"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 2. Read OP, your 2500K will run Witcher 3. MX100s! 970!
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Vulcano's assistant
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Man what the hell? So I order the MSI X99S from newegg, which supposedly comes with a free 30 bucks mouse, but then when I check my bank account I was also charged for it.
edit: ok, I figure it out. It was discounted from the board prince, and then added as another order.
edit: ok, I figure it out. It was discounted from the board prince, and then added as another order.
TC McQueen
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You probably forgot to apply a promo code.
We really need to discuss this ASUS "Socket 2084" thing. It's one of the strangest and most interesting events in mainboards in the last decade. I mean, WTF?
As I understand it currently, it starts with Intel puting lots of additional pins on their new CPUs, but not telling anyone to use them. In fact, they only certify sockets which don't use them. Then ASUS comes along and somehow figures out that they can use those additional pins to improve OC voltage stability. What? This sounds like fanfiction more than something which actually happened. But apparently it did.
As I understand it currently, it starts with Intel puting lots of additional pins on their new CPUs, but not telling anyone to use them. In fact, they only certify sockets which don't use them. Then ASUS comes along and somehow figures out that they can use those additional pins to improve OC voltage stability. What? This sounds like fanfiction more than something which actually happened. But apparently it did.
Bolded for emphasis. I'm quite interested in results of what sort of practical improvement this allows.
TC McQueen
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I dunno, but from what everyone here says, dedicated PhysX cards don't really improve performance.
xBladeM6x
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I had considered it, but after seeing some of the benchmarks, it's not really worth it. At this point I was just curious if you needed to use an SLI bridge or not.
I haven't really seen any concrete explanation beyond some press release mumbo jumbo. Interested to see how well this works.
You would not use a bridge
I mean, I'm sure its theoretically possible for you to have plugged something in incorrectly and frying your mobo, but the odds of that are so remote that its not worth discussing. Like, you'd need to REALLY mess up to fry your mobo just by plugging something in wrong haha.
I'm just going to wait until I get another case before going forward. But which version of the NZXT Source 210 should I go for? The standard or the elite?
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/henry-butt/nzxt-source-210-elite-case-review/
Up to you. USB and another fan are worth $10 IMO but hardly essential.
So uh the Steelseries Rival...
Is pretty awesome. I HATED the Raw but this one here...this guy is good. Feels good and is a right handed mouse. Maybe that's why I had an issue with the Raw? I dunno but thise guy with the rubber grips and materials feels good man.
Pls accept my apology MK
Is pretty awesome. I HATED the Raw but this one here...this guy is good. Feels good and is a right handed mouse. Maybe that's why I had an issue with the Raw? I dunno but thise guy with the rubber grips and materials feels good man.
Pls accept my apology MK
CreepingFear
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First, find out if your mount works for Sandy Bridge/Socket 1155. If it does, then it works for Haswell socket 1150 as well since the holes are the same.
BIGWORM
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Nope.
I had a Noctua on my 930 and was able to reuse it with my 4790k. IIRC I'm using the NH-U9B SE2. The non-SE2 version wasn't compatible, but the SE2 version was. So basically, just check, and it's likely its compatible.
Whats your case, CPU fan, and GPU? And anything else that would have a fan in your computer.
The case is a Bitfenix Comrade. It has a fan up near the motherboard.
My CPU fan is the stock one that came with my Intel i5-4690k LGA1150 processor. I tried to use a cooler master hyper 212 evo fan, but I couldn't get it to fit, and I didn't want to damage the processor.
I have an Antec bp550+ power supply that has a fan on the bottom.
Hm, I'm not too familiar with any of those parts (well, I did use the stock Intel cooler a few years ago and don't remember it being too loud, but thats it), so maybe someone else can say more. But just check everything to make sure there's nothing blocking/hitting/stopping/etc. any of the fans. Also try to isolate the problem, to see which fan it is that's actually making the most noise.
I'll try that tomorrow. It's 1AM where I live, so I really need to get to bed.
eBay Huckster
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oh my god I'm in love with my Enthoo Pro
adamantypants
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Email Noctua. They will send you a mounting kit for free. If you can't find a receipt you literally just take a picture of your cooler and send it to them.
gotta love them *hugs UH14S*JetForceGemini
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How much will I be spending if my goal is ultra /1080p/60fps and video games editing
see OP. add money if not USA.
Vulcano's assistant
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I'm guessing he means editing video, and that video may be playthroughs or other sort of gameplay recordings.
Pretty good.
So I took out the nhd-15, reapplied the thermal paste, put the cooler back on, this time making sure to not make it too tight, run Prime and the 4790k goes to 4400hz and the temperatures drop to 98ºC.
Any ideas? Is it too tight still? Should I try to take the cpu out and remount everything? With regular use (browsing, watching videos, running steam on the background and installing stuff) things go to 50ºC.
Any ideas? Is it too tight still? Should I try to take the cpu out and remount everything? With regular use (browsing, watching videos, running steam on the background and installing stuff) things go to 50ºC.
did you make sure that the fan-output is facing the right way in the case, in terms of airflow? if it just pushes the air against another fan that pushes it back, that might be a simple airflow problem that's solved by just turning the fan around.
schandmann
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How well do the AMD APU HTPC builds from the SFF guide handle Dolphin and PCSX2? I'm looking for a nice living room PC and right now I'm pondering whether to build one myself or to just get a Raspberry Pi and be done with it.
The main uses would be video streaming and old-school emulation, but if I could build myself a small Mini-ITX system that can also handle indie games and "serious" emulation without spending too much money, that would be awesome.
The main uses would be video streaming and old-school emulation, but if I could build myself a small Mini-ITX system that can also handle indie games and "serious" emulation without spending too much money, that would be awesome.
Thanks and... I may try! ;-)
Done and done.
Still in the high 90s
.I didn't update to the latest version, stupid me. Will report in a few minutes.
Oh, and thank you.
Physx cards aren't worth it. You should sell it.
Yeah the old versions had incorrect voltage tables. So they push excessive voltage to the CPU causing high temps. Seems like nearly all these boards have the problem as they shipped with old Bios versions.
clay_ghost
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Brought Dell S2340L for USD 152 with HDMI.
Seems fine so far.
Seems fine so far.
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