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"I need a New PC!" 2011 Edition of SSD's for everyone! |OT|
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Saren is Bad
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Only quibble I can find is the SSD. I would go with Intel or OCZ (even Crucial). Otherwise, beast of a machine.Tain said:
cartman414
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For anyone who can wait and is interested, the Z68 mobos should be out by next week. They're already being used by the new iMacs, as a matter of fact.
evil solrac v3.0
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claviertekky said:
is that an upgrade disc or the actual OS?
It doesn't hurt to have a bit more power, but that's up to your wallet. I wouldn't do it, but I'm one of those crazy people who likes upgrading old CPUs.Alucrid said:
As for the SSD, do you plan on buying one yourself? If so, what kind?
evil solrac v3.0 said:
It's the upgrade disk.
Le-mo said:
Not all cards are supposed to cover the slot. At the very least, the notches are supposed to align the left/right holder depending on the slot.
I'm having a difficult time understanding why it didn't fit.
update: I just went through my scrap pile and found some dead/old PCI networking cards. All of these fit in that slot you said that can't fit.
These all fit. Maybe I'm overlooking something GAF.
GAF, shouldn't all PCI conventional card slots fit PCI cards unless stated otherwise (i.e. PCI-X, Mini-PCIe)?
Yeah, they should. Borrowed from wikipedia:
Your grey (white) slots are the 5V 32-bit PCI ones.
Is there something up with the way your friend's motherboard was mounted in the first place?
Are you trolling me? You do realize the card you linked me is a wired card.
Saren is Bad said:
comrade said:
Hazaro said:
Thanks for the input! I went with an OCZ SSD and the F3. Keeping the CPU and GPU as they are, though; I really want a good CPU, I feel like I skimped on the CPU in my last two builds. And I didn't go for the 570/2500k because I've been buying cheap-as-possible PCs my whole life.
Ordered, pumped as hell.
2500k is definitely not skimping. The people running them at 5ghz+ will tell you that.Tain said:Thanks for the input! I went with an OCZ SSD and the F3. Keeping the CPU and GPU as they are, though; I really want a good CPU, I feel like I skimped on the CPU in my last two builds. And I didn't go for the 570/2500k because I've been buying cheap-as-possible PCs my whole life.
Ordered, pumped as hell.
2500K is not skimping. If you don't use more than 4 core you are going to see almost 0 difference for $100 more.Tain said:Thanks for the input! I went with an OCZ SSD and the F3. Keeping the CPU and GPU as they are, though; I really want a good CPU, I feel like I skimped on the CPU in my last two builds. And I didn't go for the 570/2500k because I've been buying cheap-as-possible PCs my whole life.
Ordered, pumped as hell.
Mainly voltage. However more voltage also = more heat so there is that too.Corky said:
Electron mitigation.
black_vegeta
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Man up Smokey and build it son!!
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Wow, Smokey, that thing is going to be insane.
Syphon Filter
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That looks nice, can't wait to finally build my PC in about 2-3 weeks.
Yah, I realized I bought the wrong card, but it should still fit on that PCI slot wouldn't? I prefer to shop on Amazon so I was wondering if this card would work. http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WMP54G-Wireless-G-PCI-Adapter/dp/B000085BD8/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1304641750&sr=1-5claviertekky said:Not all cards are supposed to cover the slot. At the very least, the notches are supposed to align the left/right holder depending on the slot.
I'm having a difficult time understanding why it didn't fit.
update: I just went through my scrap pile and found some dead/old PCI networking cards. All of these fit in that slot you said that can't fit.
These all fit. Maybe I'm overlooking something GAF.
GAF, shouldn't all PCI conventional card slots fit PCI cards unless stated otherwise (i.e. PCI-X, Mini-PCIe)?
Yeah, they should. Borrowed from wikipedia:
Your grey (white) slots are the 5V 32-bit PCI ones.
Is there something up with the way your friend's motherboard was mounted in the first place?
Are you trolling me? You do realize the card you linked me is a wired card.
Thank for all your help.
claviertekky said:
I could get the max CPU option for the laptop, but yeah, that money would also be nice to put towards something else. I mean, would the i3 be comparable to, say, my desktops 3.16 Core 2 Duo? As for the SSD, if I do it, probably intel or crucial. I've heard good things about sandforce controller.
Quicksilver4648
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Hey, quick question. About a month ago I built a new PC with much help from this forum (I still need to upload pics!). I installed in 8GB (2x 4GB) G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) RAM. Would there be a major improvement if I had used RAM with speeds of 1600-2000? This is my first PC build and I am amazed at how powerful it is, but I wonder if going with the lowest speed of RAM was too cheap. Also, if I were to someday get an SSD, would my 1333 RAM be fast enough or cause a bottleneck?
The Teachinator
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I to was kind of surprised at the amount of force I needed when pushing down the lever on my asrock p67 board. I looked up videos online to see how much force dudes were using.Smokey said:
Smokey said:
Two cables will go into the DVD drive, one from the PSU to the DVD drive and one from the MB to the DVD drive. Those two cables you have might be the same thing, just of varying lengths, but you will need to plug in two cables.
I.E. You will have a SATA power cable and a SATA cable.
Mr Nightman
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white one is for power, basically converts sata power to 4 pin molex for those who don't have any sata plugs on their psuSmokey said:
Syphon Filter
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Question about SATA connectors. Should i use the 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s connectors? Also can it get messed up if you put like a 6Gb/s cable on a 3Gb/s port?
BigBlackGamer
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27" 120hz monitors are starting to finally show up. Anyone picked up one yet?
Le-mo said:
Yeah that seems great.
You might want to read this first though as that card a lot of people are complaining about no Windows 7 drivers (64-bit) support. This guy figured it out:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R1L0LUMX0T1PVQ/ref=cm_srch_res_rtr_alt_1
Alucrid said:
Definitely. It'll be comparable. To this day, I can still do daily tasks using a 6 year old Dell Inspiron 6000D laptop with an upgraded Pentium M single core processor clocked 2.13 GHz. People with the new AMD fusion netbooks can do daily tasks as well.
Heck my desktop is powered by a E2180 (dual core 2.0 GHz processor).
If you're up for playing games on a laptop, that's a big no no in my book.
In the end, it's up to you if you think the $100 is worth for that small MHz bump.
As for your SSD, it appears the X220(i) uses SATA III, so you're in the clear to appreciate the speeds of the OCZ Vertex III or the Corsair C300. The Intel is there for proven reliability.
As for SandForce, there have been a lot of nasty things about the old controllers (OCZ Vertex II) in terms of reliability. A lot of bricking reports, so I would stay a ten feet pole away from it. The new SandForce drives like the OCZ Vertex III have yet to have problems.
BigBlackGamer
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Smokey said:
oh I thought the asus started to show up as well. anyone have the Acer?
ZedIndyLil
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My 8800 GT recently blew up on my 3-year-old rig. Foolish me, I assumed that a GT 240 would be a cheaper, more powerful alternative. Cheaper, yes; more powerful, no ( at least according to the benchmarks). Problem is, it looks like anything better requires a better PSU than my feeble 375-W unit. Any alternative recommendations? Not ready to build a whole new desktop (my next indulgence will probably be a laptop.).
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