PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[mickey17]

Fan controller, I'm using the bitfenix recon highly recommended.

+1

[hustla_ambition101]

What about the NZXT Sentry 2? I was looking at that one

[iM@st@1]

Yep that should work fine, does the same job and it's cheaper.

[mickey17]

What about the NZXT Sentry 2? I was looking at that one

That has some LCD issues that occur after sometime. I think your better of paying a little more for the recon.

[fouljuice]

What about the NZXT Sentry 2? I was looking at that one

That has some LCD issues that occur after sometime. I think your better of paying a little more for the recon.

I heard that too and some models even light up on fire according to user reviews

The old school 'knob' is 'supposed' to give less trouble like the scythe kaze master ii/pro or nzxt sentry mesh even though there are also lots of negative reviews.

I was going to get the sentry mesh because it would blend in nice with my case, but now I really feeling to put some fancy lights on the front so I looking at the Gelid Speedtouch 6.
Just waiting for some reviews first.

[mickey17]

What about the NZXT Sentry 2? I was looking at that one

That has some LCD issues that occur after sometime. I think your better of paying a little more for the recon.

I heard that too and some models even light up on fire according to user reviews

The old school 'knob' is 'supposed' to give less trouble like the scythe kaze master ii/pro or nzxt sentry mesh even though there are also lots of negative reviews.

I was going to get the sentry mesh because it would blend in nice with my case, but now I really feeling to put some fancy lights on the front so I looking at the Gelid Speedtouch 6.
Just waiting for some reviews first.

never heard of that controller will check it out. I am a big fan of gelid fans. I use them as well with noctua. Quiet and lots of air flow.

[xaira]

3x 320gb hitachi 2.5 7mm drives left...only $100each

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=551952

[-Roach-]

Can anyone recommend me a decent monitor?... Looking for one around $1500 max...

[hustla_ambition101]

Went ahead and bought the Sentry 2, I'm not going to be fiddling with the controls all the time so the LCD shouldn't give trouble early on. The reviews I read weren't too bad and I didn't see anything about fire. Will let you all know how it works out....

[-Roach-]

I didn't see anything about fire

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/27943 ... ring-story

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=853355

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/109 ... mmendation
^4th post.

[hustla_ambition101]

fair enough, not enough to convince me though, with electronics there is always a chance that there would be failure. The controller is for my extra fans and they are low performance, my cpu liquid cooler and its fans will stay connected to my motherboard

[bassotronics]

What about the NZXT Sentry 2? I was looking at that one

That has some LCD issues that occur after sometime. I think your better of paying a little more for the recon.

Yup, my problem was the LCD dims and the fans eventually loses power. The touch function on the LCD was useless as well.

[-Roach-]

fair enough, not enough to convince me though, with electronics there is always a chance that there would be failure. The controller is for my extra fans and they are low performance, my cpu liquid cooler and its fans will stay connected to my motherboard

Basically all those articles i posted has to be either defective product or to much overclocking... There are alot of good reviews on the sentry 2 though...

[hustla_ambition101]

fair enough, not enough to convince me though, with electronics there is always a chance that there would be failure. The controller is for my extra fans and they are low performance, my cpu liquid cooler and its fans will stay connected to my motherboard

Basically all those articles i posted has to be either defective product or to much overclocking... There are alot of good reviews on the sentry 2 though...

Yup, I spent a lot of time going through reviews for the past few days. With any electronic device there is the reality it could come DOA or defective, should get it by wednesday or thursday

[meccalli]

Well i built that rig* runs great with 8g's of ram and an x2 270, bought a gt 520 for the hell of it, was really cheap. maxes tf2 and hl2 Amazing how entry cards today beasting old pro cards.

DSC_7559 copy by meccalli, on Flickr

[ruffneck_12]

finally upgrade bhai

now fi manage dem cabell dem

[kamakazi]

lol...it appears you reallocated your budget accordingly when you see the parts prices.
Decent entry machine.

ah the cable management is small thing for this build

Enjoy

[meccalli]

yep, the only cables i routed were the 24 and sata power. Once the center uncluttered, im good lol.

[shaneelal]

To consider when purchasing next hard drive:

What Hard Drive Should I Buy?



http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/wh ... uld-i-buy/

[hustla_ambition101]

Interesting posting......I'm in the market for an external and was looking at Seagate

[VLDS]

I had an external seagate 500gb that failed for no reason and couldn't recover anything. Another had an issue that came up on the pc as 'reformat disk' so I would consider something else. Just my experiences. Maybe others had good luck with them. Currently I have a aftermarket external case with a western digital laptop hd. And it's been working about 2 years no problems.

[hustla_ambition101]

My WD external bought in 2011 or thereabouts still going strong too. Bout it in the US but I think I will source my next one locally for warranty purposes

[Ted_v2]

Edit. Got thru

[brickman]

Any star trek online players around?

[ismithx]

my laptop seagate failed after 2 years of use... was a 7200rpm 750GB drive... It was overheating for some reason

[Chiney]

^^ hope you got a SSD to replace that HDD.

[jm3]

seagates always fail on me ive have a 2 1tb's a 500gb fail within 3-6 months of purchase my wd caviars which are older than the seagates are still running now after i would say 3 years maybe even 4 they have survived several pc rebuilds.

[kamakazi]

i also have bad luck with seagate hdd...I have one exception which is still working in my rig but the other 3 have called it quits.

[Soul Collector]

My WD black going strong for donkey years now. Wanna get a 250gb SSD....mmmMM *soon TM*

[kg494EJ-1]

i also have bad luck with seagate hdd...I have one exception which is still working in my rig but the other 3 have called it quits.

same here, I use primarily WD drives as to this date I have only had 1 failure in about 12 drives however, the segates it may of just been bad luck but 2 out of 5 failed I haven't tried them since.