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"I need a New PC!" 2013 Part 2. Haswell = #IntelnoTIM, but free online. READ THE OP.
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fluffydelusions
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me? no it's stock i7 4770k
You're fine. You don't need to really run Prime95 unless you're testing over clock stability. If there was a 'problem' with your paste, the computer wouldn't boot. Relax a little
fluffydelusions
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You're fine. You don't need to really run Prime95 unless you're testing over clock stability. If there was a 'problem' with your paste, the computer wouldn't boot. Relax a little
Alright, thanks
Phanatic8390
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So I canceled my PS4 preorder and decided to upgrade my 560TI 448 instead. I'm thinking of jumping up to a 770. I've done a little research on NewEgg but I'm not sure if I should be looking at one with 4GB of VRAM or not. There don't seem to be too many on offer with that much but I think it'll come in handy in the future. Don't know if its something that will really make a difference.
Anyone have any suggestions on a good 770 around or under $400?
Edit: I should also mention my mobo is PCI-E 2.0. That won't be an issue if I jump to a 3.0 card will it?
Anyone have any suggestions on a good 770 around or under $400?
Edit: I should also mention my mobo is PCI-E 2.0. That won't be an issue if I jump to a 3.0 card will it?
schandmann
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No. Use the stock fans and sell the 550D.
4GB would be wise.
Also consider a 280X for $300.
And don't forget we'll be hearing pricing on the 290 very soon, which may come in near $400 with extremely good performance.
PCI3.0 cards are backwards compatible, so don't worry about that.
EDIT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
MSI 4GB N770 Twin Frozr OC, comes with 3 free games - $400 plus a $15 rebate if you do those.
So I got my replacement fan for the one that was supposedly broken and exchanged it. These Noisebocker fans are real easy to install, which is a relief! However, the noise remained. So I listened around and it seemed to be coming more from the back, so I switched that fan out to the new one and reinstalled the top one. Noise was still there.
After some prying with it open and running, I noticed the problem was a lot simpler than a broken fan: the warranty stickers on the CPU fan cable were hitting the fan as it was spinning. God damnit.
Anyway, I had been meaning to replace the fans sooner or later anyway so this is a good place to start. You all may now proceed to laugh at my stupidity for not noticing this sooner.
After some prying with it open and running, I noticed the problem was a lot simpler than a broken fan: the warranty stickers on the CPU fan cable were hitting the fan as it was spinning. God damnit.
Anyway, I had been meaning to replace the fans sooner or later anyway so this is a good place to start. You all may now proceed to laugh at my stupidity for not noticing this sooner.
We've all been there
Don't think my palm has ever been deeper inside my face as it was at that moment.
chickdigger802
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also do remember to compress air the shit out of your rig every once in a while before panicing when things shut down or go wack.
fluffydelusions
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yay 70+ fps in bf4 on ultra
Yep. There should also have been brackets for a second fan with it.
God damn. Thanks. And then I check the 212 EVO box and find the mounting set
Fortunately, the operation went well. A bit brutality was needed for mounting the fan onto the heat sink, but it worked out in the end.
Unknown One
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4 GB Gigabyte 770 GTX. The free ganes is for all GTX. It's the only one behind MSI 770 Lightning in terms of clock speeds.
Phanatic8390
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Damn looks like it's out of stock at New Egg. Its not being discontinued is it? I could probably wait a few weeks to see if it gets back in before the 3 game deal ends.
This one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125462
tokyopunchout
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ya'll are doing god's work here.
Unknown One
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Yea I wish my card was a lightning or Gigabyte. Don't settle for less and get the Gigabyte over MSI Gaming. Only MSI Lightning is worth it but I don't think there is a 4 GB version. If there was it'll be over 400. Gigabyte windforce 770 GTX should be one of the coolest running 770 and top 3 in terms of performance.
Phanatic8390
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I managed to find the MSI for $460 at Microcenter. Is it worth the $70 over the gigabyte?
Edit: Tiger Direct has the MSI it for $380.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8510652&MobileOptOut=1
Never ordered from them before but I'm sure its good.
Edit: Tiger Direct has the MSI it for $380.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8510652&MobileOptOut=1
Never ordered from them before but I'm sure its good.
No way is it worth $70 more. If I were you, I'd wait. Microcenter will also have you paying TAX, so add another 40 dollars to that premium. You'd be paying 500 for a 770, when you could pay 500 for a 780.
Never. The Gigabyte is amazing and realistically it will easily reach those clocks.
No man. I missed the Windforce one, which is actually better and cheaper. Go for that if your heart is on a 770. Buy it.
EDIT: Or like saelz says, if your budget can stretch to $500, you can get a 780, which is a pretty big jump up and totally worth $100 if you can stretch it.
Phanatic8390
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Thanks guys. I'll go with the Gigabyte. I looked at the 780s but I'm trying to stay as close to $400 as I can. Trying to put that PS4 money to better use.
Edit: If I could stretch it... What 780 is good around $500?
I could probably stretch it but I'm worried my i5 2500k would bottleneck the benefits of a 780.
Edit: If I could stretch it... What 780 is good around $500?
I could probably stretch it but I'm worried my i5 2500k would bottleneck the benefits of a 780.
Thinking of moving to a 120/144hz monitor for gaming. Currently on a 24" 1080p 60hz monitor. I know for most of my games, I won't be able to make it to 120/144FPS and was wondering what kind of IQ I could expect if I ran games at 80-110fps without vsync on, and how do framerate fluctuations look on those monitors.
Gigabyte is $510. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125471
MSI Lightning is $540 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127754
Your 2500K will be fine. If you have not overclocked do that, they are generally very good at overclocking.
Phanatic8390
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I haven't OCed it but I do remember reading that even with the stock cooler it was good. I've never done it before so I'm a bit hesitant.
Fuck it... I'm going for a 780. By the time I finished with controllers and a game that PS4 would have cost over $500 anyway.
chickdigger802
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yep, will probably get the windforce 780.
gonna wait for 780 ti reviews though, just incase. no regrets.
not really in a hurry anyhow. Just needa get the card before black friday for the promo stuff right?
gonna wait for 780 ti reviews though, just incase. no regrets.
not really in a hurry anyhow. Just needa get the card before black friday for the promo stuff right?
ACX is the better cooler, but the "Titan" cooler is the best if you're going to do 3-4 GPUs (well, 3 in the 780s case because I believe there's still a tri-SLI limit) down the road. ACX is best only up to 2 GPUs. So decide accordingly.
Thanks!
I sold off my desktop. I'm going to be working on my basement so I can have another place to put my desk finally, so it was time to let her go. She just ran so well that it... it was hard man.
HP xw8400 Workstation
2 Xeon quad-core CPUs @ 2.66 Ghz
Geforce 8800 GTX
8 GB RAM (4x2GB)
2 1 TB Hard Drives in RAID 0
DVD Burner
800 watt PSU
That computer lasted me 5 years. Goodbye, my friend.
SO!
Having said that, I am looking for a PC to record/compose music, play games, watch movies, and read GAF on. I also do remote work to my office, so being able to smoothly run a VM would be nice.
I have $1000 USD to work with. I own:
1 2 TB drive
1 120 GB SSD.
2 Samsung 24" 1900x1200 monitors.
Thats it.
Any suggestions?
HP xw8400 Workstation
2 Xeon quad-core CPUs @ 2.66 Ghz
Geforce 8800 GTX
8 GB RAM (4x2GB)
2 1 TB Hard Drives in RAID 0
DVD Burner
800 watt PSU
That computer lasted me 5 years. Goodbye, my friend.
SO!
Having said that, I am looking for a PC to record/compose music, play games, watch movies, and read GAF on. I also do remote work to my office, so being able to smoothly run a VM would be nice.
I have $1000 USD to work with. I own:
1 2 TB drive
1 120 GB SSD.
2 Samsung 24" 1900x1200 monitors.
Thats it.
Any suggestions?
Does your music software use any GPU tech like CUDA or OpenCL?
I have a question for you guys.
My father bought a new PC that came with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 in English pre-installed.
But he want it in French.
Is it possible to download the same version of Windows but in french and install it on the PC using the same OEM key ?
Thanks
My father bought a new PC that came with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 in English pre-installed.
But he want it in French.
Is it possible to download the same version of Windows but in french and install it on the PC using the same OEM key ?
Thanks
I don't know. I currently use Ableton 8, and will be upgrading to 9 when I get a new PC.
It appears to be wholly CPU based so that means you're not going to be tied into a particular GPU brand. Ableton 8 doesn't support Hyperthreading either but it seems version 9 does https://www.ableton.com/en/articles/does-live-9-support-hyperthreading/
You could go for something like this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $946.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-30 12:37 EDT-0400)
Upgrading to a 770 takes you just over budget.
Fried Food
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you don't need to match frames in order to get the benefit of high Hz.
If you get a light boost monitor, you will get some benefit (in addition to just using a high Hz) if you can run the game at atleast half the framerate of the strobed refresh rate.
So: refresh set to 100hz (using light boost), anything over 50 fps > 100hz no lightboost > 60 hz
Moral of story: get a monitor that can do lightboost and can use the DIY GSync kit. I have the asus VG248QE
Enjoy that shit man. Beast card.
So I'm thinking of getting the VG248QE to replace my old 19" second monitor (primary is Dell U2713HM for work).
Am I right it'll be easily moddable with Gsync? And will work with a GTX 670 for the time being?
When multiplayer gaming, if I switch primary monitor to the VG248QE (but keep the U2713HM on, usually with a stream running), it won't interfere with a low latency 144hz monitor? 60 and 144 at the same time is fine?
Am I right it'll be easily moddable with Gsync? And will work with a GTX 670 for the time being?
When multiplayer gaming, if I switch primary monitor to the VG248QE (but keep the U2713HM on, usually with a stream running), it won't interfere with a low latency 144hz monitor? 60 and 144 at the same time is fine?
Fantastic. Thanks man! Thing is, I'll probably be able to get a few of those items cheaper through Microcenter, so that's a bonus!
Specialmias
Member
I built my nice x79 based GTX 670 rig last year and I was wondering, I get free windows 8 pro from my university. Is it worth it to bring my windows 7 install to windows 8.1? Is there any benefit at all aside from snappier performance?
The CPU is taking forever to ship. I've been able to order and receive all my other parts after I ordered the CPU, and it hasn't even left their warehouse. Getting real impatient here! Canceling it and waiting for the money to be sent back before I order from somewhere else would probably take as long as just waiting for it, and would be entirely too bothersome. What a bummer.
Alright. How do high quality PSUs generally die when their time is up? I'm curious if I should be concerned about having the entire system go belly up any random day, or if it'll go alone. Or is there usually warning signs before it shits itself?
Alright. How do high quality PSUs generally die when their time is up? I'm curious if I should be concerned about having the entire system go belly up any random day, or if it'll go alone. Or is there usually warning signs before it shits itself?
Parapraxis
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My potential build so far (case & RAM is already purchased, got the ones listed)
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1V9g9
Feedback welcomed.
Sandisk SSD drives are cheapest on ebay, I was considering getting this one:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SANDISK-EXTREME-SERIES-128-GB-INTERNAL-SOLID-STATE-DRIVE-2-5-SDSSDP-128G-G25-/321238111666?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item4acb4895b2&_uhb=1
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1V9g9
Feedback welcomed.
Sandisk SSD drives are cheapest on ebay, I was considering getting this one:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SANDISK-EXTREME-SERIES-128-GB-INTERNAL-SOLID-STATE-DRIVE-2-5-SDSSDP-128G-G25-/321238111666?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item4acb4895b2&_uhb=1
CreepingFear
Member
Unfortunately, the language package is only in Ultimate. What he can do is use the windows anytime upgrade program and pay the difference to upgrade his home premium to Ultimate. Just search for windows anytime upgrade in the start menu.
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