black_vegeta
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zoner said:
It's pretty damn easy. Usually it's done by going to the desktop properties menu and selecting the type of monitor setup. You can either have them mirror each other or can have them be 1 monitor.
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It's pretty damn easy. Usually it's done by going to the desktop properties menu and selecting the type of monitor setup. You can either have them mirror each other or can have them be 1 monitor.
Baller. PhD
Banned
My R3 rear fan seems loud. Maybe I'm just being picky, but I don't like the low hum of the air. I think I might swap it out for another Noctua...
There really is no reason to not get a Gigabyte motherboard. It is all I have ever used and the one I have now works great! So take what I had said with a grain of salt. I have had the power cycling issue a few though and it seems likes it has been a problem with a few Gigabyte boards and when the time comes to build a new machine, I would like to try an Asus.vexvegaz said:
It's never fun to have everything else and wait for an item that you RMA.
Edit: I now see you said Sandy Bridge, I am pretty sure the only boards that have had power cycling issues (powering on and off in a never ending cycle) were of the series 5 chipset and more specifically the P55 boards.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
It's just idling but I can't believe how quiet this is compared to my 8800GTs I had in here. It's idling at 32C which is nice from the like 70C my old ones idled at from lack of room/good airflow. Can't wait to finish installing the drivers!!!!!!!!!
Got my replacement drives for my NAS. Replaced one and I'm 60% into resilvering the array. I'll replace the other one before I go to sleep tonight. It's looking like it'll take ~11 hours to resilver the array each time, heh.
I also ordered 2 Intel gigabit pci-e cards for the NAS and one for my desktop. Hopefully I'll be able to aggregate them and transfer data at 2 gigabits/s. My drives can read at that speed even with ZFS and full drive encryption but my Realtek lan on the mobo in my NAS is only doing ~600mbits/s.
I also ordered 2 Intel gigabit pci-e cards for the NAS and one for my desktop. Hopefully I'll be able to aggregate them and transfer data at 2 gigabits/s. My drives can read at that speed even with ZFS and full drive encryption but my Realtek lan on the mobo in my NAS is only doing ~600mbits/s.
bananaman1234
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Is there any difference between using a Marvell or Intel SATA 6gb/s port for the average user? I didn't know what I was doing when I was building and connected my main hdd to the Marvell port.
Not seeing much of a difference between my GTX460 and GTX560 that I just got today. It's probably mostly the shitty non optimized final fantasy xiv I play. Fans are at 40% and GPU heats at 68*C. Also one gpu fan has another noise than the whoosh of the fans, but I'll be damned if I return another video card for being loud.
Ronix said:
My Google-fu was weak; this is exactly what I needed.
According to the various discussions, this can be caused by a defective processor. I'll wait for the replacement, and if it still doesn't work I'll get an RMA for my motherboard and/or buy a new power supply. If I still can't get it to work after that, it will be time to take it to a repair shop - they should have enough spare parts on hand to isolate the problem component.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Vitani said:
Final Cut Pro X is going to be $300 unless it's changed so you might consider a motherboard that is compatible with Mac OSX and dual boot with Windows 7. Gigabyte boards are usually ones with the least hassle.
black_vegeta
Member
Got my Lancool PC-K62 case in today. Just need 3 more components and I can start building my rig.
Last 3:
Mobo
GPU
SSD
Edit: Oh yeah, forgot about the monitor.
Last 3:
Mobo
GPU
SSD
Edit: Oh yeah, forgot about the monitor.
I just placed a preorder for a Mionix Zibal 60 keyboard. http://www.mionix.net/page.php?al=zibal60 Anyone with first hand experience with mechanical keyboards give an opinion on this model? It had cherry black MX keys. Wondering exactly how loud these keys can get. This will be my first mechanical keyboard, and it's the only backlit one I like the design of.
bananaman1234
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Switching a SATA port won't mess with anything in the OS right?vexvegaz said:
issues are always possible when it comes to switching things around. but in my experience, it shouldnt be any problem.
edit: just tried it, switched all drives connected to the intel controller to marvell. first bootup under marvel was slow but no substantial issues such as driver conflicts.
remember, ymmv due to difference in hardware.
edit: just tried it, switched all drives connected to the intel controller to marvell. first bootup under marvel was slow but no substantial issues such as driver conflicts.
remember, ymmv due to difference in hardware.
I tried a Cherry MX Black keyboard (SteelSeries) at a Fry's store just a few weeks ago. The keyboard wasn't loud compared to other mechanical keyboards I've tried.Quadratic said:
It has absolutely no tactile feedback compared to the Cherry MX Blues, and the key presses felt stiff and more like a membrane keyboard. I'm glad I didn't buy it.
You might like it though. Does the site have a nice return policy?
Hawk269
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Smokey said:
Well Smokey, to me if you are getting a 580 might as well get the 3gb one. For one, it further future proof's you, if future games use a bit more vram, you have the room to crank up even more insane AA on your games cause you have the Vram to do it. I know some will say this amount of vram would generally be used for those game at higher than 1080p rez and multi-monitor set ups, so it also depends on what you gaming set up is going to be like.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
So, my computer has taken to sounding like a jet engine whenever I play a game and then shutting off after about 4-5 minutes. I've can o' aired it out. Is that indicitive of the fan on the GPU going out, and if so, how can I tell what kind of card goes into my current mobo?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Hazaro said:
Okey dokey.
EDIT: Okay, well, my GPU is ramping up to 100C while the game is operating. Since that's as high as the graph number goes, I'm assuming that's bad. Guess I was right?
Ok, GAF I'm sorry I have to ask this but my google-fu is not working well and it is pretty late.
I'm having some nasty crashing issues with games and after some testing everything points to the CPU:
- Memtest86+: 100%, 0 errors
- OCCT: After 10 Minutes, windows stops responding: no reaction from anything, no mouse, no keyboard (no ctrl-end-del, num-lock/caps-lock doesn't change). To turn off the machine I have to press the on/off button for a few seconds, then I can restart immediately.
CPU temperature: On BIOS 40C, On Windows 30C, On OCCT 50-51C (top).
After restarting the machine the BIOS reads (again) 40C.
Under normal/light (browsing/movies) use the machine performs fine.
NO overclocking applied, other than the default settings of the Motherboard. (Maybe there was something I had to change?)
Windows doesn't record anything about the crash other than the PC was rebooted badly. (Event viewer)
Build details (Age: 2 weeks):
- ASUS P8P67
- Intel i7 2600k
- Neptua NH-D14
- ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 - GF GTX 570
- G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8GB DDR3 - 1600 MHz / PC3-12800 - unbuffered - non-ECC
- Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt v2
- Windows 7 Professional
- The PC is connected to an UPS (1500VA)
- Intel 320 Series 120 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5- SSD
- Another old 640GB HDD, 7200RPM/SATA 3Gb
I apologize if this is not the proper place for this, but I'm not sure where it should go.
I'm having some nasty crashing issues with games and after some testing everything points to the CPU:
- Memtest86+: 100%, 0 errors
- OCCT: After 10 Minutes, windows stops responding: no reaction from anything, no mouse, no keyboard (no ctrl-end-del, num-lock/caps-lock doesn't change). To turn off the machine I have to press the on/off button for a few seconds, then I can restart immediately.
CPU temperature: On BIOS 40C, On Windows 30C, On OCCT 50-51C (top).
After restarting the machine the BIOS reads (again) 40C.
Under normal/light (browsing/movies) use the machine performs fine.
NO overclocking applied, other than the default settings of the Motherboard. (Maybe there was something I had to change?)
Windows doesn't record anything about the crash other than the PC was rebooted badly. (Event viewer)
Build details (Age: 2 weeks):
- ASUS P8P67
- Intel i7 2600k
- Neptua NH-D14
- ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 - GF GTX 570
- G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8GB DDR3 - 1600 MHz / PC3-12800 - unbuffered - non-ECC
- Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt v2
- Windows 7 Professional
- The PC is connected to an UPS (1500VA)
- Intel 320 Series 120 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5- SSD
- Another old 640GB HDD, 7200RPM/SATA 3Gb
I apologize if this is not the proper place for this, but I'm not sure where it should go.
This only happens with games? If so, leaning more to video card drivers or video card itself. Have you tried running Prime95 with small fft to test the CPU? Have you tried updating to latest Bios? What's the current version? Go into Bios > Advanced Mode > Ai Tweaker, make BCLK: 100, Memory Frequency: DDR3-1600MHz and manually set the correct DRAM Voltage.tafer said:
mrklaw said:
I wont be re-using the PSU or case (the PSU is dead, and the case is SFF, which I want to move away from) but thanks for the advice, I never even thought that an i3 would be good enough for gaming, so that's nice to know. I can re-use my HDD I guess (but I only have one, so would still need another), so I could use that money to buy a copy of Windows 7.
Thanks again!
WEGGLES said:
i5-2410m is a good balanced CPU. Good bit faster than the i3. I'd try and keep it there, but if you need/want to save some money, the i3 should do you ok too. Price seems expensive but is it a business laptop? Should be able to get an i5-2410m with 4GB for $500-600 easily - they're £400 in the UK
does it have discrete graphics? If you want to do any gaming it might be worth getting one with discrete graphics.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Coldsnap said:
FFXIV doesn't even benefit that much from my GTX 470 SLI setup. There are places where it still drops to ~30 fps even with video card power to burn. The game is ridiculously CPU-bound in many places where you would expect GPU-bound, probably because the engine is designed for PS3's combination of ridiculous Cell processor and wimpy-ass RSX GPU and so a lot of stuff that would otherwise be done by the GPU on a PC is being "off-loaded" to the CPU. I'll see GPU usage anywhere from 50-100% on both GPUs in SLI, and when GPU usage is below 100% that's when the CPU is the limiting factor.
If you want to see a difference in GTX 460 and 560, first off you're gonna OC the shit of out of until it cries, and second you're going to play Crysis or Metro 2033. You'll see the difference right away in those games.
Zod the Bear
Member
Debating trying out an SSD, primarily for Windows. Much of a difference from the standard HD brands? Anything in particular I should be looking at?
BolognaSoup
Member
Planning on building a gaming PC sometime this year (hopefully summer to late summer) for BF3, SC2, Civ5 and others. What size monitor do most of you use? I'm thinking I'd like to go 27" but if it's too hard to feed that at native res, I'd rather go 24". Looking to spend around $1500 for the whole package (including the monitor) so I'm guessing I'll be in the $300-350 range for a GPU. Is this realistic - GPU in that price range that can drive a 27"?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Okay, so it's the CPU and the GPU that are fried. Time for a new PC.
I'm guessing getting a new system and swapping my old HD in the new system won't work, right? So I need to backup everything and reinstall it on the new HD?
I'm guessing getting a new system and swapping my old HD in the new system won't work, right? So I need to backup everything and reinstall it on the new HD?
WanderingWind said:
If you're saying this thing is 2 weeks old, RMA the bad parts; that's pretty unacceptable of a young build. If you do that, you can keep your Windows install and it'll be fine when you replace the CPU/GPU.
element said:
Vsync locks the FPS to your monitor's refresh rate, it's not really "stuck".
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
ithorien said:
No, it's a couple years old. So, just taking the old HD and putting it into a new system doesn't work then?
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