PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[Chiney]

^^ i will wait for duane on this one

[HCCA]

what is a good workin fan controller?

I have 2 of these in my desktops: http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/fan_control/sentry_2

Compatible with 3 pin and 4 pin molex type fans. No problems with the touch feature either.

[Virus]

what is a good workin fan controller?

I have 2 of these in my desktops: http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/fan_control/sentry_2

Compatible with 3 pin and 4 pin molex type fans. No problems with the touch feature either.

I agree i have the same in my case but remember it also lacks some power to get bigger fans going especially if its lighted, but go for it one of the best out there

You can also consider this

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/077/km03_detail.html

[mickey17]

thinking bout this 1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811998063

wat u think. de fans i am using will be 140mm wit some led

[Virus]

mickey17 not bad either

[mickey17]

mickey17 not bad either

kool.. like this 1 more.. saw chronic on de forum have 1 on his 600t looked really good

[5forward]

Guys i need help asap please! Just installed 6 new fans and have no way of controlling their speeds from the mobo software...what program can i use to do this?!?!?

[speedaholic]

welll it all depends... it the fans u install are powered by molex connectors... no software can adjust thier speeds.. u will... otherwise... try speedfan..

[Chiney]

^^ ditto!

if your fans are connected directly to the mainboard, you should be okay with speedfan or any software that comes with whatever manufacturer. but, via molex like speedaholic said, you will need an external controller..like a bay controller.

[mickey17]

anyone tested a usb 3.0 drive yet??

[5forward]

Thanks...but ill have to get an external fan controller for my application,although its not molex fans

[Chiney]

yes iv used a usb 3.0 external on my laptop and WOW..... 75megabytes per sec.

[mickey17]

how gud u think this will be
http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Prestige-P ... 917&sr=8-3

[Chiney]

^^ very!

[mickey17]

^^ very!

kool.. wasnt to sure if the brand was good jus saw good reviews

[Ted_v2]

The Computer Case
The Motherboard
The Processor
Hard Drives
Cables and Connectors
SATA and SCSI Cables
Power and Panel Cables and Connectors
Memory
Expansion Cards
Video Cards
Sound Cards
Network Cards and Modems
(no cd drives Nor floppy ,strickly usb)

and a rundown on the prices?

i wanna build a computer for mainly online use and to do small typing and communications(facebook msn ext)

anyone can give me what to look for when im gonna buy parts to build?

or a estimated price on a small pc build?

was looking at buying part by part

[jeevdude199]

The Computer Case http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-RC- ... 998&sr=1-1

The Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/MSI-G31TM-P21-Int ... 648&sr=8-2

The Processor http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium-Pro ... y_e_text_b

Hard Drives http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-C ... y_e_text_c

Cables and Connectors

SATA and SCSI Cables

Power and Panel Cables and Connectors

Memory http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Channel-PC2-5 ... 118&sr=1-3

Expansion Cards http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Express- ... 839&sr=1-2

Video Cards http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Expr ... 90&sr=1-16

Sound Cards http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-SB0 ... 927&sr=1-1

Network Cards and Modems http://www.amazon.com/Startech-100Mbps- ... 962&sr=1-1

(no cd drives Nor floppy ,strickly usb)

and a rundown on the prices?

i wanna build a computer for mainly online use and to do small typing and communications(facebook msn ext)

anyone can give me what to look for when im gonna buy parts to build?

or a estimated price on a small pc build?

was looking at buying part by part

[xaira]

anybody figure out how to disable windows 8 boot manager?

i had it dual booting and everything was working fine, but like the crack giving the bootloader stress, i already try startup repair and vista boot pro

a word of caution, dont try xp bootloader with windows 8, im posting from a linux boot cd

[Virus]

I saw a link somewhere i will see if i find it again where people have done the dual booting with success, i tock a try at it and worked but later i would discover it was just easier to use two drives and just choose which one to start up with checks bookmarks for post

[xaira]

got around it actually, i formatted the win 8 drive, disconnected all the others and did a fresh win7 install, reconnected the original win 7 drive then added it to the win 7 bootloader with vista boot pro...every time microsoft releases a new os this happens and i never learn

[Elyon]

rumors abound that amd fx chips are going to retail for alot less than expected

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/amd ... ext-month/

It's interesting because according to that article the highest end 8 core cpu will be less than the current highest end sandybridge cpu. It will be interesting to see how it stands up to the 2600k and sandybridge-E.

[iM@st@1]

Early benchmarks of Bulldozer showed that Zambezi was never likely to be competitive with Intel’s Core i7 — and these prices, which are all well below any of Intel’s comparable i7 (and even some i5) Sandy Bridge chips, suggest that the FX Series chips are priced to sell rather than compete. The nearest-spec chip to the FX-8150, for example, is the Core i7-2600, which has an Intel-suggested retail price of $294 — some $60 more than the AMD chip. If you compare the FX against the “overclockable” 2600k, the price difference is even more pronounced.

In all likelihood, though, AMD probably never intended to compete with Intel in terms of raw processing power — and the just-announced Intel i7-2700k, which will arrive around the same time as the FX Series, will certainly make sure of that. Zambezi, if anything, is simply intended to close the widening gap between Phenom II and Sandy Bridge — to prove to consumers and OEMs that AMD still knows know to make a competitive CPU. Here’s hoping.

Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/95 ... ndy-bridge

I for one understand that Intel cpu's are def faster but if I getting almost the same performance @ a more affordable price I definitely going that route. AMD again for my future build fck dat

[xaira]

yeh, some sysoft sandra benches leaked somewhere and on averagethe bulldozer was 35% slower than the i7 2600, but that was the 8130 which runs at 2.8

[M_2NR]

was getting this issue FWIW.
i recently redid win7 and started getting it A LOT.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... 7d10e67241

i'll see how it goes now...

[HCCA]

was getting this issue FWIW.
i recently redid win7 and started getting it A LOT.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... 7d10e67241

i'll see how it goes now...

Lower the clocks on your video card with evga precision and run a game.

Usually happens when your clocks too high, which is why i doh oc my gpus unless i run a benchmark or using super cooling.

[xaira]

+1, was happening to a gt-240 i had alot, i found some stable clocks and flashed the bios with nibitor and nvflash, smooth sailing since

[M_2NR]

im not overclocked... forgot my rule?
temps excellent. I changed nothing since my last redo/update. Oh wait i did... i updated windows (DO'H stupid me) I did the reg tweak to take off TDR... nothing so far...

[speedaholic]

i am getting this problem also.. when i playing high graphic games.. a while into the game i wud get a BSOD.... i just did the Reg tweak... i'll see how it goes... (running a Radeon HD 5770 1gb GDDR5)

[Chiney]

im still tryin to understand why you guys doing the reg tweak, shouldnt even have to

[M_2NR]

speed, that is TOTALLY different to what I was getting. I never had a BSOD. Yet. Thank God. Check your heat etc.

IM still trying to understand why after a windows update it appeared... i never updated my almost 2 year old Windows 7 copy and it worked fine.
Updated this one and boom... :/
no problems since i removed TDR though...

BTW i used to get this error: