reupload it to www.abload.de or imgur.com and it wont be so hard to read because of it auto resizing it (stop using imageshack)The Mana Legend said:
"I need a New PC!" 2011 Thread of reading the OP. Seriously. [Part 2]
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foomfoom415
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The Mana Legend
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Gvaz said:
http://i.imgur.com/PN6Pe.jpg
Hope that works (sorry, I don't ever upload images online, so I have no idea which sites are good for it).
Wolf Akela
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Is it safe to set the timings below the RAM specifications?
I was installing Windows fine when I noticed that the motherboard's Auto settings set it to something like 7-8-7-1N when the Gskill Sniper's specifications are 9-9-9-2N. I manually set it to the latter just in case it's bad.
I was installing Windows fine when I noticed that the motherboard's Auto settings set it to something like 7-8-7-1N when the Gskill Sniper's specifications are 9-9-9-2N. I manually set it to the latter just in case it's bad.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Do at least 20 passes of LinX, 50 if you want to be thorough. 20 should be plenty for a quick test. 30 min of LinX is usually enough, compared to 60 min for P95.HooYaH said:
I'm looking into buying a new PC, mostly for gaming and picture/video editing (lightroom and premiere), so I need a little help as I know nothing about building PC's that will do good with modern stuff.
CPU: Intel i7 2600K
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M Pro
Memory: 1600Mhz 2x4GB G.Skill
HD: Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB, SATA II HD103SJ
GPU: ASUS nVidia GTX570 DCII 1280MB
PSU: Chieftec 650W
Case: Thermaltake V4 + Thermaltake 230mm Blue LED Slient Fan AF0047
Should this run heavier stuff okay? what should I change or add?
CPU: Intel i7 2600K
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M Pro
Memory: 1600Mhz 2x4GB G.Skill
HD: Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB, SATA II HD103SJ
GPU: ASUS nVidia GTX570 DCII 1280MB
PSU: Chieftec 650W
Case: Thermaltake V4 + Thermaltake 230mm Blue LED Slient Fan AF0047
Should this run heavier stuff okay? what should I change or add?
Wolf Akela
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Throw in a Hyper 212+.Spayro said:
Otherwise, you probably aren't looking into overclocking, so you can just drop the motherboard down to an H61/67.
Since you're doing gaming and video editing, you may want to consider going 2TB.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/22/world-hard-drive-shortage-predicted-floodi/
Looks like hard drives prices are about to go up, perhaps substantially.
Looks like hard drives prices are about to go up, perhaps substantially.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Actually, if he's going to be doing a lot of video editing/encoding related work shouldn't he be considering moving up to a Z board as opposed to dropping to the H?Wolf Akela said:
What does it mean when once in a great while on cold startup, my computer makes like a long continuous beep sound that doesn't seem to end? Or maybe it's an electronic noise thing? It's low in pitch and doesn't sound like it normally does when it beeps for POST.
In fact I heard it beep once saying everything's fine for post while that long beep kept going and going...
Eventually it stopped but I have no idea what it was.
In fact I heard it beep once saying everything's fine for post while that long beep kept going and going...
Eventually it stopped but I have no idea what it was.
Wolf Akela
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I forgot about QuickSync. Yeah, keep it at P67.XiaNaphryz said:
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I've got a four year old PC that I'm thinking about either upgrading or replacing for Skyrim next month. Here are the specs:
E6750 Conroe Core2Duo 2.66GHz
ASUS P5K-E motherboard
MSI NX8800GT 512MB Nvidia video
4GB RAM
OCZ600SXS 600W power supply
I had it overclocked some but became unstable about half a year ago, so I brought it back down to default settings. It now has an issue where every great now and then it won't boot up properly, I get no video at all and the PC lets out 3 speaker beeps at boot up. Plus the occasional random lockup. I think the video card is acting up, but it happens very infrequently and when it does I just let it sit for awhile or play with powering up and down and eventually it boots up just fine. More of a random infrequent inconvenience than a serious problem I guess.
Other than that it's running Win7 with no problems at all. The newest games I play on it are Oblivion, Minecraft, Civ5, Microsoft FSX flight sim, and Starcraft II, and it runs all of them just fine. I can't max out SC2 but mid level graphics are good enough. FSX has to be dialed down of course, but it's acceptable.
But now with Skyrim coming finally, and Diablo III right around the corner, I'm wondering if my four year old system will be enough. I was thinking of doing one of two things:
1. Simply dropping a GTX560Ti 1GB card into it for about $220
or
2. Building a whole new I5 2500K Sandy Bridge PC with a GTX560Ti for about $800
Would a GTX560Ti even be worth it with an old E6750 processor, with Skyrim in mind? Or should I just bite the bullet and build a new PC?
E6750 Conroe Core2Duo 2.66GHz
ASUS P5K-E motherboard
MSI NX8800GT 512MB Nvidia video
4GB RAM
OCZ600SXS 600W power supply
I had it overclocked some but became unstable about half a year ago, so I brought it back down to default settings. It now has an issue where every great now and then it won't boot up properly, I get no video at all and the PC lets out 3 speaker beeps at boot up. Plus the occasional random lockup. I think the video card is acting up, but it happens very infrequently and when it does I just let it sit for awhile or play with powering up and down and eventually it boots up just fine. More of a random infrequent inconvenience than a serious problem I guess.
Other than that it's running Win7 with no problems at all. The newest games I play on it are Oblivion, Minecraft, Civ5, Microsoft FSX flight sim, and Starcraft II, and it runs all of them just fine. I can't max out SC2 but mid level graphics are good enough. FSX has to be dialed down of course, but it's acceptable.
But now with Skyrim coming finally, and Diablo III right around the corner, I'm wondering if my four year old system will be enough. I was thinking of doing one of two things:
1. Simply dropping a GTX560Ti 1GB card into it for about $220
or
2. Building a whole new I5 2500K Sandy Bridge PC with a GTX560Ti for about $800
Would a GTX560Ti even be worth it with an old E6750 processor, with Skyrim in mind? Or should I just bite the bullet and build a new PC?
chaosblade
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You're probably riding the line for minimum requirements. If you have the money it would probably be worth it to just build the new PC. A Conroe CPU is definitely going to hold back a 560 Ti, but you should still see a very nice improvement over your 8800GTMengy said:
chaosblade
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Scythe Kama Flow 2, or Noiseblockers. What RPM you go for just depends how how quiet you want it.SoulClap said:
Not sure how the fans mount, but if you can use 140mm fans with 120mm mounts, the TY-140 is a nice choice.
SoulClap said:
I put two yate loon D12SL-12 fans I had kicking around on mine. Only 1350 RPM, but dead silent and keep my 4.4ghz 2500k under 50 degrees after running prime95 for hours. Look nice too (my system has a completely accidental red/black theme) and cost me maybe 5 bucks for both.
Mileage may vary due to case airflow though, I have a HAF X.
Inexpensive 120s with good airflow: Yate Loon, Nexus, Scythe Kama Flow II, Scythe S-Flex, Thermalright X-Silent, Enermax T.B. Silence, Zaward Golfs, Cougar CF-V12H/CF-V12HPSoulClap said:
Good, but pricier 120s: Gentle Typhoon AP-14/AP-15 (or lower/higher rpm model depending on your noise tolerance), Noiseblocker M12-S1/M12-S2, or M12-PS/M12-P (latter pair are PWM), Be Quiet! Silent Wings (or newer Dark Wings), Noctua
High performance, but noisier 120s: NMB-MAT, San Ace, Delta (just about any model, especially the first two options)
I have a Logitech N315 Lapdesk for couch gaming, thing is it's small and the mouse extender is shit, I am looking for a better lapdesk with a wider mouse extender and more space for my hand..any recommendations?
Thank you, I was looking for something super cheap like GT220 or something..oh well I am getting another 570 soon anyway.
Black_Stride said:
Thank you, I was looking for something super cheap like GT220 or something..oh well I am getting another 570 soon anyway.
Spot-check time.
I'm upgrading my PC and building a "new" PC out of my old parts for my dad. The build I ended up with is pretty much in line with Hazaro's enhanced build now that I checked. In any case, I figure it never hurts to have another pair (or hundred) eyes looking over it. Maybe you guys know something about these particular brands I don't, or a hot deal I missed.
For reference:
Thanks for the help as always. All of the regulars here have always been a great resource whenever I'm building something for myself or someone else.
I'm upgrading my PC and building a "new" PC out of my old parts for my dad. The build I ended up with is pretty much in line with Hazaro's enhanced build now that I checked. In any case, I figure it never hurts to have another pair (or hundred) eyes looking over it. Maybe you guys know something about these particular brands I don't, or a hot deal I missed.
For reference:
- I play at 1080p on an HDTV.
- I use an HTPC case (Antec Fusion)
- Due to the above, larger GPUs tend to be impossible. My previous 5770 was a snug fit. The card I picked out is a bit longer (~1"), but it's a shade shorter, which is where I had the most problems.
Thanks for the help as always. All of the regulars here have always been a great resource whenever I'm building something for myself or someone else.
Castor Krieg
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GTX480 vs. 560 Ti vs. GTX460
Which one to pick? I read GTX480 is massive, however the price is more-or-less equal, and GTX480 performs way better than 560 Ti.
My specs:
C2Q Q9400
4GB RAM
GTX 260
Which one to pick? I read GTX480 is massive, however the price is more-or-less equal, and GTX480 performs way better than 560 Ti.
My specs:
C2Q Q9400
4GB RAM
GTX 260
Castor Krieg said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=309
no-brainer when they're at the same price levels
it is a lot more power hungry though, and the stock cooling can be a bit loud
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Not really, the 400 and 500 series are based on the same design (Fermi). The 500 series is the "full" implementation. The 400 series was gimped by TSCM's manufacturing process.Mengy said:
So guys, fuelled by all the Battlefield 3 stuff at the moment and since I'll finally have enough money saved up by the 1st, I put together my system today. It's a bit pricier than expected, but I definitely don't want to miss on the SSD.
I mainly wanna do all my normal pc stuff like surfing and working, as well as some Wii emulation and playing all the cool recent PC stuff in 1080p with highish detail. Stable 30 fps is all I need.
Here is what I came up with, please let me know if I should change something/could save a few bucks on some parts:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K, 4x 3.30GHz,
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Z68
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto DIMM Kit 8GB PC3-10667U
HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)
SSD: Crucial m4 SSD 64GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power E8 550W ATX 2.3
Case: Xigmatek Midgard
CPU fan: Thermalright HR-02 Macho
Optical drive: LG Electronics CH10LS20
Only thing I'm not sure about is the GPU. I wanted to get the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC, 1GB GDDR5 since it's supposed to have a nice and quiet cooler but apparently a lot of people have some problems with the card. There are some good 6950 cards are they comparable to the 560Ti? Or does anyone know a good 560 Ti that isn't too expensive?
I mainly wanna do all my normal pc stuff like surfing and working, as well as some Wii emulation and playing all the cool recent PC stuff in 1080p with highish detail. Stable 30 fps is all I need.
Here is what I came up with, please let me know if I should change something/could save a few bucks on some parts:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K, 4x 3.30GHz,
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Z68
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto DIMM Kit 8GB PC3-10667U
HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)
SSD: Crucial m4 SSD 64GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power E8 550W ATX 2.3
Case: Xigmatek Midgard
CPU fan: Thermalright HR-02 Macho
Optical drive: LG Electronics CH10LS20
Only thing I'm not sure about is the GPU. I wanted to get the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC, 1GB GDDR5 since it's supposed to have a nice and quiet cooler but apparently a lot of people have some problems with the card. There are some good 6950 cards are they comparable to the 560Ti? Or does anyone know a good 560 Ti that isn't too expensive?
6790. Can you really not find a GTX 460? I guess you are not in US, but...Fezan said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131397
6950 faster, 2GB cards not much more. Depends how comfortable you are with something not eVGA and if you want Batman..CoolS said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rue&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130651
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131393
crisdecuba
Member
So my friend basically gave me his desktop because he just built an entirely new PC. So I was thinking I could potentially upgrade the old PC to turn it into a media PC for the living room.
Here's my desired uses:
a. Viewing all my video media using Windows Media Center, including M2TS files, ripped straight from my Blu Ray discs (I have my discs backed up)
b. Viewing HD MP4 files
c. Playing Starcraft II
d. General web browsing, picture viewing, etc.
Here's what the PC came with:
* Intel Pentium 4 processor - 2.93 GHz
* 2 GB RAM
* Integrated graphics
* Windows XP
My questions:
1. Is the processor just too slow? I was planning on upgrading the video card, of course, but will the processor just be too great of a bottleneck for my purposes?
2. Will I need to upgrade to Windows 7 (especially if I want to network my existing desktop and this one together?)
3. Does anything else jump out at you guys as being an issue? Is this even a viable idea?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Here's my desired uses:
a. Viewing all my video media using Windows Media Center, including M2TS files, ripped straight from my Blu Ray discs (I have my discs backed up)
b. Viewing HD MP4 files
c. Playing Starcraft II
d. General web browsing, picture viewing, etc.
Here's what the PC came with:
* Intel Pentium 4 processor - 2.93 GHz
* 2 GB RAM
* Integrated graphics
* Windows XP
My questions:
1. Is the processor just too slow? I was planning on upgrading the video card, of course, but will the processor just be too great of a bottleneck for my purposes?
2. Will I need to upgrade to Windows 7 (especially if I want to network my existing desktop and this one together?)
3. Does anything else jump out at you guys as being an issue? Is this even a viable idea?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Was it free? Because I'm guessing that's a PC out of 2005 or something. Wouldn't expect to run SC2 well at all, lowest settings maybe. Might be able to play the videos. Don't really know much about that.crisdecuba said:
yes not in us and its is very hard to find..plus the price difference is like 70-80$ and iam on a tight budget.Hazaro said:
i my self perfer green team(drivers and game supports..plus physx ) but 6790 is the only one that is coming in my range and giving me best bang for bucks.the only other option is 550ti
crisdecuba
Member
Yup. It was free. The minimum requirement for SC2 seems to be a 2.6 GHz Pentium® IV. How much of a bottleneck is the processor, assuming an upgraded video card?chaosblade said:
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
A pretty big one, since SCII is a pretty CPU intensive game. At least on higher settings, I have no idea how that scales on lower ones. But yeah, obviously it needs some sort of video card, but it might not be worth putting one in there. Need to see what kind of motherboard it is and what slots there are. Doubt it would have AGP, but it's possible. Probably has PCIe 1.1. I think cards are still compatible with that, but I'm not 100% sure.crisdecuba said:
Bottleneck will be huge though with any reasonably powerful card. Unless you're just using that PC temporarily, I wouldn't invest much at all in a video card for it.
Nope, although you will have to reactivate Windows due to the new motherboard. You'll probably have to call and have them switch your license over, it's an automated thing so you won't have to talk to a person unless something goes wrong.Menelaus said:
A lot of people consider their support to be good and won't buy other brands for nVidia.CoolS said:I probably should have mentioned that I'm not US but thanks anyway, I'll look into a 6950 then.
And excuse my stupidity but what's that about eVGA?
Read the manual on how to install and remove the heatsink.Menelaus said:
AMD then.Fezan said:
crisdecuba
Member
Thank you both for the feedback.TheExodu5 said:
Specifically about the GTS 240, will I be able to play back HD video without slowdown / hiccups?
ToyMachine228
Member
God damn it. BlizzCon had to go and reinvigorate me on buying a decent PC instead of just what I need to get buy. God damn it.
Not sure how it would be. For instance, a ~1.8-2.4GHz Core 2 Duo will easily outperform that system. That CPU is a considerable bottleneck on anything that requires it to do some heavy lifting. Music, browsing, photo viewing, and similar tasks can be handled well enough, but you're HD media hopes will lay in hardware acceleration. Quality, smooth 1080p flash, and high bitrate mkv/mp4/mpeg-ts/etc. are a long shot.crisdecuba said:
If you have a spare GPU, it's worth a shot. Just don't get your hopes up too much.
Can you guys recommend a good monitor? Size doesn't matter. Needs to be at least 1080p and has great colors, etc. Using it for my main desktop. I'm switching my other monitor to a streaming monitor while my monitor in shop will probably be used for gaming when it gets back.
I'm thinking this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236205
I'm thinking this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236205
coughlanio
Member
Citizen K said:
Just get the cheapest one available on Scan.co.uk, or whatever eTailer you use.
Can't really go wrong with a decent brand like LG or Samsung.
I just got home and my girlfriend's computer is popping up on every reboot loads of errors about 'Delayed Write Failed' for all sorts of different system32/ files.
She tried system restore while I was gone adnd it comes back with a lot of hard drive failures:
Hard drive space less than technical limits
Hard drive rotational speed exceeds system limits and may cause a system failure
Disk drive C:/ is unreadable
Damaged hard drive clusters detected. Private data is at risk. Restore is required.
Hard drive does not correspond to system requests
Boot sector of the hard drive is damaged
RAM memory speed decreased significantly and may cuase a system failure.
Hard drive rotational speed decreased by 20%
She also is getting a W7 popup about: Hard drive clusters partially damaged
Obviously this indicates to me a hard drive failure, is there any reason I shouldn't get her files off that she wants (just some pictures that are less than a couple GB total) and rip out the drive and reinstall W7? It still runs fine, I turned it on to copy over all these errors she is getting before I just turned it off again.
She tried system restore while I was gone adnd it comes back with a lot of hard drive failures:
Hard drive space less than technical limits
Hard drive rotational speed exceeds system limits and may cause a system failure
Disk drive C:/ is unreadable
Damaged hard drive clusters detected. Private data is at risk. Restore is required.
Hard drive does not correspond to system requests
Boot sector of the hard drive is damaged
RAM memory speed decreased significantly and may cuase a system failure.
Hard drive rotational speed decreased by 20%
She also is getting a W7 popup about: Hard drive clusters partially damaged
Obviously this indicates to me a hard drive failure, is there any reason I shouldn't get her files off that she wants (just some pictures that are less than a couple GB total) and rip out the drive and reinstall W7? It still runs fine, I turned it on to copy over all these errors she is getting before I just turned it off again.
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