Scuba Steve
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I have an 8800GTS now, I'm way overdue for an upgrade, is it worth it now to pick up a 560ti/6950? Or I am better off waiting until Nvidia announces their new flagship cards?
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Could be overheating issue. Run HWmonitor, Prime95 and post screenshot of HWmonitor.
Googling says it could be a virus and/or malware. Run a few anti-virus and spyware removal programs.
I have that monitor. If you want good settings, and white whites, here's what I use:
Gaming Mode
Brightness - 12
Contrast - 80
ASCR - OFF
Sharpness - 50
Saturation - 50
Color Temp - User
Red - 95
Green - 89
Blue - 89
Skin Tone - Natural
1 x ($127.99) Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120
$127.99
1 x ($121.99) ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$121.99
1 x ($49.99) G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
Caved and just ordered this. With a 50 dollar coupon code, total came to 257.84 after shipping.
Here's the slickdeals thread telling you how to do it:
http://slickdeals.net/f/3987702-New...a-Also-works-on-SSD-Crucial-m4-256gb-for-245?
Once I know my order actually goes through, off to sell my Q9400 on ebay. Only will cost me about 100 dollars to do this upgrade and my current motherboard scares me. I don't want it taking out the rest.
I guess instead of seeing how fast I can make it, I'll see how energy efficient I can make it. I know that CPU will be able to undervolt since it's not getting overclocked.
$127.99
1 x ($121.99) ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$121.99
1 x ($49.99) G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
Caved and just ordered this. With a 50 dollar coupon code, total came to 257.84 after shipping.
Here's the slickdeals thread telling you how to do it:
http://slickdeals.net/f/3987702-New...a-Also-works-on-SSD-Crucial-m4-256gb-for-245?
Once I know my order actually goes through, off to sell my Q9400 on ebay. Only will cost me about 100 dollars to do this upgrade and my current motherboard scares me. I don't want it taking out the rest.
I guess instead of seeing how fast I can make it, I'll see how energy efficient I can make it. I know that CPU will be able to undervolt since it's not getting overclocked.
Decided to go 3 SSDs in raid 0 but having some issues. Acronis fucked up my backup so one sector is unreadable so I'm trying to reinstall windows instead. Everytime it gets stuck at the completing windows stage. Using the intel built in raid on ICH10R, two vertex 3s and one vertex 2 all 240gb. Any suggestions or ideas?
Trying a RAID0 array where one of the drives has a completely different controller seems like a really bad idea. That's my idea.
@ everyone else
Newegg has recertified 580s for $399.
longdi
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no need to re-hack the 6950 if that is what you are referring to.
If you built systems eight years ago, you should have no problem, it's less of a mind fuck nowadays.
Ok good. I don't think I would've bothered if I did lol.
I got everything hooked up, then realized I was still using an old piece of shit IDE DVD drive and need to pick up a SATA before installing the OS. :\ Anyway, I've booted it up just to make sure everything works, and it tells me "CPU Fan Error!" then cues me to go into the BIOS. The CPU fan is spinning, so is there really something wrong?
Attach it to the fan header marked CPU_FAN and not SYS_FAN
Don't see why it would matter, all 240GB and all on SATAII. Regardless I tried with just the two vertex 3s and same thing....
That's similar to saying "I plugged a 5400RPM cav green with two samsung F3's on a SATAII controller".
Bummer you're still having issues though. Try installing on each SSD to find out which one might be causing issues. If no issues crop up then, it's probably RAID related rather than a hardware issue. Could also completely clear out each SSD.
So I updated my graphics card, got the 580 instead of the 570 that I had on there before. Is this a good build? I won't be putting in the order for a week or couple, want to make sure this is a good build before spending the money.
Yeah both SSDs are fine out of raid but in raid no luck..... I gave up went back to individual drives till I can get an lsi controller
I'd recommend a better power supply.
Awesome. Thanks. Figures I didn't think about my ancient DVD drive. I was lucky my last motherboard had it's single IDE port.
Could try doing OS on one, then having Windows handle the RAID0 array on the other two. It works surprisingly well, and you can even transfer them to another windows build without any issues.
Fuck me. I didn't even look at that. Just assumed they did. Could have gotten a combo package with my processor for an additional 5 bucks. I didn't even look, because DVDs have become so useless, I didn't feel any need to upgrade the stupid thing with a combo pack.
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So that's not shipping out till Monday. I guess the build will be delayed a day or two.Here's the RS240 kit installed in my Arc Mini. (Shameless showoff and self plug pic)
I am putting a 360 rad in the roof of may ARC mid. I'm going to mod the top a little and take out the 5.25" bays. going to run my CPU and 7970.
Your power supply is fine, *
* Unless you're planning on doing crazy ass overclocking which 95% of people in here aren't.
Wait a few weeks. 7950/7970 is a better buy, but the 670Ti is what you should wait on.
Need the HT for encoding?
Wish I would have gone 2600K in retrospect. Started encoding a *ton* as of late. The GPU's help quite a bit, but still.
Ugh. Built the mother-in-law machine I posted about awhile back. Everything is awesome, except the PSU has awful coil whine. I can hear it in the next room.
Cost to ship back for RMA is $16, if I want to get a refund and go with a different product, loss goes up to $23.
This is an Antec Neo Eco 400C from Newegg.
I don't suppose anyone has the magic cure for coil whine?
Cost to ship back for RMA is $16, if I want to get a refund and go with a different product, loss goes up to $23.
This is an Antec Neo Eco 400C from Newegg.
I don't suppose anyone has the magic cure for coil whine?
HQ streaming/recording so yeah it would be nice, I wouldn't mind the raw power too and I'm just a whore for new parts. I'm on the same boat with the 2600K, I REALLY wish I had have gone with it over the 2500K.
Admittedly I'm not that smart about PC hardware. I have a i7-860 with a radeon 5850 in it. Im looking to upgrade the video card to boost performance a little and looking at the GeForce 560ti. Should I see significant improvement? I read things about not wanting the CPU to bottleneck the video card speed. Again I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to this stuff. Any advice (or further questions needed) would be most helpful. Thanks very much in advance.
IblisGinjo
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That's what I'm waiting for. It's hard when you have money ready to spend, every deal on a TV, console, or any electronic looks too good to pass up.
Been since 2004 for me as well, I got HL2 and Rome Total War with it and ended up playing Arcanum.
I do a lot of video editing, and I just put together a 2500k. :\
How much is the 670Ti gonna be?
Depends on your software but the gains are mainly for 2nd passes with a 40% boost there.
A 2500K is still very quick.
Less than a 570 for better than 570 performance. Rest is speculation.
Is the 670Ti better then a 580?
I am not really trying to build the ultimate beast of a computer. I just want a PC that can run games at high or better for the next couple years so I don't have to keep upgrading every year. I am not really a hardcore gaming guy, I am mostly gonna use it for video editing, but I still would want a really good gaming machine.
Should be faster than a 570 which should be good enough.
No, I mean with my above post ^^
I can buy something now or I could wait if it is wiser.Wolf Akela
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5850 is still quite good.
If you really wanna spend money on an upgrade though, just wait for Kepler's benchmarks.
If you really wanna spend money on an upgrade though, just wait for Kepler's benchmarks.
Like I said drop by over the next weeks. New cards coming.No, I mean with my above post ^^
No, I mean with my above post ^^
A 5850 is still pretty good, they are a tad bit better then the 6000 series. If you want to drop 600 bucks you can jump to the 7950. Other then that I would wait for the 7800's.
dehydratedbabies
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I ended up replacing it with another TX850 V2 and the new one is, similar to yours, almost completely silent. Thanks!
Also, while I couldn't figure out exactly what the problem was between the 3TB drive and Windows Backup I no longer need to know because I finally got RAID1 set up between the two 3TB drives. Because I had installed Windows 7 to my SSD in AHCI mode before I received the two 3TB drives when I tried to switch to RAID in the BIOS I'd get a blue screen then Windows wouldn't boot. The solution was RAIDFix, which automatically fixed updated the registry and allowed me to switch to RAID in the BIOS without having to reinstall Windows.
Now I have a 3TB RAID1 and my 1TB external drive serving as the backup location for files from the 3TB drive through Windows Backup (at least until I fill it). Between RAID1 and the external backup drive I feel safe enough (or at least as safe as I'm going to bother being).
And with that my build is fully up and running (sans GTX 670 Ti). Tomorrow I'll post pics and detail my final specs.
The Asus 120Hz VG278H is great too if you're in Europe. The initial batches for North America had some nasty backlight bleeding right in the centre of the screen then they disappeared from retailers - probably Asus fixing the issue.
As a small aside; I'm thinking Corsair 850AX for my psu, I'm not going to be SLI / Crossfire in this build - but am thinking of overclocking a 2600k to 4.6 - 4.8GHz. Is the psu going to be OK with this?
Edit: sorry, should have said I'll be going 7970 for my graphics card. Probably the XFX Black (without the dual fans).
As a small aside; I'm thinking Corsair 850AX for my psu, I'm not going to be SLI / Crossfire in this build - but am thinking of overclocking a 2600k to 4.6 - 4.8GHz. Is the psu going to be OK with this?
Edit: sorry, should have said I'll be going 7970 for my graphics card. Probably the XFX Black (without the dual fans).
As far as cheap 60Hz TN panels go, I still recommend the ASUS VW246H. Basic TN panel, but very fast response, and acceptable blacks/colors/backlight bleed for a cheap monitor. Much nicer than Acers and Samsungs in its price range.
My rule of thumb is to still stay away from LED if possible. Non-LED monitors are a bit thicker and take a bit more power, but the backlighting is much better and results in better static contrast and black levels. Don't believe the "Dynamic Contrast Ratio" numbers. LED might have much higher dynamic contrast than non-LED monitors, but that means nothing. Static contrast is what matters, and sadly, that number is rarely advertised anymore. LED monitors can be good, but more often than not they're a fair bit worse than their non-LED counterparts.
The AX850 is overkill for a non-SLI build. Go with it if you want that extra headroom and piece of mind, but be aware you can easily drop it to a 750 or 650W PSU.
My rule of thumb is to still stay away from LED if possible. Non-LED monitors are a bit thicker and take a bit more power, but the backlighting is much better and results in better static contrast and black levels. Don't believe the "Dynamic Contrast Ratio" numbers. LED might have much higher dynamic contrast than non-LED monitors, but that means nothing. Static contrast is what matters, and sadly, that number is rarely advertised anymore. LED monitors can be good, but more often than not they're a fair bit worse than their non-LED counterparts.
The AX850 is overkill for a non-SLI build. Go with it if you want that extra headroom and piece of mind, but be aware you can easily drop it to a 750 or 650W PSU.
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