above 67C at load, but oh well, that was with a 5 hour burn test with no errors. I thought about pushing until I was at 74C at load by inching towards 4GHZ but I just don't see any reason why. I did notice a performance increase in WoW, Anno, NFS and Benchmarks, buts its really all overkill right now anyway. Ill run it like this until there's an actual need for more performance.
Amazing how easy these chips clock though, I got significant increase in benchmark tests just adding that extra 600mhz. And now, after having to bother with all those settings and learn what they mean, I can now appreciate the difference between the locked and unlocked multipliers. Man having an unlocked would seemingly make things alot easier and nicer.
Yeah, the Sata connectors are keyed. They should look like "L" 's. Your power supply should have plenty. I got the modular Corsair 650 and it had plenty of sata cables.
Amazing how easy these chips clock though, I got significant increase in benchmark tests just adding that extra 600mhz. And now, after having to bother with all those settings and learn what they mean, I can now appreciate the difference between the locked and unlocked multipliers. Man having an unlocked would seemingly make things alot easier and nicer.
Unicorn said:
Yeah, the Sata connectors are keyed. They should look like "L" 's. Your power supply should have plenty. I got the modular Corsair 650 and it had plenty of sata cables.
caliblue15 said:
RAM fan?
Your motherboard should have enough connections for 1 CPU fan and probably at least 2 case fans. If you want to control more, then you get a small potentiometer (variable resistory) or 12V -> 7V or 5V adapter. The fans can connect directly to the PSU through a molex adapter, or you can buy a fan controller to connect everything.
WEGGLES said:
It's a molex fan? All you have to do is move one of the wires in the fan connector. Sorry I cant remember which one, but if you play around with it, moving one of the wires will make the fan speed cut by like half and become quiet. There arent many combinations, shouldn't be too hard to find.
caliblue15 said:
I'm assuming you also have a PSU Fan spot no? You can fit a case fan onto that.
WEGGLES said:
S Flex are well liked, but that's nearly 3000RPM with no variable speed, so you'd need to buy a fan controller like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7&cm_re=fan_controller-_-35-118-217-_-Product
The other option is to buy a fan that already comes with a variable resistor.
TheExodu5 said:
Yeah my RAM came with a fan to cool it off. :lol It usually costs $20 but was free.
Here is my motherboard, the Case fans come with the 4pin connectors for the PSU, and the PSU at the end has a 4pinned connector I believe is supposed to go to the motherboard but the fan connections on the motherboard are only 3 pins.
Fix The Scientist
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Pathetic question incoming but please help me. I have a standard laptop and tomorrow i'm buying a graphics card for it, do i have to check what type of motherboard i have? Or will most laptop graphics cards just fit in regardless of model?
Damn ASUS makes sweet looking motherboards! Can't wait to see what they have to offer for Sandy Bridgecaliblue15 said:Yeah my RAM came with a fan to cool it off. :lol It usually costs $20 but was free.
Here is my motherboard, the Case fans come with the 4pin connectors for the PSU, and the PSU at the end has a 4pinned connector I believe is supposed to go to the motherboard but the fan connections on the motherboard are only 3 pins.
Angelus Errare
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looks expensive as the fuck.
BigBlackGamer
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motherboards are starting to look like simcity towns. :lol
especially this one
especially this one
Angelus Errare
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Drkirby said:
mATX Sandy Bridge mobo.
Stabby McSter
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I dunno, I think it looks kinda awesome. :loldarthbob said: