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The (new) Official PC building thread!
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26. April 2008 @ 10:45 |
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ZoSo,
I owe Robert nothing. :P For one the battle was between me and the computer. And besides CR still hasn't gotten complete stability. :P He will.... I have NO doubt!!
Morty,
I can take pictures of the computer but you guys have already seen them. :D
Russ,
Yeh I know it only has 4 headers, thus the reason for saying that a screeny of Everest was gonna prove NOTHING. ;)
boozer,
You called it for the P5E, sammy even saw it. :P
ZoSo it's a nice siggy, a little slower would be even nicer. hehehe. :P
Well I ordered that case (ThermalTake VD1000SWA) and HDD (Samsung 750GB) the other day. Which I can't wait for. lol. I can't remember if I mentioned the ACF7 too. At that price I couldn't pass it up and I want to do some checking to see if there's that much of a difference between the CM TX2. This stuff is completely addictive. lol. I should have that moniker just because of my obsession with this crap. lol. :P (please don't take that the wrong way, I honestly could care less about the title stuff)
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26. April 2008 @ 10:49 |
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Deadrum are you saving the "bios" before you leave. lol. I know, stupid question but I'm at a loss too. ;)
Another thing might be look around the forums or google and see if a BIOS update might be in order.
good luck as usual.....
....gm
edit: seems that I'm behind a post or two... lol. sammy answered already....
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26. April 2008 @ 11:13 |
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If memory serves me right ARCTIC FREEZE is the BEST compound I need for the CPU. I think their are there are 2 types, which 1 do I need
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26. April 2008 @ 11:15 |
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Arctic Silver is the stuff you want. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is a heatsink/fan combination.
Arctic Silver V is the stuff most people go with, myself included. There's also another compound called Ceramique, but I'll be honest, I can't remember what the difference is.
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26. April 2008 @ 11:46 |
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@abuzar
i built it for ripping and burning movies mostly. and to have a nice rig also..
@mort
i dont see in my version of everest ultimate to have all those settings yours is showing.
@Russ
i wnet back into my bios and set those controls like you said and it has my CPU fan back to spinning at half its rated speed.
im running orthos right now has been for 15 mins or so and my temp is only 63c @ 3.7ghz. havent had a failure yet. i got it stable in Orthos,OCCT,memtest has passed 6 complete passes. everything seems fine other than my temps. at idle im around 49c-52c then at load up to 63c+
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26. April 2008 @ 11:54 |
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Different versions of everest (full versions) show different things.
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26. April 2008 @ 11:58 |
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thats just it sam i have the full version... i think??lol
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26. April 2008 @ 12:05 |
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sammorris: THANK YOU
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26. April 2008 @ 12:10 |
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26. April 2008 @ 12:41 |
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Was that sarcasm? Because I'm serious, even the full versions of everest ultimate have significant difference in what they do and don't show up, so you may want to have a play with the different versions you can track down.
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26. April 2008 @ 12:45 |
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26. April 2008 @ 12:47 |
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Looks like a decent card for the price, just heed the warning about not losing the disc for creative's hardware.
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26. April 2008 @ 13:27 |
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Mort81..Thanks ! That print screen is nice, I just tried it. I've been using Snagit which is great, it gives a few more options and control
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26. April 2008 @ 14:28 |
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Russ thats some montior bet it will have a price of 5000.00 plus?
sorry Sam about the sig.
BTW what side fan did your buddy use in his Antec 900 to cool the Thermalright cooler?
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26. April 2008 @ 14:29 |
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rick,
ya gadwin printscreen is pretty basic but it's straight forward and I like it. besides, it's free.
the AC 7 Pro comes with thermal compound preapplied (MX-2). it is already as good as AS5, maybe better. leave it on the AC 7. if some other thermal compound was previously used on the cpu clean it off good before installing the AC 7. always clean the cpu with good quality isopropyl alcohol and lint free cloth just prior to installing thermal compound or a hsf that has thermal compound preapplied. even the oil from your fingerprint will have ill affects.
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26. April 2008 @ 15:12 |
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I use FastStone Capture on my AMD system but I think it's NOT free now. hmmmmmm... I got it over a year ago and it's works pretty well. If I'm not mistaken I d/l ScreenHunter 5 for the newer computers and it works nicely plus it's FREE for sure. ;)
I got some of this to try as well. AC MX-2 We'll see if it's better than AS5, it seems that most of the upper/better quality stuff is about the same but I like the NON-conductivity of this product. I've used the Zalman ZM-ST1 and AS5 of course, which both do an excellent job but for the little that I paid for the MX-2 it's worth a try. :D
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26. April 2008 @ 15:20 |
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I'm gonna try the TR chill factor that comes with the TRUE when I get my new one (wednesday).
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26. April 2008 @ 15:21 |
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Originally posted by greensman:
I use FastStone Capture on my AMD system but I think it's NOT free now. hmmmmmm... I got it over a year ago and it's works pretty well. If I'm not mistaken I d/l ScreenHunter 5 for the newer computers and it works nicely plus it's FREE for sure. ;)
I got some of this to try as well. AC MX-2 We'll see if it's better than AS5, it seems that most of the upper/better quality stuff is about the same but I like the NON-conductivity of this product. I've used the Zalman ZM-ST1 and AS5 of course, which both do an excellent job but for the little that I paid for the MX-2 it's worth a try. :D
...gm
Ive been reading good stuff about MX-2 (even read thats whats on the AC 7 Pro, but not certain) - some places have ranked it better than AS5 and some have ranked it worse (typical really).
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26. April 2008 @ 15:50 |
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26. April 2008 @ 16:17 |
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hey guys, i've decided to get a new graphics card, im more of a radeon then nividia fan but as usual price can sway me in any direction lol:)
my budget is around $120 (i can push a little bit up if needed), and i might be interested in oc'ing it (yaaa baaby!)
i have a ASUS P5K Deluxe AiLifestyle Series if it helps anyone with the product suggestion!
now heres the kicker! i want to be able to pump out 1080i with it!!
would i be able to find an hd card for that cheap or am i dreaming sweet dreams!
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26. April 2008 @ 16:27 |
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Originally posted by rick5446:
Mort81..THANKS
Hey guys, gals, what about this
Would this be the same Firmware used for the Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7190A
http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/bios_fi...190a/index.html
I want to flash my Sony to a LITE-ON, but not B4 I've got the original Firmware JIC I screw up. I don't want to end up with a dead drv.
rick did you go to the link that I gave you via PM? One of the utilities that I provide will SAVE your existing eeprom (f/w) so if you do something "screwy" it'll be recoverable in theory. :D
hth.....
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26. April 2008 @ 16:58 |
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Originally posted by tripplite:
hey guys, i've decided to get a new graphics card, im more of a radeon then nividia fan but as usual price can sway me in any direction lol:)
my budget is around $120 (i can push a little bit up if needed), and i might be interested in oc'ing it (yaaa baaby!)
i have a ASUS P5K Deluxe AiLifestyle Series if it helps anyone with the product suggestion!
now heres the kicker! i want to be able to pump out 1080i with it!!
would i be able to find an hd card for that cheap or am i dreaming sweet dreams!
-tripplite
Probably best off going for a 3850 - newegg have a couple in your price range - but then saying that my 2600xt can do 1080i (is quoted as having the hardware to process 1080p, but my TV cant do that), but I run 1280x720 over VGA as my TV doesnt seem to like taking a PC source over HDMI very well.
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26. April 2008 @ 17:01 |
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Deadrum,
i came across a quirk in the bios of one of the first DS3R I had. If you just hit the enter key to save without hitting the y first, even though the y was in the little box, it wouldn't save. Also to make the overclocking options active you can only do the CTRL/F1 from the main screen of the set up. It will still do it's little flicker in any other screen, but it won't save the changes. Try manually hitting the y before you save.
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Arctic Silver is the stuff you want. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is a heatsink/fan combination.
Arctic Silver V is the stuff most people go with, myself included. There's also another compound called Ceramique, but I'll be honest, I can't remember what the difference is.
My Freezer 64 I just bought came with the MX-2 pre-applied, while cincyrob's AF7-Pro came with the MX-1. The MX-1 is much darker than the MX-2. The MX-2 is almost white! The eMachine idles about 1-2 degrees above ambient with it. 3-4 above degrees with the AS5.
The Ceramique in my tests does the same as the AS5, but there's no metal in it. And before you say that's impossible because the thermal conductivity is better with Silver, and that's true! But the particle density of the ceramique is higher as the particles are smaller so you get better heat transfer because it puts more individual particles in contact with the cooler! There's not a nickels worth of difference between them, temperature wise. I don't recommend Ceramique for AMDs because of the tiny pins on the CPU. Removing the cooler after using Ceramique often pulls the CPU right out of the locked socket. on an Intel you can usually rotate the cooler farther than on an AMD because there's no frame. All you have to do to get it off an Intel is twist the cooler and pull gently up. Comes right off. Be careful if you get a cooler with MX-2 pre-applied as it looks dry, but is slicker than snake snot! LOL!! The MX-2 is the clear winner! I'm also testing under pretty warm conditions. 29-30C ambient! It's 85F here today and the computer is in the front room with no AC. The eMachine never gets over 50-51C no matter what you do with it. Encoding temps, Orthos, OCCT! Nothing gets it over 50-51C! Cools very well!
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i wnet back into my bios and set those controls like you said and it has my CPU fan back to spinning at half its rated speed.
Good deal! I've done that before too! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
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Zoso: He used the fan off his old Thermaltake Big Typhoon, just a normal relatively high speed 120mm fan. He actually also removed his rear case fan and attached it to the underside of his T.R.U.E. so it was blowing upwards through the cooler into the 200mm one. A uniqe approach but it seemed to work pretty well.
Theone: Interesting result. I'll remember that for next time I put some compound on my CPU.
Tripplite: Perhaps an HD2600XT?
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