It'll be totally fine. 700W is plenty.
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"I need a New PC!" 2011 Thread of reading the OP. Seriously. [Part 2]
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It'll be totally fine. 700W is plenty.
Cool, thanks. I figured it was just the placement of the fan that differentiated the two.
Got everything installed and running on my build. Haven't tried to OC the i5 2500k yet, just going through installing all the updates and everything first.
Had a little trouble installing windows 7 after I built it, it kept complaining my computer was in GPT mode. Fixed it by disconnecting all of the hard drives except for the one that I am installing it on.
Decided to keep the second 6850, it was $130 after rebate, and didn't want to go through returning it with amazon. If things don't pan out I can try to sell it on craigslist or something.
I am looking forward to testing out some games tomorrow after everything is finalized.
I am thinking about picking this up sometime in the future
Canned air alternative
With canned air being ridiculously expensive, this would pay itself off pretty fast. Anyone try something like this before?
Had a little trouble installing windows 7 after I built it, it kept complaining my computer was in GPT mode. Fixed it by disconnecting all of the hard drives except for the one that I am installing it on.
Decided to keep the second 6850, it was $130 after rebate, and didn't want to go through returning it with amazon. If things don't pan out I can try to sell it on craigslist or something.
I am looking forward to testing out some games tomorrow after everything is finalized.
I am thinking about picking this up sometime in the future
Canned air alternative
With canned air being ridiculously expensive, this would pay itself off pretty fast. Anyone try something like this before?
So, two weeks back I said my AX850 was defective...I was wrong. The CX600 I had got as a temporary replacement ended up rebooting after about 5 days of running. It just took longer than usual for some reason.
I got my replacement motherboard from Gigabyte last Friday and my system has been running fine since (other than the first night when my Vertex 3 stopped being detected for some reason...switching to AHCI and back fixed that). So, I'm pretty confident the motherboard was the issue at this point. If my PC stays running for the rest of the week, I'll assume that was it.
I knew you wouldn't let me down, Corsair. ^_^
I got my replacement motherboard from Gigabyte last Friday and my system has been running fine since (other than the first night when my Vertex 3 stopped being detected for some reason...switching to AHCI and back fixed that). So, I'm pretty confident the motherboard was the issue at this point. If my PC stays running for the rest of the week, I'll assume that was it.
I knew you wouldn't let me down, Corsair. ^_^
This, so this.Seasonic you mean
GAF what's the best way to combat against spam, as my ISP email account has spam and I'm scared/worried it has been hacked and it could somehow access my online banking. I heard Cc cleaner is good. And if I set my DNS to static from automatic will it help from stop being hacked??
Seasonic you mean
Yeah, yeah.
I'm going going to hug my
ChoklitReign
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-price-ssd,3070-2.html
Regarding the Agility 3, why the hell would they recommend a SSD with a 3-star average review out of 160? I'll probably end up buying the Samsung 830 since it only has 1 1-star review. I'm asking 'cause they're both on sale for 100 bucks at Micro Center on Saturday.
Planned Shopping List
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition (can I overclock to 4GHz w/ stock cooler?)
GA-78LMT-S2P Socket AM3+ 760G mATX AMD (hoping to see an improved Bulldozer)
Samsung 64GB 830 SSD (it's SATA 6GB/s, right?)
Total $250
Regarding the Agility 3, why the hell would they recommend a SSD with a 3-star average review out of 160? I'll probably end up buying the Samsung 830 since it only has 1 1-star review. I'm asking 'cause they're both on sale for 100 bucks at Micro Center on Saturday.
Planned Shopping List
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition (can I overclock to 4GHz w/ stock cooler?)
GA-78LMT-S2P Socket AM3+ 760G mATX AMD (hoping to see an improved Bulldozer)
Samsung 64GB 830 SSD (it's SATA 6GB/s, right?)
Total $250
Ok folks, I just got my new parts! I need help with Overclocking a few things. I read the OP but the new MB has so many damn options, I dont know what I should be turning on or off.
I am trying to OC the following:
i5-2500k
ASUS Maximus GENE-Z
RADEON 5850
Basically I want to overclock the 2500k and the 5850. I bought the hyper 212 CPU cooler, so I believe I am pretty much set.
It would be extremely helpful if anyone has the maximus gene-z as you might be able to tell me EXACTLY what to edit in the BIOS.
Thanks guys. Pretty excited over here
I am trying to OC the following:
i5-2500k
ASUS Maximus GENE-Z
RADEON 5850
Basically I want to overclock the 2500k and the 5850. I bought the hyper 212 CPU cooler, so I believe I am pretty much set.
It would be extremely helpful if anyone has the maximus gene-z as you might be able to tell me EXACTLY what to edit in the BIOS.
Thanks guys. Pretty excited over here
Really thinking about getting the 2700k since the Ivy stuff won't be out for a while. I think my stream program will benefit from it. I'll have to sell my 2500k.
Going to up my ram to 16Gb since it's only $40 extra. I would only need a modular PSU just for own personal preference.
Going to up my ram to 16Gb since it's only $40 extra. I would only need a modular PSU just for own personal preference.
I'm not familiar with how the 970's and up clock since apparently they are binned / different silicon. Stock cooler usually is a nono with AMD since their CPUs love volts.
Maybe if you replied to my PM's :'[
What does your CPU usage look like? Have you assigned cores to thread programs and see if that helped?
The question to ask whatever capture/streaming program you use is "Will going from a 4 core / 4 thread to a 4 core / 8 thread have any benefit".
Remember that the core numbers stay the same and unless whatever you are using is able to take advantage of extra emulated cores better the impact will be minimal.
Also if you haven't overclocked yet that will be a large boost in CPU power.
I can make suggestions, but the only real concrete way to know if it will help is to try and get contact with whomever wrote/made what you are using for your stream.
What are the exact issues you are wanting to fix or improve?
Does setting your capture on cores 2,3 help?
Have you tried at 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz and noticed a difference?
What are the exact issues you are wanting to fix or improve?
Does setting your capture on cores 2,3 help?
Have you tried at 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz and noticed a difference?
They are binned.
Load OC profile. Believe it is in main.Ok folks, I just got my new parts! I need help with Overclocking a few things. I read the OP but the new MB has so many damn options, I dont know what I should be turning on or off.
I am trying to OC the following:
i5-2500k
ASUS Maximus GENE-Z
RADEON 5850
Basically I want to overclock the 2500k and the 5850. I bought the hyper 212 CPU cooler, so I believe I am pretty much set.
It would be extremely helpful if anyone has the maximus gene-z as you might be able to tell me EXACTLY what to edit in the BIOS.
Thanks guys. Pretty excited over here
Go into onboard devices, re-enable your sound card and LAN port.
Go into advanced CPU settings and make sure speed stepping is disabled. Other than that, the OP guides will give you info on how to find a good ratio at the right voltage.
Tsktsk I looked it up after.
Sometimes going to "_______.exe" under the processes tab and setting affinity to certain cores can help. But, that really shouldn't be the main point.
What are the exact issues you are wanting to fix or improve?
Have you tried at 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz and noticed a difference?
*And how are you nearly using 8GB of RAM?
You are using all of your RAM. How is that possible? That's a huge bottleneck for you right now.No idea.
Those are with me streaming right now by the way.
Also @ the guy buying an AM3 proc, you need a serious cooler to be stable at 4 ghz. I could barely get my 975 stable at 4 with a 212+ cooler. Venomous X got me stable at 4.2.
Yeah you should be ok as long as the memory and models match up. The fan/heatsink usually differentiates by the brand, noise, etc.
Could you post a screenshot of your processes tab?
That motherboard looks really fishy to me. Not even sure how it is AM3+ compatible. Doubt it OC's well either.
Argg, double post. iPads suck for this. Sorry.
Edit #2
the newest revision of that mobo only supports 95w procs. 970 won't work on it. Knew there was something about it. Only a 4 pin power plug for the CPU too. Thing is no good for overclocking.
MisterNoisy
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My brother put together his PC (the one I bought the parts for) today:
Core i5 2500K under a Cooler Master V6GT
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
NZXT H2 case (w/custom orange/white paint by him)
ZOTAC GTX570
8GB G.Skill Sniper
Cougar CMX700
OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB SSD + Samsung Spinpoint F3
First mobo was DOA, and Newegg got a replacement to me one day after I contacted them about it - amazing customer service. The PSU wasn't my first choice, but I got an absolutely screaming deal on it and he liked the color scheme, so we'll see how it pans out.
He did all the assembly (with some guidance from me) and I handled the cable management (and showed him what I was doing and why). Great way to spend an afternoon, along with some co-op SR3.
Core i5 2500K under a Cooler Master V6GT
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
NZXT H2 case (w/custom orange/white paint by him)
ZOTAC GTX570
8GB G.Skill Sniper
Cougar CMX700
OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB SSD + Samsung Spinpoint F3
First mobo was DOA, and Newegg got a replacement to me one day after I contacted them about it - amazing customer service. The PSU wasn't my first choice, but I got an absolutely screaming deal on it and he liked the color scheme, so we'll see how it pans out.
He did all the assembly (with some guidance from me) and I handled the cable management (and showed him what I was doing and why). Great way to spend an afternoon, along with some co-op SR3.
I just did some stream testing and my RAM kept crawling up very slowly in usage over time. Might have been game loading/streaming though.
You might want to restart the stream if RAM is the issue here, but you still haven't told me why you are wanting to upgrade
Either way 16GB should help if this is the problem.
*Although it could easily be some stream settings as well, down spikes in upload speed, render speed, whatever.
MisterNoisy
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Thanks! It was a fun build - as soon as he started actually putting stuff together, he got super eager to get to the next step, so it was a lot of fun for both of us. The look on his face when we benched it at stock clocks using 3DMark11 was priceless, too - his old box was returning single digit framerates in some of the tests, and this one just blew through them.
Next step: overclocking!
TheExecutive
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I just did some stream testing and my RAM kept crawling up in usage over time.
You might want to restart the stream if RAM is the issue here, but you still haven't told me why you are wanting to upgrade
Either way 16GB should help if this is the problem.
What program are you using? Sounds like a memory leak.
xSplit to Justin/Twitch.tv and Diablo III
Memory usage crawled up on a 720p 1mbps stream from 4.80GB to about 4.93GB over about 30 minutes? Although this may purely have been exploring new areas and loading. Technically I should have been standing still come to think of it.
Probably not the best thing to test before going to sleep. I know how to set up a stream and what settings are good, but not clear on the impact of CPU performance and RAM for streaming.
odin toelust
Member
How easy/hard would it be to use my current cpu/mobo to build a new PC for my sister, while I get new ones?
Extra cores and threads help with x264 encoding, which is a popular choice for a lot of streamers. Using almost 8GB of ram though? I imagine a local copy is also being saved to a HDD, might be good to move to SSD if it's really necessary to save locally. Maybe she's doing 1080@60fps?
"Holiday blowout, while supplies last"
$120 - SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
Unrelated: So, TinyPic was banned on GAF? Good thing I only still used it for case profile pics. Thanks for re-uploading those, Hazaro.
I'm expecting all future 80+ X-Series Gold, Platinum, and Titanium (if they release any for the consumer market) to carry 7-year coverage, with only the 80+ Bronze, new "budget"/entry-level 80+ Gold, and low-end SeaSonics to be 5-years or less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
Unrelated: So, TinyPic was banned on GAF? Good thing I only still used it for case profile pics. Thanks for re-uploading those, Hazaro.
Remember the 1000w SeaSonic SS-1000XP 80 Plus Platinum? Both that, and the similar SeaSonic X-1250 80 Plus Gold have seven year warranties. Same with their new, lower-rated X-1050/SS-1050XM 80+ Gold, and Platinum-860/SS-860XP 80+ Plat. models.
I'm expecting all future 80+ X-Series Gold, Platinum, and Titanium (if they release any for the consumer market) to carry 7-year coverage, with only the 80+ Bronze, new "budget"/entry-level 80+ Gold, and low-end SeaSonics to be 5-years or less.
Very simple. You don't even need to disassemble it. Source whatever you may need from there, and replace it with parts suitable for her use.
Kadey was streaming for many hours at something close to 1080 at 60FPS.
I know HT and cores help with x264 encoding, but wasn't positive that there are performance gains across the board for all stream/capture setups. That's really all I want to know before Kadey drops extra money
It was a pain. :[·feist·;32907805 said:"Holiday blowout, while supplies last"
$120 - SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
Unrelated: So, TinyPic was banned on GAF? Good thing I only still used it for case profile pics. Thanks for re-uploading those, Hazaro.
Tinypic was reusing urls and so nsfw stuff was popping up.
Kermit The Frog
Banned
Hey guys, thinking of picking up the 360 wireless receiver instead of picking up a wired controller. Are they in any way less compatible/ have problems with certain games/programs? Do the cheap chinese knockoff ones work as well as the official one?
I'm using W7 64bit BTW.
Thanks.
I'm using W7 64bit BTW.
Thanks.
ChoklitReign
Member
I changed the CPU & MB by request. This motherboard seems a lot better even if it's AM3.
AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition (obviously unlocking core)
MSI 880G-E45 Socket AM3 880G ATX AMD
Samsung 64GB 830 SSD
Total $220
AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition (obviously unlocking core)
MSI 880G-E45 Socket AM3 880G ATX AMD
Samsung 64GB 830 SSD
Total $220
i dont know where to post this anywhere else.
im planning to buy this tv:
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/281531/samsung-ps51d550.html#tab:info
and i was wondering, if i have a 3d movie on my pc, will i be able to connect an hdmi cable to this tv and watch 3d movie's?
i have an ati card.
im planning to buy this tv:
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/281531/samsung-ps51d550.html#tab:info
and i was wondering, if i have a 3d movie on my pc, will i be able to connect an hdmi cable to this tv and watch 3d movie's?
i have an ati card.
I'm about to overclock for the first time and would like some advice please.
OCing my 560ti and am currently downloaing MSI afterburner as i understand it's the program to OC in, but what other programs will i need and can someone give me a quick rundown on what steps to take to achieve a succesful OC.
Thanks.
OCing my 560ti and am currently downloaing MSI afterburner as i understand it's the program to OC in, but what other programs will i need and can someone give me a quick rundown on what steps to take to achieve a succesful OC.
Thanks.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
MSI is all you need.
Figure out what voltage others are using to hit OC's on their cards. Make a custom fan profile to keep temps cool. After you set OC's, stress test with Heaven benchmark, 3dmark vantage, and/or 3dmark11. Run a few loops of those. If it doesn't crash, try to go higher.
How do i set curstom fan profile and what should i set it to? Also, do i increase core clock first? Is there anything else i need to do before hand or just literally move the bar up a bit and see what happens?
Just snagged this RAM for 36.99 shipped from NewEgg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
Maybe I should have double checked here before pulling the trigger, but it seemed like a quality product and appears damn near identical to Haz's suggested build save for a couple digits in the model number.
Maybe I should have double checked here before pulling the trigger, but it seemed like a quality product and appears damn near identical to Haz's suggested build save for a couple digits in the model number.
Ok. So, i gradually put the core clock from 830MHz to 950MHz and shaders are at 1902MHz. Seems ok so far although tbh i'm not sure.. i don't have any games atm to stress test except LOTRO so i maxed it out and temps were coming to 48-51c and under no stress it's running at 26-27c. Then i ran 3DMark Vantage and my result is P17916 3DMarks, i have absolotuely no idea what this means.. good or bad?
Im thinking it might be time for a refresh on my system. Earlier this year I bought a GTX460, and id like to keep using it, but im still running a P5Q pro with 4 gigs of ddr2 memory, and a dual core 3.0 processor. Im ready to upgrade if there's good deals to be had in the next few days. Has enough info leaked or can I get some recommendations? Planning to use the the 600 watt corsair power supply I got recently, and possibly my antec 300 case, along with the gtx 460, unless a great deal shows up. Just looking for advice on the best bang for my buck. Thanks in advance!
Syphon Filter
Member
Anyone have the naos 5000? How is the quality of the material it's made?is it durable?
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