MisterNoisy
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milkham said:
I'd take a look at the GTX460 1GB and the HD6850.
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I'd take a look at the GTX460 1GB and the HD6850.
toastyToast
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How do you like the FT02?RS4- said:
I'm in the process of choosing between that and the 650D which I was leaning towards initially but I've read that the front intake has pretty weak airflow (and the window is on the wrong side for my setup).
RumblingRosco
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celcius said:
I looked at this for a minute before I realized how many components are already in there. That cable management is glorious.
Saren is Bad
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Hawk269 said:
I turned it off last night and gave it a rest. Booted back up and played some more Rift and the top GPU maxed at 82 and the bottom at 87, so a little better.
To answer your question though, I don't have a custom fan profile so any help there would be greatly appreciated.
I'm also not afraid to buy some new, better fans for my case if need be. Right now I'm running the default set up on a 600T SE.
celcius said:
I love giant cases that somehow make the NH-D14 look normal sized =]
What where you running before the 580? I got 2x EVGA 470s and was going to wait for the 600 series but due to the lack of news (and lack of 28nm wafers) on the 600 series, I was thinking about upgrading to 2x GTX 580s. Then build a new machine when ivy bridge is out with the newer GPUs
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ColonialRaptor said:
Is that with the PowerTune option set to +20%?
Figured I'd post this question here.
So my friend wants to sell me his two (or so) year old gateway gaming PC that he paid $1000 for when purchased for $150. It has an i7 processor and a 4000 series AMD card. However, it somehow crashed and no longer has vista running on it. Additionally, he has had other weird issues with it. Is there a good way to test the hardware integrity of the computer before I decide if I want to buy it?
So my friend wants to sell me his two (or so) year old gateway gaming PC that he paid $1000 for when purchased for $150. It has an i7 processor and a 4000 series AMD card. However, it somehow crashed and no longer has vista running on it. Additionally, he has had other weird issues with it. Is there a good way to test the hardware integrity of the computer before I decide if I want to buy it?
toastyToast
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So I'm gonna do this in the next couple of weeks, any thoughts would be appreciated.
CPU: i5 2500K
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8G
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212+ w/ Scythe Slipstream
Keeping
GPU: 5850
PSU: Corsair HX650
Sound Card: Asus Xonar ST
Optical Drive: Whatever it is
and my two HDDs
Stuck on a case, definitely don't want to put anything new in the one that I have now. Looking for something classy for about $200ish. Would love the FT02 but I sort of want that front USB 3.0
CPU: i5 2500K
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8G
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212+ w/ Scythe Slipstream
Keeping
GPU: 5850
PSU: Corsair HX650
Sound Card: Asus Xonar ST
Optical Drive: Whatever it is
and my two HDDs
Stuck on a case, definitely don't want to put anything new in the one that I have now. Looking for something classy for about $200ish. Would love the FT02 but I sort of want that front USB 3.0
Saren is Bad
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So my 580 SLI has been tearing through games but like I said, it's hot as fuck. Wasn't really bothering but I was keeping an eye on it.
The bottom card was at 87 and the top card was 80, and I got a BSOD and reboot. I think the first line said something "DRIVER_" but didn't have didn't have that much time to read it. Going to take picture if it happens again and do some research on it
May not be able to handle teh SLI ;(
Which is the most likely the issue?
- PSU (850HX) can't hold a 580 SLI (playing Rift when it happend) and 4.5 Ghz i5 OC (never happened prior to SLI though)?
- Cards or system overall got too hot and shut down?
- Something else?
The bottom card was at 87 and the top card was 80, and I got a BSOD and reboot. I think the first line said something "DRIVER_" but didn't have didn't have that much time to read it. Going to take picture if it happens again and do some research on it
May not be able to handle teh SLI ;(
Which is the most likely the issue?
- PSU (850HX) can't hold a 580 SLI (playing Rift when it happend) and 4.5 Ghz i5 OC (never happened prior to SLI though)?
- Cards or system overall got too hot and shut down?
- Something else?
Corky said:
I'm finding out now. Bought so many games it's crazy and I haven't even played half of them! Most recent purchases were Bad Company 2 yesterday for $8 and Alice so I can experience some sweet Physx.
I was a student up until last December when I graduated. I said the same thing as you. Got out in workforce and skys the limit now
. It's time that's an issue 
Syphon Filter
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My case fan wire is touching the gpu chip,do you think that can harm it or is it fine?
Smokey said:I'm finding out now. Bought so many games it's crazy and I haven't even played half of them! Most recent purchases were Bad Company 2 yesterday for $8 and Alice so I can experience some sweet Physx.
I was a student up until last December when I graduated. I said the same thing as you. Got out in workforce and skys the limit now
Just don't get a serious gf or wife
What is the word on the X78 mobos? Im wanting to upgrade to a vertex 3 but my current evga x58 has no sata3 ports. I may just use it as an excuse to sell my old guts and buy new cpu/mobo/gpu/ssd. My twin 480s just kill me during the summer in Texas. Swamp ass to the maximum in your own home is total fail.
Case: Thermaltake m-ATX Lanbox Lite
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
Mobo: Asus micro-ATX P8P67-M
RAM: 8 GB (Corsair)
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212+ w/ Scythe Slipstream
GPU: xFx Radeon HD6850
PSU: Rosewill 500W (will eventually upgrade this but it works for basics so far)
Optical Drive: Sony BD Read/Write drive
HDD: 1.5 TB Hitachi (I know, its not the best option, but it will eventually get upgraded
OS: Windows 7 (OEM)
Despite having never built my own PC, this went extremely well and I am up and running!
Have a camping trip today and tomorrow, but next week I plan to run the rig through its paces and get some benchmarks as well as see if I can make S.T.A.K.L.E.R. - S.O.C. and Mafia II cry for mercy!
Thanks to GAF for the thread and the opinions and advice in it. Helped me inform myself a great deal throughout the process.
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
Mobo: Asus micro-ATX P8P67-M
RAM: 8 GB (Corsair)
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212+ w/ Scythe Slipstream
GPU: xFx Radeon HD6850
PSU: Rosewill 500W (will eventually upgrade this but it works for basics so far)
Optical Drive: Sony BD Read/Write drive
HDD: 1.5 TB Hitachi (I know, its not the best option, but it will eventually get upgraded
OS: Windows 7 (OEM)
Despite having never built my own PC, this went extremely well and I am up and running!
Have a camping trip today and tomorrow, but next week I plan to run the rig through its paces and get some benchmarks as well as see if I can make S.T.A.K.L.E.R. - S.O.C. and Mafia II cry for mercy!
Thanks to GAF for the thread and the opinions and advice in it. Helped me inform myself a great deal throughout the process.
Ok, having just built my new PC and got on Windows 7 for the first time, I'm finding something really strange.
I basically am running an Intel 320 120GB SSD with a WD Blue 1TB as a secondary storage drive. When I head into Windows Explorer and click on folders on the WD Blue (ie. the secondary drive), the folders would actually take 2 to 3 seconds to load before I can view the contents of the folder. I have never experienced this in Win XP before where everything would pop up instantly. Anyone have any idea why this is happening? Can this have anything to do with indexing being disabled?
Speaking of indexing, I followed the instructions in the OP to disable indexing but when i right click on my SSD in Windows Explorer and head into properties, the box which says "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed inaddition to file properties" is checked. What does this even mean?
I basically am running an Intel 320 120GB SSD with a WD Blue 1TB as a secondary storage drive. When I head into Windows Explorer and click on folders on the WD Blue (ie. the secondary drive), the folders would actually take 2 to 3 seconds to load before I can view the contents of the folder. I have never experienced this in Win XP before where everything would pop up instantly. Anyone have any idea why this is happening? Can this have anything to do with indexing being disabled?
Speaking of indexing, I followed the instructions in the OP to disable indexing but when i right click on my SSD in Windows Explorer and head into properties, the box which says "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed inaddition to file properties" is checked. What does this even mean?
Eltacoman said:
Yeah it's quite great for a system running on air for sure. My cpu on the other hand isn't the best chip there is, I got lucky with my last cpu but this one not soo much. I can't really reach above 4.6-4.7 without voltages that are too high for me so I settled with 4.5@1.26v which I'm more than happy with.
Corky said:Haha yeah this is also another caveat ;D
Could someone kindly quickly draw the hot/cool airflows directions within the case keeping in mind the cases' fans aswell.
Thanks in advance.
Wait you're always talking about other people's rig and you're running a sli/xfire setup lol?
Syphon Filter
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Looking to get a headset. If i am planning to use my on board sound instead of a sound card does it matter if i get usb or analog?
Smokey said:
Hey now
, it can always get better can't it :3? Give me some of that money and I'll buy a couple of SSDs and more goodness.Eltacoman said:
I'm running a 2600k but I wouldn't be suprised if they clock the same. I haven't read it anywhere but I'd be surprised if 2600k chips OCed better than 2500k chips in general.
Hawk269
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Smokey said:I'm finding out now. Bought so many games it's crazy and I haven't even played half of them! Most recent purchases were Bad Company 2 yesterday for $8 and Alice so I can experience some sweet Physx.
I was a student up until last December when I graduated. I said the same thing as you. Got out in workforce and skys the limit now
Smokey, Corky...we all got our PC's built around the general same time and I am with you guys in that PC gaming is so fucking awesome. I have not really touched my consoles in a long time. Yesterday I used my PS3 to watch a movie, have not gamed on it for over 3 months...360 get's a little more use, but really have not gamed on it for more than 30 min at a time and maybe once a week.
I am so fucking backlogged cause of so many people posting the insane deals, my latest was Bulletstorm for $13.00. But my list and this is not complete is so out of control and backlogged:
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age Origins
Dragon Age Awakening
Two Worlds 2
Darksiders
Half Life 2
Half Life 2: Episode 1
Half Life 2: Episode 2
StarCraft
Rift
The Witcher 2 **
Battle Field 2
Need for Speed Shift 2
Test Drive Unlimited
NBA 2k11
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (the new one)
Crysis 2
Crysis Warhead
Fable 3
Gears of War
Bulletstorm
All of these games were purchased in the last 4-6 months and have not had time to play alot of them. It's just some of the deals are so f'n good, it is hard to pass up on the deals. Both Mass Effects I got for about $12 each.
** The Witcher 2 is far and above the best PC game I have played. Visually, it is so f'n stunning and just an amazing game.
Hawk269 said:
I still use my consoles but really only for NBA2K11 GAF leagues. Other than that it's been my PC. I've had The Witcher 2 since day 1 and am still in prologue :/
Speaking of games I need some help. I just bought Alice and in the very very beginning of the game when you first take control of her, I'm seeing FPS in the low teens. I looked at Afterburner and it showed that my 580 maxed at 42% usage. I fired up Crysis 2 just to make sure something wasn't wrong with the card and it ran like normal.
Any idea of what's going on here?
Syphon Filter said:
How much you looking to spend? I got this headset and after a month I think it's pretty awesome. It has a USB sensor and I am using onboard sound.
Just as a final check here as I'm ready to finally purchase all the parts:
Intel 320 Series Retail 300 GB
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750 Watt
Corsair XMS3 8 GB
Intel Core I5 2500K 3.33 GHz
Noctua NH-D14
Asus P8P67 PRO
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DCII 1536 MB
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE S-ATA
Logitech Mouse MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical PS/2 & USB
Steelpad Muismat QcK+
Noctua NF-P12 Brown
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Qwerty
Anything that I should change?
Thanks to the people who helped me put this together a few months back! Hopefully the build will go smooth and getting it to post will be easy.
Intel 320 Series Retail 300 GB
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750 Watt
Corsair XMS3 8 GB
Intel Core I5 2500K 3.33 GHz
Noctua NH-D14
Asus P8P67 PRO
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DCII 1536 MB
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE S-ATA
Logitech Mouse MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical PS/2 & USB
Steelpad Muismat QcK+
Noctua NF-P12 Brown
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Qwerty
Anything that I should change?
Thanks to the people who helped me put this together a few months back! Hopefully the build will go smooth and getting it to post will be easy.
RumblingRosco
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blanky said:
I have the same mouse, I like it quite a bit. Good build over all. Do you have a monitor, speakers, and a mousepad?
RumblingRosco
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Gvaz said:
Personally, the hard plastic tops never appealed to me. I've tried them, but it seems to be too "smooth" of a surface and I prefer a bit more resistance when sliding my mouse around. I've pretty much stuck to the classic soft cloth top and rubber bottom $4.99 mousepads.
Anyone occasionally get this annoying message in the middle of playing a game (in my case, BF:BC2)?
My system is not slow. I have a i7-2600k with 8GB of RAM and an ASUS 6850. My Windows Experience score is 7.7. What could possibly be triggering this?
The only thing I can think of is because I'm running the game in Windowed mode occasionally so I can see teamspeak and other message windows on my other monitor.
My system is not slow. I have a i7-2600k with 8GB of RAM and an ASUS 6850. My Windows Experience score is 7.7. What could possibly be triggering this?
The only thing I can think of is because I'm running the game in Windowed mode occasionally so I can see teamspeak and other message windows on my other monitor.
Fair Trial
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How would the performace gain be if i overclock my 560ti from 838 mhz to 950?
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