PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[battlefield 3]

Guys am having some problems,just got a next evga gtx680 but when i sli them together and playing games,like about 15mins my monitor goes black,anyone have a idea whats wrong.

[todd61]

Guys am having some problems,just got a next evga gtx680 but when i sli them together and playing games,like about 15mins my monitor goes black,anyone have a idea whats wrong.

what psu? what's ur temps?

[battlefield 3]

corsair 850watt hx,my temps are 35 degree`s idle and 75 on load,but before i sli,i never had that problem with the single card,studying if it could be the new card.

[todd61]

corsair 850watt hx,my temps are 35 degree`s idle and 75 on load,but before i sli,i never had that problem with the single card,studying if it could be the new card.

test the new card by it self to know if it's the card which i don't think it is.


How do u get the monitor back on after it goes off?

[battlefield 3]

corsair 850watt hx,my temps are 35 degree`s idle and 75 on load,but before i sli,i never had that problem with the single card,studying if it could be the new card.

test the new card by it self to know if it's the card which i don't think it is.


How do u get the monitor back on after it goes off?

by restarting my pc,i will try that now thanks

[firstchoicett]

Hmmmm could be the PSU....... Or maybe a defective card.

[todd61]

corsair 850watt hx,my temps are 35 degree`s idle and 75 on load,but before i sli,i never had that problem with the single card,studying if it could be the new card.

test the new card by it self to know if it's the card which i don't think it is.


How do u get the monitor back on after it goes off?

by restarting my pc,i will try that now thanks

So how the card is it working?

[xaira]

recommend a good graphics card for me? dont want to spend more than $600 and must be available locally.

my motherboard is geforce7050m-m v2.0
4 gb ram @800

gonna be on a 19" monitor and for medicore gaming

GT220, supertech sells them new for $600, take mine for $300

[battlefield 3]

corsair 850watt hx,my temps are 35 degree`s idle and 75 on load,but before i sli,i never had that problem with the single card,studying if it could be the new card.

test the new card by it self to know if it's the card which i don't think it is.


How do u get the monitor back on after it goes off?

by restarting my pc,i will try that now thanks

So how the card is it working?

yeah man thanks,the back plate was slack on the new one,tighten the screws and working now

[buddy5052]

Hey just trying to get an idea of what the problem might be? do you use software like afterburner to control fan settings and overclocking.Is both cards clocked the same if not use afterburner to set both cards to the same clocks and memory

[battlefield 3]

Hey just trying to get an idea of what the problem might be? do you use software like afterburner to control fan settings and overclocking.Is both cards clocked the same if not use afterburner to set both cards to the same clocks and memory

i use evga precision to control the fan speeds,and planning on overclocking when i purchase my water cooling for them,but am still wondering what type of water-cooling to go with anyone can recommend something nice for me thanks

[HCCA]

i use evga precision to control the fan speeds,and planning on overclocking when i purchase my water cooling for them,but am still wondering what type of water-cooling to go with anyone can recommend something nice for me thanks

Depending on if your case can take a 240mm radiator, one of the best entry level liquid setup you can use is this:

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11743 ... _-HOT.html

Should be enuff to cool two gtx 680's well.

I have one cooling an amd phenom ii x6 1055t oc 3.5ghz and a stock radeon hd 5970 housed in a coolermaster cm 690II advanced case.

You can add a second 240mm rad if you wanna get better cooling performance if you're overclocking the cpu as well as the cards.

[todd61]

Hey just trying to get an idea of what the problem might be? do you use software like afterburner to control fan settings and overclocking.Is both cards clocked the same if not use afterburner to set both cards to the same clocks and memory

i use evga precision to control the fan speeds,and planning on overclocking when i purchase my water cooling for them,but am still wondering what type of water-cooling to go with anyone can recommend something nice for me thanks

check out these threads for ideas
http://www.ptclangaming.com/project-ram ... e-t95.html

http://www.ptclangaming.com/emperor-xav ... 1-t97.html


all depend on your case/budget

[ruffneck_12]

recommend a good graphics card for me? dont want to spend more than $600 and must be available locally.

my motherboard is geforce7050m-m v2.0
4 gb ram @800

gonna be on a 19" monitor and for medicore gaming

GT220, supertech sells them new for $600, take mine for $300

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications

dawg, TAKE THAT

and invest in a good Power supply too

[Ronaldo95163]

Cooler Master has recently released the Hybrid series PSUs......they're pretty nice actually

[battlefield 3]

thanks guys,i currently have the coolermaster haf-922 case

[firstchoicett]

Cooler Master has recently released the Hybrid series PSUs......they're pretty nice actually

in going to check those out now .

[iM@st@1]

Just dropped in this...needless to say i've definitely been missing out, my audio is 10 times better. Excellent buy

[pyromaniax]

^how much that costed?

[ruffneck_12]

Finally built a decent system

Board :http://www.msi.com/product/mb/870-G45.html#/?div=Detail

CPU : AMD phenom x4 945 3.0GHz

CPU cooler : didn't use the stock cooler because the whole thing was basically a small blob of aluminium , but someone gave me a cooler from a X6 cpu so I lapped the contact surface to a near mirror finish because it was hella rough. Using $25 evercool thermal paste getting 30degrees cel at night @ idle
Still has a lot of minor scratches but it's the best I could have done with 1500grit sand paper because it's the highest any where had, checked various places to no avail


RAM : 8GB corsair xms3 1600MHz (running at 1333MHz)

PSU : Cooler master 500W PSU ( http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3738 )
want to upgrade to a Corsair AX650 or 850 in the future if Im gonna buy a bigger GPU

HDD : 500GB 7200RPM WD blue caviar

GPU : GeForce 8600GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127293
This is my bottle neck right now
gotta save up to buy a good-ish GPU

[HCCA]

^^Had 2 boards like that last year. Was running a 1055T and two radeon hd 5850s crossfire on it. Overclocks very well and has 140w cpu support.

[M_2NR]

sniper elite v2 on sale for $15. cool game.

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I think i getting fed up of my windows install. Noticing anytime i wake up from sleep my USB ports die anyone ever got that? I have windows8 in another partition and nothing like that happens.

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Next side note
I finally scrapped the old 9800GTX+ i had... i'll post pics later. i thought heat pads were sort of rubbery/gray. The ones i see they used were white and almost like how ceramique/artic alumina feels when caked.

[iM@st@1]

CPU : AMD phenom x4 945 3.0GHz

Have a 955 BE for small $ if u interested ....although ur cpu is almost the same in performance but the 955 easier to OC

[iM@st@1]

I think i getting fed up of my windows install. Noticing anytime i wake up from sleep my USB ports die anyone ever got that? I have windows8 in another partition and nothing like that happens.

Maybe it's something in ur power management settings that's causing it, or check device manager & see u have the USB root hub controller set to turn off to save power. Just a guess of course, this shouldn't be happening really.

How does windows 8 compare with 7.....I think 7 is d sheit

[nismo007]

I think i getting fed up of my windows install. Noticing anytime i wake up from sleep my USB ports die anyone ever got that? I have windows8 in another partition and nothing like that happens.

Same problem with me too here bro... the screen would just be blank and the mouse and keyboard would just freeze up, could not find out the problem so I always have to turn it off after use.

[Yodins]

guiz, i need help with my IT SBA. i getting rape with the trace table. i don't know how to represent the for do loops. help me maybe?

[M_2NR]

I think i getting fed up of my windows install. Noticing anytime i wake up from sleep my USB ports die anyone ever got that? I have windows8 in another partition and nothing like that happens.

Maybe it's something in ur power management settings that's causing it, or check device manager & see u have the USB root hub controller set to turn off to save power. Just a guess of course, this shouldn't be happening really.

How does windows 8 compare with 7.....I think 7 is d sheit

i check all of that, i even was thinking to add a line in regedit to remove suspendstate but for some reason there was only the USBhub folder and no USB folder so i didnt bother to dig deeper.

Honestly, i love it! It's like windows 7 plus with metro. the $40 upgrade from XP/vista/7 is quite nice too. Once you get accustomed to all of the features, it's pretty handy.
The uproar about no start button was sort of a naive thinking because as MS explained, users no longer even go through "all programs". Hell all i use it for is for search!
Metro is so customizable with live tiles. I look forward to all the stuff possible.

Same problem with me too here bro... the screen would just be blank and the mouse and keyboard would just freeze up, could not find out the problem so I always have to turn it off after use.

all of my issues happen after i update windows

[nismo007]

ohhh, well next time I re-install windows 7 I should not update it then?
I thought it was a GPU or MB issue...

[M_2NR]

Depends...
Next time i reinstalling it will be win8 but i think it depends on your setup. This pc is about 4 years old now plus the crap i have installed too...

[todd61]

http://www.ptclangaming.com/emperor-xav ... 97-10.html
check out this build me and chiney did