PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[2NR Smurf]

^stewps...seriously??

[AGENT RORO]

^stewps...seriously??

[M_2NR]

Smurf. All I have to say is good luck buddy! You are brave.

[2NR Smurf]

^What!? why??
you wouldnt believe the amount of reading, and reading, and reading i did before buying this vga. I really wanted a 7970, but almost all of the good 7970s on the market now are not using ref. PCBs and are voltage locked, so the great ocing headroom those gpus are known for is severely cut down.
I doubt i'll get much more out of this 680 past the factory overclock, but i def. wont be farting around with it till i get it under water.

[iM@st@1]

You couldve bought a ref 7970 & jus OCd it, they're almost all the same just some clocked a lil higher than others but the real world diff wouldn't be that big.
But i think you went the right way with the 680 when it comes to single monitor usage as it performs better than the 7970.

I'd love one of those titan cards but i have no real use for such powah. Plus is like $1000 US

[Chiney]

^What!? why??
you wouldnt believe the amount of reading, and reading, and reading i did before buying this vga. I really wanted a 7970, but almost all of the good 7970s on the market now are not using ref. PCBs and are voltage locked, so the great ocing headroom those gpus are known for is severely cut down.
I doubt i'll get much more out of this 680 past the factory overclock, but i def. wont be farting around with it till i get it under water.

relax, you bought a superb card.

[2NR Smurf]

^*whew*...

another water cooling noob question...whats the best method to clean a new rad before use? I've read some ppl insist on using heated distilled water to flush it, while others just use room temp water. does one clean more thoroughly than the other?

[M_2NR]

I never said anything about the card. That 680 is a beast! It's the water cooling and overclocking but don't worry you in good hands.

[HCCA]

^*whew*...

another water cooling noob question...whats the best method to clean a new rad before use? I've read some ppl insist on using heated distilled water to flush it, while others just use room temp water. does one clean more thoroughly than the other?

Use the distilled water, tap water may leave minerals inside the radiator tubing after flushing.

Or u can attach your garden hose to an inlet on the rad, pressure-flush it out and then run distilled through it afterwards.

[Ronaldo95163]

[pioneer]

woah...nice build HCCA...you learned well

[scarcasm]

Quick tip, distilled water is better known as battery water locally.

[Chiney]

just buy some blue waters or oasis and you good to go

[iM@st@1]

I boiled a kettle of tap water, ran it through the rad a couple times giving it a good shake, when you notice no more particles coming out then flush it again with distilled.

On another note anybody take in the PS4 announcement yest, feel I getting one was real impressed.

[jm3]

hey it's upgrade time for me again what do you fellas think is a fair price to sell my old processor and mobo for there exactly 1 year old an amd 960t and msi 890gx gd65 not the best but they have proven to be extremely reliable and stable at 4.1ghz i was thinking to sello for like 1500tt to pay for the new processor what you think?

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-890FX-Chipset-Motherboard-890FXA-GD70/dp/B003IHUSAO/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1361637296&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=msi+890fx+gd70

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Phenom-Processor-Edition-Socket/dp/B0056D5AMY/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1361637266&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=amd+960t

[jm3]

I boiled a kettle of tap water, ran it through the rad a couple times giving it a good shake, when you notice no more particles coming out then flush it again with distilled.

On another note anybody take in the PS4 announcement yest, feel I getting one was real impressed.

yeh it looks good its basically all amd tech steamroller and a 7000 series gpu it's gonna be very powerful as its a console i wanna see what microsoft offers first though, no fanboyism here lol

[jm3]

whey sah... is this another 8800gtx???

http://gizmodo.com/5985291/nvidia-titan ... unbeatable

ooh looks nice not gonna bother with a new gpu for awhile though my 5870 eyefinity 6 is still running games on max crysis 3 will push it tomorow though lol

[Ted_v2]

my cpu temp is up to 47degrees from the usual 37-38 and it refuses to go down :/

readings by core temp, is it anything to worry about? like a failing part or something

[HCCA]

my cpu temp is up to 47degrees from the usual 37-38 and it refuses to go down :/

readings by core temp, is it anything to worry about? like a failing part or something

Probably ur cpu fan losing rpms and slowing down a bit.

Check for dust buildup on the heatsink as well.

[Ted_v2]

brb pulling out side cover

[Ted_v2]

just a bit of dust on the rear fan below the power supply. the fan on the board looks clean as well as inside of the case

[2NR Smurf]

Getting closer...


had to go with a 240 rad since the 280 just couldnt fit.

[HCCA]

Getting closer...


had to go with a 240 rad since the 280 just couldnt fit.

I see u weren't joking when u said u was gonna watercool the gtx 680.

A 240 rad capable of good cooling once is a good one.

[greenlime100]

HCCA nice build there.... after seeing some of the pics here I feeling to build a new server.... been about a year since my last build.

Question for anyone here:
currently I looking for a software to manage multiple screens. I have 3 monitors in this situation, Two at the desk and the other in another room. The software should allow me to select a window an give me an option to send to monitor 3 (in other room) rather than drag and drop blindly. Any one knows of anything that gives any function close to this functionality ?

[BrandonSingh]

^What!? why??
you wouldnt believe the amount of reading, and reading, and reading i did before buying this vga. I really wanted a 7970, but almost all of the good 7970s on the market now are not using ref. PCBs and are voltage locked, so the great ocing headroom those gpus are known for is severely cut down.
I doubt i'll get much more out of this 680 past the factory overclock, but i def. wont be farting around with it till i get it under water.

Lol either way, you still have quite a high end GPU....I've had a 6990 since the day it was released, doesn't have a voltage lock on it.

[Ronaldo95163]

Ubisoft serious with this???

[fouljuice]

I find it sounding alright but I eh play 3 yet. I halfway through Bro.hood.

But on another note, Tomb Raider making my GTX 460 cry. On 'ultimate' setting with TressFX + tessellation enabled I getting a whopping 3.4 FPS average but if I disable those 2 effects I getting like 25 FPS

http://blogs.amd.com/play/tressfx/

[2NR Smurf]

^atleast you could play it. Was gonna buy it, then i found the reviews about it crashing on gtx 600 series cards...

Anyway, had a day off today so i decided to get things started.

[ruffneck_12]

damn thats a nice build there :3

[HCCA]

^atleast you could play it. Was gonna buy it, then i found the reviews about it crashing on gtx 600 series cards...

Anyway, had a day off today so i decided to get things started.

In what order your liquid flow gonna be?

In mine is Res out>pump>Rad in>Rad out>Video in>Video out>Cpu in>Cpu out>Res in