PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

VLDS · Postby **VLDS** » January 30th, 2014, 3:27 am

My friend tried the wd black dual drive. And it works really well. A good consideration esp for small form factor pc and laptops instead of just an ssd

iM@st@1 · Postby **iM@st@1** » January 31st, 2014, 12:25 pm

Hey guys did anyone get an error with origin not launching after the latest update? It shows in the task manager as running but I can't get it to actually launch at all. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling to another location, system restore but nothing. It seems the problem is after it updates it doesn't launch but it shows in task manager as running. This is the first time this has ever happened, I'm really confused as to what is causing it.

Postby **2NR Smurf** » January 31st, 2014, 5:49 pm

^mine works just fine.

S_2NR · Postby **S_2NR** » January 31st, 2014, 7:41 pm

Got an xps 15z for sale in case anyone interested.
http://www.trinituner.com/v3/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=552896

fred1266 · Postby **fred1266** » February 2nd, 2014, 9:08 am

2NR Smurf wrote:^mine works just fine.

buddy5052 · Postby **buddy5052** » February 2nd, 2014, 1:25 pm

Hey Masta1 I have the same problem haven't found a fix a yet but will forward any info that will help asap

buddy5052 · Postby **buddy5052** » February 2nd, 2014, 8:47 pm

Yeah Masta1 I have updated my graphics card drivers and that worked for me but I'm on amd cards don't know if that will work for you but you can try please remove old drivers first then install I use driver Fusion to completely remove ole drivers

iM@st@1 · Postby **iM@st@1** » February 2nd, 2014, 11:17 pm

Well tried all the fixes I could find online but nothing worked. I think it may have been a windows update which might have been causing a conflict. Anyway I figured the best option for me was to install windows 8.1 on my secondary ssd and reinstall everything from there. Origin is working fine so far. Will give 8.1 a chance and probably migrate fully to it.

Yea buddy5052 I would've liked to try to update my graphics drivers but the latest one was crashing for me on win 7 which was why I didn't bother to do so, using nvidia. It's working fine on 8.1 tho.

Postby **2NR Smurf** » February 3rd, 2014, 5:24 am

^the lastest whql drivers kept crashing your 680s? i havent updated as yet im still on 331.82

mamoo_pagal · Postby **mamoo_pagal** » February 3rd, 2014, 7:37 am

2NR Smurf wrote:^the lastest whql drivers kept crashing your 680s? i havent updated as yet im still on 331.82

latest crashing my 680 as well (BSOD). Had to roll back

mamoo_pagal · Postby **mamoo_pagal** » February 3rd, 2014, 7:37 am

2NR Smurf wrote:^the lastest whql drivers kept crashing your 680s? i havent updated as yet im still on 331.82

latest crashing my 680 as well (BSOD). Had to roll back

iM@st@1 · Postby **iM@st@1** » February 3rd, 2014, 9:53 am

2NR Smurf wrote:^the lastest whql drivers kept crashing your 680s? i havent updated as yet im still on 331.82

Yep, same driver I running on win 7, suggest u stay there cause the newer one didn't offer no improvement and it was crashing.

fred1266 · Postby **fred1266** » February 3rd, 2014, 10:33 am

yea i stop updating my drivers ever since my 480 died right after an update

desert punk · Postby **desert punk** » February 13th, 2014, 4:35 pm

I bought a sleeving kit to put on my powersupply.Are there any alternatives to using a heat gun because I dont have a heat gun.

Ted_v2 · Postby **Ted_v2** » February 13th, 2014, 4:44 pm

Blow dryer.

desert punk · Postby **desert punk** » February 13th, 2014, 4:47 pm

ok thanks for the quick reply.
Will a blow dry really push that amount of heat to shrink it?

Postby **2NR Smurf** » February 13th, 2014, 5:01 pm

^doesnt take much to get them to shrink...and too much heat would burn away your sleeving.

VLDS · Postby **VLDS** » February 13th, 2014, 7:47 pm

Blow dryer is fine. Just a bit slower. But on the upshot if u never used heat shrink before its easier to work with. Less chamce to burn it

hustla_ambition101 · Postby **hustla_ambition101** » February 13th, 2014, 8:03 pm

2NR Smurf wrote:^doesnt take much to get them to shrink...and too much head would burn away your sleeving.

desert punk · Postby **desert punk** » February 14th, 2014, 10:16 am

thanks for all the replies when I am finished sleeving it I will post some pics of it

desert punk · Postby **desert punk** » February 15th, 2014, 12:48 pm

ok a quick update apparently I needed a thinner sleeving and one of the tool for removing the psu wires broke.

anyways I am selling the kit seeing I have no interest in sleeving my powersupply anymore.
$120 if any one wants it come with everything intact.
in the pic on amazon with the heat shrink it shows 2 of each but it only came with 1 of each
http://www.amazon.com/mod-smart-Supreme ... B008PIBGWA

Ted_v2 · Postby **Ted_v2** » February 15th, 2014, 1:57 pm

Not sure if I posted it before but I wanted a pc built.
Ended up linking with Chiney on the forum and he handled me up really nice. Got a nice tower for a reasonable price.

Ah back in the dance

hustla_ambition101 · Postby **hustla_ambition101** » March 5th, 2014, 7:09 pm

Looking for a budget gaming case to replace my current sucky one where my liquid cooler just barely sitting. Was looking at the following from supertech:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811133179 or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... No=3863499

BrandonSingh · Postby **BrandonSingh** » March 5th, 2014, 7:29 pm

sound boy 64 wrote:Not sure if I posted it before but I wanted a pc built.
Ended up linking with Chiney on the forum and he handled me up really nice. Got a nice tower for a reasonable price.

Ah back in the dance

What hardware you runnin in that so

Ted_v2 · Postby **Ted_v2** » March 5th, 2014, 8:23 pm

Small thing.
Intel.
4gb ram.
500 gb hard drive.
Basic starter pc.

Will be using this till I can do a proper build

Postby **Chiney** » March 6th, 2014, 8:52 am

Glad to hear you moving along nicely!

fouljuice · Postby **fouljuice** » March 7th, 2014, 9:20 pm

I was initially going to go Corsair/Roccat mechanical but then said nah. Then I couldn't choose between Steelseries apex and Roccat isku fx, but after reading the amount of negative feedback for Steelseries hardware and software, I stuck to these.